Deep weekend in Australia’s ski resorts

A man stands waist deep in snow, with a shovel about to get to work.

Image | Hotham ski resort

This past weekend saw Mother Nature deliver the goods to Australia’s ski resorts, with up to half a metre of snowfall recorded.

Many of Australia’s ski areas have had a good start to their 2023 ski season, with cold temperatures and regular snowfall since the start of June. Fingers crossed, the best is yet to come with peak season kicking off.

On Sunday, Thredbo recorded 48cm of fresh snow from the storm cycle, which is its biggest snow dump so far.

It’s a different story over in New Zealand and elsewhere in the Southern Hemisphere (in South America) with sub par snowfall early season, but things are starting to look up. Watch this space…

Snow news is best told in pictures, so here’s a selection from Australia’s deep weekend:

a skier makes a turn in fresh powder, in bad visibility - looks like it's still snowing
Thredbo Facebook image
A ski village is shot (at first light) with bushy trees covered in snow and roofs dusted with powdery snow. A low sun is reflecting off the houses' windows
Hotham Facebook image
A dusk shot (judging by the purple light) of a chairlift and piste, with a single track down it, with a dusting of fresh snow
Hotham Facebook image
A yellow snow machine pumps out snow over a powder covered hill, a river running below
Falls Creek Facebook image
A snowboarder sprays snow on a heel-side turn in deep powder, birch-like trees of a forest behind
Falls Creek Facebook image

With good snow, comes miles of lift lines… A look at Perisher a few weeks back:

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