Snowy Mountains · backcountry conditions

A data board, not a verdict. Every value carries its source — you make the call.

Generated Sat 03 Oct 2026, 05:01 (local)

Official avalanche hazard — human-required

This dashboard never computes or restates an avalanche danger rating. Read the Mountain Safety Collective report before entering backcountry terrain.

Main Range report 2026-08-31 (33 d ago)· may be stale (>2 days) — verify
Dividing Range: report 2026-08-31 (33 d ago)

MSC report →

Measured now — alpine AWS

OBS

BOM station observations, never blended with the forecast. Arrows: change vs the same station ~3 h ago (measured, no model). No sensor sits on the Main Range itself. Station names link to BOM's own obs pages.

Overnight at Perisher Valley: min 4.1° at 04:20 · thawed yesterday, no refreeze — wet pack overnight

Thredbo Top Station 1957 m

11 min ago

?° feels ?° · 19 NNW (20 g) km/h ▲2/3h · 94% RH · 88.2 mm since 9am

Perisher Valley 1738 m

11 min ago

4.5° ▼2.0°/3h feels 3° · 0 CALM (4 g) km/h ▼4/3h · 100% RH · 0.0 mm since 9am

Cabramurra 1482 m

11 min ago

9.1° ▲0.5°/3h feels 7° · 11 NNE (17 g) km/h ▼6/3h · 98% RH · 29.0 mm since 9am

Thredbo Village 1380 m · Non-AWS

14 h ago

12.0° feels 12° · 0 CALM (? g) km/h · 90% RH · 32.0 mm since 9am

Base depth — Spencers Creek snow course (1830 m)

Canonical AU base-depth record (manual, ~weekly). No machine-readable value — open the chart. Measured below the ridge; there is no depth sensor on the Main Range itself.

chart →

Live wind map

animated · wind

Map by Windy.com · drag/zoom to explore; the marker sits on the Main Range.

Blue Lake

freezing 2590–3070 m

freezing level 2590–3070 m · 0.00 m base · derived flags: poor visibility / whiteout (high)

✓ models agree (best-match + ICON)

1890 m · loads NE · board for 2026-10-03 · 06:00-18:00 local

hour temp chill wind dir gust vis cloud precip snow frz.lvl
06:00 5° 3° 5 NNE 21 1.0k 90 0.2 0.0 3040
07:00 7° 5° 7 NNE 24 0.8k 93 0.1 0.0 3070
08:00 6° 4° 6 NW 24 1.1k 91 0.6 0.0 2890
09:00 7° 5° 6 NW 25 7.8k 100 0.8 0.0 2860
10:00 7° 5° 6 WNW 26 0.4k 100 0.9 0.0 2830
11:00 6° 5° 6 WNW 26 0.4k 100 1.3 0.0 2820
12:00 7° 5° 8 WNW 35 5.4k 100 0.9 0.0 2740
13:00 8° 7° 8 WNW 35 6.8k 100 0.6 0.0 2750
14:00 8° 6° 8 WNW 28 7.3k 100 0.4 0.0 2630
15:00 7° 4° 9 WNW 30 14.1k 90 0.2 0.0 2690
16:00 6° 4° 9 WNW 27 18.0k 49 0.1 0.0 2650
17:00 5° 3° 7 WNW 26 25.8k 91 0.0 0.0 2600
18:00 4° 2° 2 WNW 20 38.1k 37 0.0 0.0 2590

▲ poor visibility / whiteout — high severity

poor — visibility 380 m (<1 km) — navigation + terrain assessment hard; whiteout is a leading AU rescue cause. Carry a compass/GPS bearing plan and known bail lines.

derived weather signals, NOT an official avalanche forecast

Source: open-meteo/best-match · fetched 0 min ago · forecast (FCST), not measured. Check it: raw forecast · raw ICON · Windy here

Charlotte Pass

freezing 2590–3070 m

freezing level 2590–3070 m · 0.00 m base · derived flags: wet-loose warming (high)

✓ models agree (best-match + ICON)

1760 m · loads NE · board for 2026-10-03 · 06:00-18:00 local

hour temp chill wind dir gust vis cloud precip snow frz.lvl
06:00 5° 2° 5 NNW 16 2.3k 100 0.2 0.0 3040
07:00 7° 5° 8 N 21 1.3k 100 0.1 0.0 3070
08:00 8° 6° 6 NNW 23 1.7k 99 0.4 0.0 2890
09:00 8° 6° 6 N 24 6.3k 99 0.5 0.0 2860
10:00 8° 7° 8 NNW 28 2.0k 100 0.8 0.0 2830
11:00 7° 5° 8 NW 28 2.0k 100 1.1 0.0 2820
12:00 8° 6° 8 NW 32 7.8k 100 0.5 0.0 2740
13:00 9° 8° 9 NW 35 6.6k 81 0.6 0.0 2750
14:00 9° 7° 8 NW 33 11.0k 53 0.3 0.0 2630
15:00 8° 5° 8 WNW 29 10.7k 70 0.6 0.0 2690
16:00 8° 4° 10 WNW 28 22.2k 31 0.0 0.0 2650
17:00 7° 4° 8 WNW 29 55.2k 88 0.0 0.0 2600
18:00 5° 3° 3 WNW 23 57.0k 11 0.0 0.0 2590

