Mountaineering - General Conditions
Mountain Condition Report
Monday 2nd November 2026, 08:07hrs: The past few days saw wildly variable weather with snow on Friday plastering the mountains to low altitudes. Today (Monday) brings extremely heavy rainfall and gale force winds. Unstable weather is likely all week with rain and snowfalls at higher levels.
Weekend climbers reported dubious conditions with loose unstable snow on bluff routes, and some natural avalanche activity from high faces.
Weekend climbers reported dubious conditions with loose unstable snow on bluff routes, and some natural avalanche activity from high faces.
Latest Condition Images (x30)
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23/10/2026
Avalanche Peak (1833m) - East aspect -
23/10/2026
Blimit (1921m) - Southeast Face -
23/10/2026
Lyell Peak (1828m) - East aspect -
23/10/2026
Mt Aicken (1858m) - Blimit (1921m) Traverse -
23/10/2026
Mt Bealey (1836m) - North aspect -
23/10/2026
Mt Cassidy (1850m) - Southeast aspect -
23/10/2026
Mt Lancelot (2112m) - East aspect -
23/10/2026
Mt Philistine (1967m) - Southeast aspect -
23/10/2026
Mt Rolleston (2275m) - Crow Face -
23/10/2026
Mt Rolleston (2275m) - Rome Ridge (east aspect) -
18/10/2026
Mt Williams (1718m) - Gunbarrel Scree route -
18/10/2026
Mt Williams (1718m) - Southwest ridge -
18/10/2026
The Spike (1440m) - Summit -
14/09/2026
Kahutea Glacier -
14/09/2026
Mt Davie (2280m) - South aspect -
14/09/2026
Mt Harper (2222m) - West aspect -
14/09/2026
Mt Speight (2116m) - West aspect -
13/09/2026
Marmaduke Dixon Glacier -
20/08/2026
Mt Philistine - Philistine Ramp (1967m) -
20/08/2026
Mt Rolleston (2275m) - Otira Face -
20/08/2026
Mt Rolleston (2275m) - Otira Slide -
18/08/2026
Phipps Peak (1965m) - West Ridge -
20/07/2026
Mt Rolleston (2275m) - Goldney Ridge -
20/07/2026
Mt Rolleston (2275m) - High Peak Access -
20/07/2026
Mt Rolleston (2275m) - Rome Ridge (upper arete) -
16/07/2026
Avalanche Peak (1833m) - North Aspect -
16/07/2026
Black Range (1800m) - Head of Jordan Stream -
16/07/2026
Blimit (1921m) - West aspect -
16/07/2026
Brown Hill (1716m) - West aspect -
16/07/2026
Mid Hill (1831m) - North aspect
Storm & Snow Models
THIS STORM CYCLE (6hrs)Storm is currently in a lull period of 1hr.
Rainfall: 1.6mm
High Rain Rate: 0.8mm/hr @ 21:31hrs 4/11/26
Temp Low: 11.0ºC @ 22:57hrs 4/11/26
Temp High: 12.5ºC @ 17:57hrs 4/11/26
Wind Gust: 43kmph @ 17:12hrs 4/11/26
Dom.Wind Dir: West
Barometer Low: 1015mb @ 17:57hrs 4/11/26
SNOW MODEL
Last Update: 4/11/2026 23:04 NZST
Location: Mt Rolleston (Goldney Ridge) 1800m
Alt. Temp: 5.5ºC
Freezing Level: 2741m
Lapse Rate: -0.583ºC/+100m
Alt. Humidity: 90%
Alt. Windspeed: 53.3kmph
Alt. Av. Windspeed: 44.2kmph
Alt. Min. Windspeed: 19.0kmph
Alt. Max. Windspeed: 73.5kmph
Alt. Wind Chill: -0.8ºC
Alt. Air Pressure: 814hPa
Alt. 3 Day Rainfall: 114.5mm (Today: 2.2mm)
Last Snowfall: 2 days ago
7 Day Snowfall: 11.4cm
Snowpack Depth: 0.9cm
Windslab E: 6.3cm
Avalanche Risk
Avalanche Size Chart(MSC Assessment)
Snow Model Graphs
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