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Zell am See / Kaprun

AT·SalzburgPart of Zell am See-Kaprun· 138kmless snow sure
family-friendlylivelyiconic-viewrail-accessible
Linked terrain

The piste breakdown and terrain figures shown are for the whole linked area. Shuttle bus or train reaches the other resorts here, not lifts. Expect to stay in this sector most days.

Weeks 40–44

Typically -3.4°C · 5cm fresh / week · powder day 31% · mixed 48%

Top elev.
3029m
Base elev.
757m
Pistes
138km
Lifts
53
Piste mix106km mapped
Green3%
Blue40%
Red33%
Black16%
Double-black1%
Freeride7%
Other1%
COMPOSITE SCORE
48
Snow40
Typically 3cm
Typical depth3cm
1cm16cm
Travel57
From your origin
Size58
Piste km, discounted for linked-area connectivity
Fit50
Vibe, terrain, activities
What to expect

What to expect in weeks 40–44

Based on 29 winters of weather data, modelled at ~750m (not the village). Any single year can be very different.

Typically mixed, around -3.4°C, with 5cm of fresh snow over the week. Powder days hit 31% of the time. Other weeks run cold and clear or stormy.

Icy mornings
2.2 days/week
spring-like in 24% of years
Snow texture
Powdery
soft, easy turns
Typical wind
1.9 m/s
peaks to 3 m/s
Typical Freezing level
1374 m
0°C isotherm
Powder days
31%
of years see 10cm+
Rain at base
2.0 days
per week
Storm
21%
of years
Bluebird
31%
of years
Thaw
0%
of years
Mixed
48%
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+
0%
Depth
3cm
Temperature
-3.4°C
Fresh snow
5cm
Snow line
1374m
Wind
1.9 m/s
Trend · 76 winters

Thinner snow, and warmer air

Zell am See / Kaprun's typical base has been getting slightly shallower, by 3cm a decade across 76 winters. The winter freezing level has climbed 48m a decade.

83cm
90cm
94cm
82cm
81cm
72cm
72cm
62cm
1950–1959
1960–1969
1970–1979
1980–1989
1990–1999
2000–2009
2010–2019
2020–2025
Winter to winter
25–161cm

Across single winters (1989–90 to 1964–65).

Typical base
−21cm

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

Freezing level
+48m

Per decade. 261m in 1950–1959, 625m now. Still 132m below the village.

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)139 min
Munich (MUC)161 min
Salzburg (SZG)78 min
Venice Marco Polo (VCE)257 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