Snowy Mountains · backcountry conditions

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

Generated Sat 08 Aug 2026, 15:00 (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 2026-08-08 (today)
Dividing Range: report 2026-08-08 (today)

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 Thredbo Top Station: min -7.8° at 03:50

Thredbo Top Station 1957 m

10 min ago

1.4° ▲1.5°/3h feels -4° · 19 NNE (22 g) km/h ▲12/3h · 87% RH · 0.0 mm since 9am

Perisher Valley 1738 m

10 min ago

5.5° ▲0.7°/3h feels 2° · 7 NE (13 g) km/h →0/3h · 52% RH · 0.0 mm since 9am

Cabramurra 1482 m

10 min ago

6.4° ▲1.3°/3h feels 4° · 6 N (11 g) km/h ▼3/3h · 78% RH · 0.0 mm since 9am

Thredbo Village 1380 m · Non-AWS

6 h ago

1.8° feels -1° · 0 CALM (? g) km/h · 66% RH · 0.4 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.

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Live wind map

animated · wind

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

Blue Lake

freezing 1830–2130 m

freezing level 1830–2130 m · 0.21 m base · derived flags: icy surface (melt-freeze), wet-loose warming (watch)

✓ models agree (best-match + ICON)

1890 m · loads NE · board for 2026-08-08 · 06:00-18:00 local

hour temp chill wind dir gust vis cloud precip snow frz.lvl
06:00 -7° -10° 1 E 7 9.6k 5 0.0 0.0 1860
07:00 -8° -11° 1 E 8 8.6k 5 0.0 0.0 1830
08:00 -6° -9° 2 ENE 9 4.5k 4 0.0 0.0 1860
09:00 -3° 3 NNW 10 12.9k 0 0.0 0.0 1920
10:00 -1° 3 NW 12 8.2k 1 0.0 0.0 1880
11:00 3 NW 12 4.1k 1 0.0 0.0 1900
12:00 4 WNW 13 2.7k 1 0.0 0.0 1960
13:00 4 WNW 16 2.0k 1 0.0 0.0 2010
14:00 5 WNW 18 1.7k 1 0.0 0.0 2060
15:00 4 WNW 17 1.7k 23 0.0 0.0 2120
16:00 -1° 4 W 13 1.8k 10 0.0 0.0 2130
17:00 -1° -4° 2 W 10 2.0k 2 0.0 0.0 2090
18:00 -3° -6° 0 E 8 2.3k 3 0.0 0.0 2010

▲ icy surface (melt-freeze) — watch severity

melt-freeze: 0.6 °C at 09:00 then -1 °C at 17:00 — expect bulletproof/rime crust. Crampons + ice axe; firm slips are a top AU injury cause.

▲ wet-loose warming — watch severity

warming -7.9→4.5 °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

Charlotte Pass

freezing 1830–2130 m

freezing level 1830–2130 m · 0.20 m base · derived flags: icy surface (melt-freeze), wet-loose warming (high)

⚠ models diverge: temp 5.3 vs 1.8 °C (best-match vs ICON) — trust those numbers less

1760 m · loads NE · board for 2026-08-08 · 06:00-18:00 local

hour temp chill wind dir gust vis cloud precip snow frz.lvl
06:00 -6° -10° 2 WNW 8 82.5k 1 0.0 0.0 1860
07:00 -7° -10° 3 WNW 9 82.5k 2 0.0 0.0 1830
08:00 -5° -8° 3 WNW 9 82.5k 1 0.0 0.0 1860
09:00 -2° 3 NNW 12 84.6k 1 0.0 0.0 1920
10:00 2 NNW 13 86.6k 0 0.0 0.0 1880
11:00 2 NNE 12 41.5k 0 0.0 0.0 1900
12:00 2 NNE 11 16.6k 0 0.0 0.0 1960
13:00 1 N 11 10.4k 0 0.0 0.0 2010
14:00 1 NNW 10 7.6k 0 0.0 0.0 2060
15:00 0 NW 10 6.1k 15 0.0 0.0 2120
16:00 0 W 9 5.4k 17 0.0 0.0 2130
17:00 -3° 1 WSW 8 4.7k 1 0.0 0.0 2090
18:00 -2° -6° 3 W 9 4.1k 1 0.0 0.0 2010

▲ icy surface (melt-freeze) — watch severity

melt-freeze: 1.8 °C at 09:00 then -2.4 °C at 18:00 — expect bulletproof/rime crust. Crampons + ice axe; firm slips are a top AU injury cause.

