Snowy Mountains
Light at the end of the tunnel: After seven weeks wedged in rock, Florence is finally free
The giant tunnel boring machine has been stuck for months in hard rock deep below the Kosciuszko National Park.
- by Mike Foley
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The ‘polar-powered storm’ bringing snow and bitter temperatures to NSW
The east coast of Australia is getting a dose of proper winter as a cold front moving north from Tasmania brings Antarctic winds and snow.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons and Angus Dalton
The job advert has been seen thousands of times. But no one has applied
A rewarding job in a stunning region is going begging despite the best efforts of the community to fill it.
- by Catherine Naylor
Cloud-seeding program over Snowy Hydro suspended
Hundreds of kilograms of silver iodide have been unleashed over ski fields and mountain peaks over a decade.
- by Angus Dalton
No snow, but queues form as Australia’s first ‘alpine coaster’ opens
The sight of a new $9 million alpine coaster was a welcome distraction from otherwise bare and drizzly ski slopes over Thredbo’s opening weekend.
- by Katherine Scott
The ski season is here. Only two lifts out of 78 will be running
The ski season opens this long weekend with minimal snowfall and bookings down as cost-of-living pressures bite.
- by Catherine Naylor
Which of Australia’s favourite ski fields will survive by 2080?
If global emissions remain high, skiing and snowboarding will disappear in Australia by 2080 at all but two resorts. If emissions are rapidly reduced, snow sports will remain strong throughout the Australian Alps.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Aerial shooting culls thousands of horses in Kosciuszko
NSW government is ramping up the removal of feral horses from the alpine environment with a controversial technique.
- by Mike Foley
Popular NSW ski resort forced to close weeks ahead of season
Australia’s most remote ski resort is scrambling to come up with a plan to open to the public before the season starts and roads close for the winter.
- by Catherine Naylor
City chaos reaches ‘one of the prettiest little towns in Australia’
A multimillion-dollar calamity that devastated small businesses in Sydney is now playing out in a picturesque rural valley 400 kilometres away which is emerging as a food and wine tourism hotspot.
- by Catherine Naylor
The snow storm that could save the NSW ski season
There are sighs of relief echoing across the Snowy Mountains as snow falls for the first time in weeks, but bookings are still down as much as 40 per cent on last year.
- by Catherine Naylor