Saison de ski, mois par mois dans le monde

1. 🏙️ Catane 🇮🇹 ItalieSkiing on Etna · 20 déc. – 31 mars (en général)Nicolosi and Piano Provenzana run a handful of lifts on the volcano in a normal winter, an hour above a coast where the oranges are being picked.78
2. 🥾 Imlil 🇲🇦 MarocWinter on Toubkal · 1 déc. – 31 mars (en général)Snow and ice above three thousand metres: crampons, an axe and someone who knows the avalanche history, or a ski-touring trip instead.76
3. 🏙️ Beyrouth 🇱🇧 LibanSki season above the city · 20 déc. – 31 mars (en général)Faraya and the Cedars are inside two hours of the corniche, which is where the old line about skiing and swimming in one day comes from.75
4. 🏖️ Nice 🇫🇷 FranceSki day trips open · 5 déc. – 10 avr. (en général)Isola 2000 and Auron are about ninety minutes from the seafront and run from December to early April.73
5. 🥾 Manali 🇮🇳 IndeSnow season at Solang · 20 déc. – 28 févr.Solang and the slopes above town are where the plains come to see snow, which is a different activity from skiing.73
6. 🏙️ Grenade 🇪🇸 EspagneSierra Nevada ski season · 28 nov. – 30 avr. (en général)Europe's southernmost resort is forty minutes up the road and runs from late November into April, later than the Alps in a good year because of the altitude.73
7. 🏖️ Taormine 🇮🇹 ItalieSnow on Etna · 15 déc. – 31 mars (en général)The volcano usually holds snow from midwinter, which is the view Taormina is built around, and the two small lift areas at Nicolosi and Linguaglossa run when it does.72
8. 🏝️ Grytviken Géorgie du Sud-et-les îles Sandwich du SudSnow season · 1–28 janv. (en général)About 38 cm of snow falls in the month.72
9. 🏙️ Punakha 🇧🇹 BhoutanSnow season · 1–28 janv. (en général)About 40 cm of snow falls in the month.71
10. 🥾 Thimphou 🇧🇹 BhoutanSnow season · 1–28 janv. (en général)About 32 cm of snow falls in the month.68
11. 🏙️ Tbilissi 🇬🇪 GéorgieCaucasus ski season · 15 déc. – 10 avr. (en général)Gudauri is two hours up the military highway and runs on cheap lift passes and a lot of off-piste.66
12. 🏙️ Téhéran 🇮🇷 IranSki season above the city · 15 déc. – 10 avr. (en général)Dizin, Shemshak and the Tochal gondola from the top of the metro line: real snow, an hour from the centre, and a season that usually runs from December into April.64
13. 🥾 El Chaltén 🇦🇷 ArgentineSnow season · 1–28 janv. (en général)About 71 cm of snow falls in the month.64
14. 🏙️ Denver 🇺🇸 États-UnisMountain ski season · 25 oct. – 20 avr. (en général)Denver is the airport for the I-70 resorts, which turn lifts from late October to April.63
15. 🏙️ Turin 🇮🇹 ItalieSki season in the valleys · 5 déc. – 5 avr. (en général)Sestriere and the rest of the Milky Way are ninety minutes up the valley, which is why Turin fills with ski traffic at weekends and empties into the mountains at Christmas and Carnival.62
16. 🏙️ Boulder 🇺🇸 États-UnisSnow season · 1–28 janv. (en général)About 31 cm of snow falls in the month.62
17. 🏙️ Reno 🇺🇸 États-UnisTahoe ski season · 20 nov. – 15 avr. (en général)Reno is the cheap bed for the north Tahoe resorts, forty-five minutes up the hill at Mount Rose and an hour to the lake.62
18. 🏙️ Douchanbé 🇹🇯 TadjikistanSafed-Dara ski season · 15 déc. – 20 mars (en général)Tajikistan's main ski resort, an hour north of the capital, opens once there is enough snow, usually mid-December, and runs until about Navruz.61
19. 🏙️ Trabzon 🇹🇷 TurquieZigana ski season · 15 déc. – 31 mars (en général)The pass an hour inland holds snow through the winter and runs a small lift system, which is more a local weekend thing than a resort.61
20. 🏙️ Rize 🇹🇷 TurquieAyder heliski season · 15 janv. – 31 mars (en général)Turkey's only professional heliskiing flies from Ayder into the Kaçkar Mountains once the snowpack has settled, usually mid-January to the end of March.61
21. 🏙️ Bursa 🇹🇷 TurquieUludağ ski season · 15 déc. – 31 mars (en général)The lifts usually run from the middle of December to the end of March, with January and February the dependable months.60
22. ⛷️ Oukaïmden 🇲🇦 MarocAtlas ski season · 1 janv. – 10 mars (en général)Africa's highest lift runs when there is cover, and January into February is when there usually is.58
23. 🏙️ Tachkent 🇺🇿 OuzbékistanChimgan ski season · 15 déc. – 20 mars (en général)Chimgan and Amirsoy are an hour and a half up the road, which makes this one of the few capitals you can ski from and be back for dinner.58
24. 🏙️ Bolzano 🇮🇹 ItalieDolomite ski season · 5 déc. – 6 avr. (en général)The city itself rarely holds snow, but Obereggen, Carezza and the Alpe di Siusi are half an hour up the road and run from early December to just after Easter.58
25. 🏙️ Koutaïssi 🇬🇪 GéorgieSnow season · 1–28 janv. (en général)About 44 cm of snow falls in the month.58

…et 208 de plus en janvier.

