With just under three weeks to go until the likely start of Australia's 2025 ski season over the King's Birthday Long Weekend, which includes a holiday Monday on June 9th (unless anywhere opens early), the country's ski areas have seen a temperature dip down to snowmaking-possible lows as well as a few centimetres of snowfall this weekend.
Perisher saw temperatures dip to minus-1 overnight and set its snowguns firing.
Madeleine McVie, Perisher's Marketing Coordinator (pictured above), couldn't have been happier to get up early and share the news as she heads into her first winter working at the resort.
"We woke up to a fresh dusting of snow here at Perisher, we've fired up the guns, temperatures are dropping – winter is well and truly on its way and we're looking forward to it!"
It was even colder at Hotham which saw its first snow as the temperature dropped to almost as low as -5C on Sunday morning.
"It feels like winter is in the air," said Alex Pankiw, Hotham Marketing Coordinator, who added, "It's really exciting and we can't wait for the snow season to kick into gear."
Falls Creek, which has new snowmaking systems this winter also saw temperatures down to -5C and a little snowfall.
"There's no better sight to wake up to than a fresh dusting across our slopes and it's just the beginning," says Betony Pitcher, Falls Creek Ski Lifts' Marketing Manager. "The countdown to Opening Weekend on 7 June is officially on!"