Verbier, in Valais, Switzerland, runs from 1,500 m at the base to 3,330 m at the top. The map shows 352 marked runs and 77 lifts (about 175 km of piste in all).
Over the last twelve winters the ERA5 weather model gives it 323 cm of snowfall a season, 390th (tied) of 3,069 worldwide and 56th in Switzerland. It swings a lot from year to year: the biggest winter, 2017/18 (505 cm), brought more than twice as much as the leanest, 2016/17 (208 cm). March still brings 77 cm on average, close to January, its snowiest month.
The nearest city of any size is Lausanne, about 66 km away.
Snow 24h
0cm
Snow 48h
0cm
Next 24h
0cm
Next 72h
0.2cm
Temperature
3.5℃
Max wind
12.2km/h
Elevation
1500–3330m
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 8/10
Base 2/5
Powder Score v1.0.0
7-day outlook
| Date | Snow | Temp | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🌧️ 8 Oct | 0 | 1 / 6.2 | 12.2 |
| 🌧️ 9 Oct | 0 | 0.3 / 4.2 | 4.9 |
| 🌧️ 10 Oct | 0.1 | 1.7 / 4.4 | 8.9 |
| ☁️ 11 Oct | 0.8 | 0.7 / 4.5 | 4.3 |
| 🌤️ 12 Oct | 0 | 0.9 / 6.8 | 7.1 |
| ☁️ 13 Oct | 0 | 4.1 / 9.4 | 8.9 |
| ☁️ 14 Oct | 0 | 5 / 8.3 | 8.7 |
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.
The figures are for the whole of “4 Vallées – Verbier/La Tzoumaz/Nendaz/Veysonnaz/Thyon”, which the map draws as one ski area.
Marked runs
352
Run length
175km
Lifts
77
Vertical
2,396m
Top 3,301 m · base 905 m
Run map
NoviceEasyIntermediateAdvancedFreerideOther Lift
The shape of the mountain
Longest run on the map4.2 km
Steepest pitch33°measured over at least 30 m
Average gradient of the runs10.5°
Which way the slopes face
North 33%
East 25%
South 17%
West 26%
58% 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
Novice 1
Easy 150
Intermediate 157
Advanced 28
Freeride 13
Other 3
Lift types
- Platter19
- Chairlift17
- Gondola12
- Magic carpet9
- T-bar6
- Cable car6
- Mixed gondola/chair4
- Rope tow2
- Drag lift1
- Funicular1
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
This ski area does not put a camera on its own slopes. What follows are nearby cameras, not the pistes themselves.
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Some cameras here are provided by Windy.com. Footage plays in Windy’s own player; we do not store it. Windy.com
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
323 cm
per season
Worst of 12 winters
208 cm
A typical winter: 305 cm. The best: 505 cm.
World rank
390
of 3,069 worldwide
Rank in country
56
of 283 in Switzerland
Elevation rank
23
Highest to lowest, of 283 in Switzerland. The centre point sits at 2,200 m, 763 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Vallées – Verbier/La Tzoumaz/Nendaz/Veysonnaz/Thyon | 5.5 km | 337 cm | 319 |
| Lourtier | 5.9 km | 258 cm | 673 |
| Champex-Lac | 12 km | 380 cm | 204 |
| Ovronnaz | 14 km | 336 cm | 322 |
| Vichères-Bavon | 14 km | 376 cm | 213 |
When it falls, and how winters differ
Month by month
Month by month, the most snow falls in January. March brings 82% of January’s snowfall. That is in line with the median for ski areas in Switzerland (76%). In amount, March brings 77 cm, more than the median of 60 cm.
79cmDec
94cmJan
73cmFeb
77cmMar
Winter by winter
Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 323 cm, and 7 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2016/17 with 208 cm; the biggest was 2017/18 with 505 cm (2.4 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.
208
505
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: 46.0961, 7.2286
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