Cold Smoke 2022 Lost Trail Ski Area
By: Lost Trail Ski Area · 2023-10-27
Lost Trail is a ski area in United States. It sits at about 2,179 m above sea level. The mapped ski area covers about 4.5 km². Within 3 km of the centre, the map shows 80 marked runs and 8 lifts, totalling about 50 km of piste. Over the last three winters the ERA5 reanalysis gives it 209 cm of snowfall a season, 996th (tied) of the 3,112 ski areas we measure worldwide. The model runs well below what resorts report, so the ranking is the meaningful part rather than the centimetre figure. 1 other ski area lies within 120 km. Snow figures and the Powder Score are recalculated every day.
Snow 24h
0cm
Snow 48h
0cm
Next 24h
0cm
Next 72h
0cm
Temperature
4.8℃
Max wind
18.1km/h
Elevation
2,179m
Area
4.5km²
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 ↗
Score breakdown
Fresh (48h) 0/40
Forecast (24h) 0/25
Snow quality 0/20
Wind 8/10
Base 2/5
Powder Score v1.0.0
7-day outlook
| Date | Snow | Temp | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|
| ☁️ 26 Sept | 0 | -0.6 / 8.7 | 22.2 |
| 🌦️ 27 Sept | 0 | -0.4 / 13.8 | 18.1 |
| 🌦️ 28 Sept | 0 | 2.8 / 14.4 | 13.3 |
| ☁️ 29 Sept | 0 | 1.1 / 15.7 | 16 |
| ☁️ 30 Sept | 0 | 3.8 / 17.9 | 7.4 |
| ☁️ 1 Oct | 0 | 4.8 / 19.9 | 11.4 |
| ☁️ 2 Oct | 0 | 4.1 / 16.1 | 11.4 |
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
56
Run length
36km
Lifts
8
Vertical
535m
Top 2,495 m · base 1,960 m
Run map
NoviceEasyIntermediateAdvanced Lift
The shape of the mountain
Longest run on the map2.0 km
Steepest pitch34°measured over at least 30 m
Average gradient of the runs11.5°
Which way the slopes face
North 15%
East 74%
South 11%
West 1%
89% 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
Novice 1
Easy 12
Intermediate 29
Advanced 14
Lift types
- Chairlift5
- Rope tow3
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.
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How much snow it gets
Measured by us across 3,112 ski areas by one identical method. These are not the resort’s own published figures.
Seasonal snowfall
209 cm
per season
Range over three winters
88 cm
168–256 cm. The best winter was 1.5x the worst.
World rank
996
of 3,112 worldwide
Rank in country
79
of 541 in United States
Elevation rank
113
Highest to lowest, of 541 in United States. The centre point sits at 2,179 m, 1,645 m above the national median.
When it falls, and how winters differ
Month by month
Month by month, the most snow falls in December. March brings as much as January, or more. In amount, March brings 46 cm, more than the median of 30 cm.
53cmDec
35cmJan
53cmFeb
46cmMar
Map
Where it sits relative to nearby resorts. For a piste map, see the official site.
Official piste map ↗ Coordinates: 45.6945, -113.9570
More places to look
Updated: 26 Sept 2026, 23:28