Aoraki-Mt Cook Weather (Next 3 days): The snow forecast for Aoraki-Mt Cook is: Mild with heavy rain (total 64.0mm), heaviest during Fri morning. Becoming colder with a moderate fall of snow heaviest on Fri afternoon. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 3°C on Wed afternoon, min 0°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (light winds from the NE on Wed afternoon, severe gales from the NNE by Thu night).
Aoraki-Mt Cook Weather (Days 4-6): A light covering of new snow, mostly falling on Sun afternoon. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 2°C on Sat afternoon, min -3°C on Mon night). Winds increasing (light winds from the NNW on Sat night, severe gales from the WSW by Mon afternoon).
| Resort | Snow Depth | Temp. (°C) | Wind (km/h) | Weather | ||
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| Top Lift: | -2 |  | ||||
| Middle Lift: | 1 | | ||||
| Bottom Lift: | 2 | |
Wed 25 | Thursday 26 | Friday 27 | Saturday 28 | Sunday 29 | Monday 30 | ||||||||||||
PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | |
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some clouds | cloudy | light snow | mod. rain | light snow | heavy rain | mod. snow | mod. snow | light rain | some clouds | snow shwrs | light snow | light snow | light snow | light snow | clear | clear | |
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— | — | — | — | 1 | — | 9 | 7 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 3 | — | — | — | |
— | — | — | 6 | 7 | 25 | 12 | 13 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
max °C | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | -1 | -2 |
min °C | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 0 | -1 | -1 | -2 | -2 | -3 |
0 | -2 | -5 | -6 | -8 | -7 | -8 | -7 | -4 | -3 | -7 | -7 | -9 | -8 | -11 | -12 | -13 | |
43 | 43 | 55 | 99 | 96 | 100 | 100 | 99 | 85 | 92 | 73 | 98 | 99 | 99 | 93 | 30 | 22 | |
3500 | 3550 | 3250 | 3300 | 3100 | 3400 | 3350 | 3350 | 3500 | 3400 | 3300 | 2900 | 3000 | 2900 | 2800 | 2450 | 1200 | |
 | — | — | 7:48 | — | — | 7:48 | — | — | 7:50 | — | — | 7:50 | — | — | 7:52 | — | — |
 | 7:43 | — | — | 7:40 | — | — | 7:39 | — | — | 7:37 | — | — | 7:36 | — | — | 7:34 | — |
Mild with heavy rain (total 64.0mm), heaviest during Fri morning. Becoming colder with a moderate fall of snow heaviest on Fri afternoon. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 3°C on Wed afternoon, min 0°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (light winds from the NE on Wed afternoon, severe gales from the NNE by Thu night).
A light covering of new snow, mostly falling on Sun afternoon. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 2°C on Sat afternoon, min -3°C on Mon night). Winds increasing (light winds from the NNW on Sat night, severe gales from the WSW by Mon afternoon).
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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