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 →
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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 | Cloudy | 0 | −2 to 2 | 4 |
| Wed 11 Nov | Drizzle | 0 | −1 to 2 | 4 |
| Thu 12 Nov | Snow | 8 | −1 to 1 | 19 |
| Fri 13 Nov | Snow showers | 0 | −6 to 1 | 13 |
| Sat 14 Nov | Cloudy | 0 | −7 to 3 | 17 |
| Sun 15 Nov | Cloudy | 0 | −2 to 5 | 20 |
| Mon 16 Nov | Partly cloudy | 0 | −7 to −1 | 8 |
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
Modum skisenter is a ski area in Norway, at about 255 m. Within 2.5 km of its centre the map shows 1 marked run and 1 lift (about 2.9 km of piste).
Over the last twelve winters the ERA5 weather model gives it 133 cm of snowfall a season, 1,909th (tied) of 3,069 worldwide and 113th in Norway. It swings a lot from year to year: the biggest winter, 2018/19 (203 cm), brought more than 3 times as much as the leanest, 2016/17 (62 cm). January is usually the snowiest month, with about 46 cm.
Runs and lifts
Counted from the marked runs and lifts on the map, within 2.5 km of the centre of the ski area. These are not the resort’s own published figures.
Lift types
- Drag lift1
Source: OpenStreetMap (ODbL 1.0). How finely ski areas are drawn varies by region, so treat the counts as indicative. Difficulty uses the European grades, which do not map onto North American green / blue / black.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ringkollen alpinbakke | 30.0 km | 156 cm | 1588 |
| Gjerpenkollen hoppbakke | 31.0 km | 159 cm | 1553 |
| Stillerud akebakke | 35.0 km | 143 cm | 1761 |
| Skimore Oslo | 35.0 km | 150 cm | 1665 |
| Holmenkollen National Ski Arena | 36.0 km | 150 cm | 1665 |
When it falls, and how winters differ
Month by month
The most snow falls in January. March brings 63% of January’s snowfall. That is a steeper fall than the median for ski areas in Norway (75%): the snow here is concentrated early in the season. In amount, March brings 29 cm, less than the median of 47 cm.
Winter by winter
Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 133 cm, and 6 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2016/17 with 62 cm; the biggest was 2018/19 with 203 cm (3.3 times as much). For 34% of the 135 ski areas in Norway the leanest winter was 2025/26; 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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