Chiomonte Frais is a ski area in Italy, at about 1,465 m. Within 2.9 km of its centre the map shows 14 marked runs and 6 lifts (about 8.5 km of piste).
Over the last twelve winters the ERA5 weather model gives it 238 cm of snowfall a season, 806th (tied) of 3,069 worldwide and 27th in Italy. It swings a lot from year to year: the biggest winter, 2017/18 (483 cm), brought more than 4 times as much as the leanest, 2021/22 (104 cm). March is usually the snowiest month, with about 73 cm.
Below is a link to its official live camera.
Snow depth and the seven-day outlook appear here once snow starts to fall. Until then, the long-run record comes first.
Elevation of the ski area’s centre point, taken from a digital elevation model. It is not the base-to-summit range.
We do not show a snow depth here. The weather model we use reports snow lying on the ground — it knows nothing about grooming or snowmaking, and it is not the base depth a ski area publishes. In Japan we can check our figures against 234 weather stations. Outside Japan there is nothing to check them against, so we do not print a number we have not verified. Snow report on the official site ↗
How much snow it gets
Measured by us across 3,069 ski areas by one identical method. These are not the resort’s own published figures.
Compared with what is nearby
Within 50 km straight line. Measured the same way, so the ranks compare directly. Ski areas a few kilometres apart share a weather grid cell and can return the same figure.
| Ski area | Distance | Seasonal snowfall | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pragelato | 14 km | 244 cm | 772 |
| Sauze D'Oulx | 15 km | 231 cm | 865 |
| Sestriere | 18 km | 234 cm | 832 |
| Pian Neiretto | 19 km | 195 cm | 1194 |
| Sansicario | 20 km | 231 cm | 865 |
When it falls, and how winters differ
Month by month
Month by month, the most snow falls in March. March brings as much as January, or more. In amount, March brings 73 cm, more than the median of 48 cm.
Winter by winter
Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 238 cm, and 9 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2021/22 with 104 cm; the biggest was 2017/18 with 483 cm (4.6 times as much). For 55% of the 177 ski areas in Italy, the leanest winter was the same 2021/22: bad winters tend to hit a whole region at once.
Snowfall each winter (December–March total). The dashed line is the average; the numbers mark the leanest and the biggest winter.
Runs and lifts
Counted from the marked runs and lifts on the map, within 2.9 km of the centre of the ski area. These are not the resort’s own published figures.
By difficulty
Lift types
- Chairlift2
- Magic carpet2
- Drag lift2
Source: OpenStreetMap (ODbL 1.0). How finely ski areas are drawn varies by region, so treat the counts as indicative. Difficulty uses the European grades, which do not map onto North American green / blue / black.
Live Cameras
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Map
Where it sits relative to nearby resorts. For a piste map, see the official site.
Official piste map ↗More places to look
Guides covering Italy
- How Much Does Snowfall Change From One Winter to the Next? Country by Country Over twelve winters, the typical Japanese ski area's best winter was 2.3 times its worst. In Italy and Chile it was 4.6 times, in New Zealand 4.2. Canada, Finland and Sweden come out steadier than Japan.
Updated: 8 Oct 2026, 00:52