The deepest reported snowpacks in Australia have passed the 2 metre mark as we enter springtime (by the meteorological measure of the seasons).
Some winters Australia ski areas struggle to open much terrain due to a lack of snow cover and reaching the metre mark on higher slopes is a sign of a healthy snow depth, so reaching two metres is a sign of a good season.
Thredbo and Perisher in New South Wales both report there's now just over two metres of snow depth on their upper slopes, just below a metre on lower runs.
After several winters when ski areas in the country were frequently closed during eight separate lockdowns and only opened on a limited basis in the brief periods that they could, winter 2022 has seen bumper business and resorts operating at capacity, sometimes having to turn skiers away as facilities have repeatedly reached their maximum operating limits.
The season started with the biggest snowfalls for more than 20 years and although there have been a few warm and wet weather events most centres have had all terrain open with mostly good to excellent conditions all winter.
Most larger Aussie ski areas stay open to the first week of October and it remains to be seen if some will opt to extend their seasons this year if conditions remain good through September.
