Carpool to Broken River
- Date Leaving
- Wednesday, August 06
- Date Returning
- Saturday, August 09
- Spaces Wanted
- 1 (looking for a lift)
- Name
- Libby Powell
- Driven here before
- no
- Telephone
- 9178211190
- City you are leaving from
- Christchurch airport
- Notes
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I've booked BR for Thursday but arrive at 9am on Wednesday and would love to go Wednesday if anyone is going up after 9am!
- Edit: It looks like it's not possible to go later, but leaving this here in case I'm wrong :)
Broken River Snow Report
Status
Road
Snow
5cm — 45cm
Road info
*No campervans, trailers, or long vehicles past the tractor shed* The access road is locked at the gate. There is no vehicle access to Hanomag carpark until opening.
Weather Comment
Check out the BR weather station for live info: https://irrigation.niwa.co.nz/BRSC/met_summary.html Take a look through our window via our webcams: https://www.brokenriver.co.nz/about-br/mountain/snow-report-and-webcam/
Information
The snow coverage from the ridge at 1800 m down to about 1650 m is pretty good, but there is still not enough snow to cover the tussock above Palmer. We have another storm coming in late Thursday (7/8) into Friday (8/8). The forecast is for 10 to 15 cm. We are hoping the storm exceeds the forecast and we can get open real soon. We'll be up monitoring the storm with updates through the weekend.
Updated
2025-08-07 at 06:35