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
- 12 km/h
- Elevation
- 681–1,510 m
- Across
- 4.3 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. Snow report on the official site ↗
7-day outlook
| Date | Weather | Snow (cm) | Low / high (°C) | Wind (km/h) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 10 Nov | Cloudy | 0 | 2 to 8 | 12 |
| Wed 11 Nov | Cloudy | 0 | 4 to 9 | 11 |
| Thu 12 Nov | Rain | 0 | 3 to 6 | 7 |
| Fri 13 Nov | Rain | 0 | 0 to 7 | 9 |
| Sat 14 Nov | Partly cloudy | 0 | −2 to 3 | 6 |
| Sun 15 Nov | Cloudy | 0 | −2 to 3 | 5 |
| Mon 16 Nov | Snow | 0 | −2 to 1 | 5 |
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
Hochstein, in Austria, runs from 681 m at the base to 1,510 m at the top. Its mapped area is about 4.3 km across, with 7 marked runs and 3 lifts (about 6.4 km of piste in all).
Over the last twelve winters the ERA5 weather model gives it 180 cm of snowfall a season, 1,320th (tied) of 3,069 worldwide and 178th in Austria. It swings a lot from year to year: the biggest winter, 2020/21 (423 cm), brought more than 6 times as much as the leanest, 2016/17 (66 cm). December brings as much snow as January here (53 and 39 cm on average).
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
98% 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
- Platter1
- Chairlift1
- Mixed gondola/chair1
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
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lienzer Bergbahnen | 3.5 km | 183 cm | 1294 |
| Lienz - Zettersfeld | 7.2 km | 214 cm | 1008 |
| Golzentipp/Obertilliach | 14.0 km | 194 cm | 1201 |
| Kartitsch / St. Oswald | 20.0 km | 190 cm | 1240 |
| Kals-Matrei | 23.0 km | 236 cm | 816 |
When it falls, and how winters differ
Month by month
The most snow falls in December. March brings as much as January, or more. In amount, March brings 40 cm, less than the median of 49 cm.
Winter by winter
Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 180 cm, and 7 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2016/17 with 66 cm; the biggest was 2020/21 with 423 cm (6.4 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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