Mt Buller & Mt Stirling Operations Brief

Generated Sunday 26 July 2026, 11:32 AM

❄️ Mt Buller Weather & Snow Conditions

Extreme Weather Likelihood: Low Road ice risk: Moderate
Operational weather summary: Mt Buller recorded an overnight low of -0.6 °C at 08:56am. No new snowfall was recorded in the previous 24 hours and no precipitation has been recorded since 9am. Current conditions are 0.1 °C, feels like -5.7 °C, wind ➤ 20 km/h. Reported snow depths are 21cm natural and 58cm machine made. Ice risk is assessed as Moderate: Cold/frost indicators detected. Road ice is possible, especially on shaded sections.
Current temperature
0.1 °C
Feels like
-5.7 °C
Snow last 24 hours
0cm
Overnight low
-0.6 °C at 08:56am
Wind
➤ 20 km/h
Strongest gust
39km/h at 03:02am
Natural snow depth
21cm
Made snow depth
58cm
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
Sun N/A 2°C 0 cm 0 mm 1,600 m
Mon -1°C 4°C 0 cm 0 mm 1,500 m
Tue 0°C 2°C 4 cm 6 mm 1,500 m
Wed -3°C -1°C 7 cm 0 mm 1,100 m
Thu -3°C -1°C 0.7 cm 0 mm 1,200 m

Snowmaking Outlook

Snowmaking summary: Next significant opportunity: Wed 29 Jul. Approximately 20 snowmaking hours are forecast, with a minimum wet-bulb temperature of -6.0°C.
Day Min WB Avg WB Hours Best Window Rating
Sun 0.3°C 0.8°C 0 - ⚪ Poor
Mon -2.0°C 0.3°C 0 - ⚪ Poor
Tue -1.6°C -0.5°C 0 - ⚪ Poor
Wed -6.0°C -3.3°C 20 04:00 - 23:00 🟢 Excellent
Source: https://www.mtbuller.com.au/winter/snow-weather/snow-report
Collected: 26-07-2026 11:32
Freezing level source: Mountainwatch
Freezing level collected: 26-07-2026 06:00
Snowmaking outlook: Caclulated from data from Open‑Meteo
Open-Meteo Bureau of Meteorology

👪 Visitor & Transport Forecast

Day Visitors
850
Overnight Visitors
120
Arriving Rideshare
850
Departing Rideshare
850
Transport summary:
Parking expected to: Horse Hill/Walkers
Village shuttle times: 8am - 10pm
Carpark shuttle times: 8am - 6pm
Operations
Road clearing (day): 6am - 5pm
Events: Music in the Village
Source: Resort Operating Plan (Week 7)
Collected: 26-07-2026 06:00
Alpine Resorts Victoria

⛷️ Mountain Conditions

Average Snow
21-58cm
Snow Last 24 Hours
0cm
Resort Cover
Fair
Resort Rating
Limited cover
Wind Hold Risk
Low
42 km/h after 4pm
Lift Status
9 Open / 0 Standby
Trails Open
6
Snow conditions source: Mt Buller Daily Report
Updated: Sunday 26th July 07:20am
Collected: 26-07-2026 11:32

Lift Operations

  • OPEN Bourke Street Express
  • OPEN Bourke Street Carpet
  • OPEN ABOM Express
  • OPEN Northside Express
  • OPEN Howqua
  • OPEN Koflers
  • OPEN Skyline
  • OPEN Gliders Carpet
  • OPEN Summit
None listed
  • CLOSED Bull Run
  • CLOSED Canyon Tows
  • CLOSED Lydia Lassila Chairlift
  • CLOSED Shakey Knees
  • CLOSED Federation
  • CLOSED Grimus
  • CLOSED Southside
  • CLOSED Tirol
  • CLOSED Wombat
  • CLOSED Bonza

Toboggan Parks

  • OPEN Village Park
  • OPEN Celia's Park
None listed
None listed

Terrain Parks

  • OPEN Gliders Park
None listed
  • CLOSED Koflers
  • CLOSED Skyline
  • CLOSED Rider Cross
  • CLOSED The Barn Park
  • CLOSED Summit Park
Lift status source: Live Buller API
Last lift status change: 26-07-2026 11:28
Lift note: Sightseeing today on Northside Express chairlift
Buller Ski Lifts

