That's right everyone, as this Powder Alert is being written it is absolutely bucketing down outside on top of the 53cm already received.

40 lifts are now in operation and more will be coming into play soon.

We also have the PlayStation Superpipe, a mini Rider X and three terrain parks for the jibbers.

The Bureau is expecting this snow to continue for the next few days, so it seems like we are shaping up nicely for the remainder of the season.

If you haven't had your snow fix yet this winter, now is definitely the time.

NSW Planning Minister Frank Sartor has made the announcement, allowing Perisher Blue to move to the next stage in the process.

Perisher Blue Chief Executive Officer, Peter Brulisauer, said the Concept Plan is for a Village Centre including a pedestrian plaza, shops, restaurants and bars, recreation facilities and accommodation to be built on part of the area currently used as an open air car park in Perisher Valley.

Perisher Blue – Australia’s longest ski season draws to a close
With Australia’s most reliable snow, Perisher Blue’s ski lifts were the first to open and will be the last to close in the 2006 ski season which officially closes this long weekend. Good early snowfalls in May and June had the industry buzzing with anticipation for what was hoped to be a bumper year, only to be let down by weather patterns producing mostly dry, cloudless skies through July, August and September. However, all was not lost.