National Sliding Center
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
- 2°C
- Max wind
- 6 km/h
- Elevation
- 931 m
- Across
- 1.2 km
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.
7-day outlook
| Date | Weather | Snow (cm) | Low / high (°C) | Wind (km/h) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 10 Nov | Clear | 0 | −4 to 7 | 11 |
| Wed 11 Nov | Clear | 0 | −1 to 8 | 5 |
| Thu 12 Nov | Clear | 0 | 0 to 11 | 6 |
| Fri 13 Nov | Clear | 0 | 2 to 9 | 3 |
| Sat 14 Nov | Cloudy | 0 | 0 to 10 | 4 |
| Sun 15 Nov | Cloudy | 0 | −3 to 3 | 7 |
| Mon 16 Nov | Snow | 0 | −4 to 0 | 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
National Sliding Center is a ski area in China, at about 931 m. Its mapped area is about 1.2 km across.
Over the last twelve winters the ERA5 weather model gives it 17 cm of snowfall a season, 2,996th (tied) of 3,069 worldwide and 122nd in China. It swings a lot from year to year: the biggest winter, 2019/20 (28 cm), brought more than 9 times as much as the leanest, 2017/18 (3 cm). December brings as much snow as January here (2 and 2 cm on average).
Runs and lifts
Counted from the marked runs and lifts on the map, within 1.5 km of the centre of the ski area. These are not the resort’s own published figures.
Lift types
- Gondola1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Alpine Skiing Centre | 3.0 km | 20 cm | 2978 |
| Shijinglong Ski Resort | 15.0 km | 14 cm | 3016 |
| 八达岭滑雪场 | 24.0 km | 13 cm | 3020 |
| 多乐美地度假山庄&滑雪场 | 49.0 km | 23 cm | 2958 |
| National Cross-Country Centre | 49.0 km | 24 cm | 2945 |
When it falls, and how winters differ
Month by month
The most snow falls in March. March brings as much as January, or more. In amount, March brings 8 cm, more than the median of 6 cm.
Winter by winter
Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 17 cm, and 5 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2017/18 with 3 cm; the biggest was 2019/20 with 28 cm (9.3 times as much). For 31% of the 181 ski areas in China the leanest winter was 2018/19; 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.
Map
The weather map, and where it sits among nearby ski areas.
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