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 →
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 ↗
| Date | Weather | Snow (cm) | Low / high (°C) | Wind (km/h) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 10 Nov | Showers | 0 | 3 to 5 | 5 |
| Wed 11 Nov | Showers | 0 | 4 to 6 | 6 |
| Thu 12 Nov | Rain | 0 | 3 to 5 | 10 |
| Fri 13 Nov | Showers | 0 | 0 to 5 | 13 |
| Sat 14 Nov | Cloudy | 0 | −1 to 5 | 10 |
| Sun 15 Nov | Cloudy | 0 | −2 to 1 | 17 |
| Mon 16 Nov | Snow | 7 | −2 to 0 | 19 |
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
Unterbäch – Brandalp is a ski area in Switzerland, at about 1,859 m. Within 1.3 km of its centre the map shows 22 marked runs and 2 lifts (about 7.3 km of piste).
Over the last twelve winters the ERA5 weather model gives it 304 cm of snowfall a season, 461st (tied) of 3,069 worldwide and 85th in Switzerland. It swings a lot from year to year: the biggest winter, 2017/18 (535 cm), brought more than twice as much as the leanest, 2016/17 (199 cm). March still brings 77 cm on average, close to January, its snowiest month.
The nearest city of any size is Bern, about 77 km away in a straight line.
Counted from the marked runs and lifts on the map, within 1.3 km of the centre of the ski area. These are not the resort’s own published figures.
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.
Footage remains the copyright of each operator. JAPANSNOWLINE neither stores nor redistributes it.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eischoll | 2.6 km | 304 cmsame grid cell | 461 |
| Moosalpregion | 3.0 km | 336 cm | 322 |
| Jeizinen | 9.5 km | 304 cmsame grid cell | 461 |
| Grächen | 9.5 km | 316 cm | 423 |
| Staldenried - Gspon | 10.0 km | 314 cm | 430 |
The most snow falls in January. March brings 85% of January’s snowfall. That is a gentler fall than the median for ski areas in Switzerland (76%). In amount, March brings 77 cm, more than the median of 60 cm.
Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 304 cm, and 7 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2016/17 with 199 cm; the biggest was 2017/18 with 535 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.
Other booking sites: Booking.com ↗ · Agoda ↗
Climate and the future · 27 Aug 2026
In Japan, Height Barely Predicts Snowfall: +0.02, Against +0.58 in FranceAcross 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.
Japan vs elsewhere · 28 Aug 2026
A Black Run in Colorado and a Black Run in Austria Are Not the Same Thing. The Maps Prove It.Climate and the future · 28 Aug 2026
How Much Does Snowfall Change From One Winter to the Next? Country by Country