A data board, not a verdict. Every value carries its source — you make the call.
Generated Fri 02 Oct 2026, 19:31 (local)
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
(32 d ago)· may be stale (>2 days) — verify
Dividing Range: report 2026-08-31 (32 d ago)
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 6.0° at 19:20 · thawed yesterday, no refreeze — wet pack overnight
Thredbo Top Station 1957 m
11 min ago?° feels ?° · 15 S (24 g) km/h ▲2/3h · 100% RH · 85.0 mm since 9am
Perisher Valley 1738 m
11 min ago6.0° ▼3.9°/3h feels 3° · 9 S (19 g) km/h ▼10/3h · 100% RH · 0.0 mm since 9am
Cabramurra 1482 m
11 min ago8.8° ▼1.5°/3h feels 4° · 22 NNW (32 g) km/h ▼8/3h · 100% RH · 27.6 mm since 9am
Thredbo Village 1380 m · Non-AWS
5 h ago12.0° 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.
Map by Windy.com · drag/zoom to explore; the marker sits on the Main Range.
freezing level 2600–2900 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 | 6° | 5° | 2 | ENE | 18 | 5.3k | 100 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 2900 |
| 07:00 | 7° | 6° | 3 | NNE | 19 | 3.7k | 98 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 2840 |
| 08:00 | 7° | 6° | 6 | NNW | 27 | 4.7k | 91 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 2810 |
| 09:00 | 8° | 6° | 8 | NW | 30 | 5.7k | 100 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 2810 |
| 10:00 | 9° | 7° | 10 | NW | 33 | 4.9k | 100 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 2790 |
| 11:00 | 8° | 6° | 8 | NW | 33 | 4.3k | 100 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 2790 |
| 12:00 | 7° | 5° | 7 | WNW | 30 | 4.4k | 98 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 2790 |
| 13:00 | 9° | 8° | 8 | WNW | 34 | 11.2k | 100 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 2760 |
| 14:00 | 9° | 7° | 10 | WNW | 36 | 13.7k | 99 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 2730 |
| 15:00 | 8° | 6° | 10 | WNW | 35 | 17.3k | 95 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 2600 |
| 16:00 | 8° | 5° | 9 | WNW | 33 | 16.9k | 95 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 2670 |
| 17:00 | 5° | 2° | 8 | NW | 30 | 5.2k | 66 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2650 |
| 18:00 | 4° | 2° | 4 | NW | 24 | 0.3k | 99 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 2600 |
▲ poor visibility / whiteout — high severity
poor — visibility 320 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
freezing level 2600–2900 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 | 6° | 5° | 2 | NNW | 17 | 4.2k | 100 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 2900 |
| 07:00 | 7° | 5° | 6 | N | 19 | 2.9k | 100 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 2840 |
| 08:00 | 8° | 6° | 7 | NNW | 26 | 3.9k | 72 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2810 |
| 09:00 | 9° | 7° | 7 | NNW | 30 | 3.1k | 100 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2810 |
| 10:00 | 10° | 8° | 8 | NNW | 30 | 5.3k | 100 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 2790 |
| 11:00 | 8° | 6° | 5 | NNW | 28 | 6.6k | 93 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 2790 |
| 12:00 | 8° | 6° | 7 | NW | 27 | 4.5k | 100 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 2790 |
| 13:00 | 10° | 8° | 8 | NW | 32 | 18.8k | 43 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 2760 |
| 14:00 | 10° | 9° | 8 | NW | 33 | 9.8k | 74 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 2730 |
| 15:00 | 9° | 7° | 7 | NW | 32 | 14.6k | 66 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 2600 |
| 16:00 | 8° | 6° | 8 | WNW | 27 | 17.1k | 57 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 2670 |
| 17:00 | 7° | 4° | 9 | NW | 27 | 6.7k | 47 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 2650 |
| 18:00 | 5° | 2° | 8 | WNW | 25 | 3.5k | 32 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 2600 |
▲ wet-loose warming — high severity
warming 6.4→10.2 °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
freezing level 2540–2940 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 | 7° | 6° | 2 | N | 17 | 8.4k | 100 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 2940 |
| 07:00 | 7° | 5° | 6 | N | 22 | 5.3k | 100 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 2930 |
| 08:00 | 8° | 6° | 7 | NNW | 24 | 4.3k | 95 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 2820 |
| 09:00 | 9° | 8° | 7 | NW | 28 | 4.0k | 100 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 2850 |
