Snowy Mountains · backcountry conditions

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

Generated Wed 17 Jun 2026, 15:30 (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.

No current report posted (off-season or between updates) — confirm on the page.

MSC report →

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.

Measured now — alpine AWS

OBS

Real station observations (BOM, via FTP). Shown beside the forecast — not blended into it. No sensor on the Main Range and no snow-depth field; measured base depth is Snowy Hydro (coming).

Thredbo Top Station 1957 m

11 min ago

5.4° feels -6° · 48 NW (54 g) km/h · 75% RH

Perisher Valley 1738 m

11 min ago

7.2° feels 0° · 32 WNW (43 g) km/h · 77% RH

Cabramurra 1482 m

11 min ago

8.7° feels 6° · 13 NNW (15 g) km/h · 100% RH

Thredbo Village 1380 m · Non-AWS

7 h ago

7.0° feels 6° · 0 CALM (? g) km/h · 84% RH

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 3370–3520 m

freezing level 3370–3520 m · 0.00 m base · derived flags: visibility, wet loose warming (high)

✓ models agree (best-match + ICON)

1890 m · loads NE · 06:00-18:00 local

hour temp chill wind dir gust vis snow frz.lvl
06:00 4 NW 18 7.4k 0.0 3520
07:00 3 NW 19 7.0k 0.0 3490
08:00 5 NW 20 0.3k 0.0 3440
09:00 5 NW 21 0.3k 0.0 3460
10:00 8 WNW 26 0.4k 0.0 3380
11:00 9 WNW 29 0.8k 0.0 3410
12:00 10 WNW 31 2.6k 0.0 3410
13:00 9 WNW 31 15.4k 0.0 3460
14:00 11 WNW 33 24.3k 0.0 3410
15:00 11 WNW 34 22.9k 0.0 3370
16:00 8 WNW 32 33.6k 0.0 3440
17:00 6 NW 27 0.4k 0.0 3480
18:00 4 NNW 22 0.6k 0.0 3470

▲ visibility — high

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.

▲ wet loose warming — high

warming 3.8→7.3 °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.

Charlotte Pass

freezing 3370–3520 m

freezing level 3370–3520 m · 0.00 m base · derived flags: visibility, wet loose warming (high)

✓ models agree (best-match + ICON)

1760 m · loads NE · 06:00-18:00 local

hour temp chill wind dir gust vis snow frz.lvl
06:00 8 WNW 22 8.8k 0.0 3520
07:00 8 WNW 23 25.5k 0.0 3490
08:00 7 WNW 21 1.2k 0.0 3440
09:00 11 WNW 28 0.3k 0.0 3460
10:00 11 WNW 30 0.6k 0.0 3380
11:00 10 WNW 30 1.0k 0.0 3410
12:00 11 WNW 31 9.4k 0.0 3410
13:00 10 WNW 31 31.7k 0.0 3460
14:00 12 WNW 32 61.2k 0.0 3410
15:00 13 WNW 34 51.4k 0.0 3370
16:00 12 WNW 34 66.0k 0.0 3440
17:00 10 WNW 31 0.5k 0.0 3480
18:00 9 NW 26 0.4k 0.0 3470

▲ visibility — high

poor — visibility 280 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

warming 4→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.

Dead Horse Gap / Rams Head

freezing 3360–3480 m

freezing level 3360–3480 m · 0.00 m base · derived flags: visibility, wet loose warming (high)

✓ models agree (best-match + ICON)

1580 m · loads SE · 06:00-18:00 local

hour temp chill wind dir gust vis snow frz.lvl
06:00 11 NW 27 11.6k 0.0 3480
07:00 9 NNW 27 22.0k 0.0 3470
08:00 9 NNW 24 40.1k 0.0 3420
09:00 11 NW 30 0.3k 0.0 3450
10:00 12 NW 32 1.0k 0.0 3390
11:00 12 NW 33 1.6k 0.0 3430
12:00 13 NW 36 16.1k 0.0 3410
13:00 13 NW 36 32.3k 0.0 3420
14:00 14 NW 39 52.9k 0.0 3410
15:00 15 NW 40 48.9k 0.0 3360
16:00 13 NW 39 66.1k 0.0 3430
17:00 12 NW 35 0.6k 0.0 3480
18:00 11 NNW 30 2.6k 0.0 3450

▲ visibility — high

poor — visibility 340 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

warming 4.7→8.6 °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.

Guthega access

freezing 3370–3520 m

freezing level 3370–3520 m · 0.00 m base · derived flags: visibility, wet loose warming (high)

✓ models agree (best-match + ICON)

1640 m · loads NE · 06:00-18:00 local

hour temp chill wind dir gust vis snow frz.lvl
06:00 8 WNW 27 5.6k 0.0 3520
07:00 8 W 27 19.6k 0.0 3490
08:00 8 W 24 0.9k 0.0 3440
09:00 10 W 27 0.6k 0.0 3460
10:00 9 WNW 30 0.7k 0.0 3380
11:00 9 W 30 2.0k 0.0 3410
12:00 10 W 32 16.8k 0.0 3410
13:00 10 W 32 27.2k 0.0 3460
14:00 13 W 38 50.3k 0.0 3410
15:00 15 WNW 41 51.8k 0.0 3370
16:00 12 WNW 41 64.0k 0.0 3440
17:00 10 W 36 0.9k 0.0 3480
18:00 9 W 30 0.7k 0.0 3470

▲ visibility — high

poor — visibility 640 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

warming 5→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.