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1. 🏙️ Beyrouth 🇱🇧 LibanSki season above the city · 20 déc. – 31 mars (en général)Faraya and the Cedars are inside two hours of the corniche, which is where the old line about skiing and swimming in one day comes from.81
2. 🏙️ Grenade 🇪🇸 EspagneSierra Nevada ski season · 28 nov. – 30 avr. (en général)Europe's southernmost resort is forty minutes up the road and runs from late November into April, later than the Alps in a good year because of the altitude.80
3. 🏙️ Catane 🇮🇹 ItalieSkiing on Etna · 20 déc. – 31 mars (en général)Nicolosi and Piano Provenzana run a handful of lifts on the volcano in a normal winter, an hour above a coast where the oranges are being picked.80
4. 🥾 Imlil 🇲🇦 MarocWinter on Toubkal · 1 déc. – 31 mars (en général)Snow and ice above three thousand metres: crampons, an axe and someone who knows the avalanche history, or a ski-touring trip instead.77
5. 🏖️ Nice 🇫🇷 FranceSki day trips open · 5 déc. – 10 avr. (en général)Isola 2000 and Auron are about ninety minutes from the seafront and run from December to early April.76
6. 🏖️ Taormine 🇮🇹 ItalieSnow on Etna · 15 déc. – 31 mars (en général)The volcano usually holds snow from midwinter, which is the view Taormina is built around, and the two small lift areas at Nicolosi and Linguaglossa run when it does.75
7. 🥾 Manali 🇮🇳 IndeSnow season at Solang · 20 déc. – 28 févr.Solang and the slopes above town are where the plains come to see snow, which is a different activity from skiing.73
8. 🏙️ Tbilissi 🇬🇪 GéorgieCaucasus ski season · 15 déc. – 10 avr. (en général)Gudauri is two hours up the military highway and runs on cheap lift passes and a lot of off-piste.70
9. 🏙️ Téhéran 🇮🇷 IranSki season above the city · 15 déc. – 10 avr. (en général)Dizin, Shemshak and the Tochal gondola from the top of the metro line: real snow, an hour from the centre, and a season that usually runs from December into April.70
10. 🏝️ Grytviken Géorgie du Sud-et-les îles Sandwich du SudSnow season · 1–28 févr. (en général)About 34 cm of snow falls in the month.70
11. 🏙️ Turin 🇮🇹 ItalieSki season in the valleys · 5 déc. – 5 avr. (en général)Sestriere and the rest of the Milky Way are ninety minutes up the valley, which is why Turin fills with ski traffic at weekends and empties into the mountains at Christmas and Carnival.68
12. 🥾 El Chaltén 🇦🇷 ArgentineSnow season · 1–28 févr. (en général)About 56 cm of snow falls in the month.68
13. 🏙️ Douchanbé 🇹🇯 TadjikistanSafed-Dara ski season · 15 déc. – 20 mars (en général)Tajikistan's main ski resort, an hour north of the capital, opens once there is enough snow, usually mid-December, and runs until about Navruz.67
14. 🏙️ Santa Fe 🇺🇸 États-UnisSki season · 25 nov. – 5 avr. (en général)The ski area is twenty-five minutes up the mountain from the plaza and tops out above 3,600 metres, which is why a town at this latitude has a season at all.67
15. 🏙️ Bolzano 🇮🇹 ItalieDolomite ski season · 5 déc. – 6 avr. (en général)The city itself rarely holds snow, but Obereggen, Carezza and the Alpe di Siusi are half an hour up the road and run from early December to just after Easter.67
16. 🏙️ Trabzon 🇹🇷 TurquieZigana ski season · 15 déc. – 31 mars (en général)The pass an hour inland holds snow through the winter and runs a small lift system, which is more a local weekend thing than a resort.67
17. 🏙️ Bursa 🇹🇷 TurquieUludağ ski season · 15 déc. – 31 mars (en général)The lifts usually run from the middle of December to the end of March, with January and February the dependable months.67
18. 🏙️ Reno 🇺🇸 États-UnisTahoe ski season · 20 nov. – 15 avr. (en général)Reno is the cheap bed for the north Tahoe resorts, forty-five minutes up the hill at Mount Rose and an hour to the lake.67
19. 🏙️ Punakha 🇧🇹 BhoutanSnow season · 1–28 févr. (en général)About 31 cm of snow falls in the month.67
20. 🏙️ Rize 🇹🇷 TurquieAyder heliski season · 15 janv. – 31 mars (en général)Turkey's only professional heliskiing flies from Ayder into the Kaçkar Mountains once the snowpack has settled, usually mid-January to the end of March.67
21. 🥾 Thimphou 🇧🇹 BhoutanSnow season · 1–28 févr. (en général)About 37 cm of snow falls in the month.66
22. 🏙️ Denver 🇺🇸 États-UnisMountain ski season · 25 oct. – 20 avr. (en général)Denver is the airport for the I-70 resorts, which turn lifts from late October to April.66
23. 🏙️ Boulder 🇺🇸 États-UnisSnow season · 1–28 févr. (en général)About 33 cm of snow falls in the month.66
24. 🏙️ Tachkent 🇺🇿 OuzbékistanChimgan ski season · 15 déc. – 20 mars (en général)Chimgan and Amirsoy are an hour and a half up the road, which makes this one of the few capitals you can ski from and be back for dinner.65
25. 🏙️ Sofia 🇧🇬 BulgarieVitosha ski season · 20 déc. – 25 mars (en général)Aleko, on the mountain directly above the city, is reachable by public bus in under an hour — a small, temperamental area that opens late and shuts early, but no other European capital has one at all.64

…et 197 de plus en février.

