Whakapapa saw 8cm of snow across the 2025 season, up 167% on last winter. That puts it 14th snowiest of the last 15 winters.
0
powder daysmornings over 15cm, worth setting an alarm for.
2cm
biggest single daythe mountain reset overnight on 28 Oct 2025.
5cm
deepest basemeasured on 12 Sep 2025.
3cm
snowiest monthSeptember 2025 stole the show.
3cm
best weekseven days from 6 Sep 2025.
35%
of a typical winter's snowfall. A leaner year than usual.
Snow reliability
0/100
MarginalTypically about 0 ski days a season.
Snowfall by season
The 14th snowiest of the last 15 winters.
Snowfall by month
September was a late-season surge, with 38% of the season's snow.
Modelled base-altitude snowfall from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus), EM Snow archive. The grid sits near resort base, not the summit, so treat totals as a valley-level estimate.