Darbandsar Ski Resort
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
- 3 cm
- Next 24h
- 0 cm
- Temperature
- −4°C
- Max wind
- 9 km/h
- Elevation
- 2,629–3,514 m
- Across
- 2.6 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.
7-day outlook
| Date | Weather | Snow (cm) | Low / high (°C) | Wind (km/h) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 10 Nov | Cloudy | 0 | −7 to −2 | 11 |
| Wed 11 Nov | Snow showers | 4 | −6 to −2 | 15 |
| Thu 12 Nov | Snow showers | 2 | −7 to 0 | 13 |
| Fri 13 Nov | Clear | 0 | −2 to 2 | 14 |
| Sat 14 Nov | Cloudy | 0 | −1 to 3 | 12 |
| Sun 15 Nov | Fog | 0 | −2 to 4 | 8 |
| Mon 16 Nov | Cloudy | 0 | −2 to 4 | 8 |
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
Darbandsar Ski Resort, in Iran, runs from 2,629 m at the base to 3,514 m at the top. Its mapped area is about 2.6 km across, with 11 marked runs and 6 lifts (about 9 km of piste in all).
Over the last twelve winters the ERA5 weather model gives it 232 cm of snowfall a season, 853rd (tied) of 3,069 worldwide and 6th in Iran. It swings a lot from year to year: the biggest winter, 2018/19 (321 cm), brought more than twice as much as the leanest, 2024/25 (157 cm). March is usually the snowiest month, with about 75 cm.
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
95% of the vertical on the runs descends to the north or east. Those slopes get the least sun, so the snow lasts longer.
By difficulty
Lift types
- Chairlift3
- Gondola1
- Rope tow1
- Drag lift1
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.
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shemshak Ski Resort | 3.5 km | 251 cm | 729 |
| Dizin Ski Resort | 4.1 km | 232 cmsame grid cell | 853 |
| Tochal International Ski Resort | 15.0 km | 251 cm | 729 |
| Khor Ski Resort | 28.0 km | 249 cm | 743 |
When it falls, and how winters differ
Month by month
The most snow falls in March. March brings as much as January, or more. In amount, March brings 75 cm, more than the median of 52 cm.
Winter by winter
Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 232 cm, and 6 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2024/25 with 157 cm; the biggest was 2018/19 with 321 cm (2.0 times as much). For 45% of the 22 ski areas in Iran the leanest winter was 2014/15; here it was a different one.
Snowfall each winter (December–March total). The dashed line is the average; the numbers mark the leanest and the biggest winter.
Map
The weather map, and where it sits among nearby ski areas.
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