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53 places worth checking

Not a database dump: a curated set of destination files. Each one explains why that mountain gets snow, when its season runs, and reads the live model at its real elevations.

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Winter landscape characteristic of Europe

Europe

24 DESTINATIONS
Zermatt Switzerland · 1620–3883 m5315–12740 ft Car-free village under the Matterhorn with the highest lift-served terrain in the Alps. Chamonix France · 1035–3842 m3396–12605 ft The birthplace of extreme skiing. Val Thorens France · 2300–3230 m7546–10597 ft Purpose-built, treeless, and utterly snow-sure: the reliability play of the Trois Vallées. Verbier Switzerland · 1500–3330 m4921–10925 ft The freeride benchmark of the Four Vallées: itineraries like the Tortin moguls need real coverage, so fresh-snow numbers matter more here than groomed-piste resorts.. St. Anton am Arlberg Austria · 1304–2811 m4278–9222 ft Austria's serious-skier capital: long, storm-fed off-piste runs and a snowfall climatology that punches far above its modest summit height.. Kitzbühel Austria · 800–2000 m2625–6562 ft Home of the Hahnenkamm. Cortina d'Ampezzo Italy · 1224–2930 m4016–9613 ft Olympic host with pink-tinged limestone walls. Livigno Italy · 1816–2900 m5958–9514 ft Duty-free village with two ski faces and reliable cold. Åre Sweden · 380–1274 m1247–4180 ft Scandinavia's biggest alpine resort. Levi Finland · 205–531 m673–1742 ft Finnish Lapland's World Cup slalom hill. Zakopane / Kasprowy Wierch Poland · 1000–1987 m3281–6519 ft Poland's winter capital. Jasná – Chopok Slovakia · 943–2004 m3094–6575 ft The largest ski area between the Alps and the Caucasus, with real freeride zones off Chopok. Bansko Bulgaria · 990–2600 m3248–8530 ft The Balkans' flagship resort: a medieval town at the base, one gondola to a high alpine bowl. Grandvalira Andorra · 1710–2640 m5610–8661 ft The largest linked area in the Pyrenees, and firmly an intermediate's mountain: 85% of the 215 km134 mi is easy or intermediate on a modest 930 m3,051 ft of vertical. Baqueira Beret Spain · 1500–2610 m4921–8563 ft Spain's largest and busiest resort, with almost the whole domain above the treeline. Sierra Nevada Spain · 2100–3300 m6890–10827 ft High, sunny and genuinely volatile: two consecutive recent seasons delivered 365 and 825 litres per square metre14 and 32 in of precipitation. Trysil Norway · 415–1100 m1362–3609 ft Norway's largest ski resort and a family mountain first, with over half the terrain graded easy on 685 m2,247 ft of vertical. Garmisch-Classic Germany · 740–2050 m2428–6726 ft The Kandahar's Freier Fall is the steepest section anywhere on the World Cup circuit, and the race pedigree runs back to the 1936 Olympics. Sölden Austria · 1350–3340 m4429–10958 ft Two glaciers between 2,675 and 3,250 m8,776 and 10,663 ft mean a thin early accumulation is already skiable, which is why the World Cup opens here in October. St. Moritz Switzerland · 1772–3057 m5814–10030 ft Reliable, sunny and expensive. Val Gardena Italy · 1236–2518 m4055–8261 ft Three Ladin villages under the Sella and the Sassolungo, and a mostly intermediate mountain: the blacks are short and real off-piste is scarce without a guide. Kranjska Gora Slovenia · 810–1295 m2657–4249 ft A beginner and family hill with a racing soul. Gudauri Georgia · 2200–3270 m7218–10728 ft One of the highest resort bases in Europe or Asia, and entirely above the treeline. Špindlerův Mlýn Czechia · 702–1235 m2303–4052 ft The busiest ski destination in Czechia, and an honest 533 m1,749 ft of vertical topping out at 1,235 m4,052 ft, well below the tundra plateau above it.
Winter landscape characteristic of North America

