Sweden

Idre Fjäll

29 / 100 Powder Score
Poor Weather Clear
Snow 48h
0cm
Next 72h
8cm

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
4 cm
Temperature
−2°C
Max wind
12 km/h
Elevation
578–888 m
Across
4.2 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.

7-day outlook

Date Weather Snow (cm) Low / high (°C) Wind (km/h)
Tue 10 Nov Snow 3 −6 to 0 12
Wed 11 Nov Snow 3 −3 to −2 12
Thu 12 Nov Snow showers 3 −6 to −3 26
Fri 13 Nov Snow 0 −8 to −5 26
Sat 14 Nov Fog 0 −10 to −5 18
Sun 15 Nov Fog 0 −7 to 1 14
Mon 16 Nov Partly cloudy 0 −10 to −4 12

Score breakdown

Fresh (48h) 0/40
Forecast (24h) 8/25
Snow quality 11/20
Wind 8/10
Base 2/5

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

Idre Fjäll, in Sweden, runs from 578 m at the base to 888 m at the top. Its mapped area is about 4.2 km across, with 57 marked runs and 24 lifts (about 34 km of piste in all).

Over the last twelve winters the ERA5 weather model gives it 109 cm of snowfall a season, 2,250th (tied) of 3,069 worldwide and 43rd in Sweden. Its winters are fairly steady; even the leanest, 2016/17 (75 cm), reached 69% of the average. January is usually the snowiest month, with about 35 cm.

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.

Marked runs
57
Run length
34km
Lifts
24
Vertical
310m
Top 888 m · base 578 m

Run map

NoviceEasyIntermediateAdvancedExpertOther Lift
North is up. Runs are coloured by difficulty; black lines are lifts.
Run map

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Slope shape, difficulty and lift types

The shape of the mountain

Longest run on the map2.4 km
Steepest pitch29°measured over at least 30 m
Average gradient of the runs8.5°

Which way the slopes face

North 27%
East 26%
South 18%
West 29%

53% 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

Novice 28 · 17.9 km
Easy 11 · 6.6 km
Intermediate 9 · 5.4 km
Advanced 6 · 3.7 km
Expert 1 · 0.6 km
Other 2

Lift types

  • Platter14
  • Chairlift4
  • Magic carpet3
  • T-bar1
  • Gondola1
  • 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.

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.

Seasonal snowfall
109cm
per season
Worst of 12 winters
75cm
The middle winter of the 12: 111 cm. The best: 135 cm.
World rank
2250
of 3,069 worldwide
Rank in country
43
of 69 in Sweden
Elevation rank
8
Highest to lowest, of 69 in Sweden. The centre point sits at 783 m, 272 m above the national median.

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 areaDistanceSeasonal snowfallWorld rank
Idre Himmelfjäll4.4 km102 cm2346
Lofsdalen35.0 km114 cm2184
Engerdal Østfjell47.0 km115 cm2167

When it falls, and how winters differ

Month by month

The most snow falls in January. March brings 69% of January’s snowfall.

30cm
Dec
35cm
Jan
21cm
Feb
24cm
Mar
Average snowfall by month, last 12 winters

Winter by winter

Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 109 cm, and 6 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2016/17 with 75 cm; the biggest was 2017/18 with 135 cm (1.8 times as much).

113
95
75
135
131
108
125
97
119
113
92
107
14/1515/1616/1717/1818/1919/2020/2121/2222/2323/2424/2525/26

Snowfall each winter (December–March total). The dashed line is the average; the numbers mark the leanest and the biggest winter.

Map

The weather map, and where it sits among nearby ski areas.

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