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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 →
- Elevation
- 1,546–2,135 m
- Across
- 2.7 km
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 ↗
Estación de esquí de Valdezcaray, in Spain, runs from 1,546 m at the base to 2,135 m at the top. Its mapped area is about 2.7 km across, with 36 marked runs and 10 lifts (about 15 km of piste in all).
Over the last twelve winters the ERA5 weather model gives it 143 cm of snowfall a season, 1,761st (tied) of 3,069 worldwide and 22nd in Spain. It swings a lot from year to year: the biggest winter, 2017/18 (353 cm), brought more than 3 times as much as the leanest, 2022/23 (96 cm). March is usually the snowiest month, with about 43 cm.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Punto de Nieve Santa Inés | 28.0 km | 146 cm | 1714 |
| Estación de Esquí Valle del Sol | 29.0 km | 122 cm | 2067 |
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
63% of the vertical on the runs descends to the north or east; plenty of the terrain faces the sun as well, so the lean is modest.
By difficulty
Lift types
- Chairlift7
- Drag lift3
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.
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 43 cm, less than the median of 52 cm.
Winter by winter
Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 143 cm, and 8 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2022/23 with 96 cm; the biggest was 2017/18 with 353 cm (3.7 times as much). For 38% of the 34 ski areas in Spain the leanest winter was 2015/16; 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.
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