Ifen
Ifen is a ski area in Austria, at about 1,653 m. Its mapped area is about 4.1 km across, with 33 marked runs and 4 lifts (about 21 km of piste in all).
Over the last twelve winters the ERA5 weather model gives it 361 cm of snowfall a season, 246th (tied) of 3,069 worldwide and 3rd in Austria. It swings a lot from year to year: the biggest winter, 2018/19 (533 cm), brought more than twice as much as the leanest, 2025/26 (250 cm). January is usually the snowiest month, with about 112 cm.
The nearest city of any size is Zurich, about 119 km away.
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heuberg Arena/Walmendingerhorn | 2.3 km | 361 cm | 246 |
| Wildentallift | 4.3 km | 318 cm | 408 |
| Fellhorn/Kanzelwand | 7.4 km | 361 cm | 246 |
| Kleinwalsertal-Oberstdorf | 7.9 km | 361 cm | 246 |
| Kleinwalsertal-Oberstdorf | 7.9 km | 361 cm | 246 |
When it falls, and how winters differ
Month by month
Month by month, the most snow falls in January. March brings 77% of January’s snowfall. That is in line with the median for ski areas in Austria (75%). In amount, March brings 86 cm, more than the median of 49 cm.
Winter by winter
Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 361 cm, and 6 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2025/26 with 250 cm; the biggest was 2018/19 with 533 cm (2.1 times as much).
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 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
- Gondola2
- Platter1
- Chairlift1
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
This ski area does not put a camera on its own slopes. What follows are nearby cameras, not the pistes themselves.
Footage remains the copyright of each operator. JAPANSNOWLINE neither stores nor redistributes it.
Some cameras here are provided by Windy.com. Footage plays in Windy’s own player; we do not store it. Windy.com
Map
Where it sits relative to nearby resorts. For a piste map, see the official site.
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Updated: 8 Oct 2026, 00:52