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Blue Bullet chairlift, Mount Buller, 2007
Mount Buller. Photo: Bahnfrend, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

Mount Buller

Ski resort · Australia

Is it worth the trip?

Every day scores the same

Mount Buller is closed for the season on these dates.

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Tue 3 · 0 out of 100

Fresh
0 cm
Depth
0 mmid 0 m, base 0 m
Coldest
6°C
Wind
6 kn

Wed 4 · 0 out of 100

Fresh
0 cm
Depth
0 mmid 0 m, base 0 m
Coldest
4°C
Wind
13 kn

Thu 5 · 0 out of 100

Fresh
0 cm
Depth
0 mmid 0 m, base 0 m
Coldest
1°C
Wind
7 kn

Fri 6 · 0 out of 100

Fresh
0 cm
Depth
0 mmid 0 m, base 0 m
Coldest
5°C
Wind
13 kn

Sat 7 · 0 out of 100

Fresh
0 cm
Depth
0 mmid 0 m, base 0 m
Coldest
-2°C
Wind
11 kn

Sun 8 · 0 out of 100

Fresh
0 cm
Depth
0 mmid 0 m, base 0 m
Coldest
-1°C
Wind
5 kn

Mon 9 · 0 out of 100

Fresh
0 cm
Depth
0 mmid 0 m, base 0 m
Coldest
4°C
Wind
10 kn

Tap a day for snow, wind and the temperature. Full forecast

Forecast: next 8 days

Full forecast
  1. Mon 20, poor
  2. Tue 30, poor
  3. Wed 40, poor
  4. Thu 50, poor
  5. Fri 60, poor
  6. Sat 70, poor
  7. Sun 80, poor
  8. Mon 90, poor

The resort in two facts

  • Top 1,779 mvillage 1,703 m
  • Open June–Septemberusually

Full forecast

every day, every number

Lifts closed for the season. They usually open about 15 June.

We don't know the avalanche risk here. Check the Mountain Safety Collective.

Forecast and score for each day at Mount Buller
DayScoreFresh72 hDepthtop, mid, baseColdestat topWindat top
Mon 2Nov0, poor0 cm0 mmid 0 mbase 0 m7°Cwind, 8 knots
Tue 3Nov0, poor0 cm0 mmid 0 mbase 0 m6°Cwind, 6 knots
Wed 4Nov0, poor0 cm0 mmid 0 mbase 0 m4°Cwind, 13 knots
Thu 5Nov0, poor0 cm0 mmid 0 mbase 0 m1°Cwind, 7 knots
Fri 6Nov0, poor0 cm0 mmid 0 mbase 0 m5°Cwind, 13 knots
Sat 7Nov0, poor0 cm0 mmid 0 mbase 0 m-2°Cwind, 11 knots
Sun 8Nov0, poor0 cm0 mmid 0 mbase 0 m-1°Cwind, 5 knots
Mon 9Nov0, poor0 cm0 mmid 0 mbase 0 m4°Cwind, 10 knots

Wind is in knots, the arrow where it blows to. More

Forecast updated . It refreshes every three hours. Forecast data: ECMWF, DWD, Météo-France and NOAA, served by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Changed by us. Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information.

Best time to go

snow by month

Snow by month

Typical snow on the ground and coldest daytime temperature by month
MonthBase1,703 mMid1,741 mTop1,779 mColdestat the top
Junnonenonenone-2°C
Julnonenonenone-3°C
Augnonenonenone-3°C
Sepnonenonenone1°C

Typical snow on the ground in the village, halfway up and at the top: the middle value over 2016 to 2025, from ERA5-Land reanalysis at the grid cell nearest each height. Not a forecast, and not the groomed pistes: resorts make snow lower down.

Map

the resort, its town, photos

Each place wears its best day on these dates: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says.

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Photos of Mount Buller

The West Ridge
Near Mount Buller, 1 km away. Photo: Kody Appleton, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Grassy ski slopes, Mount Buller, 2007
Photo: Bahnfrend, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Mount Buller
Near Mount Buller. Photo: Tom Reynolds from Melbourne, Australia, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Mount Buller

Village 1,703 m, top 1,779 m.

A ski resort with its village at 1,703 m and its top at 1,779 m. It is usually in season from June to September. The town to stay in is Mount Buller. Within 5 km we also list 1 mountain bike area.

The score is the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change it (how we score, how we earn).

Rough cost (estimate): about US$2,490–US$4,410 each

about US$2,490–US$4,410 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, transfer, stay, food, lift pass, ski hire.

Our estimate from typical public prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book (where they come from). Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

How we worked it out 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn MDW to MEL, estimated from distance and season, changing at LAX, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$958–US$2,000
Transfershared airport transfer, returnabout US$94–US$161
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$275–US$456
Food7 days eating outabout US$322–US$596
Lift pass5 days at about US$147 a day, the resort's published priceabout US$630–US$851
Ski hire5 days, or about US$114 to fly your ownabout US$214–US$355
Totalabout US$2,490–US$4,410

For 2 people sharing a room. Lessons, lift-pass deals and insurance are extra. Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: Mount Buller

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Closest

Mount Buller

about 5 min by car · 48 places to stay

about US$100/nightcountry average

See 48 places to stay in Mount Buller · Booking.com

About Mount Buller its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$100 a night is our estimate of the country's average 2-star double room that month: not each town's price, and not a quote. Drives are estimates. Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

Getting there: about 31h 40m

About 31h 40m door to door from Chicago

Fly MDW → MEL, changing at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), then 3h 50m by road

An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.