Snowy Mountains · backcountry conditions

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

Generated Sat 08 Aug 2026, 03:30 (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.

Main Range report 2026-08-07 (1 d ago)
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 -7.1° at 02:50

Thredbo Top Station 1957 m

10 min ago

-6.7° ▼0.8°/3h feels -12° · 11 NW (17 g) km/h ▲7/3h · 88% RH · 0.0 mm since 9am

Perisher Valley 1738 m

10 min ago

-7.7° ▼1.0°/3h feels -12° · 4 SW (9 g) km/h ▼2/3h · 80% RH · 0.0 mm since 9am

Cabramurra 1482 m

10 min ago

0.7° ▲0.3°/3h feels -5° · 17 ENE (20 g) km/h ▲6/3h · 81% RH · 0.2 mm since 9am

Thredbo Village 1380 m · Non-AWS

19 h ago

3.0° feels -4° · 22 S (? g) km/h · 68% RH · 0.2 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 1810–2120 m

freezing level 1810–2120 m · 0.20 m base · derived flags: poor visibility / whiteout, icy surface (melt-freeze), wet-loose warming (high)

✓ 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° -11° 2 E 11 3.7k 1 0.0 0.0 1900
07:00 -7° -10° 2 E 9 2.2k 2 0.0 0.0 1850
08:00 -5° -8° 2 E 8 2.0k 1 0.0 0.0 1820
09:00 -2° 2 NNW 10 2.2k 1 0.0 0.0 1850
10:00 -1° 3 NW 13 2.2k 2 0.0 0.0 1810
11:00 4 WNW 14 2.0k 2 0.0 0.0 1850
12:00 4 WNW 14 1.8k 4 0.0 0.0 1910
13:00 4 WNW 16 1.8k 24 0.0 0.0 1960
14:00 4 W 16 1.8k 36 0.0 0.0 2010
15:00 4 W 14 1.9k 44 0.0 0.0 2010
16:00 -1° 4 WNW 13 2.0k 18 0.0 0.0 2010
17:00 -1° -4° 2 WNW 13 2.3k 75 0.0 0.0 2120
18:00 -3° -6° 1 ENE 9 0.3k 98 0.0 0.0 1990

▲ poor visibility / whiteout — high severity

poor — visibility 300 m (<1 km) — navigation + terrain assessment hard; whiteout is a leading AU rescue cause. Carry a compass/GPS bearing plan and known bail lines.

▲ icy surface (melt-freeze) — watch severity

melt-freeze: 1.2 °C at 09:00 then -1.1 °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 -7.3→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

Charlotte Pass

freezing 1810–2120 m

freezing level 1810–2120 m · 0.20 m base · derived flags: icy surface (melt-freeze), wet-loose warming (high)

⚠ models diverge: temp 5.6 vs 1.5 °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 -7° -10° 4 WNW 11 82.5k 4 0.0 0.0 1900
07:00 -6° -10° 4 WNW 12 82.5k 0 0.0 0.0 1850
08:00 -4° -8° 4 WNW 11 82.5k 0 0.0 0.0 1820
09:00 -1° 3 NW 12 84.6k 0 0.0 0.0 1850
10:00 3 NW 13 11.8k 0 0.0 0.0 1810
11:00 2 NNW 13 8.0k 0 0.0 0.0 1850
12:00 2 N 14 6.8k 0 0.0 0.0 1910
13:00 1 N 11 6.4k 30 0.0 0.0 1960
14:00 0 NNW 9 6.0k 22 0.0 0.0 2010
15:00 0 W 9 5.8k 63 0.0 0.0 2010
16:00 0 SW 8 5.6k 56 0.0 0.0 2010
17:00 -3° 3 WSW 10 4.5k 54 0.0 0.0 2120
18:00 -3° -6° 4 W 11 4.0k 57 0.0 0.0 1990

▲ icy surface (melt-freeze) — watch severity

melt-freeze: 2.3 °C at 09:00 then -2.8 °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 -6.6→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. Check it: raw forecast · raw ICON · Windy here

Dead Horse Gap / Rams Head

freezing 1790–2580 m

freezing level 1790–2580 m · 0.10 m base · derived flags: icy surface (melt-freeze), wet-loose warming (high)

