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The new Mount Perisher chairlift construction

The $26m gamble at the top of Australia

It’s perched thousands of metres above sea level, and when finished will be second only to a toilet block as Australia’s highest building.

  • Catherine Naylor

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Snowcams show Friday Flat beginners slope at Thredbo resort on Thursday morning.

The ski season is here. Only two lifts out of 78 will be running

The ski season opens this long weekend with minimal snowfall and bookings down as cost-of-living pressures bite.

  • Catherine Naylor
Thredbo snow storm

The snow storm that could save the NSW ski season

There are sighs of relief echoing across the Snowy Mountains as snow falls for the first time in weeks, but bookings are still down as much as 40 per cent on last year.

  • Catherine Naylor
Boonoona Ski Lodge in Perisher Ski Resort.

Australia’s snow utopias that stun international visitors

Staying in one can feel like stepping back in time; absolved of cooking and chores, like a kid on holiday.

  • Kate Allman
The ski season will finally begin on Tuesday after a cold front brought a large dumping of snow to Thredbo. Sam and Kristie Lau-Adams spent Sunday morning enjoying the  falls with their daughter Goldie and son Iggy.

Flurry of excitement as massive snow dump rescues NSW ski season

The icy blast could also bring snow to Oberon and Mount Canobolas as it sweeps across NSW.

  • Carrie Fellner
Snow cams over two weeks

What a difference two weeks make: Rain washes away snow days before ski season opening

The NSW ski fields were a picture of white at the end of May, but visitors this weekend will be looking out on more grass than snow.

  • Catherine Naylor
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A bumper snow season is boosting business for snow operator Steve Belli at Dinner Plain and Hotham.

‘Cracker of a year’: Big snow dumps, record visitors rescue high country resorts

Soaring visitor numbers, big snow dumps and an early start to the ski season are giving Australia’s alpine resorts a mountainous lift after the worst two years on record.

  • Simon Johanson
The queue approaching Perisher on Saturday morning.

Holidaymakers turned around after ski resorts hit capacity

Hundreds headed to NSW’s snowfields this weekend were forced to abandon their plans, after resort parking hit capacity on Saturday.

  • Mary Ward
Waves crash into shore at Whale Beach in Sydney’s north on Sunday.

Beaches battered by strong winds and surf along the NSW coast

Powerful waves up to five metres high are predicted to crash into beaches along the NSW coast on Sunday.

  • Megan Gorrey
With the cold snap hitting NSW this week, the ski resorts have opened a week early.

Perisher expecting a metre of snow in a week as keen skiers flock to early opening weekend

With 60 centimetres of snow falling at Perisher and ideal temperatures for snow-making, NSW ski resorts have opened their season a week earlier than scheduled.

  • Sally Rawsthorne

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