Stoke levels are high at Thredbo Resort in Australia as they experiencing a meteorological event dubbed “The Blizzard of Oz.” The storm has dropped 135cm of fresh snow (4.5 feet) and the locals are absolutely slaying. Great time to be a Strayan Skier.

The storms rolled in as two bands of “thundersnow” a rare event where instead of rain falling during a lighting event it’s snow. To make the event even more magical the lightning was much brighter than during a normal lightning event.

A “thundersnow” event is almost unheard of in Australia.

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