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1. 🏙️ Beyrouth 🇱🇧 LibanSki season above the city · 20 déc. – 31 mars (en général)Faraya and the Cedars are inside two hours of the corniche, which is where the old line about skiing and swimming in one day comes from.86
2. 🏙️ Catane 🇮🇹 ItalieSkiing on Etna · 20 déc. – 31 mars (en général)Nicolosi and Piano Provenzana run a handful of lifts on the volcano in a normal winter, an hour above a coast where the oranges are being picked.86
3. 🏙️ Téhéran 🇮🇷 IranSki season above the city · 15 déc. – 10 avr. (en général)Dizin, Shemshak and the Tochal gondola from the top of the metro line: real snow, an hour from the centre, and a season that usually runs from December into April.81
4. 🏙️ Grenade 🇪🇸 EspagneSierra Nevada ski season · 28 nov. – 30 avr. (en général)Europe's southernmost resort is forty minutes up the road and runs from late November into April, later than the Alps in a good year because of the altitude.81
5. 🥾 Imlil 🇲🇦 MarocWinter on Toubkal · 1 déc. – 31 mars (en général)Snow and ice above three thousand metres: crampons, an axe and someone who knows the avalanche history, or a ski-touring trip instead.81
6. 🏖️ Nice 🇫🇷 FranceSki day trips open · 5 déc. – 10 avr. (en général)Isola 2000 and Auron are about ninety minutes from the seafront and run from December to early April.80
7. 🏖️ Taormine 🇮🇹 ItalieSnow on Etna · 15 déc. – 31 mars (en général)The volcano usually holds snow from midwinter, which is the view Taormina is built around, and the two small lift areas at Nicolosi and Linguaglossa run when it does.78
8. 🏙️ Tachkent 🇺🇿 OuzbékistanChimgan ski season · 15 déc. – 20 mars (en général)Chimgan and Amirsoy are an hour and a half up the road, which makes this one of the few capitals you can ski from and be back for dinner.77
9. 🏙️ Bolzano 🇮🇹 ItalieDolomite ski season · 5 déc. – 6 avr. (en général)The city itself rarely holds snow, but Obereggen, Carezza and the Alpe di Siusi are half an hour up the road and run from early December to just after Easter.76
10. 🏙️ Denver 🇺🇸 États-UnisMountain ski season · 25 oct. – 20 avr. (en général)Denver is the airport for the I-70 resorts, which turn lifts from late October to April.75
11. 🏙️ Santa Fe 🇺🇸 États-UnisSki season · 25 nov. – 5 avr. (en général)The ski area is twenty-five minutes up the mountain from the plaza and tops out above 3,600 metres, which is why a town at this latitude has a season at all.75
12. 🏙️ Reno 🇺🇸 États-UnisTahoe ski season · 20 nov. – 15 avr. (en général)Reno is the cheap bed for the north Tahoe resorts, forty-five minutes up the hill at Mount Rose and an hour to the lake.75
13. 🏙️ Séoul 🇰🇷 Corée du SudSki season an hour out · 10 déc. – 5 mars (en général)The Gangwon resorts run on cold, dry, machine-heavy snow from December, and the day trips from Seoul are the reason people ski here at all.74
14. 🏙️ Turin 🇮🇹 ItalieSki season in the valleys · 5 déc. – 5 avr. (en général)Sestriere and the rest of the Milky Way are ninety minutes up the valley, which is why Turin fills with ski traffic at weekends and empties into the mountains at Christmas and Carnival.74
15. 🏙️ Boulder 🇺🇸 États-UnisSnow season · 1–28 mars (en général)About 40 cm of snow falls in the month.74
16. 🏙️ Tbilissi 🇬🇪 GéorgieCaucasus ski season · 15 déc. – 10 avr. (en général)Gudauri is two hours up the military highway and runs on cheap lift passes and a lot of off-piste.73
17. 🏙️ Douchanbé 🇹🇯 TadjikistanSafed-Dara ski season · 15 déc. – 20 mars (en général)Tajikistan's main ski resort, an hour north of the capital, opens once there is enough snow, usually mid-December, and runs until about Navruz.73
18. 🏙️ Salt Lake City 🇺🇸 États-UnisSki season · 20 nov. – 20 avr. (en général)Four resorts sit half an hour from downtown up the Cottonwood canyons, open from late November into April.72
19. 🏙️ Bursa 🇹🇷 TurquieUludağ ski season · 15 déc. – 31 mars (en général)The lifts usually run from the middle of December to the end of March, with January and February the dependable months.72
20. 🏙️ Erevan 🇦🇲 ArménieTsaghkadzor ski season · 20 déc. – 20 mars (en général)The resort forty minutes north runs a gondola and a handful of pistes, and it is where the city goes at winter weekends.71
21. 🏙️ Sofia 🇧🇬 BulgarieVitosha ski season · 20 déc. – 25 mars (en général)Aleko, on the mountain directly above the city, is reachable by public bus in under an hour — a small, temperamental area that opens late and shuts early, but no other European capital has one at all.70
22. 🏙️ Sarajevo 🇧🇦 Bosnie-HerzégovineJahorina and Bjelašnica season · 10 déc. – 31 mars (en général)The 1984 Olympic mountains are half an hour out and lift passes cost a fraction of the Alps.70
23. 🏙️ Salzbourg 🇦🇹 AutricheSnow season · 1–28 mars (en général)About 34 cm of snow falls in the month.69
24. 🏙️ Pristina KosovoBrezovica ski season · 15 déc. – 31 mars (en général)The Sharr mountain resort is about ninety minutes south and it is where the city goes at the weekend once there is a base.69
25. 🥾 Innsbruck 🇦🇹 AutricheSki season · 5 déc. – 15 avr. (en général)Nine areas on one pass and a cable car from the middle of town up to the Nordkette, so the skiing starts at the end of a tram line rather than a transfer.68

…et 176 de plus en mars.

