The Ski Meter
A 0–100 condition score for 53 major resorts, computed the moment you ask, from the live weather model read at both base and summit elevation. Unlike resort marketing, every point is accounted for below the score.
Imperial when your device is on a US time zone, metric otherwise, until you choose.
Weather data by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0), adapted for display. The score reads the atmosphere, not the resort: lifts, grooming and base depth are not included, so check the resort's own report before you travel.
How the score is built
Six components, each visible in the breakdown, each from the live model:
- Fresh snow, last 24 h at the summit: up to 25 points. Yesterday's storm is today's powder.
- Incoming snow, next 72 h: up to 20 points, using the raw model estimate.
- Summit temperature: up to 15 points, peaking between −12 °C and −2 °C10 °F and 28 °F, the band that keeps snow dry but faces unfrozen.
- Rain–snow line vs the base: up to 15 points. A freezing level above the base village means rain on the lower runs; below it, snow to the valley.
- Wind at the summit: up to 15 points. Above ~60 km/h37 mph, upper lifts start going on hold regardless of how good the snow is.
- Sky: up to 10 points. Clear beats whiteout, though a snowing sky scores mid-range: today suffers, tomorrow profits.
What the meter deliberately does not know: open lift counts, grooming, crowd levels, or the resort's measured base depth. It is an atmospheric instrument with the working shown. Pair it with the resort's own report and you have the full picture.