Fresh Snowfall In the Alps
Ski areas in the Alps are celebrating the first significant fresh snowfall of September, with accumulations of up to 20cm (8") reported.
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Mount Dobson at 1695 m altitude
Issued by Snow-Forecast.com at: 5 pm (local time) / 16 Sep 2026
Next 3 days weather summary:A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Wed night. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 2°C on Wed afternoon, min -5°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (calm on Thu morning, fresh winds from the WNW by Sat morning). | Days 4-6 weather summary:A moderate fall of snow, heaviest on Mon night. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 6°C on Mon morning, min -5°C on Sat night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the WNW on Mon afternoon, calm by Tue morning). | ||||||||||||||||
Wed 16 | Thursday 17 | Friday 18 | Saturday 19 | Sunday 20 | Monday 21 | ||||||||||||
PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | |
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light snow | heavy snow | light snow | snow shwrs | some clouds | cloudy | some clouds | some clouds | cloudy | some clouds | snow shwrs | some clouds | clear | some clouds | clear | clear | mod. snow | |
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 cm | 1 | 16 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 6 |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
max °C | 2 | -3 | -4 | -4 | -3 | 0 | -1 | -2 | 2 | 2 | -1 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 |
min °C | -1 | -4 | -4 | -4 | -5 | -1 | -2 | -3 | 1 | 0 | -5 | -3 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 4 | -5 |
chill °C | -4 | -7 | -4 | -7 | -8 | -4 | -2 | -3 | -6 | -7 | -12 | -10 | -6 | -5 | 0 | -2 | -11 |
Humid % | 87 | 98 | 98 | 87 | 25 | 31 | 71 | 64 | 65 | 83 | 70 | 67 | 43 | 39 | 35 | 50 | 89 |
Freeze m | 1900 | 900 | 850 | 950 | 1550 | 1950 | 1700 | 1250 | 2200 | 1950 | 1700 | 1300 | 1650 | 2100 | 3050 | 2750 | 2100 |
 | — | — | 6:37 | — | — | 6:35 | — | — | 6:33 | — | — | 6:31 | — | — | 6:30 | — | — |
 | 6:25 | — | — | 6:27 | — | — | 6:28 | — | — | 6:29 | — | — | 6:30 | — | — | 6:30 | — |
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Mount Dobson Snow Conditions
| Top snow depth: | 90 cm |
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| Bottom snow depth: | 40 cm |
| Fresh snowfall depth: | — |
| Last snowfall: | 10 Sep 2026 |
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Other resorts in New Zealand are reporting: powder (0) / good piste (0)
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Week 3 of September has on average:
0.4 | Bluebird Powder days Fresh snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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0.8 | Powder days Fresh snow, limited sun, any wind. |
0.4 | Bluebird days Average snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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Photos of Mount Dobson
West Ridge, far side by Snow Forecast Admin
Tekapo from Dobson West RIdge by Snow Forecast Admin
Fresh snow day at Dobson by Snow Forecast Admin
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The above table gives the weather forecast for Mount Dobson at the specific elevation of 1695 m. Our sophisticated weather models allow us to provide snow forecasts for the top, middle and bottom ski stations of Mount Dobson. 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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Visitor Reviews of Mount Dobson
Overall 2.7 Based on 19 votes and 3 reviews
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- Chris Thompson from Australia writes:
I visited Dobson in July 2005 and had an excellent time! Despite being early in the season and the season itself not being a very strong one what we found at Dobson was beautiful snow and very friendly staff. While other resorts in the area had very icy conditions Dobson had soft powder which was very well mantained. Not all runs were open but the ones that were had excellent snow on than deep powder could be found off-piste. In my experience Dobson is the best in the area and my one regret was that we didn't travel later in the season and enjoy more snow, nonethelss the way Dobson maintained the snow they had has raised the bar for any resort I visit in the future.
Visitor Reviews of Mount Dobson
Chris Thompson from Australia writes:
I visited Dobson in July 2005 and had an excellent time! Despite being early in the season and the season itself not being a very strong one what we found at Dobson was beautiful snow and very friendly staff. While other resorts in the area had very icy conditions Dobson had soft powder which was very well mantained. Not all runs were open but the ones that were had excellent snow on than deep powder could be found off-piste. In my experience Dobson is the best in the area and my one regret was that we didn't travel later in the season and enjoy more snow, nonethelss the way Dobson maintained the snow they had has raised the bar for any resort I visit in the future.
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