As winter’s first major southerly snap passed through the Queenstown and Wanaka regions it left behind a welcomed ‘blanket’ of snow on the surrounding mountains.

Mother's Day in Falls Creek was extra special with overnight snowfalls creating a winter wonderland.

Jenny Klem, Marketing Manager Skimax, has announced it has extended its campaign with Ski Victoria until May 31.

Falls Creek has received around 3 - 5 cms of fresh snow overnight with temperatures dropping to minus 1.5 and the feels like temps were as low as minus 8.8 degrees.

Australia’s only urban skiing and snowboarding centre, Melbourne’s SkiCity, is celebrating the upcoming start of the snow season with an open day on May 5.

Australian skiers and snowboarders with a penchant for the finer things just got seriously lucky this winter with the launch of two private chartered heli skiing packages on New Zealand’s South Island.

Carlton Dry woos young Aussies to go snow this winter and get paid to live their boarding dreams

Olympic gold medalist and World Cup Alpine Ski Champion, Lindsey Vonn, took some time to ski with a few of her biggest fans on Vail Mountain as part of the resort’s exclusive Ski Girls Rock program, introduced this season.

Falls Creek, arguably the most picturesque and largest alpine resort in Victoria, has joined its sister resort Hotham in the quest to entice lapsed snow enthusiasts and newcomers to the ski in ski out resorts.

Canada's premiere ski resort, Whistler Blackcomb, has had a stellar season with a record March snowfall.

Elsie Nielsen celebrates 20 metre snowfall milestone at Niseko, Hokkaido . Pic by Darren Teasdale

Whilst winter in Japan is winding down the Niseko-based SkiJapan.com's Asian and Australian staff are considering their next adventures.

Skimax has announced significant earlybird offers to popular Northern Hemisphere winter holiday destinations such as Whistler in British Columbia, Aspen Snowmass in Colorado and Niseko on the Japanese island of Hokkaido.

Aussies are choosing to take on the snow season overseas, according to new research that found 49 percent of Australians who went skiing in December last year chose an international destination.

Falls Creek Ski Lifts and Hotham Skiing Company are rolling out a new electronic point of sale and ticketing system in 2012.

Close to 20 metres of snow has been recorded to have fallen at Niseko, Japan this season.

Feb 28 was one of the better Feb days for sure......

Whilst this northern part of Japan is renowned for quality snow the amount (and how early it came) has surpassed the expectations of most snow enthusiasts.

An Australian backpacker was reportedly found dead in the Japanese ski resort town of Niseko, the body was allegedly found in a river near a convenience store.

Winter 2012 at Hotham is all about making the holiday dollar go further – providing visitors with the best value possible and some serious BANG for their buck.

The picturesque resort town of Lake Wanaka in New Zealand’s Southern Alps has been named as one of the top 25 ski towns in the world by the prestigious National Geographic Magazine.

The South Island’s largest ski area, Treble Cone, today announced its early bird 2012 season pass prices which feature added value TC Dollars as a free inclusion for the first time.

A family of four (two adults & two kids aged 11 years & under) could ski the Canadian Rockies during the Easter Holidays from just $8,779