▲ wet-loose warming — high severity

warming -6.8→5.6 °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

Dead Horse Gap / Rams Head

freezing 1880–2610 m

freezing level 1880–2610 m · 0.10 m base · derived flags: icy surface (melt-freeze), wet-loose warming (high)

⚠ models diverge: cloud 0 vs 43%, temp 6 vs 2.4 °C (best-match vs ICON) — trust those numbers less

1580 m · loads SE · board for 2026-08-08 · 06:00-18:00 local

hour temp chill wind dir gust vis cloud precip snow frz.lvl
06:00 -5° -8° 2 NNW 7 81.9k 0 0.0 0.0 2610
07:00 -5° -9° 2 NNW 8 84.0k 1 0.0 0.0 2400
08:00 -3° -6° 3 NNW 8 83.9k 0 0.0 0.0 2100
09:00 -1° 2 NNW 10 86.0k 0 0.0 0.0 2470
10:00 1 NW 11 86.0k 0 0.0 0.0 2510
11:00 0 NNW 10 90.8k 0 0.0 0.0 2550
12:00 1 NW 8 90.9k 0 0.0 0.0 1910
13:00 1 NW 11 91.0k 0 0.0 0.0 1980
14:00 3 WNW 14 26.8k 0 0.0 0.0 2020
15:00 3 NW 15 9.6k 10 0.0 0.0 2040
16:00 2 NW 14 6.1k 19 0.0 0.0 2040
17:00 -2° 2 NW 12 4.9k 2 0.0 0.0 2000
18:00 -2° -5° 4 NW 10 4.4k 9 0.0 0.0 1880

▲ icy surface (melt-freeze) — watch severity

melt-freeze: 2.7 °C at 09:00 then -2.2 °C at 18:00 — expect bulletproof/rime crust. Crampons + ice axe; firm slips are a top AU injury cause.

▲ wet-loose warming — high severity

warming -5→6.4 °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

Guthega access

freezing 1830–2130 m

freezing level 1830–2130 m · 0.05 m base · derived flags: icy surface (melt-freeze), wet-loose warming (high)

⚠ models diverge: temp 6.9 vs 2.5 °C (best-match vs ICON) — trust those numbers less

1640 m · loads NE · board for 2026-08-08 · 06:00-18:00 local

hour temp chill wind dir gust vis cloud precip snow frz.lvl
06:00 -6° -10° 4 W 12 4.0k 7 0.0 0.0 1860
07:00 -7° -10° 4 W 13 3.1k 5 0.0 0.0 1830
08:00 -4° -8° 4 W 14 2.4k 4 0.0 0.0 1860
09:00 -1° 3 WNW 15 15.5k 0 0.0 0.0 1920
10:00 1 NNW 12 27.1k 0 0.0 0.0 1880
11:00 1 NE 9 90.4k 0 0.0 0.0 1900
12:00 2 ENE 9 90.5k 0 0.0 0.0 1960
13:00 2 ENE 10 90.5k 0 0.0 0.0 2010
14:00 0 E 8 90.6k 0 0.0 0.0 2060
15:00 0 SE 8 90.6k 14 0.0 0.0 2120
16:00 0 SSE 8 85.8k 10 0.0 0.0 2130
17:00 -2° 3 SW 8 7.3k 1 0.0 0.0 2090
18:00 -1° -4° 6 WSW 15 78.8k 6 0.0 0.0 2010

▲ icy surface (melt-freeze) — watch severity

melt-freeze: 2.4 °C at 09:00 then -1.2 °C at 18:00 — expect bulletproof/rime crust. Crampons + ice axe; firm slips are a top AU injury cause.

