Snow 48h
2cm
Next 72h
5cm
A weather-model figure, worked out the same way for every ski area, and lower than what actually falls. Use it to compare ski areas, not against the resort’s own totals. How we measure →
- Snow 24h
- 1 cm
- Next 24h
- 4 cm
- Temperature
- −2°C
- Max wind
- 26 km/h
- Elevation
- 1,512–2,271 m
- Across
- 7.0 km
Updated: 10 Nov 2026, 12:15
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 9 Nov | Snow | 3 | −6 to −2 | 25 |
| Tue 10 Nov | Snow | 3 | −2 to 1 | 28 |
| Wed 11 Nov | Fog | 0 | −2 to 4 | 30 |
| Thu 12 Nov | Cloudy | 0 | −3 to 4 | 7 |
| Fri 13 Nov | Cloudy | 0 | −4 to 7 | 11 |
| Sat 14 Nov | Drizzle | 0 | −4 to 2 | 8 |
| Sun 15 Nov | Drizzle | 0 | −4 to 0 | 12 |
Score breakdown
Fresh (48h) 4/40
Forecast (24h) 8/25
Snow quality 4/20
Wind 6/10
Base 2/5
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
Big White Ski Resort, in Canada, runs from 1,512 m at the base to 2,271 m at the top. Its mapped area is about 7.0 km across, with 114 marked runs and 16 lifts (about 96 km of piste in all).
Over the last twelve winters the ERA5 weather model gives it 206 cm of snowfall a season, 1,092nd (tied) of 3,069 worldwide and 32nd in Canada. It swings a lot from year to year: the biggest winter, 2019/20 (278 cm), brought more than twice as much as the leanest, 2014/15 (125 cm). December brings as much snow as January here (59 and 47 cm on average).
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.
Marked runs
114
Run length
96km
Lifts
16
Vertical
759m
Top 2,271 m · base 1,512 m
Run map
NoviceEasyIntermediateAdvancedOther Lift
Slope shape, difficulty and lift types
The shape of the mountain
Longest run on the map3.5 km
Steepest pitch32°measured over at least 30 m
Average gradient of the runs12.1°
Which way the slopes face
North 2%
East 10%
South 50%
West 37%
Only 12% of the vertical on the runs descends to the north or east. The most common direction is south (50%).
By difficulty
Novice 1 · 0.1 km
Easy 37 · 29.3 km
Intermediate 41 · 39.8 km
Advanced 34 · 26.5 km
Other 1 · 0.1 km
Lift types
- Chairlift10
- Magic carpet3
- T-bar1
- Gondola1
- Rope tow1
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
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How much snow it gets
Modelled from weather data the same way at all 3,069 ski areas we cover. These are not the resort’s own published figures.
Seasonal snowfall
206cm
per season
Worst of 12 winters
125cm
The middle winter of the 12: 209 cm. The best: 278 cm.
World rank
1092
of 3,069 worldwide
Rank in country
32
of 171 in Canada
Elevation rank
6
Highest to lowest, of 171 in Canada. The centre point sits at 2,032 m, 1,495 m above the national median.
When it falls, and how winters differ
Month by month
The most snow falls in December. March brings as much as January, or more. In amount, March brings 54 cm, more than the median of 32 cm.
59cmDec
47cmJan
45cmFeb
54cmMar
Winter by winter
Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 206 cm, and 6 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2014/15 with 125 cm; the biggest was 2019/20 with 278 cm (2.2 times as much).
125
195
225
274
135
278
213
193
183
229
204
214
14/1515/1616/1717/1818/1919/2020/2121/2222/2323/2424/2525/26
Snowfall each winter (December–March total). The dashed line is the average; the numbers mark the leanest and the biggest winter.
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