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
- 5°C
- Max wind
- 10 km/h
- Elevation
- 999 m
- Across
- 0.3 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 | 3 to 7 | 16 |
| Wed 11 Nov | Showers | 0 | 3 to 9 | 14 |
| Thu 12 Nov | Rain | 0 | 5 to 11 | 11 |
| Fri 13 Nov | Snow | 0 | −1 to 10 | 11 |
| Sat 14 Nov | Partly cloudy | 0 | −3 to 2 | 9 |
| Sun 15 Nov | Clear | 0 | −1 to 6 | 14 |
| Mon 16 Nov | Cloudy | 0 | 2 to 8 | 18 |
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
Happylift – Semmering is a ski area in Austria, at about 999 m. Its mapped area is about 0.3 km across.
Over the last twelve winters the ERA5 weather model gives it 111 cm of snowfall a season, 2,224th (tied) of 3,069 worldwide and 209th in Austria. It swings a lot from year to year: the biggest winter, 2018/19 (154 cm), brought more than twice as much as the leanest, 2024/25 (58 cm). January is usually the snowiest month, with about 34 cm.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Semmering Hirschenkogel | 0.9 km | 111 cmsame grid cell | 2224 |
| Schmoll Lifte | 3.4 km | 108 cm | 2268 |
| Stuhleck - Semmering | 6.4 km | 130 cm | 1954 |
| Feistritzsattel | 6.7 km | 109 cm | 2250 |
| Arabichl | 9.2 km | 101 cm | 2360 |
When it falls, and how winters differ
Month by month
The most snow falls in January. March brings 59% of January’s snowfall. That is a steeper fall than the median for ski areas in Austria (75%): the snow here is concentrated early in the season. In amount, March brings 20 cm, less than the median of 49 cm.
Winter by winter
Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 111 cm, and 6 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2024/25 with 58 cm; the biggest was 2018/19 with 154 cm (2.7 times as much). For 39% of the 243 ski areas in Austria the leanest winter was 2016/17; 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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