South American Ski Area Extends Season After Huge Snowfalls
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Snow Park at 1420 m altitude
Issued by Snow-Forecast.com at: 11 pm (local time) / 19 Aug 2026
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Next 4 days weather summary:Light rain (total 2.0mm) at first, then becoming colder with a dusting of snow on Sat afternoon. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 3°C on Sat afternoon, min -2°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (calm on Wed night, fresh winds from the NW by Sat afternoon). | Days 5-7 weather summary:A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Sat night. Becoming milder with light rain (total 6.0mm) on Tue morning. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 1°C on Tue morning, min -4°C on Sun afternoon). Winds decreasing (gales from the WNW on Sun morning, light winds from the WNW by Tue afternoon). | |||||||||||||||
Thursday 20 | Friday 21 | Saturday 22 | Sunday 23 | Monday 24 | ||||||||||||
night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | |
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clear | clear | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | cloudy | light snow | snow shwrs | snow shwrs | heavy snow | light snow | snow shwrs | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | snow shwrs | |
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 cm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 12 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
max °C | 0 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | -2 | -3 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
min °C | -1 | -1 | -1 | -1 | -1 | -1 | -2 | 0 | 0 | -3 | -3 | -4 | -4 | -2 | 0 | 0 |
chill °C | -3 | -3 | -3 | -4 | -5 | -6 | -7 | -6 | -5 | -12 | -12 | -13 | -12 | -8 | -6 | -6 |
Humid % | 37 | 53 | 61 | 77 | 50 | 75 | 89 | 92 | 90 | 99 | 82 | 73 | 74 | 81 | 92 | 85 |
Freeze m | 2350 | 1750 | 1850 | 1800 | 1750 | 1550 | 1350 | 1550 | 1850 | 1450 | 950 | 1000 | 950 | 1200 | 1450 | 1750 |
 | — | 7:33 | — | — | 7:31 | — | — | 7:31 | — | — | 7:28 | — | — | 7:26 | — | — |
 | — | — | 6:00 | — | — | 6:00 | — | — | 6:02 | — | — | 6:04 | — | — | 6:05 | — |
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Recent light rain reported from Shotover at 359 metres elevation 7 kms NW of Remarkables but it is forecast cold enough for snow at the ski area from Remarkables
Snow Park Snow Conditions
| Top snow depth: | — |
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| Bottom snow depth: | — |
| Fresh snowfall depth: | — |
| Last snowfall: | 15 Aug 2026 |
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Other resorts in New Zealand are reporting: powder (2) / good piste (3)
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Week 3 of August has on average:
0.1 | Bluebird Powder days Fresh snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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1.0 | Powder days Fresh snow, limited sun, any wind. |
1.0 | Bluebird days Average snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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