Owl's Head
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
- 3°C
- Max wind
- 24 km/h
- Elevation
- 238–712 m
- Across
- 2.7 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 9 Nov | Rain | 0 | 3 to 6 | 24 |
| Tue 10 Nov | Rain | 0 | 0 to 6 | 30 |
| Wed 11 Nov | Cloudy | 0 | −1 to 3 | 26 |
| Thu 12 Nov | Snow | 0 | −1 to 2 | 6 |
| Fri 13 Nov | Snow | 1 | −1 to 3 | 9 |
| Sat 14 Nov | Snow showers | 2 | −1 to 1 | 10 |
| Sun 15 Nov | Snow | 0 | 0 to 1 | 9 |
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
Owl's Head, in Canada, runs from 238 m at the base to 712 m at the top. Its mapped area is about 2.7 km across, with 31 marked runs and 6 lifts (about 17 km of piste in all).
Over the last twelve winters the ERA5 weather model gives it 155 cm of snowfall a season, 1,601st (tied) of 3,069 worldwide and 74th in Canada. Its winters are fairly steady; even the leanest, 2020/21 (120 cm), reached 77% of the average. January is usually the snowiest month, with about 45 cm.
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
93% 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
Lift types
- Chairlift5
- Magic carpet1
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jay Peak Resort | 23.0 km | 178 cm | 1335 |
| Mont Orford | 28.0 km | 156 cm | 1588 |
| Bromont Montagne d'Expérience | 36.0 km | 154 cm | 1612 |
| NorthWoods Stewardship Center | 37.0 km | 162 cm | 1517 |
| Willoughby State Forest | 45.0 km | 152 cm | 1636 |
When it falls, and how winters differ
Month by month
The most snow falls in January. March brings 78% of January’s snowfall.
Winter by winter
Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 155 cm, and 6 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2020/21 with 120 cm; the biggest was 2022/23 with 182 cm (1.5 times as much). For 28% of the 171 ski areas in Canada the leanest winter was 2014/15; 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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