- Snow 24h
- 0 cm
- Next 24h
- 0 cm
- Temperature
- 2°C
- Max wind
- 15 km/h
- Elevation
- 635–845 m
- Across
- 1.0 km
Updated: 12 Oct 2026, 09:34
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 12 Oct | Partly cloudy | 0 | −1 to 6 | 13 |
| Tue 13 Oct | Rain | 0 | 2 to 8 | 43 |
| Wed 14 Oct | Rain | 0 | 3 to 6 | 24 |
| Thu 15 Oct | Snow showers | 0 | 4 to 8 | 23 |
| Fri 16 Oct | Showers | 0 | 2 to 5 | 8 |
| Sat 17 Oct | Snow showers | 1 | 0 to 3 | 8 |
| Sun 18 Oct | Drizzle | 0 | 2 to 5 | 13 |
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
Breimsbygda Skisenter, in Norway, runs from 635 m at the base to 845 m at the top. Its mapped area is about 1.0 km across, with 5 marked runs and 3 lifts (about 2.8 km of piste in all).
Over the last twelve winters the ERA5 weather model gives it 501 cm of snowfall a season, 83rd of 3,069 worldwide and 10th in Norway. It swings a lot from year to year: the biggest winter, 2019/20 (832 cm), brought more than 3 times as much as the leanest, 2020/21 (259 cm). January is usually the snowiest month, with about 143 cm.
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 7% of the vertical on the runs descends to the north or east. More of the terrain faces the sun.
By difficulty
Lift types
- Platter2
- T-bar1
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 straight line. Measured the same way, so the ranks compare directly. The weather model works on cells about 30 km across; ski areas in the same cell get the same figure, and these numbers cannot separate them.
| Ski area | Distance | Seasonal snowfall | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stryn Vinterski | 20.0 km | 370 cm | 226 |
| Hornindal skisenter | 27.0 km | 476 cm | 93 |
| Harpefossen skisenter | 38.0 km | 410 cm | 161 |
| Jølster Skisenter | 39.0 km | 499 cm | 85 |
| Ørsta skisenter | 45.0 km | 396 cm | 178 |
When it falls, and how winters differ
Month by month
Month by month, the most snow falls in January. March brings 80% of January’s snowfall. That is in line with the median for ski areas in Norway (75%). In amount, March brings 114 cm, more than the median of 47 cm.
Winter by winter
Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 501 cm, and 7 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2020/21 with 259 cm; the biggest was 2019/20 with 832 cm (3.2 times as much).
Snowfall each winter (December–March total). The dashed line is the average; the numbers mark the leanest and the biggest winter.