Australia

Australian skiing lives in two ranges: the Snowy Mountains of New South Wales (Perisher, Thredbo) and the Victorian Alps (Falls Creek, Mt Hotham, Mt Buller). Modest altitudes (the tops are 1700-2050 m), heavy snowmaking, and snow gum eucalyptus forests that give the runs an identity unlike anywhere in the Northern Hemisphere. Southern hemisphere season runs Jun to Sep, often well into the September school holidays. Plus the largest lift count in the Southern Hemisphere (Perisher's 47).