QLDC Winter Road Report - 21 September 2023
Kia ora Hello Queenstown Lakes District!
Well the weather tantrum didn't quite kick off yesterday but it looks like it may have been saving it up for today. We've got another round of warnings including heavy rain and strong winds forecast, along with snow fall predicted.
Currently we've got reports of it being very wet, windy and warm across the whole region. There has been severe wind in localised areas, so take care as there may be debris on some tree lined roads.
Snow looks to be coming on the Crown Range this evening and grit trucks and ploughs are scheduled to be patrolling from mid afternoon. Please drive with a healthy dose of caution and keep an eye out for road report updates on our Facebook page if you have to travel over the Crown Range this evening.
Here's a summary of conditions to be aware of today:
- Crown Range Road & Cardrona Valley: Wet roads and positive temperatures.
- Wānaka area: Mix of damp and dry roads with positive temperatures.
- Queenstown and Whakatipu Basin: Wet roads with positive temperatures.
- Glenorchy: Wet roads and positive temperatures.
- Out of district: Windy and warm with temperatures already at 12 degrees and rising.
Please do get in touch if you come across any issues on the roads by dialling 03 441 0499.
I'll sign off the report with my wintery themed joke of the day:
What do you call a glove combined with a snake?
Smitten.
Stay cosy,
Tessa
QUEENSTOWN – WĀNAKA ROUTE (THE CROWN RANGE)
Skifield access to Cardrona & Snow Farm
CROWN RANGE ROAD - Open. Winter conditions. Drive with care.
CARDRONA–WĀNAKA - Open. Drive with care.
CARDRONA SKIFIELD ROAD - Cardrona online report
SNOWFARM ACCESS ROAD - https://snowfarm.nz/
WHAKATIPU MAIN ROUTES
KAWARAU GORGE (SH6) - Open. Drive with care.
GIBBSTON – FRANKTON (SH6) - Open. Drive with care.
KINGSTON–FRANKTON (SH6) - Open. Drive with care.
REMARKABLES SKIFIELD ACCESS ROAD - Remarkables online report
FRANKTON ROAD (SH6A) - Open. Drive with care.
GLENORCHY–QUEENSTOWN - Open. Drive with care.
FERNHILL–QUEENSTOWN - Open. Drive with care.
KELVIN HEIGHTS–FRANKTON - Open. Drive with care.
ARROWTOWN–QUEENSTOWN BACK ROUTE
Coronet Peak Skifield access
MALAGHANS ROAD - Open. Drive with care.
ARTHURS POINT – QUEENSTOWN - Open. Drive with care.
CORONET PEAK ROAD - Coronet Peak online report
WĀNAKA MAIN ROUTES
WĀNAKA - CROMWELL (SH 6 & 84) - Open. Drive with care.
MOUNT ASPIRING ROAD - Open. Drive with care.
TREBLE CONE SKIFIELD ACCESS ROAD - Treble Cone online report
WĀNAKA – MAKARORA (SH6) - Open. Ice likely.
OTHER TOURIST ROUTES
MAKARORA – HAAST (SH 6) - Open. Drive with care
CROMWELL – ALEXANDRA (SH 8) - Open. Drive with care
ALEXANDRA – RAES JUNCTION (SH 8) - Open. Drive with care
ALEXANDRA – RANFURLY (SH 85) - Open. Drive with care
LINDIS PASS (SH 8) Between Tarras and Omarama - Open. Drive with care
MILFORD ROAD (SH94) - NZTA online traffic info
Visit our website for information on driving in our district. If conditions change during the day, we will post updates on the QLDC Facebook page and on our Twitter feed. If you prefer to stop receiving these reports, please reply to this email with 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. To ensure you keep receiving emails from us, please add us to your address book.
DISCLAIMER: Road conditions during winter can change at any time. Our advice is to always carry chains, slow down and drive to the conditions. We will always do our best to give you the most up-to-date conditions for key commuter roads, but we can't drive every road in the district before 7.00am. Remember, if it's snowing, this slows us down too and these reports should never replace common sense. For updates, go to:
www.nzta.govt.nz (or call 0800 44 44 49) for the state highways
www.qldc.govt.nz for all other Queenstown Lakes District roads