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1. 🏙️ Téhéran 🇮🇷 IranSki season above the city · 15 déc. – 10 avr. (en général)Dizin, Shemshak and the Tochal gondola from the top of the metro line: real snow, an hour from the centre, and a season that usually runs from December into April.93
2. 🏙️ Grenade 🇪🇸 EspagneSierra Nevada ski season · 28 nov. – 30 avr. (en général)Europe's southernmost resort is forty minutes up the road and runs from late November into April, later than the Alps in a good year because of the altitude.89
3. 🏖️ Nice 🇫🇷 FranceSki day trips open · 5 déc. – 10 avr. (en général)Isola 2000 and Auron are about ninety minutes from the seafront and run from December to early April.86
4. 🏙️ Reno 🇺🇸 États-UnisTahoe ski season · 20 nov. – 15 avr. (en général)Reno is the cheap bed for the north Tahoe resorts, forty-five minutes up the hill at Mount Rose and an hour to the lake.86
5. 🏙️ Turin 🇮🇹 ItalieSki season in the valleys · 5 déc. – 5 avr. (en général)Sestriere and the rest of the Milky Way are ninety minutes up the valley, which is why Turin fills with ski traffic at weekends and empties into the mountains at Christmas and Carnival.85
6. 🏙️ Tbilissi 🇬🇪 GéorgieCaucasus ski season · 15 déc. – 10 avr. (en général)Gudauri is two hours up the military highway and runs on cheap lift passes and a lot of off-piste.84
7. 🏙️ Bolzano 🇮🇹 ItalieDolomite ski season · 5 déc. – 6 avr. (en général)The city itself rarely holds snow, but Obereggen, Carezza and the Alpe di Siusi are half an hour up the road and run from early December to just after Easter.84
8. 🏙️ Denver 🇺🇸 États-UnisMountain ski season · 25 oct. – 20 avr. (en général)Denver is the airport for the I-70 resorts, which turn lifts from late October to April.82
9. 🏙️ Salt Lake City 🇺🇸 États-UnisSki season · 20 nov. – 20 avr. (en général)Four resorts sit half an hour from downtown up the Cottonwood canyons, open from late November into April.82
10. 🏖️ Sotchi 🇷🇺 RussieSki season up the valley · 15 déc. – 30 avr. (en général)The resorts above Krasnaya Polyana are forty minutes inland and turn their lifts from the second half of December.82
11. 🏙️ Santa Fe 🇺🇸 États-UnisSki season · 25 nov. – 5 avr. (en général)The ski area is twenty-five minutes up the mountain from the plaza and tops out above 3,600 metres, which is why a town at this latitude has a season at all.81
12. 🏙️ Boulder 🇺🇸 États-UnisSnow season · 1–28 avr. (en général)About 32 cm of snow falls in the month.80
13. 🏙️ Flagstaff 🇺🇸 États-UnisArizona Snowbowl season · 15 nov. – 10 avr. (en général)Skiing above 9,000 feet an hour and a half from Phoenix, opening when the snowmaking allows rather than on a fixed date.78
14. 🏙️ Kelowna 🇨🇦 CanadaBig White ski season · 26 nov. – 4 avr. (en général)An hour up the hill from the airport, opening around American Thanksgiving and running to early April, with the snow-ghost trees that the place is known for.78
15. 🏙️ Nagano 🇯🇵 JaponHakuba and Shiga Kogen lifts · 10 déc. – 10 avr. (en général)Nagano city is the train station the ski traffic passes through, and from December the buses west to Hakuba and east to Shiga Kogen run full.78
16. 🥾 Innsbruck 🇦🇹 AutricheSki season · 5 déc. – 15 avr. (en général)Nine areas on one pass and a cable car from the middle of town up to the Nordkette, so the skiing starts at the end of a tram line rather than a transfer.77
17. 🏙️ Annecy 🇫🇷 FranceSki season in the Aravis · 15 déc. – 10 avr. (en général)La Clusaz, Le Grand-Bornand and the Semnoz are inside an hour, so from mid-December the town carries Saturday transfer traffic it was not built for.77
18. 🏙️ Vaduz LiechtensteinMalbun ski season · 15 déc. – 5 avr. (en général)The country's only ski area sits twenty minutes above the capital at 1,600 metres: two dozen kilometres of piste, a nursery slope reputation, and no queues worth the name.77
19. 🏙️ Hallstatt 🇦🇹 AutricheSnow season · 1–28 avr. (en général)About 42 cm of snow falls in the month.76
20. 🏙️ Almaty 🇰🇿 KazakhstanSki season above the city · 1 déc. – 10 avr. (en général)The lifts at Shymbulak start a half-hour bus ride from the centre, so skiing here needs no transfer and no resort week.75
21. 🥾 Taos 🇺🇸 États-UnisSki season · 26 nov. – 5 avr. (en général)Taos Ski Valley opens around Thanksgiving and runs to early April, steep enough that it refused snowboarders until 2008.75
22. 🏙️ Bend 🇺🇸 États-UnisMt Bachelor ski season · 25 nov. – 15 mai (en général)The mountain is half an hour from town and usually turns lifts from late November into May, one of the longer seasons in the country.75
23. 🏙️ Sapporo 🇯🇵 JaponSki season in the mountains · 1 déc. – 5 avr. (en général)Niseko, Kiroro and Rusutsu are one to two hours out and run on the driest powder in the country; the city itself is the cheap bed at the end of the bus route.74
24. 🏙️ Bergen 🇳🇴 NorvègeSkiing at Voss · 5 déc. – 20 avr. (en général)The train reaches Voss in about an hour and a quarter and the gondola starts next to the station, so a ski day from Bergen is easy.74
25. 🏖️ Tcholponata 🇰🇬 KirghizistanSnow season · 1–28 avr. (en général)About 49 cm of snow falls in the month.74

…et 123 de plus en avril.

