Snowy Mountains · backcountry conditions

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

Generated Sat 15 Aug 2026, 19:30 (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 2026-08-15 (today)
Dividing Range: report 2026-08-15 (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 0.0° at 19:20 · thawed yesterday, no refreeze — wet pack overnight

Thredbo Top Station 1957 m

10 min ago

0.0° ▼1.7°/3h feels -5° · 13 NNE (17 g) km/h ▲2/3h · 93% RH · 0.0 mm since 9am

Perisher Valley 1738 m

10 min ago

-0.7° ▼5.3°/3h feels -3° · 2 WSW (4 g) km/h →0/3h · 93% RH · 0.0 mm since 9am

Cabramurra 1482 m

10 min ago

4.7° ▼2.8°/3h feels -2° · 26 ESE (32 g) km/h ▲13/3h · 76% RH · 0.0 mm since 9am

Thredbo Village 1380 m · Non-AWS

5 h ago

9.2° feels 7° · 4 WSW (? g) km/h · 58% RH · 0.0 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.

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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 2000–2260 m

freezing level 2000–2260 m · 0.14 m base · derived flags: icy surface (melt-freeze), wet-loose warming (high)

⚠ models diverge: cloud 42 vs 74% (best-match vs ICON) — trust those numbers less

1890 m · loads NE · board for 2026-08-16 · 06:00-18:00 local

hour temp chill wind dir gust vis cloud precip snow frz.lvl
06:00 -6° -9° 2 ESE 9 2.2k 20 0.0 0.0 2000
07:00 -6° -10° 2 ESE 9 7.0k 10 0.0 0.0 2000
08:00 -3° -6° 2 E 9 75.8k 2 0.0 0.0 2000
09:00 0 ENE 10 22.9k 0 0.0 0.0 2000
10:00 0 WNW 8 24.2k 0 0.0 0.0 2010
11:00 1 WNW 7 81.2k 1 0.0 0.0 2090
12:00 2 WNW 6 42.0k 42 0.0 0.0 2160
13:00 3 W 8 13.3k 83 0.0 0.0 2210
14:00 4 W 14 12.0k 77 0.0 0.0 2250
15:00 4 W 15 12.3k 100 0.0 0.0 2260
16:00 1 WSW 12 78.9k 100 0.0 0.0 2250
17:00 -1° 2 E 9 37.7k 100 0.0 0.0 2200
18:00 -1° -4° 4 ESE 14 71.5k 73 0.0 0.0 2120

▲ icy surface (melt-freeze) — watch severity

melt-freeze: 3.2 °C at 09:00 then -0.8 °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 -6.4→5.9 °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

Charlotte Pass

freezing 2000–2260 m

freezing level 2000–2260 m · 0.14 m base · derived flags: icy surface (melt-freeze), wet-loose warming (high)

⚠ models diverge: cloud 13 vs 74% (best-match vs ICON) — trust those numbers less

1760 m · loads NE · board for 2026-08-16 · 06:00-18:00 local

hour temp chill wind dir gust vis cloud precip snow frz.lvl
06:00 -5° -8° 2 WNW 9 77.6k 0 0.0 0.0 2000
07:00 -5° -8° 2 WNW 7 77.5k 0 0.0 0.0 2000
08:00 -2° -5° 2 NW 6 80.3k 0 0.0 0.0 2000
09:00 2 N 10 84.8k 0 0.0 0.0 2000
10:00 3 NE 12 84.8k 0 0.0 0.0 2010
11:00 4 NE 14 84.8k 0 0.0 0.0 2090
12:00 4 NE 14 84.8k 13 0.0 0.0 2160
13:00 3 ENE 14 84.9k 65 0.0 0.0 2210
14:00 2 E 10 84.9k 100 0.0 0.0 2250
15:00 3 ESE 11 8.4k 100 0.0 0.0 2260
16:00 5 E 13 6.9k 98 0.0 0.0 2250
17:00 -1° 4 E 14 8.4k 9 0.0 0.0 2200
18:00 -1° -3° 1 NW 9 12.1k 5 0.0 0.0 2120

▲ icy surface (melt-freeze) — watch severity

melt-freeze: 3.3 °C at 09:00 then -0.7 °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

Dead Horse Gap / Rams Head

freezing 2040–2200 m

freezing level 2040–2200 m · 0.05 m base · derived flags: wet-loose warming (high)

