Craigieburn Weather (Next 3 days): The snow forecast for Craigieburn is: Moderate rain (total 18.0mm), heaviest on Tue night. Mild temperatures (max 6°C on Tue afternoon, min 3°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the NW on Wed night, calm by Fri morning).
Craigieburn Weather (Days 4-6): Heavy rain (total 28.0mm), heaviest during Sun afternoon. Later becoming colder with a dusting of snow on Mon morning. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 11°C on Sat afternoon, min 0°C on Mon morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the NNW on Fri afternoon, gales from the NW by Mon morning).
| Resort | Snow Depth | Temp. (°C) | Wind (km/h) | Weather | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Top Lift: | 5 |  | ||||
| Middle Lift: | 6 | | ||||
| Bottom Lift: | 7 | |
Tue 7 | Wednesday 8 | Thursday 9 | Friday 10 | Saturday 11 | Sunday 12 | ||||||||||||
PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | |
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cloudy | mod. rain | light rain | light rain | light rain | light rain | rain shwrs | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | rain shwrs | mod. rain | heavy rain | rain shwrs | |
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— | 6 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 7 | 16 | 2 | |
max °C | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 7 |
min °C | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 1 |
3 | 1 | 0 | -2 | -2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | -7 | |
74 | 85 | 92 | 79 | 78 | 90 | 71 | 59 | 57 | 42 | 17 | 9 | 18 | 42 | 89 | 97 | 58 | |
2750 | 2900 | 2850 | 2850 | 2750 | 2550 | 2700 | 2850 | 3200 | 3500 | 3850 | 4050 | 4100 | 3750 | 3400 | 3150 | 2900 | |
 | — | — | 6:56 | — | — | 6:56 | — | — | 6:58 | — | — | 7:00 | — | — | 7:01 | — | — |
 | 6:15 | — | — | 6:13 | — | — | 6:10 | — | — | 6:08 | — | — | 6:07 | — | — | 6:06 | — |
Moderate rain (total 18.0mm), heaviest on Tue night. Mild temperatures (max 6°C on Tue afternoon, min 3°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the NW on Wed night, calm by Fri morning).
Heavy rain (total 28.0mm), heaviest during Sun afternoon. Later becoming colder with a dusting of snow on Mon morning. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 11°C on Sat afternoon, min 0°C on Mon morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the NNW on Fri afternoon, gales from the NW by Mon morning).
Latest snow reports near Craigieburn:
| Top snow depth: | — |
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| Bottom snow depth: | — |
| Fresh snowfall depth: | — |
| Last snowfall: | 9 Mar 2026 |
| Snow Alerts | Create Alert |
0.1 | Bluebird Powder days Fresh snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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0.3 | Powder days Fresh snow, limited sun, any wind. |
0.1 | Bluebird days Average snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
The above table gives the weather forecast for Craigieburn at the specific elevation of 1922 m. Our sophisticated weather models allow us to provide snow forecasts for the top, middle and bottom ski stations of Craigieburn. 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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Overall 3.2 Based on 8 votes and 3 reviews
Craigieburn Valley, legendary among a surprisingly large minority of truly serious skiers and riders around the world, is the place where the staff from other local resorts come on their days off, where Northern Hemisphere extremists come in their offseason, and camera crews flock to shoot heroic lines. It's not always good, but when it is, there's nowhere better, short of iconic places like La Grave. When it's not good, it's usually still fun. The trail map tells it all - most runs are advanced, with a significant number upgraded to 'tricky' (localtalk for triple black diamond) and the occasional 'suicidal'. And that's without going offpiste. Although August is traditionally peak season, best snow and weather is often in September, and surprisingly often there is still lots in October. Lifts are 'appropriate technology' (rudimentary, quickly reinstated after an avalanche). Facilities are comfortable, verging on opulent by local standards, but basic as resorts worldwide go, except the high altitude daylodge, truly one of the jewels of alpine location and architecture -- at least, of anywhere I've been.
Andrew Troup from New Zealand writes:
Craigieburn Valley, legendary among a surprisingly large minority of truly serious skiers and riders around the world, is the place where the staff from other local resorts come on their days off, where Northern Hemisphere extremists come in their offseason, and camera crews flock to shoot heroic lines. It's not always good, but when it is, there's nowhere better, short of iconic places like La Grave. When it's not good, it's usually still fun.
The trail map tells it all - most runs are advanced, with a significant number upgraded to 'tricky' (localtalk for triple black diamond) and the occasional 'suicidal'. And that's without going offpiste.
Although August is traditionally peak season, best snow and weather is often in September, and surprisingly often there is still lots in October.
Lifts are 'appropriate technology' (rudimentary, quickly reinstated after an avalanche). Facilities are comfortable, verging on opulent by local standards, but basic as resorts worldwide go, except the high altitude daylodge, truly one of the jewels of alpine location and architecture -- at least, of anywhere I've been.
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