Crans-Montana is a ski area in Switzerland, on slopes between roughly 2,167 and 2,167 m. Its mapped area is about 9.4 km across, with 113 marked runs and 25 lifts (about 74 km of piste in all).
Over the last twelve winters the ERA5 weather model gives it 294 cm of snowfall a season, 503rd (tied) of 3,069 worldwide and 95th in Switzerland. It swings a lot from year to year: the biggest winter, 2017/18 (483 cm), brought more than twice as much as the leanest, 2016/17 (186 cm). January is usually the snowiest month, with about 88 cm.
Below is a link to its official live camera.
Snow 24h
0cm
Snow 48h
0cm
Next 24h
0cm
Next 72h
0.1cm
Temperature
4.4℃
Max wind
9.7km/h
Elevation (est.)
2167–2167m
Across
9.4km
Elevation range is estimated by sampling points across the ski area.
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 ↗
Score breakdown
Fresh (48h) 0/40
Forecast (24h) 0/25
Snow quality 0/20
Wind 10/10
Base 2/5
Powder Score v1.0.0
7-day outlook
| Date | Snow | Temp | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🌧️ 8 Oct | 0 | 1.7 / 6.1 | 11.6 |
| 🌫️ 9 Oct | 0 | 0.1 / 5.5 | 6.4 |
| ⛈️ 10 Oct | 0 | 2.2 / 4.3 | 11.3 |
| ☁️ 11 Oct | 0.6 | 0.8 / 5 | 6.6 |
| 🌤️ 12 Oct | 0 | 0.9 / 7.6 | 8.4 |
| ☁️ 13 Oct | 0 | 3.1 / 10.3 | 8.3 |
| ☁️ 14 Oct | 0 | 4.6 / 8 | 7.4 |
Runs and lifts
Counted from the runs and lifts drawn on OpenStreetMap, within the boundary of the ski area. These are not the resort’s own published figures.
Marked runs
113
Run length
74km
Lifts
25
Vertical
1,445m
Top 2,872 m · base 1,427 m
Run map
NoviceEasyIntermediateAdvancedFreeride Lift
The shape of the mountain
Longest run on the map4.0 km
Steepest pitch33°measured over at least 30 m
Average gradient of the runs10.9°
Which way the slopes face
North 2%
East 23%
South 58%
West 17%
Only 25% of the vertical on the runs descends to the north or east. More of the terrain faces the sun.
By difficulty
Novice 1
Easy 21
Intermediate 71
Advanced 15
Freeride 5
Lift types
- Platter9
- Chairlift6
- Gondola5
- Magic carpet4
- T-bar1
See past trail maps on Skimap.org ↗
Source: OpenSkiMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL 1.0). How finely ski areas are drawn varies by region, so treat the counts as indicative. Vertical is the difference between the highest and lowest points of the mapped runs and lifts.
Live Cameras
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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.
Seasonal snowfall
294 cm
per season
Worst of 12 winters
186 cm
A typical winter: 301 cm. The best: 483 cm.
World rank
503
of 3,069 worldwide
Rank in country
95
of 283 in Switzerland
Elevation rank
28
Highest to lowest, of 283 in Switzerland. The centre point sits at 2,167 m, 730 m above the national median.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anzère | 7.2 km | 357 cm | 268 |
| Vercorin | 12 km | 349 cm | 285 |
| Leukerbad (Torrent) | 12 km | 356 cm | 274 |
| Engstligenalp | 12 km | 374 cm | 217 |
| Lenk - Wallegg | 13 km | 344 cm | 293 |
When it falls, and how winters differ
Month by month
Month by month, the most snow falls in January. March brings 76% of January’s snowfall. That is in line with the median for ski areas in Switzerland (76%). In amount, March brings 67 cm, about the same as the median of 60 cm.
81cmDec
88cmJan
59cmFeb
67cmMar
Winter by winter
Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 294 cm, and 5 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2016/17 with 186 cm; the biggest was 2017/18 with 483 cm (2.6 times as much). For 47% of the 283 ski areas in Switzerland, the leanest winter was the same 2016/17: bad winters tend to hit a whole region at once.
186
483
14/1515/1616/1717/1818/1919/2020/2121/2222/2323/2424/2525/26
Snowfall each winter (December–March total). The dashed line is the average; the numbers mark the leanest and the biggest winter.
Map
Where it sits relative to nearby resorts. For a piste map, see the official site.
Official piste map ↗ Coordinates: 46.3399, 7.4955
More places to look
Guides covering Switzerland
- Everywhere on Earth You Climb for Snow. Japan Is the One Place You Drive Toward the Sea. Across 3,069 ski areas we measure, height and snowfall move together — +0.58 in France, +0.85 in Germany. In Japan the figure is +0.02. The reason is not that elevation stopped working.
- A Black Run in Colorado and a Black Run in Austria Are Not the Same Thing. The Maps Prove It. Across 2,888 ski areas: 39% of American runs are graded advanced or harder, and 9% of Austrian ones. Nobody thinks Austria is four times gentler. The grades are measuring different things.
- 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.
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Updated: 8 Oct 2026, 00:52