Snow Continues to Fall at Mt Ruapehu

Turoa’s upper mountain base sitting at 140cm and Whakapapa 115cm

Mt Ruapehu is enjoying a flurry of fresh snow at both Turoa and Whakapapa ski areas.

After two big snow falls, both overnight and over the weekend, the upper mountain bases are sitting at a healthy 140cm (Turoa) and 115cm (Whakapapa).

Simon Dickson, Mt Ruapehu Executive Manager – Commercial, says more than 20cm of fresh snow fell in the last 24 hours at Whakapapa and 30cm at Turoa, and this is on top of the 21cm which fell on Saturday night.

“There’s plenty of fresh snow on the ground at the moment. Snow has fallen overnight to low levels in and around Ohakune and National Park with the Desert Road closed this morning. We have strong winds from the South today and currently it is minus 5,” says Mr Dickson.

“The snow is packed powder on trail, and dry powder off trail today. This latest snowfall has provided us with a lot of snow to work with, and will provide some superb skiing and riding over the coming days.”

In 2015 an all-mountain adult day pass is $95 for the first day (plus an additional $5 refundable snow card deposit) with subsequent top up days $90 per day. The youth (5-18 years) all-mountain day pass is $57(plus an additional $5 refundable snow card deposit) subsequent top up days $51, and all children four years and under are free.



For real-time snow progress, live webcams at both Whakapapa and Turoa show up-to-the minute updates. For more information, visit www.mtruapehu.com.