New Zealand Ski Area Extends Season
New Zealand’s largest ski area, Cardrona Alpine Resort, has announced that it is extending its season by a week. It is now set to stay open until Sunday October 18.
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Mount Roon at 1696 m altitude
Issued by Snow-Forecast.com at: 11 pm (local time) / 02 Sep 2026
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Next 4 days weather summary:Heavy rain (total 37.0mm) on Thu night. Becoming colder with heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Thu night. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 4°C on Thu night, min -5°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (near gales from the NW on Thu night, light winds from the W by Fri night). | Days 5-7 weather summary:A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Sun morning. Becoming milder with heavy rain (total 33.0mm) on Sun afternoon. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 3°C on Sun afternoon, min -4°C on Tue morning). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the N on Sun morning, calm by Mon morning). | |||||||||||||||
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night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | |
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light snow | light snow | mod. rain | mod. snow | heavy snow | mod. snow | mod. snow | light snow | light snow | heavy snow | heavy snow | heavy snow | snow shwrs | clear | some clouds | light snow | |
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 cm | 4 | 1 | — | 10 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 28 | 11 | 1 | — | — | — |
mm | — | 2 | 6 | 29 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 33 | — | — | — | — |
max °C | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -3 | -4 | -3 | -3 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 |
min °C | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | -3 | -4 | -5 | -3 | -2 | -1 | -1 | 2 | -1 | -2 | -1 | -3 |
chill °C | -4 | -3 | -3 | -6 | -12 | -13 | -13 | -9 | -8 | -7 | -8 | -1 | -5 | -5 | -4 | -8 |
Humid % | 98 | 98 | 99 | 99 | 98 | 98 | 99 | 99 | 100 | 99 | 98 | 99 | 87 | 50 | 66 | 84 |
Freeze m | 2000 | 2000 | 2100 | 2200 | 1350 | 1100 | 1200 | 1250 | 1400 | 1600 | 1450 | 2250 | 1850 | 1250 | 1750 | 1200 |
 | — | 7:03 | — | — | 7:01 | — | — | 7:01 | — | — | 6:58 | — | — | 6:56 | — | — |
 | — | — | 6:13 | — | — | 6:15 | — | — | 6:15 | — | — | 6:16 | — | — | 6:17 | — |
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Mount Roon Snow Conditions
| Top snow depth: | — |
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| Bottom snow depth: | — |
| Fresh snowfall depth: | 4 cm |
| Last snowfall: | 31 Aug 2026 |
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Other resorts in New Zealand are reporting: powder (3) / good piste (3)
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Week 1 of September has on average:
0.4 | Bluebird Powder days Fresh snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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0.7 | Powder days Fresh snow, limited sun, any wind. |
0.8 | Bluebird days Average snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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Other resorts in New Zealand are reporting: powder (3) / good piste (3)
The above table gives the weather forecast for Mount Roon at the specific elevation of 1696 m. Our sophisticated weather models allow us to provide snow forecasts for the top, middle and bottom ski stations of Mount Roon. 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 Roon
Overall 2.8 Based on 2 votes and 1 review
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- Adrian Dumbleton from New Zealand writes:
This resort does not exist. There may be glacier skiing options but there is no resort.
Visitor Reviews of Mount Roon
Adrian Dumbleton from New Zealand writes:
This resort does not exist. There may be glacier skiing options but there is no resort.
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