Top of the Pines
Top of the Pines is a ski area in United States. It sits at about 2,609 m above sea level. The mapped ski area covers about 1.7 km². Over the last three winters the ERA5 reanalysis gives it 106 cm of snowfall a season, 2098th (tied) of the 3,112 ski areas we measure worldwide. The model runs well below what resorts report, so the ranking is the meaningful part rather than the centimetre figure. 16 other ski areas lie within 120 km. Snow figures and the Powder Score are recalculated every day.
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.
Score breakdown
Powder Score v1.0.0
7-day outlook
| Date | Snow | Temp | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|
| ☁️ 26 Sept | 0 | 7.2 / 17.7 | 16.1 |
| ☁️ 27 Sept | 0 | 9 / 20.3 | 19.1 |
| 🌦️ 28 Sept | 0 | 7.1 / 12.5 | 14.4 |
| 🌧️ 29 Sept | 0 | 5.4 / 16.1 | 11.8 |
| 🌦️ 30 Sept | 0 | 6.1 / 16.5 | 16.7 |
| ☀️ 1 Oct | 0 | 5.5 / 20 | 13.9 |
| 🌤️ 2 Oct | 0 | 6.6 / 20.1 | 12.8 |
How much snow it gets
Measured by us across 3,112 ski areas by one identical method. These are not the resort’s own published figures.
Compared with what is nearby
Within 50 km straight line. Measured the same way, so the ranks compare directly. Ski areas a few kilometres apart share a weather grid cell and can return the same figure.
| Ski area | Distance | Seasonal snowfall | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miller Mesa Nordic | 2.7 km | 126 cm | 1863 |
| North Corridor Trail | 12 km | 142 cm | 1673 |
| Telluride Ski Area | 22 km | 138 cm | 1719 |
| Dave Wood Winter Recreation Area | 27 km | 81 cm | 2444 |
| Silverton Mountain | 28 km | 146 cm | 1630 |
When it falls, and how winters differ
Month by month
Month by month, the most snow falls in March. March brings as much as January, or more. In amount, March brings 37 cm, more than the median of 30 cm.
Map
Where it sits relative to nearby resorts. For a piste map, see the official site.
More places to look
Updated: 26 Sept 2026, 23:28