By Sarah Keoghan
Families have been out tobogganing (click here) on the closed streets of Katoomba after one of the biggest snow dumps to hit the Blue Mountains in a decade.
But the "Antarctic winds" made conditions treacherous in the Snowy Mountains, where a man died skiing at Thredbo and a police car was caught up in a pile-up.
The fresh powder caused the 13-vehicle collision on Friday night on Alpine Way between Jindabyne and Thredbo. The road remained closed between 10pm and 1.30pm, with no injuries reported.
Following 15 centimetres (approximately six inches) of snowfall on Friday night at Thredbo, a 68-year-old skier was killed on Saturday after hitting a low hanging tree branch in poor visibility. Police say the South Australian man was skiing with friends when he hit the tree around 10.15am....
