No snow yet. Snow depth and the seven-day outlook appear here once snow starts to fall. Until then, the long-run record comes first.
- Elevation
- 948–1,840 m
- Across
- 2.6 km
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 ↗
Ratzi – Spiringen, in Switzerland, runs from 948 m at the base to 1,840 m at the top. Its mapped area is about 2.6 km across, with 5 marked runs and 6 lifts (about 4.8 km of piste in all).
Over the last twelve winters the ERA5 weather model gives it 354 cm of snowfall a season, 277th (tied) of 3,069 worldwide and 31st in Switzerland. Its winters are fairly steady; even the leanest, 2015/16 (262 cm), reached 74% of the average. March still brings 85 cm on average, close to January, its snowiest month.
The nearest city of any size is Luzern, about 39 km away in a straight line. Below are links to its official live camera.
How much snow it gets
Measured by us across 3,069 ski areas by one identical method. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biel-Kinzig | 2.7 km | 373 cm | 219 |
| Eggberge | 6.5 km | 369 cm | 231 |
| Brüsti – Attinghausen | 11.0 km | 378 cm | 208 |
| Stoos | 12.0 km | 330 cm | 353 |
| Ibergeregg-Handgruobi | 15.0 km | 281 cm | 566 |
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
Only 14% of the vertical on the runs descends to the north or east. More of the terrain faces the sun.
By difficulty
Lift types
- Cable car5
- T-bar1
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.
When it falls, and how winters differ
Month by month
Month by month, the most snow falls in January. March brings 80% of January’s snowfall. That is in line with the median for ski areas in Switzerland (76%). In amount, March brings 85 cm, more than the median of 60 cm.
Winter by winter
Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 354 cm, and 7 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2015/16 with 262 cm; the biggest was 2017/18 with 508 cm (1.9 times as much).
Snowfall each winter (December–March total). The dashed line is the average; the numbers mark the leanest and the biggest winter.
Live cameras
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More places to look
Guides covering Switzerland
- Everywhere on Earth You Climb for Snow. Japan Is the One Place You Drive Toward the Sea. Across 3,069 ski areas we measure, height and snowfall move together — +0.58 in France, +0.85 in Germany. In Japan the figure is +0.02. The reason is not that elevation stopped working.
- A Black Run in Colorado and a Black Run in Austria Are Not the Same Thing. The Maps Prove It. Across 2,888 ski areas: 39% of American runs are graded advanced or harder, and 9% of Austrian ones. Nobody thinks Austria is four times gentler. The grades are measuring different things.
- How Much Does Snowfall Change From One Winter to the Next? Country by Country Over 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.