Today's report (Friday 3 Sep) has not been received yet.
For Thursday 2 September, issued at 09:25 AM
Field status:
CLOSED FOR DAY
Road status:
CLOSED
Closed due to wind drifts
Heading to the snow? Take breaks when driving
Snow Base:
Upper Mountain:
125 cm
Lower Mountain:
40 cm
Last Snow Fall:
5 cm on 2 Sep
Snow Conditions
We received 10 cm overnight and 5cm so far today on top of 20 cm of snow over the past few days and it's still snowing. Great skiing on Cockayne when we can open. gale NW winds and -1 degrees with snow.
Facilities Status
Lifts:
Ridge T-bar
CLOSED
Learners Tow
CLOSED
Main T-bar
CLOSED
Five Day Mt Cheeseman Forecast
Fri
Conditions:
Wind Direction:
NW
Max Temp*:
0°C
Min Temp*:
-7°C
Snow **:
6 cm
Sat
SW
3°C
-2°C
0 cm
Sun
NW
°C
°C
cm
Mon
NW
n/a
n/a
n/a
Tue
N
n/a
n/a
n/a
* Forecast at ** 6am to 6am
Canterbury High Country for Fri Sep 3 Issued at 4:24 pm 2 Sep 2010 NZST Rain developing early morning, with heavy falls about the Divide. Snow down to 800 metres at first, then lowering to all levels by about midday. Easing to snow showers in the afternoon, and clearing and becoming fine by evening. Wind at 1000m: Northwesterlies 40 km/h, turning southerly 50 km/h by afternoon. Wind at 2000m: Gale westerlies 80 km/h , turning southwest in the afternoon and strengthening to severe gale 90 km/h gusting 110 km/h. Free air freezing level: Lowering to 800 metres. Click Here for Full 5 Day Mountain Forecast
Special Events
CHEESEMAN IS OPEN FOR 2010Thanks to everbody who helped make the Primary and Intermediate Schools Races a success on Sunday. It was a great day up at Cheeseman!We've had some beautiful days at Cheeseman this week and the skiing and boarding is still good so please be patient while we weather out this storm and keep updated because we will be opening again as soon as we can.For more info visit our website www.mtcheeseman.co.nz
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