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🇦🇺🇳🇿 Southern Hemisphere Weekly Snow Roundup #316
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Fortress Mountain at 1800 m altitude
Issued by Snow-Forecast.com at: 5 pm (local time) / 29 May 2026
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Next 3 days weather summary:Heavy rain (total 47.0mm), heaviest during Sun morning. Very mild (max 18°C on Fri afternoon, min 2°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the SW on Fri afternoon, calm by Sat afternoon). | Days 4-6 weather summary:Heavy rain (total 31.0mm), heaviest during Mon afternoon. Mild temperatures (max 9°C on Wed afternoon, min 2°C on Mon night). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||
Fri 29 | Saturday 30 | Sunday 31 | Monday 1 | Tuesday 2 | Wednesday 3 | ||||||||||||
PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | |
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clear | some clouds | light rain | light rain | light rain | mod. rain | mod. rain | mod. rain | mod. rain | mod. rain | heavy rain | light rain | light rain | light rain | light rain | light rain | light rain | |
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— | — | 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
max °C | 18 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 6 |
min °C | 17 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 4 |
15 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 4 | |
33 | 55 | 86 | 82 | 97 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 99 | 98 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 98 | 97 | 81 | 97 | |
3750 | 3550 | 3150 | 3150 | 2950 | 2750 | 2600 | 2450 | 2300 | 2400 | 2250 | 2350 | 2450 | 2450 | 2400 | 2750 | 2800 | |
 | — | — | 5:33 | — | — | 5:33 | — | — | 5:33 | — | — | 5:31 | — | — | 5:31 | — | — |
 | — | 9:40 | — | — | 9:42 | — | — | 9:43 | — | — | 9:44 | — | — | 9:45 | — | — | 9:45 |
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Fortress Mountain Snow Conditions
| Top snow depth: | — |
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| Bottom snow depth: | — |
| Fresh snowfall depth: | — |
| Last snowfall: | 20 May 2026 |
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Other resorts in Canada - Alberta are reporting: powder (0) / good piste (0)
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Week 4 of May has on average:
0.0 | Bluebird Powder days Fresh snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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0.2 | Powder days Fresh snow, limited sun, any wind. |
0.0 | Bluebird days Average snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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The above table gives the weather forecast for Fortress Mountain at the specific elevation of 1800 m. Our sophisticated weather models allow us to provide snow forecasts for the top, middle and bottom ski stations of Fortress Mountain. 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 Canada.
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Visitor Reviews of Fortress Mountain
Overall 3.3 Based on 2 votes and 10 reviews
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- Kathleen from Canada writes:
I remember skiing Fortress back in the late 80's and loved it. Hope it will open again - hope they reopen the old lodge too - was a great place to stay - totally old school skiing and lots of good fun.
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Kathleen from Canada writes:
I remember skiing Fortress back in the late 80's and loved it. Hope it will open again - hope they reopen the old lodge too - was a great place to stay - totally old school skiing and lots of good fun.
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