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1. 🏙️ Bend 🇺🇸 États-UnisMt Bachelor ski season · 25 nov. – 15 mai (en général)The mountain is half an hour from town and usually turns lifts from late November into May, one of the longer seasons in the country.83
2. 🏙️ Calgary 🇨🇦 CanadaRockies ski season · 10 nov. – 15 mai (en général)Calgary is the airport for Banff, Lake Louise and Sunshine, ninety minutes west, and their lifts run from mid-November into May.80
3. 🏙️ Ålesund 🇳🇴 NorvègeSunnmore Alps ski touring · 15 févr. – 15 mai (en général)The peaks behind town are skied from the water up, which is why people fly here with skins rather than lift passes.79
4. 🏖️ Tcholponata 🇰🇬 KirghizistanSnow season · 1–28 mai (en général)About 45 cm of snow falls in the month.79
5. 🥾 Geiranger 🇳🇴 NorvègeSnow season · 1–28 mai (en général)About 32 cm of snow falls in the month.76
6. ⛷️ Nozawa Onsen Snow Resort 🇯🇵 JaponSki season · 28 nov. – 5 mai (en général)One long mountain above a working hot-spring village, usually open from the end of November to early May.72
7. ⛷️ Niseko 🇯🇵 JaponSki season · 28 nov. – 5 mai (en général)Niseko United usually opens at the end of November and Grand Hirafu runs into early May; the other three mountains close through April.71
8. ⛷️ Whistler 🇨🇦 CanadaSki season · 25 nov. – 18 mai (en général)Two mountains and the longest season in North America: Whistler runs to late April, Blackcomb into May, and the base can be raining while the alpine is fine.70
9. 🥾 Pamir Highway 🇹🇯 TadjikistanSnow season · 1–28 mai (en général)About 41 cm of snow falls in the month.70
10. ⛷️ Furano 🇯🇵 JaponSki season · 28 nov. – 5 mai (en général)Furano opens in the last days of November and runs to early May.69
11. ⛷️ Hakuba 🇯🇵 JaponSki season · 28 nov. – 6 mai (en général)Ten resorts on one pass down a single valley.68
12. 🥾 Mestia 🇬🇪 GéorgieSnow season · 1–28 mai (en général)About 36 cm of snow falls in the month.68
13. 🏞️ Jasper 🇨🇦 CanadaMarmot Basin ski season · 15 nov. – 1 mai (en général)Marmot usually opens in the third week of November and runs into April or early May.67
14. ⛷️ Mammoth Lakes 🇺🇸 États-UnisMammoth ski season · 5 nov. – 31 mai (en général)Mammoth holds snow longer than anywhere else in California and regularly spins lifts into late May, sometimes past it.66
15. ⛷️ Hemsedal 🇳🇴 NorvègeSki season · 20 nov. – 3 mai (en général)Lifts run from about the end of November to the start of May, held together by snowmaking at the bottom and height at the top.66
16. ⛷️ Åre 🇸🇪 SuèdeSki season · 5 déc. – 3 mai (en général)Sweden's biggest ski area opens in the first half of December and the lifts usually run to the start of May.66
17. ⛷️ Cheregech 🇷🇺 RussieSki season · 15 nov. – 5 mai (en général)Siberia's busiest ski hill, with a snowpack that can reach several metres and a season running from November well into spring.66
18. ⛷️ Banff 🇨🇦 CanadaSki season · 5 nov. – 18 mai (en général)Norquay and Lake Louise open in early November and Sunshine Village holds on into the third week of May, one of the longest seasons in North America.65
19. 🥾 Manang 🇳🇵 NépalSnow season · 1–28 mai (en général)About 41 cm of snow falls in the month.65
20. ⛷️ Levi 🇫🇮 FinlandeSki season · 2 oct. – 2 mai (en général)One of the longest seasons anywhere: stored snow opens a run in early October and the lifts go to the start of May.65
21. ⛷️ Lake Louise 🇨🇦 CanadaSki season · 5 nov. – 5 mai (en général)One of the first big Canadian hills to open, usually in the first week of November, and it runs to the start of May.64
22. ⛷️ Ruka 🇫🇮 FinlandeSki season · 2 oct. – 2 mai (en général)Stored snow opens a run in the first days of October and the lifts run to the start of May — seven months, and the longest season in the country.64
23. 🥾 Eskerdou 🇵🇰 PakistanSnow season · 1–28 mai (en général)About 41 cm of snow falls in the month.64
24. 🥾 Petropavlovsk-Kamtchatski 🇷🇺 RussieSpring ski touring season · 1 mars – 31 mai (en général)March to May is the settled window for skiing the volcanoes, sometimes down to the sea.64
25. ⛷️ Breckenridge 🇺🇸 États-UnisSnow season · 1–28 mai (en général)About 42 cm of snow falls in the month.63

…et 37 de plus en mai.

