It was a day of snowball fights, snowmen-building and snow angels at the peak of Bluff Knoll on Thursday morning.
The Stirling Ranges experienced its fourth snow day of the year, and dozens of hikers made their way up the summit in order to see one of WA's rare "snow events".
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Quokka frolics in the snow on Bluff Knoll
Michael Dolphin captured a video of a quokka in the snow atop Bluff Knoll.
Photographer Michael Dolphin made the decision to climb the mountain on Wednesday evening, and said he had a "hunch" conditions would be in his favour.
"We left Mount Barker at around 2am, and got to the carpark at around 4am. We started hiking pretty much straight away, and it took us about three hours to get to the top," he said.
![Mr Dolphin captured this stunning shot of the little critter looking a bit chilly.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170812143852im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/x/t/q/l/h/image.related.articleLeadwide.620x349.gxtpb4.png/1502353875223.jpg)
"We were absolutely amazed by what was waiting for us."
The peak of the mountain had been dusted with around 2.5cm of snow, and Mr Dolphin immediately took out his camera to capture the moment.
"The amount was well and truly above and beyond what we imagined... the snow actually began around 100m before we reached the peak."
As Michael and his father Andy walked around the summit and built a little snowman, they were slowly joined by more and more snow seekers - including a young family.
![Mr Dolphin built a snowman at the summit.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170812143852im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/x/t/s/8/v/image.related.articleLeadwide.620x349.gxtpb4.png/1502353875223.jpg)
"One of the kids started shouting, and all the parents started going crazy saying they'd seen a quokka," he said.
"Me and my dad thought it must have been a bandicoot or something because we've seen them a few times up here, so we didn't think much of it."
![Bluff Knoll saw snow for the fourth time in 2017.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170812143852im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/x/t/s/8/w/image.related.articleLeadwide.620x349.gxtpb4.png/1502353875223.jpg)
Michael and his father eventually decided to start heading down the mountain, and began the long trek back towards the car park.
But after they walked for around 20 minutes, Michael and his father spotted a little marsupial sniffing around the bushes - and it certainly wasn't a bandicoot.
"It was about three or four metres from us, and we were shocked when we saw it," he said.
"We couldn't believe it was actually a quokka. I'd never heard of them being up here, and it was the first time in about 10 years I'd actually seen one - and the last time was on Rottnest Island."
The Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attraction – formerly known as the Department of Parks and Wildlife – later confirmed the animal was a quokka, and said there was a healthy population of the animal in the Stirling Ranges.
"It's very common for them to be up there, as it's within their mainland population range," the department said.
"The cold weather won't have an impact on them as it's their climate, and they're quite used to it."
Overnight temperatures at the top of the Bluff Knoll summit were believed to have dropped to around 0.4 degrees, while the base shivered through a low of 3.1 degrees.
The Bureau of Meteorology said snow-seekers may be waiting some time for another event.
"It doesn't look like we'll be getting snow for the next few days, as the last significant cold front has finished up," a spokesperson said.
"Temperatures will continue to be cold, but it's unlikely it will snow."