Mt Baw Baw snow report & weather forecast
Mt Baw Baw sits in VIC, rising from a 1460 m village to a 1567 m summit — 107 m of vertical served by 7 lifts. Alpine Intelligence models Mt Baw Baw’s conditions hour by hour across the elevation band, blending official meteorological forecasts, satellite cloud imagery and terrain analysis into a visibility index, run-surface predictions and snowmaking windows.
Mt Baw Baw conditions right now
Conditions data updated
Mt Baw Baw is currently 7°C at the 1460 m village, feeling closer to 4°C in the wind. Wind is near calm at 2 km/h gusting to 9 km/h, which is the main driver of lift holds on the exposed summit chairs. Visibility is clear, with long sightlines across the mountain. The freezing level is 3420 m, above the 1460 m village.
The base depth at Mt Baw Baw is 0 cm, modelled from snowfall, melt and settlement at resort elevation. There has been no meaningful new snow in the last 24 hours. The surface is best described as minimal natural cover. Natural cover is minimal — machine-made surfaces only.
No significant snowfall is modelled for the next 24 hours. Model agreement across ECMWF, GFS, ICON, GEM and BOM ACCESS-G is poor (33/100). Wet-bulb temperatures are too warm for snowmaking tonight. The best window on the current run of the models opens Friday 8 am.
- Temperature
- 7°C
- Wind
- 2 km/h (gusts 9)
- Visibility
- 79.7 km
- Freezing level
- 3420 m
- Base depth
- 0 cm
- Fresh (24 h)
- 0 cm
- Snow surface
- minimal natural cover
- Next 24 h
- 0 cm
- Next 72 h
- 0 cm
- Model agreement
- Poor
- Snowmaking tonight
- 0 h
Mt Baw Baw mountain statistics
- State
- VIC
- Village elevation
- 1460 m
- Summit elevation
- 1567 m
- Vertical
- 107 m
- Lifts
- 7
- Timezone
- Melbourne
Mt Baw Baw lifts
3 × T-bar · 2 × Poma · 2 × Carpet
| Lift | Type | Top elevation | Wind exposure |
|---|---|---|---|
| Summit T-Bar | T-bar | 1564 m | high |
| Painted T-Bar | T-bar | 1564 m | high |
| Maltese Cross T-Bar | T-bar | 1530 m | medium |
| Hut Run Platter | Poma | 1530 m | medium |
| Tank Hill | Poma | 1487 m | low |
| Big Hill | Carpet | 1473 m | low |
| Magic Carpet | Carpet | 1471 m | low |