Snowy Mountains · backcountry conditions

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

Generated Fri 09 Oct 2026, 09:31 (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 (39 d ago)· may be stale (>2 days) — verify
Dividing Range: report 2026-08-31 (39 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 -1.3° at 23:20 · refroze after yesterday's thaw — expect firm/icy early

Thredbo Top Station 1957 m

11 min ago

?° feels ?° · 26 NW (35 g) km/h ▼6/3h · 10% RH · 0.0 mm since 9am

Perisher Valley 1738 m

11 min ago

12.5° ▲5.4°/3h feels 5° · 19 W (33 g) km/h ▲6/3h · 10% RH

Cabramurra 1482 m

11 min ago

11.6° ▲3.7°/3h feels 7° · 9 N (11 g) km/h ▼4/3h · 25% RH · 0.0 mm since 9am

Thredbo Village 1380 m · Non-AWS

25 h ago

9.0° feels ?° · 0 CALM (? g) km/h · ?% RH · 0.1 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 3770–4040 m

freezing level 3770–4040 m · 0.00 m base · derived flags: wet-loose warming (high)

✓ models agree (best-match + ICON)

1890 m · loads NE · board for 2026-10-09 · 06:00-18:00 local

hour temp chill wind dir gust vis cloud precip snow frz.lvl
06:00 5° 2° 2 NNW 10 73.6k 55 0.0 0.0 4040
07:00 5° 2° 1 NNW 10 73.6k 20 0.0 0.0 4010
08:00 8° 5° 4 NW 10 77.7k 5 0.0 0.0 3980
09:00 10° 6° 6 WNW 18 77.7k 2 0.0 0.0 3920
10:00 11° 7° 8 WNW 23 77.6k 0 0.0 0.0 3860
11:00 13° 9° 8 WNW 25 77.6k 0 0.0 0.0 3850
12:00 14° 11° 10 WNW 29 77.6k 0 0.0 0.0 3840
13:00 14° 11° 10 WNW 31 77.7k 2 0.0 0.0 3820
14:00 14° 12° 9 WNW 30 77.7k 33 0.0 0.0 3830
15:00 14° 11° 8 WNW 28 77.7k 1 0.0 0.0 3810
16:00 13° 10° 8 WNW 27 77.8k 1 0.0 0.0 3780
17:00 12° 8° 7 WNW 25 77.8k 87 0.0 0.0 3770
18:00 11° 7° 7 W 23 77.9k 2 0.0 0.0 3800

▲ wet-loose warming — high severity

warming 4.7→14 °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 3770–4040 m

freezing level 3770–4040 m · 0.00 m base · derived flags: wet-loose warming (high)

⚠ models diverge: temp 16.2 vs 12.6 °C (best-match vs ICON) — trust those numbers less

1760 m · loads NE · board for 2026-10-09 · 06:00-18:00 local

hour temp chill wind dir gust vis cloud precip snow frz.lvl
06:00 2° -1° 6 WNW 16 71.1k 52 0.0 0.0 4040
07:00 3° -1° 6 WNW 16 71.1k 15 0.0 0.0 4010
08:00 8° 4° 8 WNW 18 74.8k 2 0.0 0.0 3980
09:00 11° 7° 7 WNW 20 78.5k 1 0.0 0.0 3920
10:00 13° 9° 6 WNW 22 78.4k 0 0.0 0.0 3860
11:00 15° 12° 5 WNW 22 78.4k 0 0.0 0.0 3850
12:00 16° 14° 6 WNW 23 78.4k 0 0.0 0.0 3840
13:00 16° 14° 8 NW 27 78.4k 0 0.0 0.0 3820
14:00 16° 14° 8 NW 28 78.4k 27 0.0 0.0 3830
15:00 16° 13° 8 NW 28 78.5k 6 0.0 0.0 3810
16:00 15° 12° 8 NW 28 78.5k 4 0.0 0.0 3780
17:00 14° 10° 7 NW 27 78.6k 66 0.0 0.0 3770
18:00 12° 8° 7 WNW 24 78.6k 18 0.0 0.0 3800

▲ wet-loose warming — high severity

warming 2.2→16.2 °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

Dead Horse Gap / Rams Head

freezing 3760–4010 m

freezing level 3760–4010 m · 0.00 m base · derived flags: wet-loose warming (high)

⚠ models diverge: temp 16.8 vs 12.5 °C (best-match vs ICON) — trust those numbers less

