Treble Cone is a ski area in Otago, New Zealand. It runs from 1260 m at the base to 1960 m at the summit. Within 2.5 km of the centre, the map shows 81 marked runs and 3 lifts, totalling about 32 km of piste. Over the last three winters the ERA5 reanalysis gives it 337 cm of snowfall a season, 343rd 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. 7 other ski areas lie within 120 km. Snow figures and the Powder Score are recalculated every day.
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 ↗
Score breakdown
Powder Score v1.0.0
7-day outlook
| Date | Snow | Temp | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🌨️ 26 Sept | 1.3 | -3 / 0.6 | 9.2 |
| ❄️ 27 Sept | 13.1 | -7.5 / -0.9 | 9.7 |
| 🌨️ 28 Sept | 0.2 | -8.4 / -0.6 | 11.4 |
| ☁️ 29 Sept | 0 | -6.3 / 2 | 4.1 |
| ☁️ 30 Sept | 0 | -13.2 / 1.3 | 6.9 |
| 🌨️ 1 Oct | 2.7 | -2.4 / 0.8 | 7.8 |
| 🌧️ 2 Oct | 0 | 0.4 / 3.2 | 7.2 |
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
The shape of the mountain
Which way the slopes face
58% 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
- Chairlift2
- Platter1
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.
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.
The tick marks the median across the 395 Japanese ski areas. All four bars run the same way — longer is better.
The quality score deliberately excludes how much snow falls — it uses temperature, frequency, rain and wind. Snowing a lot and snowing well are different things.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cardrona Alpine Resort | 27 km | 188 cm | 1199 |
| Invincible Snowfields | 29 km | 429 cm | 137 |
| Snow Farm | 32 km | 127 cm | 1843 |
| Coronet Peak Ski Area | 35 km | 129 cm | 1815 |
| The Remarkables Ski Area | 47 km | 152 cm | 1549 |
When it falls, and how winters differ
Month by month
Month by month, the most snow falls in September. September brings as much as July, or more. In amount, September brings 88 cm, more than the median of 32 cm.
Map
Where it sits relative to nearby resorts. For a piste map, see the official site.
Official piste map ↗More places to look
Updated: 26 Sept 2026, 00:03