However, after travelling hours from Sydney, she was greeted with mud, slushy hills<\/a> and some light snow.<\/p>\n “It’s pretty grim<\/a>, I won’t lie,” she said in a TikTok filmed and shared from the snow on Sunday.<\/p>\n “I love Thredbo,” she told Yahoo News, adding she shared the reality of the opening weekend, wanting “people to better understand how much snow we currently have.”<\/p>\n When she arrived this weekend, she said it was only beginner runs, and the magic carpet at Thredbo was open.<\/p>\n It was forecast that major Australian ski resorts like Thredbo, Perisher, Mt Buller, Mt Hotham, and Falls Creek would have at least enough snow to open beginner terrain this long weekend.<\/p>\n Snowboarder hopes to set realistic expectations<\/p>\n By sharing videos of the lack of snow, Jasmine said she hoped to help set realistic expectations for others.<\/p>\n RELATED:<\/p>\n By Monday, Jasmine said that the snow guns “working overtime” had really helped with snow conditions.<\/p>\n Despite the less-than-ideal conditions this weekend, the Sydney resident said she will return to the snow in two weeks and hopes conditions will improve by then.<\/p>\n Jasmine is then heading to Australia’s largest resort, Perisher, as their 59 snow guns fire and coat the mountain.<\/p>\n Despite above-average winter temperatures<\/a>, 20 to 44 cm of fresh snow was measured across the Alpine region this weekend.<\/p>\n Snow had fallen in alpine areas last week. Left: Instagram\/Perisher Resort, Right: Steve Smith via Weatherzone<\/p>\n When will snow conditions improve?<\/p>\n The weather was cold enough for blazing snow canons to maintain the snow base for skiers, Bureau of Meteorology senior meteorologist Jonathan How said.<\/p>\n He assured skiers and snow lovers that the temperatures were well below 0 degrees on Monday morning.<\/p>\n A Thredbo spokesperson said resort “conditions are shaping up well, with strong snow-making temperatures expected throughout the weekend and into next week”.<\/p>\n How said maximum temperatures across the country were making for a “very warm” winter week, with no snow forecast until next week.<\/p>\n “Maximum temperatures for Queensland, NSW, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia, even much of the Northern Territory, are up to sort of 8 to 10 degrees above average.”<\/p>\n Bureau of Meteorology senior meteorologist Angus Hines is encouraging skiers to be flexible when planning a trip, if possible.<\/p>\n “When you can see a weather event that’s coming up in the next four to seven days that’s likely to bring a lot of snowfall, then maybe you want to book your trip up to the slopes for the week after that,” he said.<\/p>\n with Newswire<\/p>\n You can also follow us on Facebook<\/a>, Instagram<\/a>, TikTok<\/a>, X<\/a> and YouTube<\/a>.<\/p>\n![\"Left:](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/snow_9556.jpg\"\/)
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