▲ wet-loose warming — high severity

warming -6.8→7.4 °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

Main Range (Kosciuszko)

freezing 1880–2610 m

freezing level 1880–2610 m · 0.08 m base · derived flags: wind chill (exposure), icy surface (melt-freeze), wet-loose warming (watch)

⚠ models diverge: cloud 0 vs 43% (best-match vs ICON) — trust those numbers less

2228 m · loads E · board for 2026-08-08 · 06:00-18:00 local

hour temp chill wind dir gust vis cloud precip snow frz.lvl
06:00 -8° -12° 2 E 12 79.8k 1 0.0 0.0 2610
07:00 -8° -12° 2 E 13 79.8k 2 0.0 0.0 2400
08:00 -6° -10° 3 ENE 14 79.8k 2 0.0 0.0 2100
09:00 -2° -5° 2 N 14 79.8k 2 0.0 0.0 2470
10:00 -4° 3 NW 15 82.1k 1 0.0 0.0 2510
11:00 -2° 3 NW 14 26.5k 1 0.0 0.0 2550
12:00 -1° 4 WNW 18 9.6k 0 0.0 0.0 1910
13:00 -1° 6 WNW 21 5.1k 0 0.0 0.0 1980
14:00 -2° 6 WNW 23 3.1k 0 0.0 0.0 2020
15:00 -3° 5 WNW 23 2.5k 21 0.0 0.0 2040
16:00 -4° 4 WNW 19 2.5k 17 0.0 0.0 2040
17:00 -3° -6° 2 WNW 17 2.6k 1 0.0 0.0 2000
18:00 -5° -8° 1 ENE 14 3.3k 7 0.0 0.0 1880

▲ wind chill (exposure) — watch severity

apparent temperature -12 °C — exposure risk (AU alpine's #1 killer per your notes). Full layers, cover skin, plan short exposed sections and bail options.

▲ icy surface (melt-freeze) — watch severity

melt-freeze: 1.1 °C at 11:00 then -3.3 °C at 17:00 — expect bulletproof/rime crust. Crampons + ice axe; firm slips are a top AU injury cause.

▲ wet-loose warming — watch severity

warming -8.3→2.1 °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

Perisher access

freezing 1830–2130 m

freezing level 1830–2130 m · 0.05 m base · derived flags: icy surface (melt-freeze), wet-loose warming (high)

⚠ models diverge: temp 6.9 vs 2.5 °C (best-match vs ICON) — trust those numbers less

1720 m · loads E · board for 2026-08-08 · 06:00-18:00 local

hour temp chill wind dir gust vis cloud precip snow frz.lvl
06:00 -6° -10° 4 W 12 4.0k 7 0.0 0.0 1860
07:00 -7° -10° 4 W 13 3.1k 5 0.0 0.0 1830
08:00 -4° -8° 4 W 14 2.4k 4 0.0 0.0 1860
09:00 -1° 3 WNW 15 15.5k 0 0.0 0.0 1920
10:00 1 NNW 12 27.1k 0 0.0 0.0 1880
11:00 1 NE 9 90.4k 0 0.0 0.0 1900
12:00 2 ENE 9 90.5k 0 0.0 0.0 1960
13:00 2 ENE 10 90.5k 0 0.0 0.0 2010
14:00 0 E 8 90.6k 0 0.0 0.0 2060
15:00 0 SE 8 90.6k 14 0.0 0.0 2120
16:00 0 SSE 8 85.8k 10 0.0 0.0 2130
17:00 -2° 3 SW 8 7.3k 1 0.0 0.0 2090
18:00 -1° -4° 6 WSW 15 78.8k 6 0.0 0.0 2010

▲ icy surface (melt-freeze) — watch severity

melt-freeze: 2.4 °C at 09:00 then -1.2 °C at 18:00 — expect bulletproof/rime crust. Crampons + ice axe; firm slips are a top AU injury cause.

