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
- 0 cm
- Next 24h
- 0 cm
- Temperature
- 4°C
- Max wind
- 8 km/h
- Elevation
- 712 m
- Across
- 0.1 km
Updated: 10 Nov 2026, 12:15
Elevation of the ski area’s centre point, taken from a digital elevation model. It is not the base-to-summit range.
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 10 Nov | Showers | 0 | 2 to 7 | 10 |
| Wed 11 Nov | Rain | 0 | 0 to 2 | 7 |
| Thu 12 Nov | Drizzle | 0 | 0 to 3 | 3 |
| Fri 13 Nov | Snow | 2 | −2 to 1 | 7 |
| Sat 14 Nov | Snow | 1 | −3 to −1 | 5 |
| Sun 15 Nov | Fog | 0 | −12 to −1 | 7 |
| Mon 16 Nov | Partly cloudy | 0 | −9 to 0 | 7 |
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
East Pole is a ski area in Kazakhstan, at about 712 m. Its mapped area is about 0.1 km across.
Over the last twelve winters the ERA5 weather model gives it 213 cm of snowfall a season, 1,022nd (tied) of 3,069 worldwide and 1st in Kazakhstan. It swings a lot from year to year: the biggest winter, 2023/24 (315 cm), brought more than 3 times as much as the leanest, 2018/19 (91 cm). December brings as much snow as January here (70 and 53 cm on average).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Эдельвейс | 6.0 km | 213 cmsame grid cell | 1022 |
When it falls, and how winters differ
Month by month
The most snow falls in December. March brings 92% of January’s snowfall.
Winter by winter
Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 213 cm, and 6 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2018/19 with 91 cm; the biggest was 2023/24 with 315 cm (3.5 times as much).
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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