▲ wet-loose warming — high severity

warming 4.6→9.4 °C through the day — wet-loose / point-release on sun-warmed N/NW/W aspects. Tour early, be off steep solar slopes by early afternoon.

derived weather signals, NOT an official avalanche forecast

Source: open-meteo/best-match · fetched 0 min ago · forecast (FCST), not measured. Check it: raw forecast · raw ICON · Windy here

Dead Horse Gap / Rams Head

freezing 2570–3090 m

freezing level 2570–3090 m · 0.00 m base · derived flags: wet-loose warming (high)

✓ models agree (best-match + ICON)

1580 m · loads SE · board for 2026-10-03 · 06:00-18:00 local

hour temp chill wind dir gust vis cloud precip snow frz.lvl
06:00 5° 3° 3 N 12 11.9k 100 0.3 0.0 2990
07:00 7° 6° 6 NNE 16 5.0k 100 0.1 0.0 3090
08:00 8° 7° 4 NNW 19 5.4k 88 0.3 0.0 2910
09:00 9° 8° 6 NNW 23 5.7k 96 0.6 0.0 2910
10:00 9° 7° 8 NW 28 3.7k 100 2.1 0.0 2790
11:00 8° 6° 10 NW 30 2.1k 100 1.8 0.0 2740
12:00 8° 6° 10 NW 34 8.3k 100 0.5 0.0 2740
13:00 11° 9° 11 NW 39 10.9k 73 0.2 0.0 2770
14:00 11° 8° 9 NW 34 10.6k 44 0.1 0.0 2720
15:00 10° 6° 11 NW 34 11.2k 53 0.2 0.0 2710
16:00 9° 5° 13 NW 36 23.3k 20 0.0 0.0 2670
17:00 7° 4° 9 WNW 36 36.8k 77 0.0 0.0 2590
18:00 6° 3° 6 WNW 26 48.8k 20 0.0 0.0 2570

▲ wet-loose warming — high severity

warming 5.3→10.7 °C through the day — wet-loose / point-release on sun-warmed N/NW/W aspects. Tour early, be off steep solar slopes by early afternoon.

derived weather signals, NOT an official avalanche forecast

Source: open-meteo/best-match · fetched 0 min ago · forecast (FCST), not measured. Check it: raw forecast · raw ICON · Windy here

Guthega access

freezing 2590–3070 m

freezing level 2590–3070 m · 0.00 m base · derived flags: poor visibility / whiteout, wet-loose warming (high)

⚠ models diverge: temp 10.6 vs 7.3 °C (best-match vs ICON) — trust those numbers less

1640 m · loads NE · board for 2026-10-03 · 06:00-18:00 local

hour temp chill wind dir gust vis cloud precip snow frz.lvl
06:00 6° 4° 4 NNW 13 0.6k 99 0.1 0.0 3040
07:00 8° 6° 6 N 18 0.6k 100 0.0 0.0 3070
08:00 9° 8° 5 N 22 1.9k 98 0.1 0.0 2890
09:00 10° 8° 6 N 24 5.6k 100 0.5 0.0 2860
10:00 10° 8° 8 N 28 4.3k 100 0.6 0.0 2830
11:00 8° 6° 7 NW 27 1.3k 90 1.4 0.0 2820
12:00 11° 9° 8 WNW 36 7.5k 100 0.4 0.0 2740
13:00 10° 9° 9 WNW 37 5.6k 79 0.9 0.0 2750
14:00 10° 9° 9 WNW 33 8.9k 66 0.4 0.0 2630
15:00 9° 7° 10 WNW 32 12.1k 69 0.5 0.0 2690
16:00 9° 6° 11 W 33 15.9k 48 0.1 0.0 2650
17:00 8° 5° 9 W 33 52.0k 94 0.0 0.0 2600
18:00 7° 5° 3 W 27 63.2k 27 0.0 0.0 2590

▲ poor visibility / whiteout — high severity

poor — visibility 560 m (<1 km) — navigation + terrain assessment hard; whiteout is a leading AU rescue cause. Carry a compass/GPS bearing plan and known bail lines.