Main Range (Kosciuszko)

freezing 3360–3480 m

freezing level 3360–3480 m · 0.00 m base · derived flags: visibility, wet loose warming (high)

✓ models agree (best-match + ICON)

2228 m · loads E · 06:00-18:00 local

hour temp chill wind dir gust vis snow frz.lvl
06:00 -2° 6 N 28 10.7k 0.0 3480
07:00 -1° 5 N 30 18.9k 0.0 3470
08:00 -1° 5 N 31 1.9k 0.0 3420
09:00 8 NNW 33 0.4k 0.0 3450
10:00 10 NW 38 0.5k 0.0 3390
11:00 10 NW 40 0.8k 0.0 3430
12:00 11 NW 42 3.6k 0.0 3410
13:00 11 NW 42 13.5k 0.0 3420
14:00 12 NW 41 23.9k 0.0 3410
15:00 11 NW 41 39.0k 0.0 3360
16:00 10 NW 40 51.0k 0.0 3430
17:00 -1° 9 NNW 37 0.6k 0.0 3480
18:00 -1° 7 N 34 4.2k 0.0 3450

▲ visibility — high

poor — visibility 420 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

warming 1.4→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.

Perisher access

freezing 3370–3520 m

freezing level 3370–3520 m · 0.00 m base · derived flags: visibility, wet loose warming (high)

✓ models agree (best-match + ICON)

1720 m · loads E · 06:00-18:00 local

hour temp chill wind dir gust vis snow frz.lvl
06:00 8 WNW 27 5.6k 0.0 3520
07:00 8 W 27 19.6k 0.0 3490
08:00 8 W 24 0.9k 0.0 3440
09:00 10 W 27 0.6k 0.0 3460
10:00 9 WNW 30 0.7k 0.0 3380
11:00 9 W 30 2.0k 0.0 3410
12:00 10 W 32 16.8k 0.0 3410
13:00 10 W 32 27.2k 0.0 3460
14:00 13 W 38 50.3k 0.0 3410
15:00 15 WNW 41 51.8k 0.0 3370
16:00 12 WNW 41 64.0k 0.0 3440
17:00 10 W 36 0.9k 0.0 3480
18:00 9 W 30 0.7k 0.0 3470

▲ visibility — high

poor — visibility 640 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

warming 5→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.

Watsons Crags

freezing 3360–3460 m

freezing level 3360–3460 m · 0.00 m base · derived flags: visibility, wet loose warming (high)

✓ models agree (best-match + ICON)

2100 m · loads E · 06:00-18:00 local

hour temp chill wind dir gust vis snow frz.lvl
06:00 6 N 28 10.7k 0.0 3460
07:00 5 N 30 18.9k 0.0 3440
08:00 5 N 31 1.9k 0.0 3390
09:00 8 NNW 33 0.4k 0.0 3450
10:00 10 NW 38 0.5k 0.0 3370
11:00 10 NW 40 0.8k 0.0 3380
12:00 11 NW 42 3.6k 0.0 3400
13:00 11 NW 42 13.5k 0.0 3430
14:00 12 NW 41 23.9k 0.0 3380
15:00 11 NW 41 39.0k 0.0 3360
16:00 10 NW 40 51.0k 0.0 3420
17:00 9 NNW 37 0.6k 0.0 3450
18:00 7 N 34 4.2k 0.0 3450

▲ visibility — high

poor — visibility 420 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

warming 3→6.6 °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.

Western Faces

freezing 3360–3480 m

freezing level 3360–3480 m · 0.00 m base · derived flags: visibility, wet loose warming (high)

✓ models agree (best-match + ICON)

2050 m · loads E · 06:00-18:00 local

hour temp chill wind dir gust vis snow frz.lvl
06:00 6 N 28 10.7k 0.0 3480
07:00 5 N 30 18.9k 0.0 3470
08:00 5 N 31 1.9k 0.0 3420
09:00 8 NNW 33 0.4k 0.0 3450
10:00 10 NW 38 0.5k 0.0 3390
11:00 10 NW 40 0.8k 0.0 3430
12:00 11 NW 42 3.6k 0.0 3410
13:00 11 NW 42 13.5k 0.0 3420
14:00 12 NW 41 23.9k 0.0 3410
15:00 11 NW 41 39.0k 0.0 3360
16:00 10 NW 40 51.0k 0.0 3430
17:00 9 NNW 37 0.6k 0.0 3480
18:00 7 N 34 4.2k 0.0 3450

▲ visibility — high

poor — visibility 420 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

warming 3.3→6.9 °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.

Cams

Live where the operator allows embedding (YouTube, Windy). Resort snow-stake reads as base depth.

Perisher snow stake

Live snow-stake — resort base depth at a glance · Perisher (Vail Resorts), via YouTube

Blue Cow

Blue Cow area, live · Perisher (Vail Resorts), via YouTube

Perisher Valley

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

Lake Jindabyne

Valley / approach · Webcam provided by Windy.com

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