Australia’s Season Starting as Major Snowstorm Due to Hit
Australia’s Season Starting as Major Snowstorm Due to Hit
Published : 06-Jun-2025 06:41
Most Australian ski areas will open on Saturday, June 7th, despite some not yet having enough snow cover to open a full ski run.
The snow issue could be solved quickly though as opening day should herald a multi-day storm set to bring 60-90cm of snowfall to Aussie slopes by Tuesday.
Up to now, although there have been some light snowfalls and snowmakers have worked in every available low temperature window, the snow conditions have been marginal.
A few centres have managed to create a run for opening day and most of the rest have snow play areas, learning zones and small terrain park set ups, along with the hope they'll be able to open full runs very quickly, assuming the snow arrives as expected.
The country's largest resort, Perisher, has had over 100 snow guns working at night over recent weeks.
"We're thrilled to welcome guests back to Perisher after Mother Nature brought some snow and colder temperatures in the past week. We look forward to watching guests discover, or re-discover, their moment at Australia's largest ski resort," said Nathan Butterworth, Vice President and General Manager of Perisher Ski Resort. "Our teams have worked tirelessly to prepare the resort, and we can't wait to share the magic of the mountains."
"We are super excited here at Perisher to open this weekend, we've got skiing and snowboarding on Front Valley, we've got The PEAK Music festival with lots of live music, and, best of all: we've got a storm rolling in with experts predicting up to 60cm of snow – we can't wait, we'll see you there!" Madeleine McVie, Perisher's Marketing Coordinator, added.
The ski areas that are managing to open at least one run even before the snowfall arrives include Mt Buller (helped by their five SnowFactory all-weather snowmaking machines) and Thredbo. Falls Creek, Hotham and Perisher say they hope to be able to very soon once the snow arrives but don't have anything confirmed yet.
All Australian areas open Saturday except Charlotte Pass and Selwyn Resort, the 7th marks the start of a long holiday weekend in most of the country's states, including the main ski states of Victoria and New South Wales, with Monday 9th a holiday in celebration of King Charles III's birthday.
With no ski areas open yet in South America, Lesotho's Afriski open last weekend but not yet having a ski run available and Mt Hutt in New Zealand cancelling plans to open early last weekend, then this, Australian ski resorts will be the first to open this year for the 2025 southern hemisphere ski season.
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