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Saalbach-Hinterglemm

AT·Salzburg◇Part of Skicircus Saalbach Hinterglemm Leogang Fieberbrunn· 270kmless snow sure
livelyfamily-friendlymodernBackcountry / off-pisteIntermediate paradise
Weeks 49–53

Typically -4.0°C · 30cm fresh / week · powder day 40% · mixed 54%

Top elev.
2096m
Base elev.
1003m
Pistes
270km
Lifts
70
Piste mix253km mapped
Green1%
Blue56%
Red24%
Black3%
Other16%
Saalbach-Hinterglemm
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COMPOSITE SCORE
44
Snow24
Typically 50cm
Typical depth50cm
27cm79cm
Travel51
From your origin
Size88
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 ~1594m (not the village). Any single year can be very different.

Typically mixed, around -4.0°C, with 30cm of fresh snow over the week. Powder days hit 40% of the time. Other weeks run stormy.

Icy mornings
4.0 days/week
spring-like in 59% of years
Snow texture
Powdery
soft, easy turns
Typical wind
2.1 m/s
peaks to 3 m/s
Typical Freezing level
935 m
0°C isotherm
Powder days
40%
of years see 10cm+
Rain at base
2.0 days
per week
Storm
38%
of years
Bluebird
5%
of years
Thaw
3%
of years
Mixed
54%
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+
38%
Depth
47cm
Temperature
-4.0°C
Fresh snow
30cm
Snow line
936m
Wind
2.1 m/s
Trend · 76 winters

Thinner snow, and warmer air

Saalbach-Hinterglemm's typical base has been getting slightly shallower, by 3cm a decade across 76 winters. The winter freezing level has climbed 48m a decade.

84cm
90cm
96cm
85cm
84cm
75cm
72cm
60cm
1950–1959
1960–1969
1970–1979
1980–1989
1990–1999
2000–2009
2010–2019
2020–2025
Winter to winter
23–157cm

Across single winters (1989–90 to 1974–75).

Typical base
−24cm

1950–1959 to 2020–2025. The Salzburg region moved −18cm.

Freezing level
+48m

Per decade. 1042m in 1950–1959, 1417m 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
Innsbruck (INN)149 min
Munich (MUC)171 min
Salzburg (SZG)88 min
Venice Marco Polo (VCE)275 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.

  • 83geosphere
  • 178geosphere