The job advert has been seen thousands of times. But no one has applied

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.

  • byCatherine Naylor

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Cloud-seeding program over Snowy Hydro suspended

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.

  • byAngus Dalton
No snow,but queues form as Australia’s first ‘alpine coaster’ opens

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.

  • byKatherine Scott
The ski season is here. Only two lifts out of 78 will be running

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.

  • byCatherine Naylor
Which of Australia’s favourite ski fields will survive by 2080?

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.

  • byCaitlin Fitzsimmons
Aerial shooting culls thousands of horses in Kosciuszko

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.

  • byMike Foley
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Popular NSW ski resort forced to close weeks ahead of season

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.

  • byCatherine Naylor
City chaos reaches ‘one of the prettiest little towns in Australia’

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.

  • byCatherine Naylor
The snow storm that could save the NSW ski season

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.

  • byCatherine Naylor
The must-do highlights of the NSW snowfields over four days

The must-do highlights of the NSW snowfields over four days

Tick off the country’s biggest ski resort and tallest mountain over a four-day weekend with this guide to the ultimate ski road trip in New South Wales.

  • byKate Allman
Seeking the promise of re-creation in the snow with a grandchild
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Seeking the promise of re-creation in the snow with a grandchild

There is purity in the joy of a child experiencing snowfall that holds within it the chance of renewal for those who take notice.

  • byTony Wright