{"id":2020769,"date":"2026-07-01T07:33:22","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T04:33:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2020769"},"modified":"2026-07-01T07:33:22","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T04:33:22","slug":"dont-believe-the-doom-posting-72-years-of-data-says-the-snow-will-come-to-australian-ski-resorts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2020769","title":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t Believe the Doom-Posting: 72 Years of Data Says the Snow Will Come to Australian Ski Resorts"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Perisher Valley on July 1, 2026. | Image: Perisher Webcam<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Australian ski season doom-posting has become something of a mainstream media tradition.<\/strong> Any time Australian resorts have a slow start to the season, webcam screenshots of brown slopes in the Snowy Mountains circulate rapidly, followed by the familiar superlatives: \u201cworst season in XX years,\u201d \u201cno snow in sight,\u201d or some variation of seasonal collapse. We are even seeing international trolling from Japan in the form of social media posts of grassy slopes from Myoko Tourism with tongue-in-cheek commentary. For Australian skiers and snowboarders, the narrative is familiar. We have been here before \u2014 multiple times \u2014 and while nobody is claiming it is a strong start, it is still far too early in the season to draw conclusions.<\/p>\n

Headline snapshots from this week. | Image: SnowBrains<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

If you want data to counter the hype cycle, SnowBrains<\/em> has gone back through the Snowy Hydro<\/a> records and analysed historical snow depth data from Spencer\u2019s Creek, the benchmark site for Australian alpine snowpack.<\/strong> Continuous measurements have been taken there since the 1950s, making it the most reliable long-term dataset for conditions in the Snowy Mountains.<\/p>\n