Au programme dans le monde en mai →

1. 🏙️ Melbourne 🇦🇺 AustralieAlpine ski season opens · 6–8 juin (en général)Buller, Hotham and Falls Creek open on the King's Birthday long weekend, two to five hours from the city, on whatever combination of snowfall and snowmaking they have.74
2. ⛷️ Zermatt 🇨🇭 SuisseSummer glacier skiing · 1 juin – 31 oct. (en général)The glacier keeps a handful of lifts turning through the summer, mornings only, which is where the national teams train.68
3. ⛷️ Butha-Buthe 🇱🇸 LesothoAfriski's ski season · 1 juin – 5 sept. (en général)One run, one lift and a lot of snowmaking at 3,000 m on the Oxbow road, open roughly June to early September.67
4. 🏙️ Christchurch 🇳🇿 Nouvelle-ZélandeCanterbury ski season · 5 juin – 10 oct. (en général)Mt Hutt is an hour and a half away and usually opens first in the country and closes last; the club fields behind it run on gravel roads and rope tows, and the city drives up for the day.66
5. 🏙️ Santiago 🇨🇱 ChiliAndes resorts open · 10–25 juin (en général)Valle Nevado, El Colorado and Farellones aim to open in the middle of June, an hour above the city, and usually run to early October.66
6. ⛷️ Queenstown 🇳🇿 Nouvelle-ZélandeSki fields open · 5–20 juin (en général)Coronet Peak and the Remarkables open in the second week of June, with a snow-factory head start on Coronet from late May.49
7. 🏞️ Mont Tongariro 🇳🇿 Nouvelle-ZélandeRuapehu ski season · 15 juin – 15 oct. (en général)Whakapapa and Tūroa sit on an active volcano and run from mid-winter into spring, snow allowing.49
8. 🥾 Lac Tekapo 🇳🇿 Nouvelle-ZélandeRoundhill ski season · 25 juin – 20 sept. (en général)The local field is half an hour up the road, family-run, and home to a rope tow once billed as the longest in the world.48
9. ⛷️ Wanaka 🇳🇿 Nouvelle-ZélandeSki season · 15 juin – 5 oct. (en général)Cardrona and Treble Cone run from about mid-June until the snow gives out in early October, both up long gravel access roads that want chains.47
10. 🏙️ Puerto Varas 🇨🇱 ChiliOsorno ski season · 15 juin – 30 sept. (en général)The small centre on the volcano's flank runs two lifts when the base holds, an hour from town, with the lake underneath you on a clear day.46
11. ⛷️ Ushuaïa 🇦🇷 ArgentineCerro Castor ski season · 25 juin – 5 oct. (en général)The southernmost resort in the world and the longest season in Argentina, running from late June into early October, with cheaper promotional weeks at each end.44
12. ⛷️ Perisher Valley 🇦🇺 AustralieWinter season · 5 juin – 5 oct. (en général)Australia's biggest lift network runs from the June long weekend to the October long weekend.43
13. ⛷️ San Carlos de Bariloche 🇦🇷 ArgentineCerro Catedral opens · 20 juin – 5 juil. (en général)The biggest ski area in South America aims to open in the last days of June, snow permitting, and runs to early October.42
14. ⛷️ San Martín de los Andes 🇦🇷 ArgentineChapelco ski season · 25 juin – 30 sept. (en général)The hill is twenty minutes out of town and usually turns the lifts on at the start of July, holding until late September.39
15. 🏞️ Aoraki/Mont Cook 🇳🇿 Nouvelle-ZélandeSnow season · 1–28 juin (en général)About 45 cm of snow falls in the month.39
16. 🏝️ Grytviken Géorgie du Sud-et-les îles Sandwich du SudSnow season · 1–28 juin (en général)About 74 cm of snow falls in the month.38
17. ⛷️ Farellones 🇨🇱 ChiliSki season · 15 juin – 30 sept. (en général)Farellones and El Colorado share one lift system and usually open in the second half of June — 19 June in 2026 — running into late September depending on how the storms come in.37
18. ⛷️ Falls Creek 🇦🇺 AustralieLifts turning · 5 juin – 5 oct. (en général)The resort runs from the June long weekend to early October on Victoria's best snowmaking rather than on faith in the natural cover.36
19. ⛷️ Thredbo 🇦🇺 AustralieWinter season · 5 juin – 5 oct. (en général)Lifts run from the June long weekend to the October long weekend, held up by snowmaking on the lower runs.35
20. ⛷️ Pucón 🇨🇱 ChiliSkiing on the volcano · 15 juin – 15 oct. (en général)The small centre on the volcano's northern flank runs from about mid-June to mid-October, snow and alert level permitting.35
21. 🥾 El Chaltén 🇦🇷 ArgentineSnow season · 1–28 juin (en général)About 135 cm of snow falls in the month.34
22. ⛷️ Las Leñas 🇦🇷 ArgentineSki season · 20 juin – 1 oct. (en général)The resort usually opens in the second half of June and runs to late September.33
23. ⛷️ Mount Buller 🇦🇺 AustralieWinter season · 8 juin – 5 oct. (en général)Lifts run from the King's Birthday long weekend to the October school holidays, held together by snowmaking.33
24. ⛷️ Portillo 🇨🇱 ChiliSki season · 20 juin – 5 oct. (en général)A single hotel at 2,880 metres on a lake, open from late June to the start of October and shut the rest of the year.33
25. ⛷️ Valle Nevado 🇨🇱 ChiliValle Nevado opens · 10 juin – 1 juil. (en général)The resort usually turns the lifts on in the third week of June, sometimes on partial terrain while it waits for a storm.29

…et 1 de plus en juin.

