Papaei Ski Resort
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
- 1 cm
- Next 24h
- 0 cm
- Temperature
- 0°C
- Max wind
- 6 km/h
- Elevation
- 2,064–2,175 m
- Across
- 0.7 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 10 Nov | Partly cloudy | 0 | −4 to 3 | 15 |
| Wed 11 Nov | Snow showers | 1 | −1 to 5 | 23 |
| Thu 12 Nov | Partly cloudy | 0 | −3 to 4 | 12 |
| Fri 13 Nov | Partly cloudy | 0 | 0 to 7 | 8 |
| Sat 14 Nov | Cloudy | 0 | 2 to 9 | 11 |
| Sun 15 Nov | Cloudy | 0 | 2 to 8 | 10 |
| Mon 16 Nov | Partly cloudy | 0 | 3 to 9 | 11 |
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
Papaei Ski Resort, in Iran, runs from 2,064 m at the base to 2,175 m at the top. Its mapped area is about 0.7 km across, with 2 marked runs and 2 lifts (about 1 km of piste in all).
Over the last twelve winters the ERA5 weather model gives it 84 cm of snowfall a season, 2,539th (tied) of 3,069 worldwide and 21st in Iran. It swings a lot from year to year: the biggest winter, 2019/20 (141 cm), brought more than 3 times as much as the leanest, 2014/15 (39 cm). February is usually the snowiest month, with about 26 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
100% 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
- 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.
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.
When it falls, and how winters differ
Month by month
The most snow falls in February. March brings 74% of January’s snowfall. That is a steeper fall than the median for ski areas in Iran (108%): the snow here is concentrated early in the season. In amount, March brings 17 cm, less than the median of 52 cm.
Winter by winter
Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 84 cm, and 5 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2014/15 with 39 cm; the biggest was 2019/20 with 141 cm (3.6 times as much).
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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