Mt Buller & Mt Stirling Operations Brief

Generated Monday 14 September 2026, 12:02 AM

Winter Season Countdown

20 days 11 hours until Season Close

Sunday 04 October 2026
12:00 PM

❄️ Mt Buller Weather & Snow Conditions

Road ice risk: Moderate

Operational weather summary: Mt Buller recorded an overnight low of 6.6 °C at 08:07pm. No new snowfall was recorded in the previous 24 hours and no precipitation has been recorded since 9am. Current conditions are 7 °C, feels like -4.4 °C, wind ➤ 54 km/h. Reported snow depths are 0cm natural and 5cm machine made. Ice risk is assessed as Moderate: Cold/frost indicators detected. Road ice is possible, especially on shaded sections.

Current temperature

7 °C

Feels like

-4.4 °C

Snow last 24 hours

0cm

Overnight low

6.6 °C at 08:07pm

Wind

➤ 54 km/h

Strongest gust

80km/h at 11:25pm

Natural snow depth

0cm

Made snow depth

5cm

Ice-risk note: Cold/frost indicators detected. Road ice is possible, especially on shaded sections.

Forecast

Forecast summary: Snow is forecast in the displayed forecast period.

Day	Min	Max	Snow	Rain	Lowest Freezing Level
Mon	5°C	6°C	0cm	3mm	2,300m (Summit)
Tue	1°C	2°C	0.9cm	1mm	1,000m (23 Mile Pit)
Wed	-5°C	-2°C	0.7cm	0mm	900m (23 Mile Pit)
Thu	-4°C	6°C	0cm	0mm	2,100m (Summit)
Fri	2°C	8°C	0cm	0mm	2,600m (Summit)

Snowmaking Outlook

Snowmaking summary: Next significant opportunity: Wed 16 Sep. Approximately 16 snowmaking hours are forecast, with a minimum wet-bulb temperature of -4.5°C.

Day	Min WB	Avg WB	Hours	Best Window	Rating
Mon	4.3°C	5.8°C	0	-	⚪ Poor
Tue	-4.1°C	0.4°C	6	18:00 - 23:00	🟡 Good
Wed	-4.5°C	-2.9°C	16	00:00 - 23:00	🔵 Very Good
Thu	-6.0°C	-1.0°C	10	00:00 - 23:00	🟡 Good
Fri	-3.0°C	1.2°C	4	00:00 - 03:00	🟠 Marginal

Source: https://www.mtbuller.com.au/winter/snow-weather/snow-report
Collected: 14-09-2026 00:02
Freezing level source: Mountainwatch
Freezing level collected: 13-09-2026 06:00
Snowmaking outlook: Caclulated from data from Open‑Meteo

⛷️ Mountain Conditions

Average Snow

0-5cm

Snow Last 24 Hours

0cm

Resort Cover

Patchy

Resort Rating

Sightseeing

Wind Hold Risk

High

59 km/h after 1am

Lift Status

0 Open / 0 Standby

Trails Open

Snow conditions source: Mt Buller Daily Report
Updated: Sunday 6th September 07:17am
Collected: 14-09-2026 00:02

Lift Operations

None listed

CLOSED Bourke Street Express
CLOSED Bourke Street Carpet
CLOSED Bull Run
CLOSED Canyon Tows
CLOSED Lydia Lassila Chairlift
CLOSED Shakey Knees
CLOSED Federation
CLOSED Grimus
CLOSED ABOM Express
CLOSED Northside Express
CLOSED Howqua
CLOSED Koflers
CLOSED Skyline
CLOSED Southside
CLOSED Gliders Carpet
CLOSED Summit
CLOSED Tirol
CLOSED Wombat
CLOSED Bonza

Toboggan Parks

None listed

CLOSED Village Park
CLOSED Celia's Park

Terrain Parks

None listed

CLOSED Bourke Park
CLOSED Koflers
CLOSED Skyline
CLOSED Rider Cross
CLOSED The Barn
CLOSED Summit Park
CLOSED None

Lift status source: Live Buller API
Last lift status change: 06-09-2026 17:17

Lift note: Sightseeing today on the Bourke Street Express chairlift

🚗 Traffic Delays

Mansfield → Resort Entry

+0 min

Travel 24 min · Normal 24 min

LOW

■ no change since last refresh

Resort Entry → Skating Rink

+1 min

Travel 21 min · Normal 19 min

LOW

■ no change since last refresh

Source: Google Maps Routes API
Collected: 13-09-2026 21:17

❄️ Mt Stirling Weather

Operational weather summary: Mt Stirling is currently 7.4°C with winds of 5.9 km/h from 276.1 W. Peak gusts have reached 9.5 km/h and rainfall since 9am is 0 mm. Relative humidity is 93.5 %.

Temperature

7.4°C

Rain Since 9am

0 mm

Wind Speed

5.9 km/h

Peak Wind Gust

9.5 km/h

Relative Humidity

93.5 %

Wind Direction

276.1 W

Barometric Pressure

848.3 hPa

Battery Voltage

13.1 V

Source: WeatherMation
Station updated: 13-09-2026 23:54
Collected: 14-09-2026 00:02

🚨 Emergency Events

No nearby events

VicEmergency summary: No active emergency incidents or warnings within 100 km of Mt Buller.

Nearby events

Warnings statewide

Incidents statewide

Highest warning

Not available

Source: State of Victoria / VicEmergency OSOM GeoJSON feed
Radius: 100 km from Mt Buller village
Collected: 14-09-2026 00:02 Feed status: ok

🛣️ Road Status

Clear

No planned or unplanned disruptions found for Mt Buller Road.

Planned disruptions found: 0
Unplanned disruptions found: 0
Collected: 14-09-2026 00:02

⚡ Electricity Outages

Unplanned

Planned

Source: AusNet Outage Tracker
Collected: 14-09-2026 00:02

📱 Telstra Mobile Outages

Unplanned

Planned

Source: Telstra Outage API
Collected: 23-07-2026 16:00

🛠️ Maintenance Work Orders

20 open

Open Work Orders

Oldest Open Job

391d

Average Age

118d

Logged Since Yesterday

No new maintenance requests logged in the last day.

Date range: 2026-09-13 to 2026-09-14
Source file: /data/maintenance.xlsx
Collected: 14-09-2026 00:02

💧 Water Storage

Water storage summary: Boggy Creek remained unchanged. Sun Valley remained unchanged. Current storage remains favourable for snowmaking operations.