⚠ models diverge: cloud 0 vs 36%, temp 6.4 vs 1.7 °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° -9° 4 NNW 10 3.6k 2 0.0 0.0 2580
07:00 -5° -8° 4 NNW 10 84.0k 0 0.0 0.0 2550
08:00 -2° -6° 3 NNW 10 84.0k 0 0.0 0.0 2040
09:00 3 NNW 12 86.1k 0 0.0 0.0 1990
10:00 3 NW 14 86.1k 0 0.0 0.0 1790
11:00 3 NW 14 22.2k 0 0.0 0.0 1800
12:00 3 NW 15 14.7k 0 0.0 0.0 1850
13:00 2 NW 14 10.9k 27 0.0 0.0 2460
14:00 2 WNW 13 8.1k 20 0.0 0.0 2490
15:00 2 WNW 13 6.4k 83 0.0 0.0 2430
16:00 2 W 12 5.5k 84 0.0 0.0 1950
17:00 -2° 3 WNW 11 4.6k 63 0.0 0.0 1930
18:00 -2° -6° 4 NW 11 72.8k 59 0.0 0.0 1910

▲ icy surface (melt-freeze) — watch severity

melt-freeze: 3.3 °C at 09:00 then -2.5 °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→6.6 °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

Guthega access

freezing 1810–2120 m

freezing level 1810–2120 m · 0.05 m base · derived flags: poor visibility / whiteout, icy surface (melt-freeze), wet-loose warming (high)

⚠ models diverge: temp 7.4 vs 2.2 °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 13 1.0k 11 0.0 0.0 1900
07:00 -6° -10° 5 W 15 1.0k 5 0.0 0.0 1850
08:00 -3° -7° 5 W 15 1.2k 3 0.0 0.0 1820
09:00 3 WNW 16 5.5k 1 0.0 0.0 1850
10:00 1 NW 13 5.6k 0 0.0 0.0 1810
11:00 0 N 10 6.9k 0 0.0 0.0 1850
12:00 1 NE 9 9.3k 0 0.0 0.0 1910
13:00 1 ENE 8 12.5k 30 0.0 0.0 1960
14:00 0 NNE 8 11.2k 19 0.0 0.0 2010
15:00 0 ENE 8 10.4k 43 0.0 0.0 2010
16:00 0 W 8 9.9k 30 0.0 0.0 2010
17:00 -2° 4 WSW 10 4.6k 22 0.0 0.0 2120
18:00 -2° -5° 6 W 17 1.2k 71 0.0 0.0 1990

▲ poor visibility / whiteout — high severity

poor — visibility 980 m (<1 km) — navigation + terrain assessment hard; whiteout is a leading AU rescue cause. Carry a compass/GPS bearing plan and known bail lines.

▲ icy surface (melt-freeze) — watch severity

melt-freeze: 3.2 °C at 09:00 then -1.5 °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 -5.9→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

Main Range (Kosciuszko)

freezing 1790–2580 m

freezing level 1790–2580 m · 0.08 m base · derived flags: icy surface (melt-freeze) (watch)

⚠ models diverge: cloud 2 vs 36%, temp 1.7 vs -1.6 °C (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° 3 ENE 16 2.5k 5 0.0 0.0 2580
07:00 -7° -11° 3 ENE 15 79.8k 0 0.0 0.0 2550
08:00 -5° -9° 3 ENE 14 79.8k 0 0.0 0.0 2040
09:00 -1° -5° 3 N 17 82.2k 0 0.0 0.0 1990
10:00 -4° 4 NW 20 7.8k 1 0.0 0.0 1790
11:00 -3° 5 NW 22 4.6k 1 0.0 0.0 1800
12:00 -2° 5 WNW 22 3.4k 2 0.0 0.0 1850
13:00 -1° 6 WNW 22 2.9k 30 0.0 0.0 2460
14:00 -2° 5 WNW 22 2.6k 37 0.0 0.0 2490
15:00 -2° 4 WNW 19 2.6k 76 0.0 0.0 2430
16:00 -4° 5 WNW 17 2.7k 48 0.0 0.0 1950
17:00 -3° -7° 3 NW 16 3.0k 55 0.0 0.0 1930
18:00 -6° -9° 2 ENE 17 2.8k 64 0.0 0.0 1910

▲ icy surface (melt-freeze) — watch severity

melt-freeze: 1 °C at 11:00 then -3.4 °C at 17:00 — expect bulletproof/rime crust. Crampons + ice axe; firm slips are a top AU injury cause.

