Mt Hotham snow report & weather forecast
Mt Hotham sits in VIC, rising from a 1750 m village to a 1861 m summit — 111 m of vertical served by 15 lifts. Alpine Intelligence models Mt Hotham’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 Hotham conditions right now
Conditions data updated
Mt Hotham is currently 3.1°C at the 1750 m village, feeling closer to -2°C in the wind. Wind is a light breeze at 17 km/h, which is the main driver of lift holds on the exposed summit chairs. Visibility is very poor — whiteout conditions are likely up high. The freezing level is 2860 m, above the 1750 m village.
The base depth at Mt Hotham 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 good (76/100). Wet-bulb temperatures are too warm for snowmaking tonight. The best window on the current run of the models opens Monday 8 am.
- Temperature
- 3.1°C
- Wind
- 17 km/h (gusts 20)
- Visibility
- 320 m
- Freezing level
- 2860 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
- Good
- Snowmaking tonight
- 0 h
Mt Hotham mountain statistics
- State
- VIC
- Village elevation
- 1750 m
- Summit elevation
- 1861 m
- Vertical
- 111 m
- Lifts
- 15
- Timezone
- Melbourne
Mt Hotham lifts
6 × Quad chairlift · 4 × Carpet · 4 × Poma · 1 × T-bar
| Lift | Type | Top elevation | Wind exposure |
|---|---|---|---|
| Summit Quad | Quad chairlift | 1845 m | high |
| Summit Trainer | Carpet | 1845 m | low |
| Heavenly Valley | Quad chairlift | 1798 m | high |
| Big D | Quad chairlift | 1791 m | medium |
| Blue Ribbon | Quad chairlift | 1710 m | high |
| The Drift | T-bar | 1856 m | medium |
| Gotcha | Poma | 1791 m | medium |
| Keogh's | Poma | 1771 m | medium |
| Road Runner | Quad chairlift | 1826 m | low |
| Village | Quad chairlift | 1752 m | low |
| Bunderool | Carpet | 1755 m | low |
| Orchard | Poma | 1823 m | low |
| Pup's Playground | Carpet | 1754 m | low |
| Harry's Hideaway Carpet | Carpet | 1765 m | low |
| Dinner Plain | Poma | 1600 m | low |