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North America Weekly Snow Roundup #312
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Mount Dobson at 1695 m altitude
Issued by Snow-Forecast.com at: 11 am (local time) / 01 May 2026
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Next 3 days weather summary:Mostly dry. Mild temperatures (max 9°C on Sun morning, min 4°C on Fri afternoon). Wind will be generally light. | Days 4-6 weather summary:Light rain (total 8.0mm), mostly falling on Wed night. Very mild (max 10°C on Tue morning, min 5°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||
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clear | clear | some clouds | cloudy | some clouds | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | cloudy | rain shwrs | |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8 | |
max °C | 7 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 6 |
min °C | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 |
4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | |
25 | 43 | 14 | 9 | 14 | 17 | 12 | 19 | 23 | 11 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 10 | 15 | 68 | 86 | |
3400 | 3400 | 3350 | 3150 | 3250 | 3400 | 3450 | 3450 | 3400 | 3450 | 3450 | 3400 | 3300 | 3300 | 3400 | 3450 | 3300 | 3100 | |
 | 7:28 | — | — | 7:28 | — | — | 7:30 | — | — | 7:31 | — | — | 7:33 | — | — | 7:33 | — | — |
 | — | 5:38 | — | — | 5:37 | — | — | 5:37 | — | — | 5:35 | — | — | 5:34 | — | — | 5:31 | — |
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Mount Dobson Snow Conditions
| Top snow depth: | 0 cm |
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| Bottom snow depth: | 0 cm |
| Fresh snowfall depth: | — |
| Last snowfall: | 21 Apr 2026 |
| Snow Alerts | Create Alert |
Other resorts in New Zealand are reporting: powder (0) / good piste (0)
Snow History
Week 1 of May has on average:
0.1 | Bluebird Powder days Fresh snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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0.7 | 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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