Empty ski resorts are shutting up shop early this year as snow bare mountains have not attracted the usual crowds of snowboarders and skiers.
Record high temperatures this winter have halted snowfall and ski resort operations, with Melbourne two degrees warmer than usual in July and one degree hotter in August.
Mount Buller spokesperson Rhylla Morgan cannot guarantee the major resort will remain open throughout September, as a short-term forecasts predict more rain and warm weather. “This year coverage is significantly reduced. If the conditions simply aren’t suitable, we may close early.” Across the bass strait Tasmania has also seen an “unprecedented season”, forcing Ben Lomond Alpine resort near Launceston to invest half a million dollars on four snow guns to counter the lack of natural powder.
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