Next 3 days weather summary:A moderate fall of snow, heaviest on Tue night. Temperatures will be below freezing (max -1°C on Wed night, min -10°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (calm on Mon afternoon, strong winds from the W by Tue night). | Days 4-6 weather summary:A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Sat afternoon. Temperatures will be below freezing (max -2°C on Thu morning, min -6°C on Sat night). Winds increasing (light winds from the S on Thu afternoon, stormy winds from the NW by Sat morning). | |||||||||||||||||
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max °C | -5 | -6 | -9 | -4 | -4 | -7 | -4 | -2 | -1 | -2 | -3 | -4 | -3 | -3 | -3 | -3 | -3 | -5 |
min °C | -6 | -8 | -9 | -8 | -5 | -10 | -7 | -3 | -2 | -3 | -4 | -4 | -4 | -4 | -4 | -4 | -5 | -6 |
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Latest snow reports near Aoraki-Mt Cook:
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| Fresh snowfall depth: | 21 cm |
| Last snowfall: | 14 Jun 2026 |
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0.7 | Bluebird Powder days Fresh snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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1.8 | Powder days Fresh snow, limited sun, any wind. |
2.5 | Bluebird days Average snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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Generally a well-serviced mountain, featuring excellent coffee at Plateau Hut. Service at Empress Hut is a little slow, and, apart from a peculiar rocky pudding, non-existent at Gardiner Hut. Queues on popular blue run the Linda tend to get very long in January and there have been some instances of fisticuffs amongst impatient punters at Summit Rocks. The Nor'West Ridge is a somewhat less crowded blue run, but it's a long walk from the hut with no guarantee of good conditions from the summit. The public are warned to exercise caution on descents of the double diamond Hooker Face as it can get a little hard and slippery at times. Late season, often as early as mid-January, there are excellent natural terrain park features on the lower Linda.
Peter Taylor from New Zealand writes:
Generally a well-serviced mountain, featuring excellent coffee at Plateau Hut. Service at Empress Hut is a little slow, and, apart from a peculiar rocky pudding, non-existent at Gardiner Hut. Queues on popular blue run the Linda tend to get very long in January and there have been some instances of fisticuffs amongst impatient punters at Summit Rocks. The Nor'West Ridge is a somewhat less crowded blue run, but it's a long walk from the hut with no guarantee of good conditions from the summit. The public are warned to exercise caution on descents of the double diamond Hooker Face as it can get a little hard and slippery at times. Late season, often as early as mid-January, there are excellent natural terrain park features on the lower Linda.
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