- Snow 24h
- 0 cm
- Next 24h
- 0 cm
- Temperature
- 9°C
- Max wind
- 7 km/h
- Elevation
- 1,661–1,792 m
- Across
- 1.0 km
Updated: 14 Oct 2026, 09:19
We do not show a snow depth here. The weather model we use reports snow lying on the ground — it knows nothing about grooming or snowmaking, and it is not the base depth a ski area publishes. In Japan we can check our figures against 234 weather stations. Outside Japan there is nothing to check them against, so we do not print a number we have not verified. Snow report on the official site ↗
7-day outlook
| Date | Weather | Snow (cm) | Low / high (°C) | Wind (km/h) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 14 Oct | Fog | 0 | 7 to 12 | 6 |
| Thu 15 Oct | Cloudy | 0 | 8 to 15 | 7 |
| Fri 16 Oct | Cloudy | 0 | 8 to 14 | 6 |
| Sat 17 Oct | Rain | 0 | 2 to 9 | 10 |
| Sun 18 Oct | Snow | 27 | −1 to 8 | 10 |
| Mon 19 Oct | Cloudy | 0 | 8 to 14 | 15 |
| Tue 20 Oct | Rain | 0 | 8 to 12 | 16 |
Score breakdown
The five add up to the 100-point Powder Score: more fresh snow, more on the way and colder air all push it up. How we measure
Bannalp, in Switzerland, runs from 1,661 m at the base to 1,792 m at the top. Its mapped area is about 1.0 km across, with 6 marked runs and 8 lifts (about 2.2 km of piste in all).
Over the last twelve winters the ERA5 weather model gives it 339 cm of snowfall a season, 309th (tied) of 3,069 worldwide and 35th in Switzerland. Its winters are fairly steady; even the leanest, 2016/17 (272 cm), reached 80% of the average. March still brings 87 cm on average, close to January, its snowiest month.
The nearest city of any size is Luzern, about 23 km away in a straight line. Below are links to its official live camera.
Runs and lifts
Counted from the runs and lifts drawn on OpenStreetMap, within the boundary of the ski area. These are not the resort’s own published figures.
Run map
Slope shape, difficulty and lift types
The shape of the mountain
Which way the slopes face
Only 2% of the vertical on the runs descends to the north or east. More of the terrain faces the sun.
By difficulty
Lift types
- Cable car6
- T-bar2
See past trail maps on Skimap.org ↗
Source: OpenSkiMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL 1.0). How finely ski areas are drawn varies by region, so treat the counts as indicative. Vertical is the difference between the highest and lowest points of the mapped runs and lifts.
Live cameras
Footage remains the copyright of each operator. JAPANSNOWLINE neither stores nor redistributes it.
How much snow it gets
Measured by us across 3,069 ski areas by one identical method. These are not the resort’s own published figures.
Compared with what is nearby
Within 50 km in a straight line. Ski areas in the same weather-model cell (about 30 km across) get the same figure.
| Ski area | Distance | Seasonal snowfall | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Engelberg-Brunni | 4.2 km | 339 cmsame grid cell | 309 |
| Gitschenen – Isenthal | 5.7 km | 319 cm | 405 |
| Dallenwil - Wirzweli | 7.1 km | 197 cm | 1174 |
| Klewenalp - Stockhütte | 7.6 km | 319 cm | 405 |
| Engelberg-Titlis | 9.2 km | 411 cm | 160 |
When it falls, and how winters differ
Month by month
Month by month, the most snow falls in January. March brings 89% of January’s snowfall. That is a gentler fall than the median for ski areas in Switzerland (76%). In amount, March brings 87 cm, more than the median of 60 cm.
Winter by winter
Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 339 cm, and 8 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2016/17 with 272 cm; the biggest was 2017/18 with 463 cm (1.7 times as much). For 47% of the 283 ski areas in Switzerland, the leanest winter was the same 2016/17.
Snowfall each winter (December–March total). The dashed line is the average; the numbers mark the leanest and the biggest winter.
More places to look
Guides covering Switzerland
- Everywhere on Earth You Climb for Snow. Japan Is the One Place You Drive Toward the Sea. Across 3,069 ski areas we measure, height and snowfall move together — +0.58 in France, +0.85 in Germany. In Japan the figure is +0.02. The reason is not that elevation stopped working.
- A Black Run in Colorado and a Black Run in Austria Are Not the Same Thing. The Maps Prove It. Across 2,888 ski areas: 39% of American runs are graded advanced or harder, and 9% of Austrian ones. Nobody thinks Austria is four times gentler. The grades are measuring different things.
- How Much Does Snowfall Change From One Winter to the Next? Country by Country Over twelve winters, the typical Japanese ski area's best winter was 2.3 times its worst. In Italy and Chile it was 4.6 times, in New Zealand 4.2. Canada, Finland and Sweden come out steadier than Japan.