⚠ models diverge: cloud 9 vs 68% (best-match vs ICON) — trust those numbers less

1580 m · loads SE · board for 2026-08-16 · 06:00-18:00 local

hour temp chill wind dir gust vis cloud precip snow frz.lvl
06:00 -2° -6° 2 NNW 8 79.7k 0 0.0 0.0 2090
07:00 -2° -5° 1 N 5 79.6k 0 0.0 0.0 2090
08:00 -2° 2 N 5 81.9k 0 0.0 0.0 2060
09:00 1 NNE 7 81.9k 0 0.0 0.0 2040
10:00 0 NE 7 84.2k 0 0.0 0.0 2040
11:00 1 ENE 8 84.2k 0 0.0 0.0 2100
12:00 1 ENE 8 11.4k 9 0.0 0.0 2160
13:00 1 SE 8 3.6k 60 0.0 0.0 2190
14:00 3 SE 11 1.9k 99 0.0 0.0 2190
15:00 4 ESE 15 1.7k 100 0.0 0.0 2200
16:00 5 E 18 2.3k 21 0.0 0.0 2170
17:00 4 E 18 3.4k 14 0.0 0.0 2150
18:00 -3° 3 N 10 5.1k 19 0.0 0.0 2120

▲ wet-loose warming — high severity

warming -2.3→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

Guthega access

freezing 2000–2260 m

freezing level 2000–2260 m · 0.02 m base · derived flags: wet-loose warming (high)

⚠ models diverge: cloud 9 vs 74% (best-match vs ICON) — trust those numbers less

1640 m · loads NE · board for 2026-08-16 · 06:00-18:00 local

hour temp chill wind dir gust vis cloud precip snow frz.lvl
06:00 -3° -7° 3 W 10 1.2k 13 0.0 0.0 2000
07:00 -4° -7° 2 W 9 1.7k 9 0.0 0.0 2000
08:00 -1° -4° 2 WNW 9 4.5k 2 0.0 0.0 2000
09:00 2 NNE 10 19.1k 0 0.0 0.0 2000
10:00 4 NE 13 19.9k 0 0.0 0.0 2010
11:00 7 NE 22 18.3k 0 0.0 0.0 2090
12:00 7 ENE 23 89.1k 9 0.0 0.0 2160
13:00 7 ENE 23 83.8k 29 0.0 0.0 2210
14:00 5 E 21 52.5k 70 0.0 0.0 2250
15:00 6 E 16 17.7k 100 0.0 0.0 2260
16:00 8 ESE 18 12.2k 100 0.0 0.0 2250
17:00 6 ESE 19 11.6k 38 0.0 0.0 2200
18:00 -2° 2 SSW 11 13.3k 22 0.0 0.0 2120

▲ wet-loose warming — high severity

warming -4.3→8.4 °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 2040–2200 m

freezing level 2040–2200 m · 0.03 m base · derived flags: icy surface (melt-freeze), wet-loose warming (watch)

✓ models agree (best-match + ICON)

2228 m · loads E · board for 2026-08-16 · 06:00-18:00 local

hour temp chill wind dir gust vis cloud precip snow frz.lvl
06:00 -6° -10° 2 E 12 74.7k 0 0.0 0.0 2090
07:00 -6° -10° 2 E 13 74.7k 0 0.0 0.0 2090
08:00 -3° -6° 2 E 13 74.6k 0 0.0 0.0 2060
09:00 -1° 0 W 12 80.2k 0 0.0 0.0 2040
10:00 -1° 1 W 7 80.2k 0 0.0 0.0 2040
11:00 3 WNW 9 80.2k 0 0.0 0.0 2100
12:00 4 W 12 82.8k 63 0.0 0.0 2160
13:00 4 W 16 82.8k 90 0.0 0.0 2190
14:00 5 W 19 80.3k 77 0.0 0.0 2190
15:00 4 W 19 26.3k 99 0.0 0.0 2200
16:00 1 WSW 16 17.3k 93 0.0 0.0 2170
17:00 -3° 1 ENE 10 16.9k 2 0.0 0.0 2150
18:00 -3° -6° 2 E 14 15.1k 16 0.0 0.0 2120

▲ icy surface (melt-freeze) — watch severity

melt-freeze: 1.5 °C at 09:00 then -2.6 °C at 18:00 — expect bulletproof/rime crust. Crampons + ice axe; firm slips are a top AU injury cause.

