Ohau Snow Fields saw 196cm of snow across the 2025 season, down 18% on last winter, with 3 fewer powder days than last year. That puts it fourth snowiest of the last 15 winters.
1
powder daymornings over 15cm, worth setting an alarm for.
27cm
biggest single daythe mountain reset overnight on 27 Oct 2025.
35cm
deepest basemeasured on 27 Oct 2025.
63cm
snowiest monthOctober 2025 stole the show.
39cm
best weekseven days from 21 Oct 2025.
123%
of a typical winter's snowfall. A properly big season.
Snow reliability
6/100
MarginalTypically about 25 ski days a season, declining by 31 days per decade.
Snowfall by season
The fourth snowiest of the last 15 winters.
Snowfall by month
October was a late-season surge, with 32% 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.