1580 m · loads SE · board for 2026-10-09 · 06:00-18:00 local

hour temp chill wind dir gust vis cloud precip snow frz.lvl
06:00 2° -1° 8 NNW 19 67.9k 49 0.0 0.0 4010
07:00 3° -1° 8 NNW 19 67.9k 9 0.0 0.0 3980
08:00 8° 4° 9 NW 20 74.5k 1 0.0 0.0 3950
09:00 12° 8° 8 NW 23 78.3k 0 0.0 0.0 3890
10:00 14° 10° 8 WNW 26 78.3k 0 0.0 0.0 3840
11:00 15° 12° 7 WNW 26 78.3k 0 0.0 0.0 3830
12:00 16° 14° 7 WNW 26 78.3k 0 0.0 0.0 3820
13:00 17° 14° 9 WNW 31 78.3k 0 0.0 0.0 3800
14:00 17° 14° 10 NW 32 78.3k 19 0.0 0.0 3810
15:00 17° 14° 10 NW 33 78.4k 4 0.0 0.0 3800
16:00 16° 12° 10 NW 33 78.4k 0 0.0 0.0 3770
17:00 15° 10° 9 NW 32 78.5k 59 0.0 0.0 3760
18:00 13° 8° 9 NW 28 78.5k 27 0.0 0.0 3810

▲ wet-loose warming — high severity

warming 2.2→17 °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 3770–4040 m

freezing level 3770–4040 m · 0.00 m base · derived flags: wet-loose warming (high)

⚠ models diverge: temp 17.7 vs 13.2 °C (best-match vs ICON) — trust those numbers less

1640 m · loads NE · board for 2026-10-09 · 06:00-18:00 local

hour temp chill wind dir gust vis cloud precip snow frz.lvl
06:00 3° -1° 8 W 21 67.0k 49 0.0 0.0 4040
07:00 3° 0° 8 W 21 67.0k 23 0.0 0.0 4010
08:00 9° 5° 9 W 22 73.7k 5 0.0 0.0 3980
09:00 13° 8° 7 WNW 23 77.7k 2 0.0 0.0 3920
10:00 15° 11° 6 WNW 23 77.7k 0 0.0 0.0 3860
11:00 16° 13° 6 WNW 24 77.7k 0 0.0 0.0 3850
12:00 17° 15° 8 WNW 28 77.7k 0 0.0 0.0 3840
13:00 18° 15° 10 WNW 34 77.7k 0 0.0 0.0 3820
14:00 18° 15° 9 WNW 34 77.8k 12 0.0 0.0 3830
15:00 17° 14° 10 WNW 32 77.8k 11 0.0 0.0 3810
16:00 16° 13° 11 WNW 33 77.9k 5 0.0 0.0 3780
17:00 15° 11° 10 WNW 33 77.9k 70 0.0 0.0 3770
18:00 14° 10° 8 WNW 30 77.9k 13 0.0 0.0 3800

▲ wet-loose warming — high severity

warming 2.9→17.7 °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

Main Range (Kosciuszko)

freezing 3770–4040 m

freezing level 3770–4040 m · 0.00 m base · derived flags: wet-loose warming (high)

✓ models agree (best-match + ICON)

2228 m · loads E · board for 2026-10-09 · 06:00-18:00 local

hour temp chill wind dir gust vis cloud precip snow frz.lvl
06:00 2° -2° 4 NNE 19 73.1k 43 0.0 0.0 4040
07:00 2° -2° 4 NNE 19 73.1k 5 0.0 0.0 4010
08:00 5° 2° 4 NNE 18 77.4k 2 0.0 0.0 3980
09:00 7° 3° 6 NW 22 77.4k 1 0.0 0.0 3920
10:00 9° 5° 8 NW 27 77.3k 0 0.0 0.0 3860
11:00 10° 7° 8 NW 28 77.3k 0 0.0 0.0 3850
12:00 11° 8° 10 NW 31 77.3k 0 0.0 0.0 3840
13:00 12° 9° 10 NW 34 77.4k 0 0.0 0.0 3820
14:00 12° 9° 10 NW 34 77.4k 22 0.0 0.0 3830
15:00 12° 9° 10 NW 34 77.4k 0 0.0 0.0 3810
16:00 11° 8° 9 NW 34 77.5k 0 0.0 0.0 3780
17:00 10° 6° 8 NNW 32 77.5k 89 0.0 0.0 3770
18:00 8° 4° 7 NW 30 77.6k 1 0.0 0.0 3800

▲ wet-loose warming — high severity

warming 1.5→11.8 °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

Perisher access

freezing 3770–4040 m

freezing level 3770–4040 m · 0.00 m base · derived flags: wet-loose warming (high)

