Oi-Qaragai
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
- 8°C
- Max wind
- 10 km/h
- Elevation
- 1,558–1,820 m
- Across
- 2.2 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 | Showers | 0 | 6 to 13 | 9 |
| Wed 11 Nov | Snow showers | 1 | −3 to 6 | 10 |
| Thu 12 Nov | Fog | 0 | −5 to −1 | 7 |
| Fri 13 Nov | Fog | 0 | −5 to 2 | 6 |
| Sat 14 Nov | Partly cloudy | 0 | −4 to 2 | 5 |
| Sun 15 Nov | Cloudy | 0 | −8 to 1 | 5 |
| Mon 16 Nov | Partly cloudy | 0 | −8 to −1 | 6 |
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
Oi-Qaragai, in Kazakhstan, runs from 1,558 m at the base to 1,820 m at the top. Its mapped area is about 2.2 km across, with 6 marked runs and 5 lifts (about 4.7 km of piste in all).
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 4th in Kazakhstan. Its winters are fairly steady; even the leanest, 2022/23 (94 cm), reached 71% of the average. December brings as much snow as January here (27 and 22 cm on average).
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.
Run map
Slope shape, difficulty and lift types
The shape of the mountain
Which way the slopes face
73% 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
Lift types
- Chairlift3
- Drag lift2
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.
Live cameras
This ski area does not put a camera on its own slopes. What follows are nearby cameras, not the pistes themselves.
Footage remains the copyright of each operator. JAPANSNOWLINE neither stores nor redistributes it.
Some cameras here are provided by Windy.com. Footage plays in Windy’s own player; we do not store it. Windy.com
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shymbulak | 12.0 km | 134 cm | 1892 |
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 51 cm, about the same as the median of 49 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 2022/23 with 94 cm; the biggest was 2025/26 with 171 cm (1.8 times as much). For 60% of the 5 ski areas in Kazakhstan 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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