- Snow 24h
- 0 cm
- Next 24h
- 0 cm
- Temperature
- 10°C
- Max wind
- 6 km/h
- Elevation
- 1,353–2,453 m
- Across
- 3.9 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 | Cloudy | 0 | 7 to 12 | 6 |
| Tue 13 Oct | Drizzle | 0 | 8 to 13 | 6 |
| Wed 14 Oct | Cloudy | 0 | 8 to 18 | 8 |
| Thu 15 Oct | Cloudy | 0 | 8 to 18 | 7 |
| Fri 16 Oct | Drizzle | 0 | 8 to 15 | 7 |
| Sat 17 Oct | Showers | 0 | 0 to 9 | 11 |
| Sun 18 Oct | Snow | 1 | −3 to 3 | 9 |
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
Gourette, in France, runs from 1,353 m at the base to 2,453 m at the top. Its mapped area is about 3.9 km across, with 65 marked runs and 12 lifts (about 30 km of piste in all).
Over the last twelve winters the ERA5 weather model gives it 391 cm of snowfall a season, 192nd of 3,069 worldwide and 23rd in France. It swings a lot from year to year: the biggest winter, 2017/18 (719 cm), brought more than 4 times as much as the leanest, 2015/16 (177 cm). January is usually the snowiest month, with about 118 cm.
The nearest city of any size is Pamplona, about 108 km away in a straight line. 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
87% 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
- Chairlift5
- Gondola3
- Magic carpet3
- 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Artouste | 6.2 km | 388 cm | 194 |
| Cauterets | 15.0 km | 388 cm | 194 |
| Estación de Esquí Aramón Formigal | 19.0 km | 406 cm | 166 |
| Estación Invernal de Astún | 20.0 km | 358 cm | 262 |
| Luz Ardiden | 23.0 km | 402 cm | 170 |
When it falls, and how winters differ
Month by month
Month by month, the most snow falls in January. March brings 69% of January’s snowfall. That is a steeper fall than the median for ski areas in France (77%): the snow here is concentrated early in the season. For skiing, though, the amount matters more than the share: March brings 82 cm, more than the median of 55 cm.
Winter by winter
Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 391 cm, and 5 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2015/16 with 177 cm; the biggest was 2017/18 with 719 cm (4.1 times as much).
Snowfall each winter (December–March total). The dashed line is the average; the numbers mark the leanest and the biggest winter.
More places to look
Guides covering France
- A Black Run in Colorado and a Black Run in Austria Are Not the Same Thing. The Maps Prove It. Across 2,888 ski areas: 39% of American runs are graded advanced or harder, and 9% of Austrian ones. Nobody thinks Austria is four times gentler. The grades are measuring different things.
- How Big Are Japan's Ski Areas? Smaller Than the Alps, Snowier per Kilometre Measured across nearly 1,800 ski areas: the median Japanese one has 12 km of piste against France's 25. What Japan has instead is 25 cm of seasonal snow for every kilometre of run — more than two and a half times France and three times the United States.