🚗 Traffic Delays

Mansfield → Resort Entry
+3 min
Travel 25 min · Normal 23 min
MODERATE
▼ 1 min since last refresh
Resort Entry → Skating Rink
+5 min
Travel 23 min · Normal 18 min
HIGH
■ no change since last refresh
Source: Google Maps Routes API
Collected: 26-07-2026 11:32
Google Maps

❄️ Mt Stirling Weather

Operational weather summary: Mt Stirling is currently 2°C with winds of 2.7 km/h from 167.6 SSE. Peak gusts have reached 4.7 km/h and rainfall since 9am is 0 mm. Relative humidity is 100 %.
Temperature
2°C
Rain Since 9am
0 mm
Wind Speed
2.7 km/h
Peak Wind Gust
4.7 km/h
Relative Humidity
100 %
Wind Direction
167.6 SSE
Barometric Pressure
850.2 hPa
Battery Voltage
13.7 V
Source: WeatherMation
Station updated: 26-07-2026 11:31
Collected: 26-07-2026 11:32
WeatherMation

🚨 Emergency Events

No nearby events
VicEmergency summary: No active emergency incidents or warnings within 100 km of Mt Buller.
Nearby events
0
Warnings statewide
0
Incidents statewide
20
Highest warning
Not available
Source: State of Victoria / VicEmergency OSOM GeoJSON feed
Radius: 100 km from Mt Buller village
Collected: 26-07-2026 11:32 Feed status: ok

🛣️ Road Status

Clear
No planned or unplanned disruptions found for Mt Buller Road / C320.
Planned disruptions found: 0
Unplanned disruptions found: 0
Collected: 26-07-2026 11:32
Transport Vic

⚡ Electricity Outages

Unplanned
0
Planned
0
Source: AusNet Outage Tracker
Collected: 26-07-2026 11:32
AusNet

📱 Telstra Mobile Outages

Unplanned
0
Planned
0
Source: Telstra Outage API
Collected: 23-07-2026 16:00
Telstra

🛠️ Maintenance Work Orders

15 open
Open Work Orders
15
Oldest Open Job
341d
Average Age
109d
Logged Since Yesterday
3
Date Location Description
2026-07-25 Alpine Central Rubbish hut Grit bin inside the rubbish hut is empty-could this please be topped up_x000D_ Thank you
2026-07-25 Athletes walk/Alpine Central Mt Buller arts sign has come down from where it was displayed and handed in to Alpine Central
2026-07-25 Village Square Bins in the Village square are quite full and stakeholders are concerned they are only going to get worse during the Markets tonight
Date range: 2026-07-25 to 2026-07-26
Source file: /data/maintenance.xlsx
Collected: 26-07-2026 11:32
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💧 Water Storage

Water storage summary: Boggy Creek decreased 6.0%. Sun Valley increased 6.0%. Current storage remains favourable for snowmaking operations.
Reservoir Today Yesterday Change
Boggy Creek 100.7% 106.8% ▼ -6.0%
Sun Valley 86.0% 80.0% ▲ +6.0%

Boggy Creek Reservoir History

Boggy Creek Reservoir History
Source: Geo SCADA ODBC
Collected: 26-07-2026 10:44
Geo SCADA Expert

📆 What's on at Buller

Today (26 Jul)

Winter Night Markets
Whiskey Creek Trail Live

Tomorrow (27 Jul)

Bring Your Appetite to Burger Haus
Dance with the Animals of the Magic Mountain
Source: Mt Buller What's On
Collected: 26-07-2026 11:32

Fuel Prices - Mansfield

U91
163.0
Reference
ARV Tank
ARV
199.9
Lowest
+36.9 c/L vs ARV
BP
211.9
Highest
+48.9 c/L vs ARV
Ampol
Unavailable
 
Simpsons
Diesel
227.0
Reference
ARV Tank
ARV
239.9
+12.9 c/L vs ARV
BP
244.9
Highest
+17.9 c/L vs ARV
Ampol
225.9
Lowest
-1.1 c/L vs ARV
Simpsons
Source: Service Victoria Fair Fuel Open Data API
Collected: 26-07-2026 11:32
Prices delayed by API publication window

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