The South American ski season looks set for a stunning start as a result.

Winter 2018 is off to a cracking start in the South Island - and more snow is expected tomorrow.

Coronet Peak is opening for the day on Saturday to celebrate.

With less than three weeks to go to the start of the ski season, Mother Nature delivers the goods.

There's snow down to village level across the western Alps this morning. The storm is now moving towards Austria.

We'll take a big step back into winter before the weather warms up again next week.

Bobble hats back on, everyone. There's a nip in the air in the western Alps.

The snow could settle at 1000m for a time on Sunday night - before the summery weather returns next week.

The final fortnight of the regular ski season is upon us, and thoughts are turning to summer...

We seem to have jumped from winter to summer in the space of a week...