Lyžiarske a rekreačné stredisko Veľké Ostré
Lyžiarske a rekreačné stredisko Veľké Ostré is a ski area in Slovakia, at about 563 m. Within 2.5 km of its centre the map shows 1 marked run and 2 lifts (about 1.4 km of piste).
Over the last twelve winters the ERA5 weather model gives it 85 cm of snowfall a season, 2,528th (tied) of 3,069 worldwide and 52nd in Slovakia. It swings a lot from year to year: the biggest winter, 2018/19 (127 cm), brought more than 3 times as much as the leanest, 2024/25 (39 cm). January is usually the snowiest month, with about 31 cm.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holý diel | 15 km | 90 cm | 2478 |
| Veľká Rača | 18 km | 137 cm | 1843 |
| Športcentrum Oščadnica | 18 km | 111 cm | 2224 |
| Vrátna | 18 km | 134 cm | 1892 |
| SKI Bukovina Turzovka | 19 km | 86 cm | 2519 |
When it falls, and how winters differ
Month by month
Month by month, the most snow falls in January. March brings 26% of January’s snowfall. That is a steeper fall than the median for ski areas in Slovakia (40%): the snow here is concentrated early in the season. In amount, March brings 8 cm, less than the median of 12 cm.
Winter by winter
Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 85 cm, and 5 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2024/25 with 39 cm; the biggest was 2018/19 with 127 cm (3.3 times as much). For 74% of the 87 ski areas in Slovakia, the leanest winter was the same 2024/25: 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 2.5 km of the centre of the ski area. These are not the resort’s own published figures.
Lift types
- Platter2
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
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