▲ wet-loose warming — high severity

warming -6.8→7.4 °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

Watsons Crags

freezing 2010–2580 m

freezing level 2010–2580 m · 0.08 m base · derived flags: icy surface (melt-freeze), wet-loose warming (watch)

⚠ models diverge: cloud 0 vs 53% (best-match vs ICON) — trust those numbers less

2100 m · loads E · board for 2026-08-08 · 06:00-18:00 local

hour temp chill wind dir gust vis cloud precip snow frz.lvl
06:00 -6° -10° 2 E 12 79.8k 1 0.0 0.0 2570
07:00 -7° -10° 2 E 13 79.8k 2 0.0 0.0 2470
08:00 -5° -8° 3 ENE 14 79.8k 2 0.0 0.0 2490
09:00 -4° 2 N 14 79.8k 2 0.0 0.0 2580
10:00 -2° 3 NW 15 82.1k 1 0.0 0.0 2570
11:00 -1° 3 NW 14 26.5k 1 0.0 0.0 2560
12:00 4 WNW 18 9.6k 0 0.0 0.0 2540
13:00 6 WNW 21 5.1k 0 0.0 0.0 2560
14:00 6 WNW 23 3.1k 0 0.0 0.0 2520
15:00 -1° 5 WNW 23 2.5k 21 0.0 0.0 2470
16:00 -2° 4 WNW 19 2.5k 17 0.0 0.0 2480
17:00 -2° -5° 2 WNW 17 2.6k 1 0.0 0.0 2100
18:00 -4° -6° 1 ENE 14 3.3k 7 0.0 0.0 2010

▲ icy surface (melt-freeze) — watch severity

melt-freeze: 1.2 °C at 10:00 then -1.7 °C at 17:00 — expect bulletproof/rime crust. Crampons + ice axe; firm slips are a top AU injury cause.

▲ wet-loose warming — watch severity

warming -6.7→3.7 °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

Western Faces

freezing 1880–2610 m

freezing level 1880–2610 m · 0.08 m base · derived flags: icy surface (melt-freeze), wet-loose warming (watch)

⚠ models diverge: cloud 0 vs 43% (best-match vs ICON) — trust those numbers less

2050 m · loads E · board for 2026-08-08 · 06:00-18:00 local

hour temp chill wind dir gust vis cloud precip snow frz.lvl
06:00 -6° -10° 2 E 12 79.8k 1 0.0 0.0 2610
07:00 -6° -10° 2 E 13 79.8k 2 0.0 0.0 2400
08:00 -4° -8° 3 ENE 14 79.8k 2 0.0 0.0 2100
09:00 -3° 2 N 14 79.8k 2 0.0 0.0 2470
10:00 -2° 3 NW 15 82.1k 1 0.0 0.0 2510
11:00 3 NW 14 26.5k 1 0.0 0.0 2550
12:00 4 WNW 18 9.6k 0 0.0 0.0 1910
13:00 6 WNW 21 5.1k 0 0.0 0.0 1980
14:00 6 WNW 23 3.1k 0 0.0 0.0 2020
15:00 -1° 5 WNW 23 2.5k 21 0.0 0.0 2040
16:00 -2° 4 WNW 19 2.5k 17 0.0 0.0 2040
17:00 -1° -4° 2 WNW 17 2.6k 1 0.0 0.0 2000
18:00 -3° -6° 1 ENE 14 3.3k 7 0.0 0.0 1880

▲ icy surface (melt-freeze) — watch severity

melt-freeze: 1.5 °C at 10:00 then -1.4 °C at 17:00 — expect bulletproof/rime crust. Crampons + ice axe; firm slips are a top AU injury cause.

▲ wet-loose warming — watch severity

warming -6.4→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

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).

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