Closures, no snow play and more space: how Covid-19 has changed Australia's ski season

At Thredbo there’s less traffic and more terrain per person but some beloved experiences are gone or very different

This year’s Australian ski season is far from business as usual. Tickets are more limited (though still available); tourism operators have expressed fears around transmission of Covid-19, and in Victoria, the ski season was delayed.

But how have those changes played out on the slopes? For starters, there are fewer people about, but can you still buy a hot chocolate on the hill, ski your favourite runs, and book your toddler into ski school? Snow fanatic Jennifer Ennion visited Thredbo, in the New South Wales Snowy Mountains, to find out.

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