Snowiest Resorts by Continent

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Top 10 Resorts in North America

The following ranks the resorts in North America by expected snowfall over the next 6 days according to different models.

ECMWF (European) Model

ResortTotal Snowfall
1. Diamond Peak Ski Resort84 cm
2. Dodge Ridge78 cm
3. Sierra-at-Tahoe78 cm
4. Heavenly74 cm
5. Kirkwood74 cm
6. Mt Shasta Ski Park68 cm
7. Bear Valley Mountain Resort66 cm
8. Donner Ski Ranch65 cm
9. June Mountain63 cm
10. Mammoth Mountain63 cm

GFS (American) Model

ResortTotal Snowfall
1. Boreal Mountain Resort115 cm
2. Donner Ski Ranch110 cm
3. Sugar Bowl109 cm
4. Bear Valley Mountain Resort90 cm
5. Kirkwood89 cm
6. Palisades Tahoe86 cm
7. Sierra-at-Tahoe84 cm
8. Mt Rose74 cm
9. Mammoth Mountain73 cm
10. June Mountain73 cm

JMA (Japanese) Model

ResortTotal Snowfall
1. Bear Valley Mountain Resort81 cm
2. Kirkwood81 cm
3. June Mountain67 cm
4. Mammoth Mountain67 cm
5. Brundage Mountain Resort53 cm
6. Hoodoo41 cm
7. Grand Targhee Resort40 cm
8. Mt Shasta Ski Park39 cm
9. China Peak37 cm
10. Sun Valley Resort35 cm

ICON (German) Model

ResortTotal Snowfall
1. Boreal Mountain Resort71 cm
2. Donner Ski Ranch71 cm
3. June Mountain69 cm
4. Sierra-at-Tahoe68 cm
5. Bear Valley Mountain Resort63 cm
6. Grand Targhee Resort63 cm
7. Jackson Hole59 cm
8. China Peak57 cm
9. Brundage Mountain Resort53 cm
10. Northstar California Resort52 cm

GEM (Canadian) Model

ResortTotal Snowfall
1. Dodge Ridge151 cm
2. China Peak143 cm
3. Sierra-at-Tahoe129 cm
4. Bear Valley Mountain Resort129 cm
5. Kirkwood113 cm
6. Brundage Mountain Resort107 cm
7. Jackson Hole93 cm
8. Grand Targhee Resort89 cm
9. Donner Ski Ranch79 cm
10. Sun Valley Resort64 cm

Top 10 Resorts in Europe

The following ranks the resorts in Europe by expected snowfall over the next 6 days according to different models.

ECMWF (European) Model

ResortTotal Snowfall
1. Verbier3 cm
2. Kitzbühel2 cm
3. Les Arcs1 cm
4. Zermatt1 cm
5. Garmisch-Partenkirchen1 cm
6. Val d'Isère0 cm
7. Les Trois Vallées0 cm
8. Oberstdorf0 cm

GFS (American) Model

ResortTotal Snowfall
1. Garmisch-Partenkirchen2 cm
2. Kitzbühel1 cm
3. Val Gardena1 cm
4. Val d'Isère0 cm
5. Oberstdorf0 cm

JMA (Japanese) Model

ResortTotal Snowfall
1. Corviglia-Marguns3 cm
2. St Moritz3 cm
3. Crans Montana2 cm
4. Val Gardena2 cm
5. Zermatt2 cm
6. Chamonix-Mont-Blanc2 cm
7. Verbier2 cm
8. Val d'Isère2 cm
9. Les Arcs2 cm
10. Davos1 cm

ICON (German) Model

ResortTotal Snowfall
1. Val d'Isère4 cm
2. Kitzbühel1 cm
3. Val Gardena1 cm
4. Garmisch-Partenkirchen1 cm
5. Zermatt1 cm
6. St Moritz0 cm

GEM (Canadian) Model

ResortTotal Snowfall
1. Corviglia-Marguns15 cm
2. St Moritz15 cm
3. Zermatt13 cm
4. Crans Montana11 cm
5. Val Gardena11 cm
6. Val d'Isère10 cm
7. Chamonix-Mont-Blanc5 cm
8. Davos4 cm
9. Verbier4 cm
10. Winterberg4 cm

Top 10 Resorts in Asia

The following ranks the resorts in Asia by expected snowfall over the next 6 days according to different models.

ECMWF (European) Model

ResortTotal Snowfall
1. Niseko United44 cm
2. Nozawa Onsen32 cm
3. Lotte Arai23 cm
4. Hakuba Valley18 cm
5. Niseko Grand Hirafu14 cm
6. MonaYongPyong3 cm
7. Changbaishan Wanda International Resort3 cm
8. High1 Ski Resort2 cm
9. Beidahu2 cm
10. Yabuli Ski Resort0 cm

GFS (American) Model

ResortTotal Snowfall
1. Niseko Grand Hirafu55 cm
2. Lotte Arai48 cm
3. Nozawa Onsen47 cm
4. Niseko United29 cm
5. Hakuba Valley23 cm
6. Changbaishan Wanda International Resort3 cm
7. Yabuli Ski Resort2 cm
8. Beidahu2 cm
9. MonaYongPyong1 cm
10. High1 Ski Resort1 cm

JMA (Japanese) Model

ResortTotal Snowfall
1. Lotte Arai86 cm
2. Nozawa Onsen58 cm
3. Niseko Grand Hirafu53 cm
4. Hakuba Valley47 cm
5. Niseko United43 cm
6. MonaYongPyong3 cm
7. Yabuli Ski Resort3 cm
8. Changbaishan Wanda International Resort2 cm
9. Beidahu2 cm
10. High1 Ski Resort2 cm

ICON (German) Model

ResortTotal Snowfall
1. Niseko Grand Hirafu23 cm
2. Nozawa Onsen12 cm
3. Lotte Arai10 cm
4. Changbaishan Wanda International Resort4 cm
5. Niseko United3 cm
6. Hakuba Valley3 cm
7. High1 Ski Resort2 cm
8. MonaYongPyong2 cm
9. Yabuli Ski Resort1 cm
10. Beidahu0 cm

GEM (Canadian) Model

ResortTotal Snowfall
1. Lotte Arai95 cm
2. Nozawa Onsen62 cm
3. Niseko Grand Hirafu28 cm
4. Hakuba Valley15 cm
5. Niseko United15 cm
6. Yabuli Ski Resort3 cm
7. Changbaishan Wanda International Resort2 cm
8. Beidahu1 cm
9. MonaYongPyong0 cm