30.01.2015: For a long time, people struggled with the mildness of the winter. Now the situation has turned. If you had too little snow before, you now have to live with the consequences of heavy snowfall, which, by the way, has not yet come to an end. The slopes are now beautifully white, but there is currently in the Swiss Alps in many places considerable avalanche danger, who is surprised. Below we give the current snow situation in some, important ski regions. (Source: Switzerland Tourism)
Change of snow depths between 23.12.2014 - 30.01.2015
Region | Snow depth valley 23.12.2014 | Snow depth valley 30.01.2015 | Difference | Snow height mountain 23.12.2014 | Snow height mountain 30.01.2015 | Difference |
Adelboden/Lenk | 0 cm | 40-50 cm | + 40-50 cm | 15 cm | 85-90 cm | + 70-75 cm |
Aletsch Arena | 32 cm | 95 cm | + 63 cm | 104 cm | 160 cm | + 56 cm |
Andermatt | 0 cm | 70 cm | + 70 cm | 290 cm | 380 cm | + 90 cm |
Arosa / Lenzerheide | 10 cm | 55-70 cm | + 45-60 cm | 35 - 50 cm | 100-130 cm | + 65-80 cm |
Crans-Montana | 2 cm | 50 cm | + 48 cm | 55 cm | 155 cm | + 100 cm |
Davos / Klosters | 10 cm | 70 cm | + 60 cm | 78 cm | 200 cm | + 122 cm |
Engadine, St. Moritz | 5 cm | 55 cm | + 50 cm | 87 cm | 145 cm | + 58 cm |
Engelberg / Titlis | 0 cm | 90 cm | + 90 cm | 165 cm | 350 cm | + 185 cm |
Flumserberg | 0 cm | 60 cm | + 60 cm | 40 cm | 110 cm | + 70 cm |
Gstaad / Glacier 3000 | 0 cm | 50 cm | + 50 cm | 80 cm | 220 cm | + 140 cm |
Jungfrau region | 0 cm | 25 cm | + 25 cm | 25 cm | 90 cm | + 55 cm |
Laax | 0 cm | 50 cm | + 50 cm | 145 cm | 270 cm | + 125 cm |
Melchsee-Frutt | 30 cm | 130 cm | + 100 cm | 45 cm | 170 cm | + 125 cm |
Samnaun | 5 cm | 30 cm | + 25 cm | 55 cm | 140 cm | + 85 cm |
Verbier | 0 cm | 75 cm | + 75 cm | 61 cm | 185 cm | + 124 cm |
Zermatt | 5 cm | 10 cm | + 5 cm | 95 cm | 200 cm | + 105 cm |
Region | Snow depth valley | Mountain snow depth | Plants open | Total assets | Slopes open | Slopes total |
Adelboden/Lenk | 40-50 cm | 85-90 cm | 53 | 57 | 160 km | 185 km |
Aletsch Arena | 95 cm | 160 cm | 33 | 35 | 69 km | 104 km |
Andermatt | 70 cm | 380 cm | 6 | 10 | 23 km | 30 km |
Arosa / Lenzerheide | 55-70 cm | 100-130 cm | 42 | 42 | 193 km | 225 km |
Crans-Montana | 50 cm | 155 cm | 24 | 27 | 101 km | 140 km |
Davos / Klosters | 70 cm | 200 cm | 46 | 59 | 216 km | 320 km |
Engadine, St. Moritz | 55 cm | 145 cm | 50 | 56 | 228 km | 350 km |
Engelberg / Titlis | 90 cm | 350 cm | 18 | 24 | 52 km | 82 km |
Flumserberg | 60 cm | 110 cm | 18 | 18 | 65 km | 65 km |
Gstaad / Glacier 3000 | 50 cm | 220 cm | 43 | 53 | 155 km | 220 km |
Jungfrau region | 25 cm | 90 cm | 38 | 40 | 206 km | 206 km |
Laax | 50 cm | 270 cm | 29 | 29 | 134 km | 235 km |
Melchsee-Frutt | 130 cm | 170 cm | 7 | 11 | 32 km | 32 km |
Samnaun | 30 cm | 140 cm | 36 | 45 | 136 km | 238 km |
Verbier | 75 cm | 185 cm | 72 | 82 | 340 km | 412 km |
Zermatt | 10 cm | 200 cm | 9 | 54 | 21 km | 360 km |
Number of kilometers of slopes and open lifts depend not only on snow depth, but also on the current weather and avalanche danger; during storms, for example, most or all lifts are naturally closed. The number of piste kilometers and open lifts can therefore fluctuate greatly for short periods.
