As of 14:12 GMT+13 on 12 October 2026, Ohau Snow Fields, Twizel scores 0/100 (Flat) for touring on PeakWave.
What's driving it
- Warm spell (> 5°C) on 4 days - elevated wet avalanche risk in the afternoon
Estimated from weather models· Likely 0 to 0
Estimated from weather models, with little recent evidence to check it.
Don't bother today: 0.
Elsewhere in Canterbury today
Ohau Snow Fields, Twizel is ranked 2 of 2 in Canterbury for touring today.
See every Canterbury resort todayThe stored score has no detailed factor breakdown. This will be shown after a refresh supplies the evidence. Forecast confidence: inferred.
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Ascent, descent and snowpack
Snow-depth evidence: inferred. Surface descriptions below are modelled.
Official bulletin date unavailable. Confirm its validity for your route using the official service above.
Elevation coverage unavailable. Slope aspects and route coverage are not supplied by this summary.
A weather proxy is separate from an official danger rating.
Ascent: Warm - risk of overheating on ascent, feels like 8°C.
Warming: snowpack warning from 10:00.
Descent: N: packed · E: morning softening · S: spring corn · W: afternoon softening.
- Base · 1425 m
- Heavy / wet · 7°C
- Mid · 1620 m
- Heavy / wet · 5°C
- Summit · 1825 m
- Heavy / wet · 4°C
Today's forecast
Local time 2:37pmSession recommendations are unavailable while safety or forecast evidence is incomplete or a red flag is active.
Next 7 days
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How often is this page updated?
Each location is refreshed every three hours. The 7-day forecast, luck factor and packing notes are computed from the same stored update.
What is the luck factor?
A score comparing how good touring is likely to be this week at Ohau Snow Fields with the version-matched historical observations available for this time of year.
Where does the data come from?
Open-Meteo weather for every resort, including temperature and humidity through the atmosphere, sun on each slope and wind. Official run reports, snow stations, satellite snow cover and skier check-ins correct the snow model where they exist, and runs and lifts come from OpenStreetMap via OpenSkiMap. The Touring board lists every source and licence under How the score works.
Does a high score mean the touring is good right now?
It means the best plan for the day, with its aspect and start time, should give an experienced ski tourer a good descent. It says nothing about avalanche danger, which never changes the score: read the local bulletin and make your own terrain decisions.
When is the best time for Touring at Ohau Snow Fields?
The best week for snow at Ohau Snow Fields is the week of 19 October (score 3/5) with low crowds.
Data sources
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Weather and terrain
Snow station data
- WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF(CC BY 4.0)
- Avalanche.report (Euregio Tyrol, South Tyrol, Trentino) weather stations and their operators(CC BY 4.0)
- GeoSphere Austria(CC BY 4.0)
- USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, National Water and Climate Center (SNOTEL, AWDB)(Public domain (US))
- Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - British Columbia (BC River Forecast Centre automated snow pillows, via NRCS AWDB)
- Source : Météo-France(Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0)
- Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada (Environment and Climate Change Canada)
- Source: Japan Meteorological Agency website (AMeDAS), processed by PeakWave(JMA Public Data Licence 1.0)
- NOAA Regional Climate Centers, Applied Climate Information System (ACIS); NWS Cooperative Observer Program; Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network (CoCoRaHS)(Public domain (US))
- Snow model data from NVE seNorge (Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate), NLOD
Satellite snow cover, where used
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026
- Sentinel-2 L2A Cloud-Optimised GeoTIFFs via Element 84 Earth Search (Registry of Open Data on AWS)
- NASA GIBS (Global Imagery Browse Services), VIIRS NOAA-20 NDSI snow cover, part of NASA ESDIS
- Copernicus Land Monitoring Service HR-WSI (European Union), when configured