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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 →
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 ↗
Ratschings-Jaufen, in Italy, runs from 1,290 m at the base to 2,142 m at the top. Its mapped area is about 4.5 km across, with 32 marked runs and 12 lifts (about 25 km of piste in all).
Over the last twelve winters the ERA5 weather model gives it 195 cm of snowfall a season, 1,194th (tied) of 3,069 worldwide and 70th in Italy. It swings a lot from year to year: the biggest winter, 2017/18 (305 cm), brought more than twice as much as the leanest, 2021/22 (114 cm). December brings as much snow as January here (52 and 49 cm on average).
Modelled from weather data the same way at all 3,069 ski areas we cover. These are not the resort’s own published figures.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rosskopf | 9.9 km | 212 cm | 1041 |
| Ski Resort Pfelders | 18.0 km | 208 cm | 1070 |
| Meran 2000 | 19.0 km | 167 cm | 1449 |
| Obergurgl-Hochgurgl | 20.0 km | 229 cm | 885 |
| Reinswald | 20.0 km | 158 cm | 1564 |
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.
83% of the vertical on the runs descends to the north or east. Those slopes get the least sun, so the snow lasts longer.
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.
The most snow falls in December. March brings as much as January, or more. In amount, March brings 50 cm, about the same as the median of 48 cm.
Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 195 cm, and 8 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2021/22 with 114 cm; the biggest was 2017/18 with 305 cm (2.7 times as much).
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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Climate and the future · 28 Aug 2026
How Much Does Snowfall Change From One Winter to the Next? Country by CountryOver twelve winters, the typical Japanese ski area's best winter was 2.3 times its worst. In Italy and Chile it was 4.6 times, in New Zealand 4.2. Canada, Finland and Sweden come out steadier than Japan.