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Mount Lyford at 1750 m altitude
Issued by Snow-Forecast.com at: 5 pm (local time) / 19 Aug 2026
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Next 3 days weather summary:Mostly dry. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 6°C on Fri night, min -1°C on Wed afternoon). Winds increasing (light winds from the W on Thu morning, strong winds from the NW by Sat morning). | Days 4-6 weather summary:Light rain (total 7.0mm), mostly falling on Sat night. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 5°C on Sat night, min 0°C on Sun afternoon). Winds decreasing (stormy winds from the WNW on Sat night, moderate winds from the W by Sun night). | ||||||||||||||||
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snow shwrs | clear | clear | some clouds | clear | clear | clear | clear | cloudy | snow shwrs | rain shwrs | some clouds | some clouds | clear | clear | clear | some clouds | |
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mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
max °C | -1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
min °C | -1 | -1 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
chill °C | -7 | -6 | -3 | -2 | -3 | 0 | 0 | -3 | -4 | -6 | -5 | -7 | -8 | -6 | -3 | -2 | -4 |
Humid % | 93 | 75 | 66 | 80 | 75 | 30 | 32 | 13 | 59 | 85 | 36 | 51 | 42 | 47 | 54 | 55 | 40 |
Freeze m | 1450 | 1550 | 1800 | 2050 | 1850 | 2550 | 2600 | 2750 | 2450 | 2100 | 2750 | 2250 | 2000 | 1950 | 2050 | 2600 | 3050 |
 | — | — | 7:13 | — | — | 7:11 | — | — | 7:11 | — | — | 7:09 | — | — | 7:07 | — | — |
 | 5:46 | — | — | 5:47 | — | — | 5:49 | — | — | 5:50 | — | — | 5:51 | — | — | 5:52 | — |
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Mount Lyford Snow Conditions
| Top snow depth: | 165 cm |
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| Bottom snow depth: | 55 cm |
| Fresh snowfall depth: | 5 cm |
| Last snowfall: | 18 Aug 2026 |
| Snow Alerts | Create Alert |
Other resorts in New Zealand are reporting: powder (2) / good piste (3)
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Week 3 of August has on average:
0.5 | Bluebird Powder days Fresh snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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1.5 | Powder days Fresh snow, limited sun, any wind. |
0.5 | 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 (2) / 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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