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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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Delta is refreshing its seats, including its Delta One suite.

World’s biggest airline adds new Australia-US route, revamps seats

The US traveller’s desire to escape the cold is the Aussie traveller’s gain, with the launch of a new Delta Air Lines service.

  • Julietta Jameson
A polar storm brings excitment to Mt Buller. Photo by Tony Harrington NEWS 9 August 2019. COLD WEATHER

The Grollos are bullish on Mount Buller, despite the threat of less snow

It’s been a slow start to this year’s ski season in Victoria – and climate change poses an ongoing threat – but business on the slopes is booming.

  • Simon Johanson
Ski patrol attends to the injured snowboarders after their chair fell last year.

How a gust of wind made a chairlift fall, seriously injuring three snowboarders

An investigation into how a chair fell from a cable at Thredbo has revealed what went wrong and raised concerns about the safety of lifts at all Australian snow resorts.

  • Catherine Naylor
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
A skier at Perisher in NSW last August.

Which of Australia’s favourite ski fields will survive by 2080?

If global emissions remain high, skiing and snowboarding will disappear in Australia by 2080 at all but two resorts. If emissions are rapidly reduced, snow sports will remain strong throughout the Australian Alps.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons
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The view from Winter Park, Crackenback, and a mocked-up excerpt from one of Abby May’s emails to Neil Walker.

The ski lodge, the elderly bachelor and his new ‘best friends’

A chance encounter on a bus landed an octogenarian with a prized parcel of land near Thredbo in a messy court fight with a younger couple.

  • Michaela Whitbourn
Charlotte Pass

Popular NSW ski resort forced to close weeks ahead of season

Australia’s most remote ski resort is scrambling to come up with a plan to open to the public before the season starts and roads close for the winter.

  • Catherine Naylor
Fernie is the best of both worlds, with incredible skiing and a bustling downtown.

Shred the slopes at Canada’s coolest ski resorts

British Columbia (BC) is home to some of the world’s best ski resorts among some of the world’s snowiest mountain ranges, and nowhere epitomises Canada’s laid-back ski culture more.

  • Craig Tansley
“Seasons are short, and I certainly try to make the most of my time.” - Ski instructor Charlie Evans.

The ski instructor who helps people go fast (and look good doing it)

Ski instructor Charlie Evans specialises in providing adaptive lessons, helping all kinds of differently abled guests experience snow sports.

  • Sue White

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