Ohau Snowfields, New Zealand, Report: Powder Snow Satisfaction

Report from 25-27 September, 2026

Skiers and Snowboarders know Ohau Snowfields provides powder snow.

A delicious foot-plus of primo fresh snow danced across Ohau’s ski area from Friday to Sunday. And that there was hardly a soul there certainly added shine to an already fabulous situation.

The good news got started Friday, with low, think cloud bringing the first few fresh inches atop a smoothly set base. 

Conditions were playful, low consequence, and spectacular for the fact that, on the Friday, there were all of about 12 people skiing it — and all of them your close friends. Stoked.

Wind picked-up shortly after, which is well-par for the course in these parts. And the clouds that rode in were laden with delightful powder snow, which would be dropped throughout Saturday night and into Sunday morning.

Again, when even a modest crowd would have seemed matter of course, instead one finds mostly open space at Ohau. 

Snow fell with happy energy and accumulated quickly across all aspects of the Snowfield.

Its gentle beauty was matched only by its friendly accessibility. Parents skied pow with their kids on what usually is the World Cup training course. And again, everybody present were either family or friends.

These are the days.

Thanks, Mother Nature. And thanks, Ohau Snowfields for bring powder snow satisfaction.