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Typical snowfall
182cm
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 →
Elevation
794–911 m
Across
0.4 km
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.
Malesco, in Italy, runs from 794 m at the base to 911 m at the top. Its mapped area is about 0.4 km across, with 1 marked run and 1 lift (about 0.4 km of piste in all).
Over the last twelve winters the ERA5 weather model gives it 182 cm of snowfall a season, 1,298th (tied) of 3,069 worldwide and 87th in Italy. It swings a lot from year to year: the biggest winter, 2023/24 (366 cm), brought more than 8 times as much as the leanest, 2021/22 (45 cm). March is usually the snowiest month, with about 60 cm.
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
182cm
per season
Worst of 12 winters
45cm
The middle winter of the 12: 144 cm. The best: 366 cm.
World rank
1298
of 3,069 worldwide
Rank in country
87
of 177 in Italy
Elevation rank
176
Highest to lowest, of 177 in Italy. The centre point sits at 840 m, 804 m below 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.
The most snow falls in March. March brings as much as January, or more. In amount, March brings 60 cm, more than the median of 48 cm.
38cmDec
43cmJan
41cmFeb
60cmMar
Average snowfall by month, last 12 winters
Winter by winter
Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 182 cm, and 8 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2021/22 with 45 cm; the biggest was 2023/24 with 366 cm (8.1 times as much).
Over twelve winters, the typical Japanese ski area's best winter was 2.3 times its worst. In Italy and Chile it was 4.6 times, in New Zealand 4.2. Canada, Finland and Sweden come out steadier than Japan.