There's been fresh snowfall down to base level at ski areas in New Zealand and the Andes as the start of the southern hemisphere's 2024 season is now just five weeks away.
Ski areas across New Zealand reported 5-15cm snowfalls, and mountains turned white in South america too with snowfall expected to continue there through the weekend with overnight temperatures as low as -10C expected on the highest ground.
Staff celebrated the fresh snowfall at New Zealand's The Remarkables ski area earlier today (pictured above) and broke into an impromptu snowball fight.
Afriski in Lesotho has announced the earliest planned southern hemisphere 2024 season start date of June 1st with the first ski areas opening in Australia, New Zealand and South America just over a week later.
However pre-season snowfalls have led to late May openings of ski centres in these areas in past seasons.