Another Major Snowstorm Hits Australia
Another Major Snowstorm Hits Australia
Published : 28-Aug-2025 06:53
A multi day snowstorm has begun impacting Australia with resorts there reporting 20-25cm accumulations in the first 24 hours of the storms.
"Mother nature has turned it on for us again, blanketing the mountain in fresh snow and setting us up for the best spring conditions we've seen in years," said Betony Pitcher, Falls Creek's Field Marketing Manager. "The village is sparkling under the flakes, while the slopes are enjoying a perfectly timed top-up before the sunnier days ahead."
It's the latest in a series of storms over the past three months that followed predictions of a warmer and drier than average winter. In fact, Australia has had one of its best winters of the 21st century and, unusually, posted better snowfall totals than ski areas in the other major southern hemisphere ski nations, Argentina, New Zealand and some ski areas in Chile.
Falls Creek's season total to date, last reported at 294cm, is about to pass 3 metres.
The snow, expected to arrive until Saturday, is arriving as part of an active weather system that's also bringing gale force winds at times and at time hail and low visibility to some areas. Most arrivals need chains on their vehicles at Mt Hotham warned yesterday conditions on the mountain were currently only suitable to advanced to expert level skiers.
"It was a wild night up in the mountains with the snowstorm arriving and in full force. There has been 20cm of snow so far and more to come! Temperatures dipped to -1C and the monster blizzard is continuing to roll in," a Perisher spokesperson said.
Accumulation totals of at least 50cm are expected by the weekend.
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