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 1810–2120 m

freezing level 1810–2120 m · 0.05 m base · derived flags: poor visibility / whiteout, icy surface (melt-freeze), wet-loose warming (high)

⚠ models diverge: temp 7.4 vs 2.2 °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 13 1.0k 11 0.0 0.0 1900
07:00 -6° -10° 5 W 15 1.0k 5 0.0 0.0 1850
08:00 -3° -7° 5 W 15 1.2k 3 0.0 0.0 1820
09:00 3 WNW 16 5.5k 1 0.0 0.0 1850
10:00 1 NW 13 5.6k 0 0.0 0.0 1810
11:00 0 N 10 6.9k 0 0.0 0.0 1850
12:00 1 NE 9 9.3k 0 0.0 0.0 1910
13:00 1 ENE 8 12.5k 30 0.0 0.0 1960
14:00 0 NNE 8 11.2k 19 0.0 0.0 2010
15:00 0 ENE 8 10.4k 43 0.0 0.0 2010
16:00 0 W 8 9.9k 30 0.0 0.0 2010
17:00 -2° 4 WSW 10 4.6k 22 0.0 0.0 2120
18:00 -2° -5° 6 W 17 1.2k 71 0.0 0.0 1990

▲ poor visibility / whiteout — high severity

poor — visibility 980 m (<1 km) — navigation + terrain assessment hard; whiteout is a leading AU rescue cause. Carry a compass/GPS bearing plan and known bail lines.

▲ icy surface (melt-freeze) — watch severity

melt-freeze: 3.2 °C at 09:00 then -1.5 °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 -5.9→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

Watsons Crags

freezing 2190–2550 m

freezing level 2190–2550 m · 0.08 m base · derived flags: icy surface (melt-freeze), wet-loose warming (watch)

⚠ models diverge: cloud 2 vs 28% (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° 3 ENE 16 2.5k 5 0.0 0.0 2550
07:00 -6° -9° 3 ENE 15 79.8k 0 0.0 0.0 2510
08:00 -4° -7° 3 ENE 14 79.8k 0 0.0 0.0 2500
09:00 -3° 3 N 17 82.2k 0 0.0 0.0 2530
10:00 -2° 4 NW 20 7.8k 1 0.0 0.0 2530
11:00 -1° 5 NW 22 4.6k 1 0.0 0.0 2510
12:00 5 WNW 22 3.4k 2 0.0 0.0 2520
13:00 6 WNW 22 2.9k 30 0.0 0.0 2550
14:00 5 WNW 22 2.6k 37 0.0 0.0 2530
15:00 -1° 4 WNW 19 2.6k 76 0.0 0.0 2530
16:00 -2° 5 WNW 17 2.7k 48 0.0 0.0 2510
17:00 -2° -5° 3 NW 16 3.0k 55 0.0 0.0 2460
18:00 -4° -7° 2 ENE 17 2.8k 64 0.0 0.0 2190

▲ icy surface (melt-freeze) — watch severity

melt-freeze: 1.6 °C at 10:00 then -1.8 °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 -6.3→3.6 °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

Western Faces

freezing 1790–2580 m

freezing level 1790–2580 m · 0.08 m base · derived flags: icy surface (melt-freeze), wet-loose warming (watch)

⚠ models diverge: cloud 2 vs 36%, temp 3.6 vs 0.3 °C (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° 3 ENE 16 2.5k 5 0.0 0.0 2580
07:00 -5° -9° 3 ENE 15 79.8k 0 0.0 0.0 2550
08:00 -3° -7° 3 ENE 14 79.8k 0 0.0 0.0 2040
09:00 -3° 3 N 17 82.2k 0 0.0 0.0 1990
10:00 -2° 4 NW 20 7.8k 1 0.0 0.0 1790
11:00 -1° 5 NW 22 4.6k 1 0.0 0.0 1800
12:00 5 WNW 22 3.4k 2 0.0 0.0 1850
13:00 6 WNW 22 2.9k 30 0.0 0.0 2460
14:00 5 WNW 22 2.6k 37 0.0 0.0 2490
15:00 4 WNW 19 2.6k 76 0.0 0.0 2430
16:00 -2° 5 WNW 17 2.7k 48 0.0 0.0 1950
17:00 -2° -4° 3 NW 16 3.0k 55 0.0 0.0 1930
18:00 -4° -7° 2 ENE 17 2.8k 64 0.0 0.0 1910

▲ icy surface (melt-freeze) — watch severity

melt-freeze: 0.5 °C at 09:00 then -1.5 °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→3.9 °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

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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