EARTH · WINTER · SNOW / SKI

Where is the snow,
right now?

Live model snow readings for the world’s ski regions — how deep the snow on the ground is at each resort’s coordinates, the fresh-snow forecast for the next three days, and the freezing level that decides rain from powder. And honestly seasonal: the ski season is June–October south of the equator and December–Aprilnorth of it — each region below says which is which.

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The snow world, live

One marquee resort from each region — its model snow depth this minute, and the fresh snow the model expects. Tap through for the region’s full table: depth, the 3-day forecast, temperature and the freezing level.

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In season now — the southern winter (June–October)

While the north is in summer, the skiing lives south of the equator — the Andes, New Zealand and the Australian Alps are mid-season right now.

Northern hemisphere — the season returns in December

North of the equator the seasons are flipped: the ski season runs roughly December–April, so these regions are in their summer half of the year right now. Their model readings are live either way — a resort honestly reading 0 cm in July IS the data.

How to read the numbers

Snow depth is the weather model’s reading at the resort’s coordinates — not the resort’s own reported base, which snowmaking and grooming can push higher. No surface here claims lift status or piste conditions. The depth ladder below describes model snow cover, never piste conditions, grooming or lift status:

Model snow depth — the cover ladder

Bare ground0 cm — no model snow on the ground.
Thin coverunder 25 cm — a dusting to a shallow layer.
Established base25–75 cm — a real snowpack has formed.
Deep75–150 cm — a strong mid-winter base.
Very deep150 cm and up — the big-mountain numbers.

The freezing levelis the altitude where the air hits 0 °C — the snow line. When it sits below a resort’s elevation, precipitation arrives as snow. These unpack the science and the map:

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