Au programme dans le monde en juin →

1. ⛷️ Zermatt 🇨🇭 SuisseSummer glacier skiing · 1 juin – 31 oct. (en général)The glacier keeps a handful of lifts turning through the summer, mornings only, which is where the national teams train.74
2. 🏙️ Santiago 🇨🇱 ChiliSki season · 14 juin – 4 oct. (en général)Lifts an hour from the centre, best in August, on a road of forty switchbacks that closes for snow and requires chains more often than visitors expect.70
3. ⛷️ Butha-Buthe 🇱🇸 LesothoAfriski's ski season · 1 juin – 5 sept. (en général)One run, one lift and a lot of snowmaking at 3,000 m on the Oxbow road, open roughly June to early September.68
4. 🏙️ Christchurch 🇳🇿 Nouvelle-ZélandeCanterbury ski season · 5 juin – 10 oct. (en général)Mt Hutt is an hour and a half away and usually opens first in the country and closes last; the club fields behind it run on gravel roads and rope tows, and the city drives up for the day.63
5. 🏙️ Nelson 🇳🇿 Nouvelle-ZélandeRainbow ski area season · 1 juil. – 30 sept. (en général)A small club ski field above St Arnaud in Nelson Lakes, a long day trip from the city, runs mostly at weekends when there is snow.61
6. 🏙️ Puerto Varas 🇨🇱 ChiliOsorno ski season · 15 juin – 30 sept. (en général)The small centre on the volcano's flank runs two lifts when the base holds, an hour from town, with the lake underneath you on a clear day.50
7. ⛷️ Queenstown 🇳🇿 Nouvelle-ZélandeSki season · 13 juin – 11 oct. (en général)Four fields within an hour, a base that peaks in August, and lift queues that follow the New Zealand and Australian school holidays rather than the snow.46
8. 🥾 Lac Tekapo 🇳🇿 Nouvelle-ZélandeRoundhill ski season · 25 juin – 20 sept. (en général)The local field is half an hour up the road, family-run, and home to a rope tow once billed as the longest in the world.44
9. ⛷️ Ushuaïa 🇦🇷 ArgentineCerro Castor ski season · 25 juin – 5 oct. (en général)The southernmost resort in the world and the longest season in Argentina, running from late June into early October, with cheaper promotional weeks at each end.43
10. ⛷️ San Carlos de Bariloche 🇦🇷 ArgentineCerro Catedral opens · 20 juin – 5 juil. (en général)The biggest ski area in South America aims to open in the last days of June, snow permitting, and runs to early October.43
11. 🏞️ Mont Tongariro 🇳🇿 Nouvelle-ZélandeRuapehu ski season · 15 juin – 15 oct. (en général)Whakapapa and Tūroa sit on an active volcano and run from mid-winter into spring, snow allowing.42
12. ⛷️ Perisher Valley 🇦🇺 AustralieWinter season · 5 juin – 5 oct. (en général)Australia's biggest lift network runs from the June long weekend to the October long weekend.41
13. ⛷️ Wanaka 🇳🇿 Nouvelle-ZélandeSki season · 15 juin – 5 oct. (en général)Cardrona and Treble Cone run from about mid-June until the snow gives out in early October, both up long gravel access roads that want chains.41
14. ⛷️ San Martín de los Andes 🇦🇷 ArgentineChapelco ski season · 25 juin – 30 sept. (en général)The hill is twenty minutes out of town and usually turns the lifts on at the start of July, holding until late September.41
15. ⛷️ Farellones 🇨🇱 ChiliSki season · 15 juin – 30 sept. (en général)Farellones and El Colorado share one lift system and usually open in the second half of June — 19 June in 2026 — running into late September depending on how the storms come in.39
16. ⛷️ Las Leñas 🇦🇷 ArgentineSki season · 20 juin – 1 oct. (en général)The resort usually opens in the second half of June and runs to late September.38
17. ⛷️ Pucón 🇨🇱 ChiliSkiing on the volcano · 15 juin – 15 oct. (en général)The small centre on the volcano's northern flank runs from about mid-June to mid-October, snow and alert level permitting.38
18. ⛷️ Portillo 🇨🇱 ChiliSki season · 20 juin – 5 oct. (en général)A single hotel at 2,880 metres on a lake, open from late June to the start of October and shut the rest of the year.38
19. 🏝️ Grytviken Géorgie du Sud-et-les îles Sandwich du SudSnow season · 1–28 juil. (en général)About 88 cm of snow falls in the month.36
20. ⛷️ Falls Creek 🇦🇺 AustralieLifts turning · 5 juin – 5 oct. (en général)The resort runs from the June long weekend to early October on Victoria's best snowmaking rather than on faith in the natural cover.35
21. ⛷️ Valle Nevado 🇨🇱 ChiliValle Nevado opens · 10 juin – 1 juil. (en général)The resort usually turns the lifts on in the third week of June, sometimes on partial terrain while it waits for a storm.35
22. 🏞️ Aoraki/Mont Cook 🇳🇿 Nouvelle-ZélandeSnow season · 1–28 juil. (en général)About 90 cm of snow falls in the month.33
23. ⛷️ Thredbo 🇦🇺 AustralieWinter season · 5 juin – 5 oct. (en général)Lifts run from the June long weekend to the October long weekend, held up by snowmaking on the lower runs.32
24. ⛷️ Mount Buller 🇦🇺 AustralieWinter season · 8 juin – 5 oct. (en général)Lifts run from the King's Birthday long weekend to the October school holidays, held together by snowmaking.31
25. 🥾 El Chaltén 🇦🇷 ArgentineSnow season · 1–28 juil. (en général)About 164 cm of snow falls in the month.31

…et 1 de plus en juillet.

