I am in New Zealand with the wife at the moment, down at Twizle. Now it has been down to -4 but no fresh falls.

I know in Aust, in a good snow year, we have more snow covered area than the bulk of Europe but most of it is not skiable. Some resorts in the US will have ski runs over 10 miles long. Most of our snow is thin covering compared to most other countries that get snow. Even PNG gets deep snow than we do.