New Zealand Ski Area Extends Season
New Zealand’s largest ski area, Cardrona Alpine Resort, has announced that it is extending its season by a week. It is now set to stay open until Sunday October 18.
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Mount Lyford at 1750 m altitude
Issued by Snow-Forecast.com at: 5 am (local time) / 03 Sep 2026
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Next 3 days weather summary:Light rain (total 4.0mm) at first, then becoming colder with a dusting of snow on Fri morning. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 5°C on Thu morning, min -3°C on Fri afternoon). Winds increasing (moderate winds from the WNW on Thu morning, stormy winds from the NW by Thu night). | Days 4-6 weather summary:Light rain (total 2.0mm) on Sun afternoon. Becoming colder with heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Sun night. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 6°C on Sun afternoon, min -4°C on Mon morning). Winds decreasing (near gales from the WNW on Sun morning, light winds from the WNW by Mon afternoon). | |||||||||||||||||
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clear | clear | rain shwrs | snow shwrs | snow shwrs | some clouds | some clouds | snow shwrs | light snow | snow shwrs | light rain | heavy snow | light snow | light snow | cloudy | cloudy | light snow | snow shwrs | |
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 cm | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 12 | 3 | — | — | — | 5 | — |
mm | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
max °C | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | -3 | -2 | 2 | 0 | -4 | 1 |
min °C | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | -3 | -3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | -3 | -4 | -2 | 0 | -1 | -4 | -4 |
chill °C | -1 | 0 | -2 | -10 | -14 | -14 | -6 | -7 | -7 | -6 | -1 | -10 | -11 | -6 | -4 | -6 | -12 | -10 |
Humid % | 58 | 60 | 68 | 88 | 77 | 65 | 47 | 70 | 76 | 83 | 65 | 99 | 98 | 80 | 59 | 56 | 98 | 58 |
Freeze m | 2600 | 2500 | 2650 | 2050 | 1400 | 1350 | 1900 | 1850 | 2150 | 2100 | 3100 | 1850 | 1050 | 1150 | 2250 | 1850 | 1050 | 1050 |
 | 6:50 | — | — | 6:50 | — | — | 6:48 | — | — | 6:46 | — | — | 6:43 | — | — | 6:43 | — | — |
 | — | 6:02 | — | — | 6:04 | — | — | 6:05 | — | — | 6:06 | — | — | 6:07 | — | — | 6:07 | — |
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Mount Lyford Snow Conditions
| Top snow depth: | 95 cm |
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| Bottom snow depth: | 35 cm |
| Fresh snowfall depth: | — |
| Last snowfall: | 31 Aug 2026 |
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Other resorts in New Zealand are reporting: powder (3) / good piste (3)
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Snow History
Week 1 of September has on average:
0.4 | Bluebird Powder days Fresh snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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1.3 | Powder days Fresh snow, limited sun, any wind. |
0.9 | Bluebird days Average snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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Mt Lyford near KaiKoura by telestrom
20cm of fresh snow by Snow Forecast Admin
The season has started. by Snow Forecast Admin
Upload new photo Other resorts in New Zealand are reporting: powder (3) / good piste (3)
The above table gives the weather forecast for Mount Lyford at the specific elevation of 1750 m. Our sophisticated weather models allow us to provide snow forecasts for the top, middle and bottom ski stations of Mount Lyford. To access the weather forecasts for the other elevations, use the tab navigation above the table. For a wider view of the weather, check out the Weather Map of New Zealand.
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Visitor Reviews of Mount Lyford
Overall 3.4 Based on 11 votes and 4 reviews
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- jamie heemskerk from New Zealand writes:
For those of us whom relish club atmosphere fields - Mount Lyford is one of the best that New Zealand has to offer. The snow gods were with us on our visit of 2008 with base of 400cm and 200cm of that being powder, only a dozen local 4wds and a blue bird day. Being a young student and not owning a flash ride, the ski field owner even towed us to the carpark as Billy the Civic could not handle the ride up - gotta love Kiwis. As our last ride on our return drive home to Nelson from the crowds at nearby Mt Hutt, I had the best day in over 15 years riding with the Mount Lyford experience: great team, great snow and no showponys - just a hill covered with lovely white stuff and fantastic people enjoying it together; Bliss. Only gripe was no halfpipe, maybe it was buried that day aye? =)
Visitor Reviews of Mount Lyford
jamie heemskerk from New Zealand writes:
For those of us whom relish club atmosphere fields - Mount Lyford is one of the best that New Zealand has to offer. The snow gods were with us on our visit of 2008 with base of 400cm and 200cm of that being powder, only a dozen local 4wds and a blue bird day. Being a young student and not owning a flash ride, the ski field owner even towed us to the carpark as Billy the Civic could not handle the ride up - gotta love Kiwis.
As our last ride on our return drive home to Nelson from the crowds at nearby Mt Hutt, I had the best day in over 15 years riding with the Mount Lyford experience: great team, great snow and no showponys - just a hill covered with lovely white stuff and fantastic people enjoying it together; Bliss. Only gripe was no halfpipe, maybe it was buried that day aye? =)
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