Another week of the snow season, another week of conditions ranging from pretty sweet in places (considering it's still early season) to ugh, don't bother.

Here's our quick weekly whip around. As a very brief overview, Victoria is struggling, while NSW is doing a little better, with an "official" snow depth of 54.8 cm at Spencers Creek, roughly halfway between Perisher and Thredbo, as measured not by ski resorts but by Snowy Hydro.

NSW

Image: Karel's T-Bar, which is indeed Australia's highest ski lift, opened on Thursday at Thredbo. Thredbo village is waaaaaay down below there in the valley out of shot. Source: @Thredboresort Instagram.

Thredbo now has 10 of its 14 lifts open for skiing, which is the highest in Australia in percentage terms. The snow is a little sketchy down low, but the last storm delivered the goods up high, enabling three T-bars to open this week, including two in areas with no snowmaking. The cover remains thin, but any skiing is good sking! More info here.

Perisher has 28 of its 47 lifts over across three resort areas, with only the Guthega section yet to open. Like Thredbo, they've managed to get a lift or two open away from snowmaking areas, inlcuding the Brumby T-Bar at Blue Cow, and Eyre T-Bar on Mt Perisher. More info here.

And little old Charlotte Pass, just up the road from Perisher and home to ustralia's coldest recorded temperature (click here to se how cold!), is still kicking along with three lifts spinning. More info here.

VIC

Things are a little more bleak further south. Victorian resorts are a couple of hundred metres lower than NSW, and in a meagre season like we've had so far, that can make a huge difference.

Victoria also got a lot less snow than NSW in an unusual easterly snow dump earlier in June.

But four resorts are still spinning lifts. Hotham has four lifts open, Falls Creek has eight open on a limited natural cover which is pretty good in snowmaking areas, while Mt Buller and Mt Baw Baw each have a lift or two on snowmaking snow only, with only very basic sliding for beginners on offer.

Best to wait till more snow falls before you race up to the Victorian hills.

10cm of fresh snow & 4 lifts spinning at Hotham! ⛷�� Check our app for current status & see our COVID-19 updates before visiting 👉 https://t.co/Cdx2L0ZXZ1 pic.twitter.com/etULtwhUdX

— Hotham (@_hotham) June 25, 2021

So is snow coming?

Yes and no. But hopefully more yes than no.

A cold front is on its way. As you can see below, it looks to impact the mountain areas late on Friday night.

That makes it a tough decision whether to make a late run for the snowfields, if you're an impulsive peson who leaves such things to the last minute - assuming, of course, you're outside metropolitan Sydney or one of the Covid lockdown areas.

But if you do go, it definitely appears that you will be rewarded with some fresh snow by Saturday morning, continuing through Saturday.

The airmass on Saturday will actually be very cold in the wake of the front, with snow predicted to fall as low as 800 metres.

But it appears possible that much of the moisture will have passed by the time the cold air arrives, so whether more than 10 cm falls (and anything less won't make much of a difference to the cover) is at this stage still uncertain.

Snow may fall up high on Thursday night and Friday during daylight hours, but there will likely be rain at elevations below about 1600 or 1700 metres, which could do a lot of damage to lower slopes before Friday night.

So all in all, there's good news and bad news. Best perhaps to wait another week if you can, especially with the current school holiday crowds. But if you are able to go, we think Thredbo or Perisher might be the pick.