Next 3 days weather summary:Mostly dry. Temperatures will be below freezing (max -2°C on Fri morning, min -9°C on Sat afternoon). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the WSW on Fri night, light winds from the WSW by Sat night). | Days 4-6 weather summary:A dusting of new snow. Temperatures will be below freezing (max -5°C on Wed morning, min -8°C on Sun afternoon). Winds increasing (light winds from the WSW on Mon night, near gales from the W by Tue afternoon). | ||||||||||||||||
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clear | clear | clear | clear | some clouds | some clouds | cloudy | some clouds | some clouds | light snow | light snow | cloudy | clear | some clouds | cloudy | light snow | snow shwrs | |
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max °C | -3 | -3 | -2 | -2 | -3 | -5 | -8 | -6 | -7 | -8 | -6 | -6 | -6 | -6 | -6 | -8 | -6 |
min °C | -4 | -5 | -3 | -3 | -5 | -7 | -9 | -7 | -7 | -8 | -7 | -7 | -8 | -7 | -7 | -8 | -8 |
chill °C | -11 | -12 | -10 | -11 | -15 | -16 | -19 | -16 | -13 | -17 | -15 | -13 | -15 | -13 | -16 | -18 | -19 |
Humid % | 27 | 40 | 19 | 22 | 31 | 34 | 85 | 71 | 77 | 97 | 69 | 43 | 25 | 29 | 77 | 97 | 33 |
Freeze m | 1300 | 1150 | 1150 | 1450 | 1200 | 1400 | 1600 | 1450 | 1650 | 1650 | 1400 | 1450 | 1550 | 1250 | 1600 | 1650 | 1500 |
 | — | — | 8:07 | — | — | 8:06 | — | — | 8:06 | — | — | 8:04 | — | — | 8:03 | — | — |
 | 5:22 | — | — | 5:22 | — | — | 5:23 | — | — | 5:24 | — | — | 5:25 | — | — | 5:27 | — |
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Latest snow reports near Aoraki-Mt Cook:
| Top snow depth: | — |
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| Bottom snow depth: | — |
| Fresh snowfall depth: | 67 cm |
| Last snowfall: | 15 Jul 2026 |
| Snow Alerts | Create Alert |
0.8 | Bluebird Powder days Fresh snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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2.1 | Powder days Fresh snow, limited sun, any wind. |
2.4 | Bluebird days Average snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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Generally a well-serviced mountain, featuring excellent coffee at Plateau Hut. Service at Empress Hut is a little slow, and, apart from a peculiar rocky pudding, non-existent at Gardiner Hut. Queues on popular blue run the Linda tend to get very long in January and there have been some instances of fisticuffs amongst impatient punters at Summit Rocks. The Nor'West Ridge is a somewhat less crowded blue run, but it's a long walk from the hut with no guarantee of good conditions from the summit. The public are warned to exercise caution on descents of the double diamond Hooker Face as it can get a little hard and slippery at times. Late season, often as early as mid-January, there are excellent natural terrain park features on the lower Linda.
Peter Taylor from New Zealand writes:
Generally a well-serviced mountain, featuring excellent coffee at Plateau Hut. Service at Empress Hut is a little slow, and, apart from a peculiar rocky pudding, non-existent at Gardiner Hut. Queues on popular blue run the Linda tend to get very long in January and there have been some instances of fisticuffs amongst impatient punters at Summit Rocks. The Nor'West Ridge is a somewhat less crowded blue run, but it's a long walk from the hut with no guarantee of good conditions from the summit. The public are warned to exercise caution on descents of the double diamond Hooker Face as it can get a little hard and slippery at times. Late season, often as early as mid-January, there are excellent natural terrain park features on the lower Linda.
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