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
- 19 km/h
- Elevation
- 115 m
- Across
- 0.6 km
Updated: 10 Nov 2026, 12:15
Elevation of the ski area’s centre point, taken from a digital elevation model. It is not the base-to-summit range.
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 | Drizzle | 0 | 3 to 5 | 19 |
| Wed 11 Nov | Drizzle | 0 | 2 to 3 | 13 |
| Thu 12 Nov | Snow showers | 1 | 1 to 3 | 16 |
| Fri 13 Nov | Snow showers | 3 | 0 to 2 | 16 |
| Sat 14 Nov | Snow | 1 | −4 to 1 | 27 |
| Sun 15 Nov | Cloudy | 0 | −2 to 6 | 30 |
| Mon 16 Nov | Partly cloudy | 0 | −3 to 4 | 24 |
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
Sotkanrinteet is a ski area in Finland, at about 115 m. Its mapped area is about 0.6 km across.
Over the last twelve winters the ERA5 weather model gives it 88 cm of snowfall a season, 2,500th (tied) of 3,069 worldwide and 49th in Finland. It swings a lot from year to year: the biggest winter, 2022/23 (116 cm), brought more than twice as much as the leanest, 2025/26 (51 cm). January is usually the snowiest month, with about 27 cm.
Runs and lifts
Counted from the marked runs and lifts on the map, within 2.5 km of the centre of the ski area. These are not the resort’s own published figures.
Lift types
- Drag lift1
Source: OpenStreetMap (ODbL 1.0). How finely ski areas are drawn varies by region, so treat the counts as indicative. Difficulty uses the European grades, which do not map onto North American green / blue / black.
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 January. March brings 67% of January’s snowfall. That is a steeper fall than the median for ski areas in Finland (80%): the snow here is concentrated early in the season. In amount, March brings 18 cm, less than the median of 23 cm.
Winter by winter
Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 88 cm, and 5 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2025/26 with 51 cm; the biggest was 2022/23 with 116 cm (2.3 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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