Aoraki-Mt Cook Weather (Next 3 days): The snow forecast for Aoraki-Mt Cook is: Heavy rain (total 87.0mm), heaviest during Fri afternoon. Later becoming colder with a dusting of snow on Fri night. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 3°C on Fri night, min -1°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (severe gales from the NNE on Thu night, light winds from the NW by Sat night).
Aoraki-Mt Cook Weather (Days 4-6): A moderate fall of snow, heaviest on Sun night. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 1°C on Mon afternoon, min -2°C on Tue morning). Winds decreasing (near gales from the WSW on Mon night, light winds from the SW by Tue night).
| Resort | Snow Depth | Temp. (°C) | Wind (km/h) | Weather | ||
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| Top Lift: | -2 |  | ||||
| Middle Lift: | 0 | | ||||
| Bottom Lift: | 1 |  |
Thursday 26 | Friday 27 | Saturday 28 | Sunday 29 | Monday 30 | Tuesday 31 | |||||||||||||
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light snow | light snow | light snow | heavy rain | heavy rain | light snow | light rain | cloudy | light snow | light snow | light snow | mod. snow | light snow | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | |
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— | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | |
— | 3 | 2 | 15 | 36 | 26 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
max °C | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | -1 | -1 | -2 |
min °C | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 0 | -1 | -1 | 0 | -1 | -2 | -1 | -2 |
-6 | -8 | -10 | -6 | -6 | -6 | -6 | -4 | -5 | -9 | -8 | -8 | -9 | -8 | -9 | -9 | -6 | -8 | |
34 | 99 | 95 | 99 | 100 | 99 | 99 | 98 | 89 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 98 | 16 | 24 | 18 | 19 | 24 | |
3350 | 3200 | 3000 | 3400 | 3350 | 3250 | 3250 | 3450 | 3350 | 2950 | 3000 | 2950 | 2950 | 3100 | 1400 | 2050 | 2650 | 2750 | |
 | 7:48 | — | — | 7:48 | — | — | 7:50 | — | — | 7:50 | — | — | 7:52 | — | — | 7:54 | — | — |
 | — | 7:40 | — | — | 7:39 | — | — | 7:37 | — | — | 7:36 | — | — | 7:34 | — | — | 7:31 | — |
Heavy rain (total 87.0mm), heaviest during Fri afternoon. Later becoming colder with a dusting of snow on Fri night. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 3°C on Fri night, min -1°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (severe gales from the NNE on Thu night, light winds from the NW by Sat night).
A moderate fall of snow, heaviest on Sun night. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 1°C on Mon afternoon, min -2°C on Tue morning). Winds decreasing (near gales from the WSW on Mon night, light winds from the SW by Tue night).
Latest snow reports near Aoraki-Mt Cook:
| Top snow depth: | — |
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| Bottom snow depth: | — |
| Fresh snowfall depth: | — |
| Last snowfall: | 18 Mar 2026 |
| Snow Alerts | Create Alert |
0.2 | Bluebird Powder days Fresh snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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0.5 | Powder days Fresh snow, limited sun, any wind. |
0.4 | 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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