Snow Finally Falls in Australia
3rd July 2026
It has been a poor start to winter with resorts delaying their openings and some just have thin strips of artificial snow. That is now thankfully changing. NEW
It has been a long time coming and to say some natural snow is welcome is somewhat of an understatement.
The Australian ski season has experienced one of its worst starts in decades with almost no snow on the ground at the main resorts of Thredbo and Perisher.
All the other resorts and ski fields suffered too.
A strong winter cold front has arrived and is forecast to bring 20cm to 40cm of snow with cold temperatures that will enable snowmaking to take place.
Here’s Perisher as the storm began:
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Thredbo too is passing on the news:
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Skiers and snowboarders are set to be out on the slopes and resorts are rejoicing.
We reported on the dismal start to the winter ski season in Australia earlier on PlanetSKI:
In Australia average June snowfall is usually around 35cms but it was well below that level last month, with Mount Hotham in Victoria seeing no snow at all.
Across Australia’s ski fields, just two chairlifts were open at the end of June – ‘Easy Does It’ in Thredbo and ‘Bourke Street Express’ in Mount Buller.
That was due to all-weather snowmaking units that can produce man-made snow in temperatures as high as 20 degrees.
Perisher had one small slope open.
Falls Creek remains closed.
Now though things are changing and here at PlanetSKI we’ll keep you posted on the delayed arrival of winter in Australia.
More to follow…
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