| 10:00 | 10° | 8° | 8 | NNW | 30 | 5.1k | 100 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 2830 |
| 11:00 | 8° | 7° | 6 | NW | 30 | 4.6k | 100 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 2790 |
| 12:00 | 8° | 6° | 9 | NW | 29 | 4.2k | 100 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 2830 |
| 13:00 | 10° | 8° | 10 | NNW | 35 | 17.8k | 25 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 2760 |
| 14:00 | 10° | 9° | 10 | NW | 36 | 11.7k | 61 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 2740 |
| 15:00 | 10° | 7° | 9 | NW | 35 | 18.4k | 49 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 2660 |
| 16:00 | 10° | 6° | 11 | NW | 33 | 26.9k | 42 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 2580 |
| 17:00 | 8° | 5° | 10 | NW | 32 | 8.6k | 39 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 2650 |
| 18:00 | 6° | 3° | 9 | NW | 30 | 19.3k | 33 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 2540 |
▲ wet-loose warming — high severity
warming 6.9→10.5 °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
freezing level 2600–2900 m · 0.00 m base · derived flags: poor visibility / whiteout, wet-loose warming (high)
⚠ models diverge: cloud 67 vs 100% (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 | 7° | 6° | 4 | NNW | 11 | 0.6k | 100 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 2900 |
| 07:00 | 8° | 7° | 4 | N | 18 | 1.3k | 100 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 2840 |
| 08:00 | 9° | 8° | 6 | NNW | 24 | 2.7k | 83 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 2810 |
| 09:00 | 10° | 9° | 7 | NNW | 28 | 5.3k | 100 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 2810 |
| 10:00 | 12° | 11° | 9 | NNW | 30 | 5.6k | 100 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 2790 |
| 11:00 | 10° | 8° | 7 | NNW | 30 | 9.1k | 66 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 2790 |
| 12:00 | 11° | 9° | 8 | WNW | 32 | 5.6k | 67 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 2790 |
| 13:00 | 12° | 11° | 8 | WNW | 36 | 21.0k | 67 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 2760 |
| 14:00 | 12° | 10° | 10 | WNW | 38 | 12.3k | 73 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 2730 |
| 15:00 | 11° | 8° | 10 | WNW | 38 | 14.9k | 68 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 2600 |
| 16:00 | 10° | 7° | 10 | WNW | 34 | 8.0k | 77 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 2670 |
| 17:00 | 8° | 5° | 9 | WNW | 32 | 6.8k | 60 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 2650 |
| 18:00 | 6° | 4° | 7 | WNW | 27 | 1.8k | 48 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 2600 |
▲ 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 7.1→11.9 °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
freezing level 2540–2940 m · 0.00 m base
✓ 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 | 4° | 3° | 2 | ENE | 23 | 17.2k | 100 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 2940 |
| 07:00 | 4° | 3° | 4 | NNE | 26 | 8.4k | 100 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 2930 |
| 08:00 | 5° | 2° | 7 | NNW | 34 | 4.6k | 98 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 2820 |
| 09:00 | 5° | 2° | 9 | NW | 38 | 3.1k | 98 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 2850 |
| 10:00 | 7° | 4° | 10 | NW | 41 | 6.2k | 100 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 2830 |
| 11:00 | 6° | 3° | 9 | NW | 41 | 5.5k | 100 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 2790 |
| 12:00 | 4° | 2° | 8 | NW | 35 | 1.4k | 100 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 2830 |
| 13:00 | 6° | 4° | 10 | NW | 37 | 9.4k | 66 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 2760 |
| 14:00 | 7° | 5° | 10 | NW | 42 | 17.0k | 97 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 2740 |
| 15:00 | 6° | 3° | 9 | NW | 40 | 23.8k | 66 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 2660 |
| 16:00 | 6° | 2° | 9 | NW | 32 | 20.5k | 55 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2580 |
| 17:00 | 3° | 0° | 10 | NW | 36 | 4.5k | 59 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 2650 |
| 18:00 | 2° | -1° | 6 | NNW | 35 | 2.3k | 46 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 2540 |
No derived flags fired. Checked: wind chill (exposure), poor visibility / whiteout, icy surface (melt-freeze), wind loading, rain on snow, wet-loose warming.
