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      • Tasmania
        • Mount Mawson
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      • Wanaka
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        • Porters
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        • Temple Basin
        • Hanmer Springs
        • Mount Lyford
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        • Tukino
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    • Japan
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        • Niseko
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        • Furano
        • Kiroro
      • Honshu
        • Okunakayama Kogen
        • Hakuba
        • Nozawa Onsen
        • Myoko Kogen
        • Shiga Kogen
        • Madarao Kogen
        • Appi Kogen
        • Shizukuishi
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        • Mount Naeba
        • Hakkaisan
        • Manza Onsen
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        • Hakkoda
        • Tazawako

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        • Beaver Creek
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        • Palisades Tahoe
        • Mammoth
        • Heavenly

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        • Whistler Blackcomb
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    • AUSTRALIA
      • NEW SOUTH WALES
        • Thredbo
        • Perisher
        • Jindabyne
        • Charlotte Pass
        • Selwyn Snow Resort
      • Victoria
        • Falls Creek
        • Mt Hotham
        • Mt Buller
        • Mount Stirling
        • Mount Baw Baw
        • Lake Mountain Resort
      • Tasmania
        • Mount Mawson
        • Ben Lomond

    • New Zealand
      • Queenstown
        • The Remarkables
        • Coronet Peak
        • Queenstown
      • Wanaka
        • Snow Farm
        • Mount Aspiring
        • Cardrona
        • Treble Cone
        • Wanaka
      • Canterbury
        • Mount Hutt
        • Porters
        • Mount Olympus
        • Mount Cheeseman
        • Broken River
        • Craigieburn
        • Temple Basin
        • Hanmer Springs
        • Mount Lyford
      • Ruapehu
        • Whakapapa
        • Tukino
        • Turoa

    • Japan
      • Hokkaido
        • Niseko
        • Rusutsu
        • Furano
        • Kiroro
      • Honshu
        • Okunakayama Kogen
        • Hakuba
        • Nozawa Onsen
        • Myoko Kogen
        • Shiga Kogen
        • Madarao Kogen
        • Appi Kogen
        • Shizukuishi
        • Karuizawa
        • Mount Naeba
        • Hakkaisan
        • Manza Onsen
        • Hachimantai
        • Hakkoda
        • Tazawako

    • USA
      • Wyoming
        • Jackson Hole
      • Utah
        • Snowbird
        • Park City
      • Colorado
        • Beaver Creek
        • Vail
        • Steamboat
        • Breckenridge
        • Aspen Snowmass
      • California
        • Palisades Tahoe
        • Mammoth
        • Heavenly

    • Canada
      • British Columbia
        • Whistler Blackcomb
        • Big White
        • Revelstoke
        • Sun Peaks
        • Kicking Horse
        • Silver Star
        • Fernie
      • Alberta
        • Banff Sunshine
        • Lake Louise

    • Europe
      • France
        • Val d'Isère
      • Switzerland
        • Verbier
      • Austria
        • St Anton
      • Italy
        • Cortina d'Ampezzo

  • Snow Reports

    • AUSTRALIA
      • NEW SOUTH WALES
        • Thredbo
        • Perisher
        • Jindabyne
        • Charlotte Pass
        • Selwyn Snow Resort
      • Victoria
        • Falls Creek
        • Mt Hotham
        • Mt Buller
        • Mount Stirling
        • Mount Baw Baw
        • Lake Mountain Resort
      • Tasmania
        • Mount Mawson
        • Ben Lomond

    • New Zealand
      • Queenstown
        • The Remarkables
        • Coronet Peak
        • Queenstown
      • Wanaka
        • Snow Farm
        • Mount Aspiring
        • Cardrona
        • Treble Cone
        • Wanaka
      • Canterbury
        • Mount Hutt
        • Porters
        • Mount Olympus
        • Mount Cheeseman
        • Broken River
        • Craigieburn
        • Temple Basin
        • Hanmer Springs
        • Mount Lyford
      • Ruapehu
        • Whakapapa
        • Tukino
        • Turoa

