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
- 4°C
- Max wind
- 17 km/h
- Elevation
- 777–1,221 m
- Across
- 2.8 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. Snow report on the official site ↗
7-day outlook
| Date | Weather | Snow (cm) | Low / high (°C) | Wind (km/h) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 10 Nov | Rain | 0 | −2 to 8 | 16 |
| Wed 11 Nov | Cloudy | 0 | 1 to 6 | 17 |
| Thu 12 Nov | Rain | 0 | 5 to 11 | 16 |
| Fri 13 Nov | Showers | 0 | 5 to 13 | 25 |
| Sat 14 Nov | Snow | 1 | −3 to 5 | 13 |
| Sun 15 Nov | Cloudy | 0 | −6 to 2 | 7 |
| Mon 16 Nov | Clear | 0 | −5 to 7 | 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
Rarău Ski Resort, in Romania, runs from 777 m at the base to 1,221 m at the top. Its mapped area is about 2.8 km across, with 1 marked run and 1 lift (about 2.8 km of piste in all).
Over the last twelve winters the ERA5 weather model gives it 95 cm of snowfall a season, 2,424th (tied) of 3,069 worldwide and 22nd in Romania. It swings a lot from year to year: the biggest winter, 2017/18 (128 cm), brought more than twice as much as the leanest, 2025/26 (62 cm). December brings as much snow as January here (25 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
91% 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
- Gondola1
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 December. March brings as much as January, or more. In amount, March brings 23 cm, about the same as the median of 23 cm.
Winter by winter
Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 95 cm, and 7 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2025/26 with 62 cm; the biggest was 2017/18 with 128 cm (2.1 times as much). For 48% of the 27 ski areas in Romania the leanest winter was 2015/16; 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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