Snow news headlines

Towns across the southern states could wake on Monday to a dusting of snow.

Last winter, snow falls were largely restricted to the high alpine regions of New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania, but this year is shaping to be different.

Sweeping behind the frigid air will be strong winds, making temperatures feel much chillier.

The downpour over central and southern WA is set to continue this weekend, bringing rain, wild winds and thunderstorms.

A vigorous cold storm moving across the east and south coast has brought snow cover over alpine areas.

But snow-goers need not despair, with better falls forecast just around the corner.

The ski season kicks off this weekend to sparse coverage and closed runs, but it's just a taste of what's to come, according to dire new modelling.

The Charlotte Pass Ski Resort issued a statement on Wednesday updating ski enthusiasts after a fire last Friday gutted the resort's Sewage Treatment Plant.

Snowfalls have been mostly light this year as weather systems instead brought rain to the east coast.

Two skiers have been killed following an avalanche in the mountains in the US state of Utah that occurred after several days of spring snowstorms

The first snow of winter has fallen at Australian ski resorts in NSW and Victoria.

The deadly wall of snow collapsed on an off-piste area of the Riffelberg, below the famed Matterhorn peak.

Search efforts were crueled by avalanche, high wind, fog and cold after the group set out in "relatively good" conditions.

A woman who was stuck overnight Thursday in a gondola at a Lake Tahoe, California, ski resort told CNN affiliate KCRA she "screamed desperately until I lost my voice."

Heavy snow in northern England forced motorists to seek shelter or spend the night in their cars and knocked out power to more than 2,500 customers.

South Australia felt the thunder as heavy rainfall brought flash flooding to parts of the state.

Everything from snow to fire is set to hit multiple Australian states this week.

Vision shows resorts at Hotham, Falls Creek and Perisher covered in a thick blanket of snow.

It has been a disappointing 2023 Australian snow season, but if there are even a few unmelted snow crystals lying on the ground, we'll ski on them.

It wasn't enough to save a disappointing snow season, but Friday's heavy snowfalls sure made for some great pics on Saturday morning.

The 2023 snow season is about to end much earlier than usual this coming Monday, September 4, due to lack of snow.

Two females in their 20s were treated for back injuries and one male suffered facial injuries after a chair reportedly detached from the Kosciuszko Chairlift following a "freak gust of wind".

The heaviest snowfalls since early July have led to visitors being turned away from the overflowing car park at Australia's largest ski resort Perisher.

The mercury will plummet as a strong cold front sweeps across the state during the next two days.

Heavy snow has been forecast for Australia's alpine regions this week.

When NSW Environment Minister Penny Sharpe announced earlier this week that aerial shooting was back on the table as a possible brumby control option, passions rose to the surface, as they always do on this issue.

The ski fields had "very much above average" temperatures in July.

Witnesses told police the 73-year-old was skiing when he struck a pole on the edge of a ski run about 12.30pm at Thredbo alpine resort.

Showers and rain are to be expected as temperatures dip.

More rain is due for the south-east today, including Australia's alpine regions - but snow-goers still have plenty to look forward to.

Sydney has shivered through its coldest June morning since 2010, with temperatures going down to 5.2C.

Millions are shivering through another icy winter blast as a second cold front in two days hits Australia's east coast.

Those with ski holidays on their calendars are set to be relieved as two bouts of snow are set to be dumped in the coming days.

Australia's warm start to winter has seen records tumble, but you wouldn't know it depending on where you are, with a stormy "thundersnow" event also hammering our alpine regions this week.

Mount Buller and Perisher have been able to open this weekend but Thredbo and Falls Creek have remained closed due to the lack of snow fall.

The 18-year-old man fell three metres in his Holden Trailblazer when it drove off Mount Muller Road at Mirimbah just before 11pm on Friday.

Australia's ski season could be at risk as warm winter conditions delay snowfall.

Winter is well and truly on the doorstep with a polar air mass set to drop snow on multiple states over the coming hours.

If you thought it was already cold, well we have some bad news; conditions are expected to get even wilder.

Aussie skiers and boarders may be in for a disappointing season this year as two major climate drivers collide, potentially resulting in poor or lower-than-average snowfall.

With La Niña officially over, an El Niño watch issued ahead of summer - and following this week's unseasonable May cold snap - questions about what winter may hold are swirling.

Chilly mornings are forecast to continue for large parts of the state this week.

A cold front is sweeping the south-eastern corner of the country, with Melbourne predicted to have its coldest May weekend in 23 years.

Some of Australia's major ski resorts have received early snow falls just weeks out from the start of the season.

Video shows the moment a wall of snow and ice broke free from the mountain and tore down the steep slopes. 

Gwyneth Paltrow's lawyer called the story of a retired optometrist who is suing her over a 2016 ski collision "utter BS" during the trial's opening day in Utah.

Dozens of flights were suspended in the UK and some schools had to close as snow blanketed much of the country.

RJ Phipps was hiking up Tuckerman Ravine on Mount Washington over the weekend with his wife when he took out his camera to shoot a snowboarder and skier.

More than 265,000 US homes and businesses were without power as of Monday local time.

A winter storm dumped massive amounts of snow across southern California, transforming familiar landmarks.