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AustraliaNSW Alps2 resorts · opens ~7 Jun Victorian Alps4 resorts · opens ~14 Jun

New ZealandNZ North Island2 resorts · winding down NZ South Island5 resorts · winding down

Canada · soonEurope

EuropeAustrian Alps5 resorts · open French Alps9 resorts · opens ~21 Nov Italian Alps4 resorts · open Swiss Alps5 resorts · open

JapanHokkaido3 resorts · opens ~25 Nov Nagano2 resorts · opens ~28 Nov Niigata1 resort · opens ~6 Dec

United StatesColorado8 resorts · opens ~6 Nov Utah4 resorts · opens ~20 Nov California4 resorts · opens ~13 Nov Northern Rockies3 resorts · opens ~25 Nov

NSW Alps

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All resorts Perisher Thredbo

Season ended for 2026. Usually opens early June

NSWOff-seasonPhoto · Perisher

PerisherNSW Snowy Mountains · 4 areas

SeasonSeason ended for 2026. Usually opens early June

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NSWOff-seasonPhoto · Thredbo

ThredboNSW Snowy Mountains

SeasonSeason ended for 2026. Usually opens early June

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The mountains

Australia

NSW Alps
Victorian Alps

New Zealand

NZ North Island
NZ South Island

Japan

Hokkaido
Nagano
Niigata

Canada

Western Canada

United States

Colorado
Utah
California
Northern Rockies

France

French Alps

Austria

Austrian Alps

Switzerland

Swiss Alps

Italy

Italian Alps

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Resort sites

Perisher.com.au
Thredbo.com.au

Where the data comes from

Resort snow reports · BOM · Open-Meteo (ECMWF · GFS · UKMO) · liftie.info · Snowy Hydro

How each source is reading

Lift statuslive
Forecast models · feed unreachableunavailable
Spencers Creek survey · not publishedunavailable

Estimated figures are labelled, never silently substituted. When a key source is down the verdict says so instead of faking a number.

Weather data by Open-Meteo.com Photo credits

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