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Andermatt

CH·Uri◇Part of SkiArena Andermatt-Sedrun-Disentis· 180km
traditionalquietBackcountry / off-piste
Weeks 1–4

Typically -6.0°C · 27cm fresh / week · powder day 45% · mixed 49%

Top elev.
2961m
Base elev.
1444m
Pistes
180km
Lifts
33
Piste mix70km mapped
Green1%
Blue40%
Red39%
Black11%
Double-black1%
Freeride8%
Andermatt
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COMPOSITE SCORE
61
Snow79
Typically 155cm
Typical depth155cm
108cm184cm
Travel31
From your origin
Size81
Piste km, discounted for linked-area connectivity
Fit50
Vibe, terrain, activities
What to expect

What to expect in weeks 1–4

Based on 29 winters of weather data, modelled at ~2665m (not the village). Any single year can be very different.

Typically mixed, around -6.0°C, with 27cm of fresh snow over the week. Powder days hit 45% of the time. Other weeks run stormy.

Icy mornings
0.3 days/week
spring-like in 3% of years
Snow texture
Settled
packed, predictable piste
Typical wind
22.2 m/s
peaks to 26 m/s
Typical Freezing level
1283 m
0°C isotherm
Powder days
45%
of years see 10cm+
Rain at base
1.7 days
per week
Storm
33%
of years
Bluebird
15%
of years
Thaw
3%
of years
Mixed
49%
of years
Climatology

What a season here looks like

Each track shows the typical range across 29 winters. The marker shows where your selected weeks sit.

Reliability60cm+
100%
Depth
155cm
Temperature
-6.0°C
Fresh snow
27cm
Snow line
1284m
Wind
22.2 m/s
Trend · 76 winters

Thinner snow, and warmer air

Andermatt's typical base has been getting slightly shallower, by 2cm a decade across 76 winters. The winter freezing level has climbed 37m a decade.

68cm
67cm
67cm
62cm
62cm
62cm
63cm
51cm
1950–1959
1960–1969
1970–1979
1980–1989
1990–1999
2000–2009
2010–2019
2020–2025
Winter to winter
38–101cm

Across single winters (2001–02 to 1974–75).

Typical base
−17cm

1950–1959 to 2020–2025. The Other Swiss Alps region moved −29cm.

Freezing level
+37m

Per decade. 1654m in 1950–1959, 1939m now.

Calibrated reanalysis, 1950–2025. Bars are each winter's mean base, rules each decade's mean. 2020–2025 holds 6 winters, not ten. Every figure here averages a full season, so none of them will match the readings for your chosen weeks above.

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Transfers

Transfers

AirportDriveTrain
Bern (BRN)133 min
Friedrichshafen (FDH)178 min
Milan Malpensa (MXP)144 min
Zürich (ZRH)124 min
Method & sources

We weigh snow reliability against this resort's own history, add live conditions where we have them, then adjust for how hard the trip is for your group.

  1. 01ERA5-Land hourly grid → daily SWE & snow depth at the resort cell.
  2. 02Bias-correct against ground stations (SLF / Météo-France nivôse).
  3. 03Build per-week climatological percentile · 30 winters.
  4. 04Anomaly = current week vs. cell's own 30-year baseline.
  5. 05Snow-sure read at the highest-snow cell within ~15km. When most resorts are bare, ranking shifts toward this, surfacing glaciers in shoulder seasons.
  6. 06Weight + rank against your origin & vibe profile.
Sources

Snow data sources

Ground stations the score is based on.

  • GOS3slf
  • URS2slf