By downunder@mountainnews.com on July 17, 2008

AUSTRALIA - Australian ski resorts turn it on for the sheilas with a series of women's only ski improvement programs in New South Wales and Victoria.

By downunder@mountainnews.com on July 9, 2008

AUSTRALIA - After an unpredictable June when weather was unseasonably hot and what little snow fell from the sky melted within days, Australian ski fields are experiencing a bumper start to July with super cold conditions, plenty of fresh snow and more to come.

By downunder@mountainnews.com on June 16, 2008

AUSTRALIA -- Ski fields in New South Wales and Victoria experienced an overdue cold front on the weekend (6/14-15)with most reporting 15 centimetres of snow. Temperatures remained low enough for snow making with more snow forecast.

By downunder@mountainnews.com on June 10, 2008

Australia’s major commercial resorts cranked up their t-bars and chairlifts for the opening weekend of the ski season on June 7. A number of early season snowfalls in May pointed to a record opening weekend with many predicting a bumper season similar to North America’s just gone.

By downunder@mountainnews.com on August 29, 2007

Falls Creek hosted Australia's biggest jump at the TTR World Snowboard tour 'stylewars' this week.

By downunder@mountainnews.com on July 26, 2007

Telemark is the new black in the world of free ski and Falls Creek and Perisher Blue are celebrating.

By downunder@mountainnews.com on July 18, 2007

The Victorian capital of Melbourne experienced it's coldest day in nine years on July 17. Temperatures dropped to 5 degrees with heavy rains. Good news for the Victorian ski fields as the cold front and precipitation translated into fresh snow.

By downunder@mountainnews.com on July 10, 2007

Australian resorts are enjoying the best season in seventeen years with snow dumping across New South Wales and Victoria.

By downunder@mountainnews.com on June 26, 2007

Forty centimetres of snow dumped overnight at Thredbo Alpine Resort with the rest of Australia's ski areas experiencing similar conditions with more on the way.

By downunder@mountainnews.com on June 19, 2007

Early season snowfalls continue in the Australian resorts with Thredbo experiencing thirty centimetres overnight with more on the way. Lifts are opening across the resorts.