Canada

Whitehorse Nordic Centre

11 / 100 Powder Score
Thin Weather Partly cloudy
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Snow 48h
0cm
Next 72h
0cm
Snow 24h
0 cm
Next 24h
0 cm
Temperature
1°C
Max wind
14 km/h
Elevation (est.)
797–797 m
Across
11 km

Updated: 14 Oct 2026, 09:19

Elevation range is estimated by sampling points across the ski area.

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 13 Oct Snow showers 0 −2 to 7 11
Wed 14 Oct Fog 0 −2 to 7 14
Thu 15 Oct Rain 0 1 to 5 21
Fri 16 Oct Showers 0 −2 to 7 11
Sat 17 Oct Fog 0 −3 to 5 9
Sun 18 Oct Fog 0 −3 to 2 9
Mon 19 Oct Fog 0 −4 to 3 9

Score breakdown

Fresh (48h) 1/40
Forecast (24h) 0/25
Snow quality 0/20
Wind 8/10
Base 2/5

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

Whitehorse Nordic Centre is a ski area in Canada, on slopes between roughly 797 and 797 m. Its mapped area is about 11 km across.

Over the last twelve winters the ERA5 weather model gives it 79 cm of snowfall a season, 2,595th (tied) of 3,069 worldwide and 153rd in Canada. It swings a lot from year to year: the biggest winter, 2020/21 (136 cm), brought more than 3 times as much as the leanest, 2015/16 (40 cm). December brings as much snow as January here (24 and 23 cm on average).

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.

Seasonal snowfall
79cm
per season
Worst of 12 winters
40cm
The middle winter of the 12: 74 cm. The best: 136 cm.
World rank
2595
of 3,069 worldwide
Rank in country
153
of 171 in Canada
Elevation rank
59
Highest to lowest, of 171 in Canada. The centre point sits at 797 m, 260 m above the national median.

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 areaDistanceSeasonal snowfallWorld rank
Mount Sima11.0 km83 cm2549
Mt. Lorne Ski Trails30.0 km94 cm2439

When it falls, and how winters differ

Month by month

Month by month, the most snow falls in December. March brings 65% of January’s snowfall. That is a steeper fall than the median for ski areas in Canada (79%): the snow here is concentrated early in the season. In amount, March brings 15 cm, less than the median of 32 cm.

24cm
Dec
23cm
Jan
18cm
Feb
15cm
Mar
Average snowfall by month, last 12 winters

Winter by winter

Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 79 cm, and 7 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2015/16 with 40 cm; the biggest was 2020/21 with 136 cm (3.4 times as much).

70
40
57
78
40
93
136
107
66
85
53
126
14/1515/1616/1717/1818/1919/2020/2121/2222/2323/2424/2525/26

Snowfall each winter (December–March total). The dashed line is the average; the numbers mark the leanest and the biggest winter.

Map

The weather map, and where it sits among nearby ski areas.

Official piste map ↗

More places to look

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