⚠ models diverge: temp 17.7 vs 13.2 °C (best-match vs ICON) — trust those numbers less

1720 m · loads E · board for 2026-10-09 · 06:00-18:00 local

hour temp chill wind dir gust vis cloud precip snow frz.lvl
06:00 3° -1° 8 W 21 67.0k 49 0.0 0.0 4040
07:00 3° 0° 8 W 21 67.0k 23 0.0 0.0 4010
08:00 9° 5° 9 W 22 73.7k 5 0.0 0.0 3980
09:00 13° 8° 7 WNW 23 77.7k 2 0.0 0.0 3920
10:00 15° 11° 6 WNW 23 77.7k 0 0.0 0.0 3860
11:00 16° 13° 6 WNW 24 77.7k 0 0.0 0.0 3850
12:00 17° 15° 8 WNW 28 77.7k 0 0.0 0.0 3840
13:00 18° 15° 10 WNW 34 77.7k 0 0.0 0.0 3820
14:00 18° 15° 9 WNW 34 77.8k 12 0.0 0.0 3830
15:00 17° 14° 10 WNW 32 77.8k 11 0.0 0.0 3810
16:00 16° 13° 11 WNW 33 77.9k 5 0.0 0.0 3780
17:00 15° 11° 10 WNW 33 77.9k 70 0.0 0.0 3770
18:00 14° 10° 8 WNW 30 77.9k 13 0.0 0.0 3800

▲ wet-loose warming — high severity

warming 2.9→17.7 °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

Watsons Crags

freezing 3770–4040 m

freezing level 3770–4040 m · 0.00 m base · derived flags: wet-loose warming (high)

✓ models agree (best-match + ICON)

2100 m · loads E · board for 2026-10-09 · 06:00-18:00 local

hour temp chill wind dir gust vis cloud precip snow frz.lvl
06:00 3° 0° 4 NNE 19 73.1k 43 0.0 0.0 4040
07:00 3° 0° 4 NNE 19 73.1k 5 0.0 0.0 4010
08:00 7° 3° 4 NNE 18 77.4k 2 0.0 0.0 3980
09:00 9° 5° 6 NW 22 77.4k 1 0.0 0.0 3920
10:00 10° 6° 8 NW 27 77.3k 0 0.0 0.0 3860
11:00 12° 8° 8 NW 28 77.3k 0 0.0 0.0 3850
12:00 13° 10° 10 NW 31 77.3k 0 0.0 0.0 3840
13:00 13° 11° 10 NW 34 77.4k 0 0.0 0.0 3820
14:00 13° 11° 10 NW 34 77.4k 22 0.0 0.0 3830
15:00 13° 10° 10 NW 34 77.4k 0 0.0 0.0 3810
16:00 13° 9° 9 NW 34 77.5k 0 0.0 0.0 3780
17:00 12° 8° 8 NNW 32 77.5k 89 0.0 0.0 3770
18:00 10° 6° 7 NW 30 77.6k 1 0.0 0.0 3800

▲ wet-loose warming — high severity

warming 3.1→13.4 °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

Western Faces

freezing 3770–4040 m

freezing level 3770–4040 m · 0.00 m base · derived flags: wet-loose warming (high)

✓ models agree (best-match + ICON)

2050 m · loads E · board for 2026-10-09 · 06:00-18:00 local

hour temp chill wind dir gust vis cloud precip snow frz.lvl
06:00 3° 0° 4 NNE 19 73.1k 43 0.0 0.0 4040
07:00 4° 0° 4 NNE 19 73.1k 5 0.0 0.0 4010
08:00 7° 4° 4 NNE 18 77.4k 2 0.0 0.0 3980
09:00 9° 5° 6 NW 22 77.4k 1 0.0 0.0 3920
10:00 11° 7° 8 NW 27 77.3k 0 0.0 0.0 3860
11:00 12° 9° 8 NW 28 77.3k 0 0.0 0.0 3850
12:00 13° 10° 10 NW 31 77.3k 0 0.0 0.0 3840
13:00 13° 11° 10 NW 34 77.4k 0 0.0 0.0 3820
14:00 14° 11° 10 NW 34 77.4k 22 0.0 0.0 3830
15:00 14° 11° 10 NW 34 77.4k 0 0.0 0.0 3810
16:00 13° 10° 9 NW 34 77.5k 0 0.0 0.0 3780
17:00 12° 8° 8 NNW 32 77.5k 89 0.0 0.0 3770
18:00 10° 7° 7 NW 30 77.6k 1 0.0 0.0 3800

▲ wet-loose warming — high severity

warming 3.4→13.7 °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

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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