Ведмежа
Ведмежа is a ski area in Ukraine, at about 372 m. Its mapped area is about 0.6 km across, with 3 marked runs and 3 lifts (about 1 km of piste in all).
Over the last twelve winters the ERA5 weather model gives it 124 cm of snowfall a season, 2,044th (tied) of 3,069 worldwide and 5th in Ukraine. It swings a lot from year to year: the biggest winter, 2017/18 (210 cm), brought more than 4 times as much as the leanest, 2024/25 (48 cm). January is usually the snowiest month, with about 45 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Voievodyno | 24 km | 106 cm | 2301 |
| Гірськолижний комплекс "Плай" | 37 km | 129 cm | 1976 |
| Western Rehabilitation and Sport Center of the National Sports Committee for the Disabled of Ukraine | 43 km | 146 cm | 1714 |
When it falls, and how winters differ
Month by month
Month by month, the most snow falls in January. March brings 27% of January’s snowfall. That is a steeper fall than the median for ski areas in Ukraine (40%): the snow here is concentrated early in the season. In amount, March brings 12 cm, about the same as the median of 12 cm.
Winter by winter
Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 124 cm, and 7 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2024/25 with 48 cm; the biggest was 2017/18 with 210 cm (4.4 times as much). For 89% of the 9 ski areas in Ukraine, 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 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
100% 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
- T-bar1
- Platter1
- Rope tow1
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.
Map
Where it sits relative to nearby resorts. For a piste map, see the official site.
More places to look
Updated: 8 Oct 2026, 00:52