Source: open-meteo/best-match · fetched 0 min ago · forecast (FCST), not measured. Check it: raw forecast · raw ICON · Windy here
freezing level 2600–2900 m · 0.00 m base · derived flags: poor visibility / whiteout, wet-loose warming (high)
⚠ models diverge: cloud 67 vs 100% (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 | 7° | 6° | 4 | NNW | 11 | 0.6k | 100 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 2900 |
| 07:00 | 8° | 7° | 4 | N | 18 | 1.3k | 100 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 2840 |
| 08:00 | 9° | 8° | 6 | NNW | 24 | 2.7k | 83 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 2810 |
| 09:00 | 10° | 9° | 7 | NNW | 28 | 5.3k | 100 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 2810 |
| 10:00 | 12° | 11° | 9 | NNW | 30 | 5.6k | 100 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 2790 |
| 11:00 | 10° | 8° | 7 | NNW | 30 | 9.1k | 66 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 2790 |
| 12:00 | 11° | 9° | 8 | WNW | 32 | 5.6k | 67 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 2790 |
| 13:00 | 12° | 11° | 8 | WNW | 36 | 21.0k | 67 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 2760 |
| 14:00 | 12° | 10° | 10 | WNW | 38 | 12.3k | 73 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 2730 |
| 15:00 | 11° | 8° | 10 | WNW | 38 | 14.9k | 68 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 2600 |
| 16:00 | 10° | 7° | 10 | WNW | 34 | 8.0k | 77 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 2670 |
| 17:00 | 8° | 5° | 9 | WNW | 32 | 6.8k | 60 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 2650 |
| 18:00 | 6° | 4° | 7 | WNW | 27 | 1.8k | 48 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 2600 |
▲ 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 7.1→11.9 °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
freezing level 2620–3090 m · 0.00 m base
✓ 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 | 6° | 4° | 2 | ENE | 23 | 17.2k | 100 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 3090 |
| 07:00 | 6° | 4° | 4 | NNE | 26 | 8.4k | 100 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 3060 |
| 08:00 | 6° | 4° | 7 | NNW | 34 | 4.6k | 98 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 3000 |
| 09:00 | 7° | 4° | 9 | NW | 38 | 3.1k | 98 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 2940 |
| 10:00 | 8° | 6° | 10 | NW | 41 | 6.2k | 100 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 2950 |
| 11:00 | 7° | 5° | 9 | NW | 41 | 5.5k | 100 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 2930 |
| 12:00 | 6° | 3° | 8 | NW | 35 | 1.4k | 100 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 2890 |
| 13:00 | 7° | 6° | 10 | NW | 37 | 9.4k | 66 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 2770 |
| 14:00 | 8° | 6° | 10 | NW | 42 | 17.0k | 97 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 2770 |
| 15:00 | 8° | 5° | 9 | NW | 40 | 23.8k | 66 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 2760 |
| 16:00 | 7° | 4° | 9 | NW | 32 | 20.5k | 55 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2640 |
| 17:00 | 5° | 2° | 10 | NW | 36 | 4.5k | 59 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 2650 |
| 18:00 | 4° | 1° | 6 | NNW | 35 | 2.3k | 46 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 2620 |
No derived flags fired. Checked: wind chill (exposure), poor visibility / whiteout, icy surface (melt-freeze), wind loading, rain on snow, wet-loose warming.
Source: open-meteo/best-match · fetched 0 min ago · forecast (FCST), not measured. Check it: raw forecast · raw ICON · Windy here
freezing level 2540–2940 m · 0.00 m base
✓ 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 | 6° | 5° | 2 | ENE | 23 | 17.2k | 100 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 2940 |
| 07:00 | 6° | 5° | 4 | NNE | 26 | 8.4k | 100 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 2930 |
| 08:00 | 7° | 5° | 7 | NNW | 34 | 4.6k | 98 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 2820 |
| 09:00 | 7° | 5° | 9 | NW | 38 | 3.1k | 98 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 2850 |
| 10:00 | 8° | 6° | 10 | NW | 41 | 6.2k | 100 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 2830 |
| 11:00 | 8° | 5° | 9 | NW | 41 | 5.5k | 100 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 2790 |
| 12:00 | 6° | 4° | 8 | NW | 35 | 1.4k | 100 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 2830 |
| 13:00 | 8° | 6° | 10 | NW | 37 | 9.4k | 66 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 2760 |
| 14:00 | 8° | 7° | 10 | NW | 42 | 17.0k | 97 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 2740 |
| 15:00 | 8° | 5° | 9 | NW | 40 | 23.8k | 66 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 2660 |
| 16:00 | 7° | 4° | 9 | NW | 32 | 20.5k | 55 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2580 |
| 17:00 | 5° | 2° | 10 | NW | 36 | 4.5k | 59 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 2650 |
| 18:00 | 4° | 2° | 6 | NNW | 35 | 2.3k | 46 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 2540 |
No derived flags fired. Checked: wind chill (exposure), poor visibility / whiteout, icy surface (melt-freeze), wind loading, rain on snow, wet-loose warming.
Source: open-meteo/best-match · fetched 0 min ago · forecast (FCST), not measured. Check it: raw forecast · raw ICON · Windy here
Perisher Valley
Community webcam (valley) · Webcam provided by Windy.com
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.
Reduced speed limit · Check signage
A reduced speed limit is in place on Tantangara Rd for safety due to construction work associated with Snowy 2.0.
Road status: Transport for NSW Live Traffic (CC BY 4.0) · fetched 0 min ago
human-authored sources — names, links and post dates only, never their content
The Frog's forecasts (Snowatch) →
Pete Taylor's 5/10/15-day resort forecasts — the long-range human read
Mountainwatch forecasts →
the Grasshopper's worded outlooks + snow forecasts
Wilderness Sports BC report →
the Jindabyne backcountry shop's conditions blog
BOM Snowy Mountains forecast →
the official worded regional forecast
BOM radar (Canberra) →
what's actually falling right now
Perisher XC grooming →
XC trail grooming report (club)
Nordic Pulse (Perisher) →
live grooming tracker
ski.com.au forums →
recent real-world trip reports
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).
When each input last updated and whether this build reached it. link = human-required source we point to, never parse.