▲ wet-loose warming — high severity

warming 5.8→10.6 °C through the day — wet-loose / point-release on sun-warmed N/NW/W aspects. Tour early, be off steep solar slopes by early afternoon.

derived weather signals, NOT an official avalanche forecast

Source: open-meteo/best-match · fetched 0 min ago · forecast (FCST), not measured. Check it: raw forecast · raw ICON · Windy here

Main Range (Kosciuszko)

freezing 2570–3090 m

freezing level 2570–3090 m · 0.00 m base · derived flags: poor visibility / whiteout, wet-loose warming (high)

✓ models agree (best-match + ICON)

2228 m · loads E · board for 2026-10-03 · 06:00-18:00 local

hour temp chill wind dir gust vis cloud precip snow frz.lvl
06:00 3° 0° 4 NE 23 10.7k 69 0.1 0.0 2990
07:00 5° 2° 6 NE 28 6.1k 67 0.1 0.0 3090
08:00 5° 2° 6 NW 27 4.2k 76 0.3 0.0 2910
09:00 4° 2° 8 NNW 32 4.1k 62 1.2 0.0 2910
10:00 5° 2° 8 NW 35 1.7k 98 1.3 0.0 2790
11:00 4° 2° 9 NW 37 0.5k 100 1.1 0.0 2740
12:00 5° 2° 10 NW 41 6.8k 100 0.7 0.0 2740
13:00 6° 4° 10 NW 43 11.9k 80 0.3 0.0 2770
14:00 6° 3° 10 NW 37 9.0k 55 0.1 0.0 2720
15:00 5° 2° 10 NW 34 14.2k 80 0.1 0.0 2710
16:00 4° 1° 9 WNW 31 15.3k 37 0.1 0.0 2670
17:00 3° 0° 7 NW 27 19.8k 75 0.0 0.0 2590
18:00 2° -1° 4 NW 19 36.6k 33 0.0 0.0 2570

▲ poor visibility / whiteout — high severity

poor — visibility 500 m (<1 km) — navigation + terrain assessment hard; whiteout is a leading AU rescue cause. Carry a compass/GPS bearing plan and known bail lines.

▲ wet-loose warming — high severity

warming 2.7→6.2 °C through the day — wet-loose / point-release on sun-warmed N/NW/W aspects. Tour early, be off steep solar slopes by early afternoon.

derived weather signals, NOT an official avalanche forecast

Source: open-meteo/best-match · fetched 0 min ago · forecast (FCST), not measured. Check it: raw forecast · raw ICON · Windy here

Perisher access

freezing 2590–3070 m

freezing level 2590–3070 m · 0.00 m base · derived flags: poor visibility / whiteout, wet-loose warming (high)

⚠ models diverge: temp 10.6 vs 7.3 °C (best-match vs ICON) — trust those numbers less

1720 m · loads E · board for 2026-10-03 · 06:00-18:00 local

hour temp chill wind dir gust vis cloud precip snow frz.lvl
06:00 6° 4° 4 NNW 13 0.6k 99 0.1 0.0 3040
07:00 8° 6° 6 N 18 0.6k 100 0.0 0.0 3070
08:00 9° 8° 5 N 22 1.9k 98 0.1 0.0 2890
09:00 10° 8° 6 N 24 5.6k 100 0.5 0.0 2860
10:00 10° 8° 8 N 28 4.3k 100 0.6 0.0 2830
11:00 8° 6° 7 NW 27 1.3k 90 1.4 0.0 2820
12:00 11° 9° 8 WNW 36 7.5k 100 0.4 0.0 2740
13:00 10° 9° 9 WNW 37 5.6k 79 0.9 0.0 2750
14:00 10° 9° 9 WNW 33 8.9k 66 0.4 0.0 2630
15:00 9° 7° 10 WNW 32 12.1k 69 0.5 0.0 2690
16:00 9° 6° 11 W 33 15.9k 48 0.1 0.0 2650
17:00 8° 5° 9 W 33 52.0k 94 0.0 0.0 2600
18:00 7° 5° 3 W 27 63.2k 27 0.0 0.0 2590

▲ poor visibility / whiteout — high severity

poor — visibility 560 m (<1 km) — navigation + terrain assessment hard; whiteout is a leading AU rescue cause. Carry a compass/GPS bearing plan and known bail lines.

