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Australia’s ski resorts are shutting down early in 2026 due to the warmest winter on record — rain instead of snow, melting snowpacks, and a climate crisis reshaping the industry. With three out of four recent winters failing to deliver natural snow, resorts like Mount Selwyn and Mount Baw Baw have already closed, and more are expected to follow before October. Record-breaking rainfall and unseasonably warm temperatures have made snowmaking increasingly futile, while long-term data shows snow depth at lower elevations has plummeted by over 38% in the last 25 years. Even with new tech capable of producing snow up to 20°C, the future of skiing in Australia is being rewritten — and it’s not looking like powder paradise anymore.

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