Hemsedal, in Viken, Norway, runs from 620 m at the base to 1,497 m at the top. The map shows 94 marked runs and 22 lifts (about 48 km of piste in all).
Over the last twelve winters the ERA5 weather model gives it 189 cm of snowfall a season, 1,248th (tied) of 3,069 worldwide and 75th in Norway. Its winters are fairly steady; even the leanest, 2016/17 (134 cm), reached 71% of the average. December brings as much snow as January here (53 and 52 cm on average).
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
Powder Score v1.0.0
7-day outlook
| Date | Snow | Temp | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🌦️ 8 Oct | 0 | -0.3 / 2.7 | 26.6 |
| 🌨️ 9 Oct | 1 | -2.5 / 0.9 | 19.8 |
| 🌨️ 10 Oct | 4.4 | -1.4 / 0.1 | 14.4 |
| ❄️ 11 Oct | 0.1 | -2.7 / 1.4 | 4 |
| 🌨️ 12 Oct | 0.2 | -6.8 / 0.3 | 4.2 |
| 🌧️ 13 Oct | 0 | -0.1 / 5 | 10.4 |
| 🌦️ 14 Oct | 0 | 0.5 / 4.3 | 8.8 |
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.
Run map
The shape of the mountain
Which way the slopes face
82% of the vertical on the runs descends to the north or east. Those slopes get the least sun, so the snow lasts longer.
By difficulty
Lift types
- Platter8
- Chairlift5
- Magic carpet5
- T-bar4
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ål skisenter | 23 km | 153 cm | 1621 |
| Skarslia Ski- og Akesenter | 25 km | 203 cm | 1130 |
| Skagahøgdi skisenter | 26 km | 118 cm | 2117 |
| Brattstølen Skisenter | 35 km | 137 cm | 1843 |
| Hallingskarvet skisenter | 38 km | 236 cm | 816 |
When it falls, and how winters differ
Month by month
Month by month, the most snow falls in December. March brings 83% of January’s snowfall. That is a gentler fall than the median for ski areas in Norway (75%). In amount, March brings 43 cm, about the same as the median of 47 cm.
Winter by winter
Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 189 cm, and 5 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2016/17 with 134 cm; the biggest was 2019/20 with 254 cm (1.9 times as much). For 27% of the 135 ski areas in Norway, the leanest winter was the same 2016/17: 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.
Map
Where it sits relative to nearby resorts. For a piste map, see the official site.
Official piste map ↗More places to look
Updated: 8 Oct 2026, 00:52