Region | Snow depth valley | Mountain snow depth | Plants open | Total assets | Slopes open | Slopes total |
Adelboden/Lenk | 30 cm | 65 cm | 50 | 57 | 114 km | 185 km |
Aletsch Arena | 59 cm | 132 cm | 35 | 35 | 66 km | 104 km |
Andermatt | 30 cm | 300 cm | 10 | 10 | 30 km | 30 km |
Arosa / Lenzerheide | 25-30 cm | 60-70 cm | 34 | 42 | 105 km | 225 km |
Crans-Montana | 50 cm | 75 cm | 19 | 27 | 73 km | 140 km |
Davos / Klosters | 20 cm | 110 cm | 51 | 59 | 105 km | 320 km |
Engadine, St. Moritz | 15 cm | 85 cm | 51 | 56 | 232 km | 350 km |
Engelberg / Titlis | 60 cm | 260 cm | 23 | 24 | 55 km | 82 km |
Flumserberg | 50 cm | 70 cm | 17 | 18 | 47 km | 65 km |
Gstaad / Glacier 3000 | 40 cm | 155 cm | 45 | 53 | 153 km | 220 km |
Jungfrau region | 10 cm | 90 cm | 38 | 40 | 144 km | 206 km |
Laax | 35 cm | 170 cm | 24 | 29 | 90 km | 235 km |
Melchsee-Frutt | 120 cm | 150 cm | 9 | 11 | 32 km | 32 km |
Saas-Fee | 15 cm | 180 cm | 19 | 21 | 90 km | 100 km |
Samnaun | 20 cm | 75 cm | 37 | 45 | 176 km | 238 km |
Verbier | 40 cm | 92 cm | 72 | 82 | 247 km | 412 km |
Zermatt | 6 cm | 91 cm | 45 | 54 | 264 km | 360 km |
Region | Snow depth valley | Mountain snow depth | Plants open | Total assets | Slopes open | Slopes total |
Adelboden/Lenk | 0 cm | 15 cm | 18 | 57 | 22 km | 185 km |
Aletsch Arena | 32 cm | 104 cm | 33 | 35 | 58 km | 104 km |
Andermatt | 0 cm | 290 cm | 9 | 10 | 30 km | 30 km |
Arosa / Lenzerheide | 10 cm | 35 - 50 cm | 19 | 42 | 60 km | 225 km |
Crans-Montana | 2 cm | 55 cm | 8 | 27 | 25 km | 140 km |
Davos / Klosters | 10 cm | 78 cm | 26 | 59 | 54 km | 320 km |
Engadine, St. Moritz | 5 cm | 87 cm | 38 | 56 | 183 km | 350 km |
Engelberg / Titlis | 0 cm | 165 cm | 14 | 24 | 29 km | 82 km |
Flumserberg | 0 cm | 40 cm | 6 | 18 | 8 km | 65 km |
Gstaad / Glacier 3000 | 0 cm | 80 cm | 19 | 53 | 22 km | 220 km |
Jungfrau region | 0 cm | 25 cm | 24 | 40 | 81 km | 206 km |
Laax | 0 cm | 145 cm | 24 | 29 | 82 km | 235 km |
Melchsee-Frutt | 30 cm | 45 cm | 7 | 11 | 13 km | 32 km |
Saas-Fee | 20 cm | 173 cm | 19 | 21 | 90 km | 100 km |
Samnaun | 5 cm | 55 cm | 36 | 45 | 148 km | 238 km |
Verbier | 0 cm | 61 cm | 48 | 82 | 151 km | 412 km |
Zermatt | 5 cm | 95 cm | 43 | 54 | 254 km | 360 km |