▲ wet-loose warming — watch severity

warming -6.2→4.3 °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. Check it: raw forecast · raw ICON · Windy here

Perisher access

freezing 2000–2260 m

freezing level 2000–2260 m · 0.02 m base · derived flags: wet-loose warming (high)

⚠ models diverge: cloud 9 vs 74% (best-match vs ICON) — trust those numbers less

1720 m · loads E · board for 2026-08-16 · 06:00-18:00 local

hour temp chill wind dir gust vis cloud precip snow frz.lvl
06:00 -3° -7° 3 W 10 1.2k 13 0.0 0.0 2000
07:00 -4° -7° 2 W 9 1.7k 9 0.0 0.0 2000
08:00 -1° -4° 2 WNW 9 4.5k 2 0.0 0.0 2000
09:00 2 NNE 10 19.1k 0 0.0 0.0 2000
10:00 4 NE 13 19.9k 0 0.0 0.0 2010
11:00 7 NE 22 18.3k 0 0.0 0.0 2090
12:00 7 ENE 23 89.1k 9 0.0 0.0 2160
13:00 7 ENE 23 83.8k 29 0.0 0.0 2210
14:00 5 E 21 52.5k 70 0.0 0.0 2250
15:00 6 E 16 17.7k 100 0.0 0.0 2260
16:00 8 ESE 18 12.2k 100 0.0 0.0 2250
17:00 6 ESE 19 11.6k 38 0.0 0.0 2200
18:00 -2° 2 SSW 11 13.3k 22 0.0 0.0 2120

▲ wet-loose warming — high severity

warming -4.3→8.4 °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 2030–2190 m

freezing level 2030–2190 m · 0.03 m base · derived flags: icy surface (melt-freeze), wet-loose warming (high)

✓ models agree (best-match + ICON)

2100 m · loads E · board for 2026-08-16 · 06:00-18:00 local

hour temp chill wind dir gust vis cloud precip snow frz.lvl
06:00 -5° -8° 2 E 12 74.7k 0 0.0 0.0 2120
07:00 -5° -8° 2 E 13 74.7k 0 0.0 0.0 2130
08:00 -1° -4° 2 E 13 74.6k 0 0.0 0.0 2100
09:00 0 W 12 80.2k 0 0.0 0.0 2070
10:00 1 W 7 80.2k 0 0.0 0.0 2030
11:00 3 WNW 9 80.2k 0 0.0 0.0 2050
12:00 4 W 12 82.8k 63 0.0 0.0 2100
13:00 4 W 16 82.8k 90 0.0 0.0 2160
14:00 5 W 19 80.3k 77 0.0 0.0 2190
15:00 4 W 19 26.3k 99 0.0 0.0 2140
16:00 1 WSW 16 17.3k 93 0.0 0.0 2150
17:00 -1° 1 ENE 10 16.9k 2 0.0 0.0 2170
18:00 -1° -4° 2 E 14 15.1k 16 0.0 0.0 2160

▲ icy surface (melt-freeze) — watch severity

melt-freeze: 3.1 °C at 09:00 then -1 °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 -4.6→5.9 °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

Western Faces

freezing 2040–2200 m

freezing level 2040–2200 m · 0.03 m base · derived flags: icy surface (melt-freeze), wet-loose warming (high)

✓ models agree (best-match + ICON)

2050 m · loads E · board for 2026-08-16 · 06:00-18:00 local

hour temp chill wind dir gust vis cloud precip snow frz.lvl
06:00 -4° -8° 2 E 12 74.7k 0 0.0 0.0 2090
07:00 -4° -8° 2 E 13 74.7k 0 0.0 0.0 2090
08:00 -1° -4° 2 E 13 74.6k 0 0.0 0.0 2060
09:00 0 W 12 80.2k 0 0.0 0.0 2040
10:00 1 W 7 80.2k 0 0.0 0.0 2040
11:00 3 WNW 9 80.2k 0 0.0 0.0 2100
12:00 4 W 12 82.8k 63 0.0 0.0 2160
13:00 4 W 16 82.8k 90 0.0 0.0 2190
14:00 5 W 19 80.3k 77 0.0 0.0 2190
15:00 4 W 19 26.3k 99 0.0 0.0 2200
16:00 1 WSW 16 17.3k 93 0.0 0.0 2170
17:00 1 ENE 10 16.9k 2 0.0 0.0 2150
18:00 -1° -4° 2 E 14 15.1k 16 0.0 0.0 2120

▲ icy surface (melt-freeze) — watch severity

melt-freeze: 3.4 °C at 09:00 then -0.7 °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 -4.3→6.2 °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

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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