▲ wet-loose warming — high severity

warming 5.8→10.6 °C through the day — wet-loose / point-release on sun-warmed N/NW/W aspects. Tour early, be off steep solar slopes by early afternoon.

derived weather signals, NOT an official avalanche forecast

Source: open-meteo/best-match · fetched 0 min ago · forecast (FCST), not measured. Check it: raw forecast · raw ICON · Windy here

Watsons Crags

freezing 2550–3070 m

freezing level 2550–3070 m · 0.00 m base · derived flags: poor visibility / whiteout, wet-loose warming (high)

✓ models agree (best-match + ICON)

2100 m · loads E · board for 2026-10-03 · 06:00-18:00 local

hour temp chill wind dir gust vis cloud precip snow frz.lvl
06:00 4° 2° 4 NE 23 10.7k 69 0.1 0.0 3060
07:00 6° 4° 6 NE 28 6.1k 67 0.1 0.0 3070
08:00 6° 4° 6 NW 27 4.2k 76 0.3 0.0 2920
09:00 6° 4° 8 NNW 32 4.1k 62 1.2 0.0 2950
10:00 6° 4° 8 NW 35 1.7k 98 1.3 0.0 2890
11:00 6° 3° 9 NW 37 0.5k 100 1.1 0.0 2860
12:00 6° 4° 10 NW 41 6.8k 100 0.7 0.0 2830
13:00 8° 6° 10 NW 43 11.9k 80 0.3 0.0 2760
14:00 8° 5° 10 NW 37 9.0k 55 0.1 0.0 2690
15:00 7° 4° 10 NW 34 14.2k 80 0.1 0.0 2660
16:00 6° 3° 9 WNW 31 15.3k 37 0.1 0.0 2600
17:00 5° 2° 7 NW 27 19.8k 75 0.0 0.0 2550
18:00 4° 1° 4 NW 19 36.6k 33 0.0 0.0 2570

▲ poor visibility / whiteout — high severity

poor — visibility 500 m (<1 km) — navigation + terrain assessment hard; whiteout is a leading AU rescue cause. Carry a compass/GPS bearing plan and known bail lines.

▲ wet-loose warming — high severity

warming 4.3→7.8 °C through the day — wet-loose / point-release on sun-warmed N/NW/W aspects. Tour early, be off steep solar slopes by early afternoon.

derived weather signals, NOT an official avalanche forecast

Source: open-meteo/best-match · fetched 0 min ago · forecast (FCST), not measured. Check it: raw forecast · raw ICON · Windy here

Western Faces

freezing 2570–3090 m

freezing level 2570–3090 m · 0.00 m base · derived flags: poor visibility / whiteout, wet-loose warming (high)

✓ models agree (best-match + ICON)

2050 m · loads E · board for 2026-10-03 · 06:00-18:00 local

hour temp chill wind dir gust vis cloud precip snow frz.lvl
06:00 5° 2° 4 NE 23 10.7k 69 0.1 0.0 2990
07:00 6° 5° 6 NE 28 6.1k 67 0.1 0.0 3090
08:00 6° 4° 6 NW 27 4.2k 76 0.3 0.0 2910
09:00 6° 4° 8 NNW 32 4.1k 62 1.2 0.0 2910
10:00 6° 4° 8 NW 35 1.7k 98 1.3 0.0 2790
11:00 6° 4° 9 NW 37 0.5k 100 1.1 0.0 2740
12:00 7° 4° 10 NW 41 6.8k 100 0.7 0.0 2740
13:00 8° 6° 10 NW 43 11.9k 80 0.3 0.0 2770
14:00 8° 6° 10 NW 37 9.0k 55 0.1 0.0 2720
15:00 7° 4° 10 NW 34 14.2k 80 0.1 0.0 2710
16:00 6° 3° 9 WNW 31 15.3k 37 0.1 0.0 2670
17:00 5° 2° 7 NW 27 19.8k 75 0.0 0.0 2590
18:00 4° 1° 4 NW 19 36.6k 33 0.0 0.0 2570

▲ poor visibility / whiteout — high severity

poor — visibility 500 m (<1 km) — navigation + terrain assessment hard; whiteout is a leading AU rescue cause. Carry a compass/GPS bearing plan and known bail lines.

▲ wet-loose warming — high severity

warming 4.6→8.1 °C through the day — wet-loose / point-release on sun-warmed N/NW/W aspects. Tour early, be off steep solar slopes by early afternoon.

derived weather signals, NOT an official avalanche forecast

Source: open-meteo/best-match · fetched 0 min ago · forecast (FCST), not measured. Check it: raw forecast · raw ICON · Windy here

Cams

Perisher Valley

Community webcam (valley) · Webcam provided by Windy.com

Trailhead access

Road and park status change fast in the alpine — open these before you drive. Chain-fit and snow closures apply to Kosciuszko Rd and the Alpine Way in winter.

Road status: Transport for NSW Live Traffic (CC BY 4.0) · fetched 0 min ago

Daily reads — the humans who watch this mountain

human-authored sources — names, links and post dates only, never their content

Before you go

The morning read ends with the safety net, not just the weather. Chains must be carried in Kosciuszko NP in winter (4WD/AWD exempt); Kosciuszko Rd is closed Perisher→Charlotte Pass (oversnow only). The full pre-trip checklist lives in the repo (docs/FIELD-NOTES.md).

Source health

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