    • Japan
      • Hokkaido
        • Niseko
        • Rusutsu
        • Furano
        • Kiroro
      • Honshu
        • Okunakayama Kogen
        • Hakuba
        • Nozawa Onsen
        • Myoko Kogen
        • Shiga Kogen
        • Madarao Kogen
        • Appi Kogen
        • Shizukuishi
        • Karuizawa
        • Mount Naeba
        • Hakkaisan
        • Manza Onsen
        • Hachimantai
        • Hakkoda
        • Tazawako

    • USA
      • Wyoming
        • Jackson Hole
      • Utah
        • Snowbird
        • Park City
      • Colorado
        • Beaver Creek
        • Vail
        • Steamboat
        • Breckenridge
        • Aspen Snowmass
      • California
        • Palisades Tahoe
        • Mammoth
        • Heavenly

    • Canada
      • British Columbia
        • Whistler Blackcomb
        • Big White
        • Revelstoke
        • Sun Peaks
        • Kicking Horse
        • Silver Star
        • Fernie
      • Alberta
        • Banff Sunshine
        • Lake Louise

    • Europe
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        • Val d'Isère
      • Switzerland
        • Verbier
      • Austria
        • St Anton
      • Italy
        • Cortina d'Ampezzo

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    • AUSTRALIA
      • NEW SOUTH WALES
        • Thredbo
        • Perisher
        • Jindabyne
        • Charlotte Pass
        • Selwyn Snow Resort
      • Victoria
        • Falls Creek
        • Mt Hotham
        • Mt Buller
        • Mount Stirling
        • Mount Baw Baw
        • Lake Mountain Resort
      • Tasmania
        • Mount Mawson
        • Ben Lomond

    • New Zealand
      • Queenstown
        • The Remarkables
        • Coronet Peak
        • Queenstown
      • Wanaka
        • Snow Farm
        • Mount Aspiring
        • Cardrona
        • Treble Cone
        • Wanaka
      • Canterbury
        • Mount Hutt
        • Porters
        • Mount Olympus
        • Mount Cheeseman
        • Broken River
        • Craigieburn
        • Temple Basin
        • Hanmer Springs
        • Mount Lyford
      • Ruapehu
        • Whakapapa
        • Tukino
        • Turoa

    • Japan
      • Hokkaido
        • Niseko
        • Rusutsu
        • Furano
        • Kiroro
      • Honshu
        • Okunakayama Kogen
        • Hakuba
        • Nozawa Onsen
        • Myoko Kogen
        • Shiga Kogen
        • Madarao Kogen
        • Appi Kogen
        • Shizukuishi
        • Karuizawa
        • Mount Naeba
        • Hakkaisan
        • Manza Onsen
        • Hachimantai
        • Hakkoda
        • Tazawako

    • USA
      • Wyoming
        • Jackson Hole
      • Utah
        • Snowbird
        • Park City
      • Colorado
        • Beaver Creek
        • Vail
        • Steamboat
        • Breckenridge
        • Aspen Snowmass
      • California
        • Palisades Tahoe
        • Mammoth
        • Heavenly

    • Canada
      • British Columbia
        • Whistler Blackcomb
        • Big White
        • Revelstoke
        • Sun Peaks
        • Kicking Horse
        • Silver Star
        • Fernie
      • Alberta
        • Banff Sunshine
        • Lake Louise

    • Europe
      • France
        • Val d'Isère
      • Switzerland
        • Verbier
      • Austria
        • St Anton
      • Italy
        • Cortina d'Ampezzo

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      • World Snow Wrap, December 21st, 2025 - Powder days in BC, Slow Start in the US, Up and Down in Japan, Meltdown in Europe
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Whistler Blackcomb 57 cm
Hakkaisan 53 cm
Nozawa Onsen 53 cm
Hakuba 43 cm
Okunakayama Kogen 40 cm
Tazawako 40 cm
Myoko Kogen 40 cm
Shizukuishi 40 cm
Palisades Tahoe 39 cm
Mount Hutt 34 cm

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