Thredbo recovers with a fresh blanket of snow

After recent rainfall the Australian resort is on the way back to recovery after a fresh 30cm of snow fell overnight.

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Posted by Brendon on August 26th, 2009 in Australia and Snow Report and Thredbo and Weather.
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Australian ski fields get 20cm+ of fresh

It’s turning out to be quite the year at the Australian ski fields. In the past 24 hours most ski resorts in the country are reporting significant snowfall.

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Posted by Brendon on July 23rd, 2009 in Australia and Snow Report.
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Weekend snow forecast for Australian resorts

After a big week of snow falling around all resorts in Australia the temperatures are staying cool and more snow is on the way. It’s starting to look like a promising season for Aussie skiers and boarders. Here’s the weekend forecast from Mountainwatch.com

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Posted by CherryPow on July 17th, 2009 in Snow Report.
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Australian snow fields hit with fresh dumps

It looks like winter is shaping up nicely for Australian skiers and snowboarders this season with roughly half a foot of fresh snow covering most resorts overnight.

Almost all of the major resorts in NSW and Victoria were reporting overnight snowfall of at least 13cm making for a great base and continued snow making operations. Temperatures are staying cool with most resorts reporting temperatures below 0 degrees celsius (that’s below 32 on the F scale).

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Posted by Brendon on July 14th, 2009 in Falls Creek and Mount Hotham and Mt Buller and Perisher and Snow Report and Thredbo.
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Free New Zealand snow reports iPhone app

If you’re a cool and hip person with an iPhone then you may want to check out the new free app released by snowreports.co.nz.

The application includes weather, road conditions, lifts open, snow depth, new snow, wind and temperature. To get the app you’ll need to visit Apple’s iTunes store. You can get it either via iTunes on your computer or directly from the App store on your iPhone or ipod Touch.

Now you don’t even need to get out of bed to check the Kiwi weather conditions.

The free SnowReports can be found here.

And if you don’t have an iPhone, then try this for other popular phones.

Posted by Brendon on June 27th, 2009 in Apple and iPhone and New Zealand and Snow Report.
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New Zealand watch: Mt Ruapehu opening this weekend

Mt Ruapehu on the North Island of New Zealand has seen record snow levels with all Turoa runs open this weekend.

All 34 snow guns at Turoa have been running on the lead up to the start of the season. With a mix of natural snowfall, there is a metre-deep snow baseon the hill.

At Whakapapa, 54 snowguns, plus natural snowfall, have added a half-metre base. It will open the next week.

About 2000 skiers are expected by the resort on the first day of skiing.

To keep up to date on Mt Ruapehu visit the video snow report posted each day: http://www.mtruapehu.com/winter/video-report/

Posted by Brendon on June 19th, 2009 in Mt Ruapehu and New Zealand and Snow Report.
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