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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Big White at 2286 m altitude
Issued by Snow-Forecast.com at: 10 am (local time) / 02 Sep 2026
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Next 3 days weather summary:Mild with moderate rain (total 10.0mm) on Wed night, Becoming colder with a light covering of snow, mostly falling on Thu morning. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 9°C on Wed morning, min 0°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the S on Wed night, calm by Fri afternoon). | Days 4-6 weather summary:Light rain (total 2.0mm), mostly falling on Sat afternoon. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 9°C on Mon afternoon, min 0°C on Sat morning). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||
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some clouds | rain shwrs | light rain | light snow | rain shwrs | snow shwrs | some clouds | light snow | snow shwrs | some clouds | light rain | some clouds | clear | cloudy | clear | some clouds | cloudy | cloudy | |
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 cm | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
mm | — | 2 | 3 | — | 4 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
max °C | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 7 |
min °C | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 6 |
chill °C | 3 | 2 | -2 | -2 | -3 | 0 | -1 | 0 | -2 | -2 | 1 | -2 | -1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 3 |
Humid % | 60 | 77 | 92 | 88 | 70 | 75 | 68 | 92 | 91 | 69 | 76 | 87 | 49 | 49 | 65 | 59 | 50 | 60 |
Freeze m | 3300 | 3050 | 2800 | 2550 | 2600 | 2300 | 2650 | 2550 | 2350 | 2550 | 2600 | 2500 | 2950 | 3100 | 3100 | 3150 | 3300 | 3200 |
 | 6:11 | — | — | 6:13 | — | — | 6:13 | — | — | 6:16 | — | — | 6:16 | — | — | 6:18 | — | — |
 | — | 7:37 | — | — | 7:35 | — | — | 7:32 | — | — | 7:30 | — | — | 7:29 | — | — | 7:25 | — |
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| Top snow depth: | 0 cm |
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| Bottom snow depth: | 0 cm |
| Fresh snowfall depth: | — |
| Last snowfall: | 10 Jun 2026 |
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Week 1 of September has on average:
0.0 | Bluebird Powder days Fresh snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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0.0 | Powder days Fresh snow, limited sun, any wind. |
0.0 | Bluebird days Average snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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Visitor Reviews of Big White
Overall 4.0 Based on 89 votes and 38 reviews
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- ski pro from Canada writes:
This resort used to have heart. It used to have soul. Then it decided profit over experience is their game. So they outside by side chairs...except the mountain never grew. They added more and more accommodations, but they lost all their employees so there is no service to be had from them. They mandate vaccines for outdoor staff and now have none. They also don't care if you have high expectations. We had an old man having a heart attack and all the coffee owner could say was "can't you do this outside" Big White was a cool place in 1980. Now it just wants $$$$$ What was once a great place has been ruined, with a helicopter to a sister resort of Silver Star. Big White, more like big white out. Think I don't know. I gave them my heart and soul for 8 years. They are not worth your money time or effort. (note from editor: text altered for the sake of relevance)
Visitor Reviews of Big White
ski pro from Canada writes:
This resort used to have heart. It used to have soul. Then it decided profit over experience is their game. So they outside by side chairs...except the mountain never grew. They added more and more accommodations, but they lost all their employees so there is no service to be had from them. They mandate vaccines for outdoor staff and now have none.
They also don't care if you have high expectations.
We had an old man having a heart attack and all the coffee owner could say was "can't you do this outside"
Big White was a cool place in 1980.
Now it just wants $$$$$
What was once a great place has been ruined, with a helicopter to a sister resort of Silver Star.
Big White, more like big white out.
Think I don't know. I gave them my heart and soul for 8 years. They are not worth your money time or effort.
(note from editor: text altered for the sake of relevance)
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