Australia has already lost 30 percent of its snow coverage since the 1950s.
Now, what could be the strongest El Niño since records began could take a serious bite out of what's left.
The Gippsland Monitor’s Jacob Wallace explains what El Niño actually means for Australian ski fields, why warmer, drier conditions tend to bring rain and ice instead of snow and what that means for low-lying resorts like Mount Baw Baw.
Watch the full interview below:
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