Summer's end brings snow for Perisher, Thredbo

THE final day of summer in the Snowy Mountains has taken on a wintry chill after snow fell last night at the two NSW ski resorts.

Done and dusted ... summer ends with snow at NSW ski resort Perisher Blue. Forecasters predict a bumper ski season for 2008.

THE final day of summer in the Snowy Mountains has taken on a wintry chill after snow fell last night at the ski resorts of Perisher Blue and Thredbo.

A light dusting of snow blanketed the NSW ski resorts overnight as temperatures dropped to a low of minus 3.8 degrees Celcius at Perisher and minus 3 degrees at Thredbo.

Intermittent light snow flurries continued to fall into the morning on Mount Perisher.

Weather forecasters are already predicting a bumper snow season for 2008, according to resort management. Temperatures are expected to remain low with persistent precipitation throughout winter.

"We have barely had a summer this year," said Gary Grant, Perisher Blue's general manager of marketing. "It's felt as though it's remained cold since the end of the 2007 season, apart from a few warm days, there air has always had a nip in it."

Perisher Blue has invested $9.75 million in new snowmaking equipment for the 2008 season.