Aspiring — Avalanche Forecast

There have been no significant avalanches reported recently.  If you see any recent avalanche occurrences or have any relevant snowpack information or photos, you can share them via the Public Observations link on the NZAA home page. Mt Aspiring National Park ForecastForecastRain, heavy at times and falling as snow above 400 metres, gradually easing to isolated showers in the morning.Wind at 1000 metres Northwesterly 50 km/h, turning to southwesterly 40 km/h before dawn.Wind at 2000 metres Northwesterly 50 km/h, turning southwesterly gale 65 km/h before dawn, easing for a time in the morning.Wind at 3000 metres Westerly gale 85 km/h, rising to severe gale 100 km/h for a time before dawn, turning to southwesterly gale 65 km/h in the morning.Freezing level 1600 metres, lowering to 1000 metres before dawn.Issued: 1:31pm Sat 26 Sep Very slick conditions may lie just beneath any new snow that falls over Saturday night.  Depending on your objective, an ice axe and crampons may be necessary in the current conditions. 

20- 40 cm of new snow overnight, tapering off to rain around 800m. 21/9, 20- 30 cm of new snow fell, tapering off to rain at around 1800m. Quantities were a lot less further east of the divide. 22-23/9, gale west-southwest winds redistributed most of this recent snowfall, leaving west aspects mostly stripped back to ice and east aspects with loading of variable depths. 16/9 , around 50cm of new snow fell to very low elevations, followed by strong westerly winds that redistributed much of the recent snow, stripping west-facing slopes and reloading the east-facing aspects. Around 25cm of new snow may have fallen above 2000m on the 19th. Above 2000m on south aspects in the Richardson and Forbes mountains, some moderate propagating results have been found 40- 50 cm beneath the surface under some layers of recent wind loading. Beneath this, the structure appears mostly well bonded with no other standout weaknesses.