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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

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Snowboarders injured after a fall from a Thredbo chairlift.

Three injured at Thredbo after ski lift detached by ‘freak’ winds

The Kosciuszko chairlift reopened on Sunday after three snowboarders fell from a chair at the Thredbo ski resort in gusty conditions on Saturday.

  • Nigel Gladstone
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
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
Former alpine shelter Kareela Hutte puts on an excellent lunch.

Thredbo in winter, travel guide and things to do: Nine highlights

From the ultimate sunrise vantage point to a snowy lights spectacle.

  • Jim Darby
The group hunkered down in Seaman’s Hut before police were able to reach the hikers on Tuesday.

Group of hikers rescued in Thredbo after two nights in snow

The four hikers set off to explore Kosciuszko National Park on Sunday before blizzard-like conditions forced the group to hunker down in a hut before police were able to reach them.

  • Sarah Keoghan
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Geoffrey, Chris, Jody and Florence McDowell from the northern beaches, during opening day of the ski and snowboard season at Thredbo resort, on Saturday 12 June 2021. fedpol Photo: Alex Ellinghausen

Tips and advice for a ski trip with young children: How to survive a family holiday to the snow

For weeks I had been planning this holiday, daunted at the prospect of how to make it a success.

  • Catherine Naylor
S.C.A.T. paramedic Paul Featherstone as he was released from the Thredbo landslide.

From the Archives, 1997: The rescue of Stuart Diver

25 years ago, ski instructor Stuart Diver was rescued after almost three days trapped in the rubble of Bimbadeen Lodge, Thredbo.

  • Heath Gilmore and Simon Crittle
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
The lifts at Thredbo on the opening day of the season.

Sydney teenager dies in Thredbo skiing accident

Former Shore student Oliver Johnston, 18, lost control on the slopes and hit a tree on Sunday morning, police said.

  • Josh Dye and Anthony Segaert

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