North America

15 DESTINATIONS
Whistler Blackcomb Canada · 652–2284 m2139–7493 ft North America's biggest ski area. Aspen Snowmass United States · 2470–3813 m8104–12510 ft Four mountains, one lift ticket, and the benchmark for Colorado cold-smoke. Park City United States · 2080–3049 m6824–10003 ft The largest lift-served area in the US, minutes from a major city. Jackson Hole United States · 1924–3185 m6312–10449 ft America's serious mountain: Corbet's Couloir, big verticals, consequential terrain. Mammoth Mountain United States · 2424–3369 m7953–11053 ft California's high-altitude outlier: seasons swing from lean to absurd (20 m+787 in+ in record winters). Lake Louise Canada · 1646–2637 m5400–8652 ft Banff National Park's big-views resort. Palisades Tahoe United States · 1890–2760 m6201–9055 ft Olympic heritage and granite chutes above Lake Tahoe. Vail United States · 2475–3527 m8120–11572 ft The Back Bowls are both the draw and the catch. Breckenridge United States · 2926–3962 m9600–12999 ft The alpine closes. Big Sky United States · 2073–3403 m6801–11165 ft Half the terrain is graded advanced or harder, and the easiest run off Lone Peak is a single black. Alta & Snowbird United States · 2365–3353 m7759–11001 ft Two separate resorts sharing one ridge, linked over the top through Mineral Basin. Killington United States · 355–1293 m1165–4242 ft The longest season in eastern North America, and both ends of it are engineered rather than weather-driven. Telluride United States · 2659–3831 m8724–12569 ft About 809 ha2,000 acres, under half the size of Vail, on 1,172 m3,845 ft of lift-served vertical. Revelstoke Canada · 512–2225 m1680–7300 ft The largest lift-served vertical in North America by the resort's own measure, 1,713 m5,620 ft, and the same number is the weakness: a 512 m1,680 ft base in a wet-belt climate means rain and tired cover down low while the alpine is deep. Tremblant Canada · 230–875 m755–2871 ft The trail board reads 44% difficult by distance, but Quebec black ratings are soft: this mountain rates expert and skis intermediate.
Winter landscape characteristic of Asia

Asia

5 DESTINATIONS
Niseko United Japan · 255–1188 m837–3898 ft The world's most reliable powder. Hakuba Valley Japan · 760–1831 m2493–6007 ft Ten resorts under 3,000 m9,843 ft peaks, Nagano's Olympic terrain. Nozawa Onsen Japan · 565–1650 m1854–5413 ft A working onsen village that predates the resort by seven centuries, thirteen public baths at the bottom and a 39° maximum gradient above it. Yongpyong South Korea · 700–1458 m2297–4783 ft Korea's first ski resort, running since 1975 and still its largest, now branded Mona Yongpyong. Shymbulak Kazakhstan · 2260–3200 m7415–10499 ft Central Asia's largest ski area, and still only about 20 km12 mi of piste on eight lifts, mostly intermediate.
Winter landscape characteristic of Southern Hemisphere

Southern Hemisphere

9 DESTINATIONS
Valle Nevado Chile · 2860–3670 m9383–12041 ft South America's most modern ski area, a June–October counter-season classic. Las Leñas Argentina · 2240–3430 m7349–11253 ft Legendary steep terrain off the Marte chair, the southern hemisphere's freeride pilgrimage. Coronet Peak New Zealand · 1187–1649 m3894–5410 ft Queenstown's local mountain, 25 minutes from town, famous for night skiing. Perisher Australia · 1720–2034 m5643–6673 ft The southern hemisphere's largest ski area, spread over four villages. Portillo Chile · 2880–3310 m9449–10860 ft One hotel, one road, no town, and a Saturday-to-Saturday week that everyone begins and ends together. Cerro Catedral Argentina · 1030–2180 m3379–7152 ft The largest lift-served area in South America, 1,150 m3,773 ft of vertical above Lago Nahuel Huapi, and a base that is low for the latitude. Thredbo Australia · 1365–2037 m4478–6683 ft Australia's biggest vertical at 672 m2,205 ft and its highest lifted point, and the top of it is often shut: on a mid-season August day in 2026 all five upper lifts sat on wind hold while nine lower ones ran. Mt Hutt New Zealand · 1597–2086 m5240–6844 ft A treeless south-facing basin, which is exactly what holds the snow, on a mountain its own area manager reckons loses 15 to 20 days a season to wind. Afriski Lesotho · 3030–3222 m9941–10571 ft One groomed kilometre0.6 mi of groomed piste and about 190 m623 ft of vertical on surface lifts, with 20 snow machines doing essentially all of the work: a single night of snowmaking lays 20 cm7.9 in along a kilometre0.6 mi of slope.
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