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Lenzerheide

CH·Graubünden◇Part of Arosa Lenzerheide· 225kmless snow sure
family-friendlymoderniconic-viewBackcountry / off-pisteExpert terrainIntermediate paradiseLearner-friendly
Linked terrain

A single five-minute cable car, the Urdenbahn, joins the two valleys, and crossing over and back in a day is routine. It is the only ski link — if it shuts, the way home runs by road via Chur.

Weeks 49–53

Typically -2.8°C · 25cm fresh / week · powder day 38% · mixed 50%

Top elev.
2865m
Base elev.
1230m
Pistes
225km
Lifts
43
Piste mix164km mapped
Green1%
Blue57%
Red31%
Black9%
Freeride3%
Lenzerheide
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COMPOSITE SCORE
47
Snow40
Typically 73cm
Typical depth73cm
52cm107cm
Travel38
From your origin
Size85
Piste km, discounted for linked-area connectivity
Fit50
Vibe, terrain, activities
What to expect

What to expect in weeks 49–53

Based on 29 winters of weather data, modelled at ~2629m (not the village). Any single year can be very different.

Typically mixed, around -2.8°C, with 25cm of fresh snow over the week. Powder days hit 38% of the time. Other weeks run stormy.

Icy mornings
2.2 days/week
spring-like in 29% of years
Snow texture
Powdery
soft, easy turns
Typical wind
15.1 m/s
peaks to 23 m/s
Typical Freezing level
1608 m
0°C isotherm
Powder days
38%
of years see 10cm+
Rain at base
3.5 days
per week
Storm
28%
of years
Bluebird
8%
of years
Thaw
13%
of years
Mixed
50%
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+
68%
Depth
76cm
Temperature
-2.8°C
Fresh snow
25cm
Snow line
1609m
Wind
15.1 m/s
Trend · 76 winters

Thinner snow, and warmer air

Lenzerheide's typical base has been getting slightly shallower, by 4cm a decade across 76 winters. The winter freezing level has climbed 44m a decade.

150cm
156cm
154cm
138cm
139cm
144cm
136cm
115cm
1950–1959
1960–1969
1970–1979
1980–1989
1990–1999
2000–2009
2010–2019
2020–2025
Winter to winter
74–244cm

Across single winters (2015–16 to 1974–75).

Typical base
−34cm

1950–1959 to 2020–2025. The Graubünden region moved −24cm.

Freezing level
+44m

Per decade. 1818m in 1950–1959, 2148m 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)202 min
Friedrichshafen (FDH)111 min
Milan Malpensa (MXP)179 min
Zürich (ZRH)142 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.

  • ROT3slf
  • PAR2slf