Ylläs Ski Resort, Ylläsjärvi is a ski area in Finland, at about 428 m. Its mapped area is about 2.8 km across, with 64 marked runs and 3 lifts (about 21 km of piste in all).
Over the last twelve winters the ERA5 weather model gives it 117 cm of snowfall a season, 2,129th (tied) of 3,069 worldwide and 15th in Finland. Its winters are fairly steady; even the leanest, 2017/18 (94 cm), reached 80% of the average. December brings as much snow as January here (38 and 29 cm on average).
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. Snow report on the official site ↗
Score breakdown
Powder Score v1.0.0
7-day outlook
| Date | Snow | Temp | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|
| ☀️ 8 Oct | 0 | -1.4 / 4.7 | 22 |
| 🌤️ 9 Oct | 0 | -1.9 / 1.9 | 19.4 |
| ☁️ 10 Oct | 0 | -3.3 / 0.1 | 21.2 |
| ☁️ 11 Oct | 0 | -2.6 / 0 | 9.5 |
| 🌨️ 12 Oct | 0.4 | -6.1 / -0.7 | 9 |
| 🌨️ 13 Oct | 0.7 | -1.5 / 0.9 | 22 |
| 🌦️ 14 Oct | 0 | 1.6 / 4.8 | 24.4 |
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
54% 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
- Magic carpet2
- Platter1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ylläs Ski Resort, Äkäslompolo | 2.5 km | 117 cm | 2129 |
| Levi Ski Resort | 37 km | 106 cm | 2301 |
| Olos Ski Resort | 45 km | 103 cm | 2336 |
When it falls, and how winters differ
Month by month
Month by month, the most snow falls in December. March brings 90% of January’s snowfall. That is a gentler fall than the median for ski areas in Finland (80%). In amount, March brings 26 cm, about the same as the median of 23 cm.
Winter by winter
Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 117 cm, and 6 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2017/18 with 94 cm; the biggest was 2019/20 with 146 cm (1.6 times as much).
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