Snow Addiction Guided Snow Tours

25/06/2026

The end of week 2
Wolfmuvva and I are more familiar with the lodges and have spent time in the freight depot and Leanne taught one co-worker how to drive a manual (in a classy 79 series ute) so she can do the garbage run in a manual vehicle soon.
No more snow to report and in the photos you’ll see how it’s currently being moved around.
Enjoy the photos and comments.
Leanne (Wolfmuvva) and Ian

20/06/2026

If you’re like me, you see massive areas of dead snow gums around Perisher and other parts of the Snowy Mountains National Park and wonder why this is happening and more and more trees are dying.

Some have been damaged by fire and will grow back but other snow gum dieback is happening due to our warmer winters which allow an increase of the native longicorn beetle.

Their larvae burrow under the bark and eat the layer that carries water and nutrients through the tree, effectively ringbarking the tree. This weakens the tree, causing branches to die and, in some cases, the whole tree to die.
Trees that are already stressed by drought, frost or other damage are most at risk.

Being a native insect, the longicorn beetle cannot be controlled by pesticides or other eradication methods however scientists are working to produce snow gum trees which are less prone to this “innocent predator”.

If you’re interested in more info, you can find some here
https://theaustralianalpsnationalparksdd.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/ALPS-eblast-75.pdf

18/06/2026

A much enjoyed day off, a sleep-in, 2 coffees and a nice walk around the village followed by a drive to The Ridge chairlift at Blue Cow accessible by the Link Road from Smiggins

Still no snow, Leanne and I feel for the many businesses and their staff who have come here for the season expecting work but either laid off or given an early holiday.

17/06/2026

Day 3, temperatures expected to reach 13° 😳
A mixed day of training, time familiarising ourselves with the roughly 91 lodges in Perisher, we are mainly working with people but may chip in when needed to help with freight or garbage services which 4Site also does.
We are blessed to be working for a wonderful family, the owners are amazing and the staff employed for their attitudes before anything else so the meal room is quite enjoyable with a lot of friendly banter.
We did many laps of Perisher, targeting the worst driveways and access to get comfortable with that. A stint in the freight area where ALL freight for the 4 areas is managed. Perisher, Smiggins, Charlotte Pass and Blue Cow, I’ll have to find out where Guthega’s freight is managed. some time cleaning vehicles, Leanne and I were happy to clean 5 of the snow cats, after lunch Leanne went into admin and took delight in bossing me around, creating fictitious pick-ups and “taxi runs”
We are blessed that it is quiet, which allows for all new employees to get familiar with systems and locations, in two weeks time Queensland will be having their school holidays followed by New South Wales & Victoria, then it will be “game on”. 

16/06/2026

I am very proud of Leanne, moving here to start a new job she wasn’t really wanting to do, but here she is giving 100% in training
Today was an interesting one with very cold temperatures due to the wind chill.
We did some more driving training and some more inductions for the Can Am Leanne’s driving and the Pistenbully “people movers” that I’ll be driving.
A fun day and great to be doing something different.

15/06/2026

We survived the day
Strewth there’s a lot of lodges in Perisher and Smiggins, many with rather dodgy driveways (while snowless) looking forward to it dumping, some decent snow and being able to drive the good gear.

14/06/2026

Our first day in the job with 4Site
Not much to see at 6.30am

04/05/2026

Can’t ask for a better forecast model to add to your weather prediction arsenal, and Pete is a local to The Gong also.

The Snowatch daily forecasts begin tomorrow and will be updated every day through to the closing weekend in October.
Snowatch is the only forecasting site that doesn’t use algorithms to spit out the forecasts. I personally check weather charts, data and satellite images each morning and manually add all text, icons and snowfall amounts for each resort. Snowatch is 100% independent and tells it like it is.
Here’s to another good season! ❄️ 🐸
www.snowatch.com.au

04/05/2026

Great news snow addictees!!!!!!!

Pete the Frog Taylor has started his snow reports on https://www.snowatch.com.au/long-range-forecast/
Head over to keep an eye on the conditions predicted for your upcoming snow trip.

Updated: April 27th, 1:26pm NEW SOUTH WALES Snow forecast 5 Days 10 Days 15 Days Perisher 0cm 0cm 0cm Thredbo 0cm 0cm 0cm Charlotte Pass 0cm 0cm 0cm Selwyn 0cm 0cm 0cm VICTORIA Snow forecast 5 Days 10 Days 15 Days Falls Creek 0cm 0cm 0cm Mt Hotham 0cm 0cm 0cm Mt Buller 0cm 0cm 0cm Mt Baw Baw 0cm 0cm...

04/05/2026

Heading to Perisher for a ski, board or just look around this winter?
You’re spoilt for choice of lodges but the best by far is Ski Lodge conveniently located a short ski from the quad chair and Perisher Centre.
Amazing hosts, great food, inspiring coffee, welcoming and cozy atmosphere and very comfortable rooms, that’s why I take all my guests there for the ultimate snow experience.

Book now before this popular lodge fills up.
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