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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Temple Basin at 1708 m altitude
Issued by Snow-Forecast.com at: 5 am (local time) / 03 Sep 2026
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Next 3 days weather summary:Heavy rain (total 44.0mm) on Thu night. Becoming colder with heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Fri morning. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 4°C on Thu night, min -4°C on Fri afternoon). Winds decreasing (near gales from the WNW on Fri afternoon, moderate winds from the WNW by Fri night). | Days 4-6 weather summary:A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Sun afternoon. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 2°C on Sun night, min -4°C on Tue afternoon). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the NW on Sun morning, calm by Mon afternoon). | |||||||||||||||||
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light rain | light rain | heavy rain | heavy snow | light snow | light snow | light snow | light snow | heavy snow | heavy snow | heavy snow | heavy snow | light snow | some clouds | light snow | light snow | light snow | some clouds | |
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 cm | — | — | — | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 26 | 17 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | — |
mm | 2 | 2 | 40 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
max °C | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | -3 | -2 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 0 | -1 | -3 | -3 | -2 |
min °C | 2 | 2 | 2 | -3 | -4 | -4 | -3 | -1 | -1 | -1 | 1 | -2 | -2 | -1 | -2 | -3 | -4 | -3 |
chill °C | -4 | -4 | -4 | -12 | -13 | -13 | -10 | -9 | -8 | -8 | -6 | -8 | -7 | -1 | -8 | -9 | -6 | -6 |
Humid % | 94 | 95 | 97 | 96 | 97 | 86 | 89 | 98 | 99 | 95 | 98 | 98 | 78 | 70 | 86 | 91 | 98 | 78 |
Freeze m | 2100 | 2150 | 2150 | 1400 | 1250 | 1250 | 1200 | 1500 | 1600 | 1550 | 1950 | 1500 | 1150 | 1300 | 1350 | 1250 | 1200 | 1200 |
 | 6:58 | — | — | 6:56 | — | — | 6:54 | — | — | 6:52 | — | — | 6:50 | — | — | 6:48 | — | — |
 | — | 6:07 | — | — | 6:08 | — | — | 6:10 | — | — | 6:12 | — | — | 6:13 | — | — | 6:14 | — |
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Temple Basin Snow Conditions
| Top snow depth: | — |
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| Bottom snow depth: | — |
| Fresh snowfall depth: | 3 cm |
| Last snowfall: | 2 Sep 2026 |
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Other resorts in New Zealand are reporting: powder (3) / good piste (3)
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Week 1 of September has on average:
0.7 | Bluebird Powder days Fresh snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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1.2 | Powder days Fresh snow, limited sun, any wind. |
0.6 | Bluebird days Average snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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Photos of Temple Basin
Air in Bill's Basement - Temple Basin Ski Area. Johnny McCormack by Martin Toon
Heading to Extreme Terrain. Steve Eastwood by Martin Toon
Cassidy Chutes at Temple Basin Ski Area. Volkl by Martin Toon
Upload new photo Other resorts in New Zealand are reporting: powder (3) / good piste (3)
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Visitor Reviews of Temple Basin
Overall 3.8 Based on 20 votes and 4 reviews
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- Simon from New Zealand writes:
Temple basin is a cool environment, particularly for younger people. Although there are negatives associated with skiing Temple (rope tows, avalanche danger, difficult access to some of the very best terrain, sharing dorm rooms). However, these things may not sound like negatives to some. The very best terrain here is 'experts only' so for some that is a big plus. If you are an intermediate to advanced skier there is fun to be had, though more limited. It might, however, be a place to try and introduce yourself to bigger mountain skiing; deeper powder, steeper slopes, chutes, climb-only accessed terrain. It really has it all for a budding big mountain rider or alpinist. The scenery is also spectacular on a good day, though the weather is quite unpredictable I would imagine. Choose your days carefully.
Visitor Reviews of Temple Basin
Simon from New Zealand writes:
Temple basin is a cool environment, particularly for younger people. Although there are negatives associated with skiing Temple (rope tows, avalanche danger, difficult access to some of the very best terrain, sharing dorm rooms). However, these things may not sound like negatives to some. The very best terrain here is 'experts only' so for some that is a big plus.
If you are an intermediate to advanced skier there is fun to be had, though more limited. It might, however, be a place to try and introduce yourself to bigger mountain skiing; deeper powder, steeper slopes, chutes, climb-only accessed terrain. It really has it all for a budding big mountain rider or alpinist. The scenery is also spectacular on a good day, though the weather is quite unpredictable I would imagine. Choose your days carefully.
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