MT HOTHAM kicked its snow guns into action last week, in an encouraging sign a month out from the scheduled start of the 2025 winter season.

The temperature dropped to a chilly -4 degrees at Hotham last Thursday morning and the snow making team were on hand to fire up the snow guns for the first test run for the season.

Jesse Ruming, Hotham snowmaking and grooming manager, said it was the perfect opportunity to test the summer snowmaking pipeline upgrade project with everything connected and working perfectly.

“We got a really good morning here with cold temperatures and really favourable snowmaking conditions," he said.

"It’s great to test the guns in lead in to the season so we’re ready to make snow at every opportunity as we get closer to the scheduled season opening.”

Hotham’s mountain operations team will continue to watch the weather and make the most of any snowmaking windows in the lead up to the Kings Birthday long weekend, which is the scheduled resort opening and when retail and food and beverage venue’s across the resort open for the snow season.