Europe
The Alps and Dolomites, plus the Pyrenees, Scandinavia and the wilder ranges to the east.

Mountain ranges


Alps
The heart of skiing: high glaciers, huge linked areas and villages at every altitude.
- Resorts
- 258
- Best month
- Dec
- This week
- Cervinia


Scandinavia
Long seasons, short days and snow that stays cold until spring.
- Resorts
- 72
- Best month
- Dec
- This week
- Tyin-Filefjell


Carpathians
Romania, Slovakia, Poland and Ukraine: forested mountains and low-key resorts.
- Resorts
- 39
- Best month
- Nov
- This week
- Vysoké Tatry - Tatranská Lomnica


Pyrenees
Sunny slopes between France, Spain and Andorra, at friendlier prices.
- Resorts
- 28
- Best month
- Jan
- This week
- Ordino-Arcalis


Balkans
Bulgaria, Serbia, Bosnia and Montenegro: rugged peaks and good-value skiing.
- Resorts
- 23
- Best month
- Jan
- This week
- OC Bjelašnica ZOI '84


Dolomites
Pale limestone towers, the Sella Ronda and the world’s biggest linked ski carousel.
- Resorts
- 21
- Best month
- Dec
- This week
- Obergurgl


Caucasus
Europe’s highest mountains, from Georgia’s Gudauri to Krasnaya Polyana.
- Resorts
- 13
- Best month
- Mar
- This week
- Elbrus


Elsewhere in Europe
- Resorts
- 17
- Best month
- Jan
- This week
- Большой Вудъявр
When Europe gets its snow
Average odds of fresh snow across all 471 resorts, week by week.
Outlined: the three most reliable weeks. Hover a bar for its dates.
Across Europe
Best all season
Highest score across the whole season
- 1CerviniaMatterhorn Ski Paradise, best 8–14 Mar72
- 2TignesEspace Killy, best 11–17 Jan72
- 3ValtournencheValle D'Aosta, best 8–14 Mar72
- 4Verbier4 Vallées, best 11–17 Jan72
- 5ElbrusKabardino-Balkar, best 18–24 Jan70
- 6La PlagneParadiski, best 11–17 Jan70
- 7Les ArcsParadiski, best 11–17 Jan70
- 8Val d'IsèreEspace Killy, best 8–14 Feb70
- 9ZermattMatterhorn Ski Paradise, best 8–14 Mar70
- 10Saas-FeeSaastal, best 8–14 Mar69
Best early season
First six weeks of the season
Best late season
Last six weeks of the season
Hidden gems
Smaller ski areas with a big score
Numbers are the average SnowOdds score out of 100 per week over the period shown: the odds of 10 cm4 in or more of fresh snow at the summit count most, then base, sun, rain and wind.