Au programme dans le monde en juillet →

1. 🏙️ Santiago 🇨🇱 ChiliSki season · 14 juin – 4 oct. (en général)Lifts an hour from the centre, best in August, on a road of forty switchbacks that closes for snow and requires chains more often than visitors expect.74
2. ⛷️ Butha-Buthe 🇱🇸 LesothoAfriski's ski season · 1 juin – 5 sept. (en général)One run, one lift and a lot of snowmaking at 3,000 m on the Oxbow road, open roughly June to early September.72
3. ⛷️ Zermatt 🇨🇭 SuisseSummer glacier skiing · 1 juin – 31 oct. (en général)The glacier keeps a handful of lifts turning through the summer, mornings only, which is where the national teams train.71
4. 🏙️ Christchurch 🇳🇿 Nouvelle-ZélandeCanterbury ski season · 5 juin – 10 oct. (en général)Mt Hutt is an hour and a half away and usually opens first in the country and closes last; the club fields behind it run on gravel roads and rope tows, and the city drives up for the day.71
5. 🏙️ Nelson 🇳🇿 Nouvelle-ZélandeRainbow ski area season · 1 juil. – 30 sept. (en général)A small club ski field above St Arnaud in Nelson Lakes, a long day trip from the city, runs mostly at weekends when there is snow.67
6. ⛷️ Queenstown 🇳🇿 Nouvelle-ZélandeSki season · 13 juin – 11 oct. (en général)Four fields within an hour, a base that peaks in August, and lift queues that follow the New Zealand and Australian school holidays rather than the snow.54
7. 🏙️ Puerto Varas 🇨🇱 ChiliOsorno ski season · 15 juin – 30 sept. (en général)The small centre on the volcano's flank runs two lifts when the base holds, an hour from town, with the lake underneath you on a clear day.53
8. 🥾 Lac Tekapo 🇳🇿 Nouvelle-ZélandeRoundhill ski season · 25 juin – 20 sept. (en général)The local field is half an hour up the road, family-run, and home to a rope tow once billed as the longest in the world.53
9. ⛷️ Wanaka 🇳🇿 Nouvelle-ZélandeSki season · 15 juin – 5 oct. (en général)Cardrona and Treble Cone run from about mid-June until the snow gives out in early October, both up long gravel access roads that want chains.51
10. ⛷️ Ushuaïa 🇦🇷 ArgentineCerro Castor ski season · 25 juin – 5 oct. (en général)The southernmost resort in the world and the longest season in Argentina, running from late June into early October, with cheaper promotional weeks at each end.50
11. ⛷️ San Carlos de Bariloche 🇦🇷 ArgentineSki season · 29 juin – 4 oct. (en général)Catedral runs from late June to early October, with the most reliable cover in August and the Argentine winter school holidays filling July from end to end.50
12. ⛷️ San Martín de los Andes 🇦🇷 ArgentineChapelco ski season · 25 juin – 30 sept. (en général)The hill is twenty minutes out of town and usually turns the lifts on at the start of July, holding until late September.47
13. 🏞️ Mont Tongariro 🇳🇿 Nouvelle-ZélandeRuapehu ski season · 15 juin – 15 oct. (en général)Whakapapa and Tūroa sit on an active volcano and run from mid-winter into spring, snow allowing.46
14. ⛷️ Farellones 🇨🇱 ChiliSki season · 15 juin – 30 sept. (en général)Farellones and El Colorado share one lift system and usually open in the second half of June — 19 June in 2026 — running into late September depending on how the storms come in.45
15. ⛷️ Perisher Valley 🇦🇺 AustralieWinter season · 5 juin – 5 oct. (en général)Australia's biggest lift network runs from the June long weekend to the October long weekend.44
16. ⛷️ Pucón 🇨🇱 ChiliSkiing on the volcano · 15 juin – 15 oct. (en général)The small centre on the volcano's northern flank runs from about mid-June to mid-October, snow and alert level permitting.42
17. 🏝️ Grytviken Géorgie du Sud-et-les îles Sandwich du SudSnow season · 1–28 août (en général)About 95 cm of snow falls in the month.42
18. ⛷️ Las Leñas 🇦🇷 ArgentineSki season · 20 juin – 1 oct. (en général)The resort usually opens in the second half of June and runs to late September.41
19. ⛷️ Portillo 🇨🇱 ChiliSki season · 20 juin – 5 oct. (en général)A single hotel at 2,880 metres on a lake, open from late June to the start of October and shut the rest of the year.40
20. 🏞️ Aoraki/Mont Cook 🇳🇿 Nouvelle-ZélandeSnow season · 1–28 août (en général)About 68 cm of snow falls in the month.40
21. ⛷️ Falls Creek 🇦🇺 AustralieLifts turning · 5 juin – 5 oct. (en général)The resort runs from the June long weekend to early October on Victoria's best snowmaking rather than on faith in the natural cover.38
22. ⛷️ Thredbo 🇦🇺 AustralieWinter season · 5 juin – 5 oct. (en général)Lifts run from the June long weekend to the October long weekend, held up by snowmaking on the lower runs.37
23. 🥾 El Chaltén 🇦🇷 ArgentineSnow season · 1–28 août (en général)About 164 cm of snow falls in the month.37
24. ⛷️ Valle Nevado 🇨🇱 ChiliSki season · 19 juin – 5 oct. (en général)Above the treeline at 3,000 metres with nothing around it but the Andes, running from about the third week of June to early October.37
25. ⛷️ Mount Buller 🇦🇺 AustralieWinter season · 8 juin – 5 oct. (en général)Lifts run from the King's Birthday long weekend to the October school holidays, held together by snowmaking.35

…et 1 de plus en août.

Au programme dans le monde en août →

1. 🏙️ Santiago 🇨🇱 ChiliSki season · 14 juin – 4 oct. (en général)Lifts an hour from the centre, best in August, on a road of forty switchbacks that closes for snow and requires chains more often than visitors expect.83
2. 🏖️ Tcholponata 🇰🇬 KirghizistanSnow season · 1–28 sept. (en général)About 44 cm of snow falls in the month.81
3. 🏙️ Christchurch 🇳🇿 Nouvelle-ZélandeCanterbury ski season · 5 juin – 10 oct. (en général)Mt Hutt is an hour and a half away and usually opens first in the country and closes last; the club fields behind it run on gravel roads and rope tows, and the city drives up for the day.77
4. ⛷️ Butha-Buthe 🇱🇸 LesothoAfriski's ski season · 1 juin – 5 sept. (en général)One run, one lift and a lot of snowmaking at 3,000 m on the Oxbow road, open roughly June to early September.76
5. 🏙️ Nelson 🇳🇿 Nouvelle-ZélandeRainbow ski area season · 1 juil. – 30 sept. (en général)A small club ski field above St Arnaud in Nelson Lakes, a long day trip from the city, runs mostly at weekends when there is snow.75
6. ⛷️ Sölden 🇦🇹 AutricheGlacier skiing opens · 15 sept. – 15 nov. (en général)The Rettenbach and Tiefenbach glaciers turn lifts from about mid-September, which is why the national teams train here before anyone else has snow.68
7. ⛷️ Zermatt 🇨🇭 SuisseSummer glacier skiing · 1 juin – 31 oct. (en général)The glacier keeps a handful of lifts turning through the summer, mornings only, which is where the national teams train.66
8. 🏙️ Puerto Varas 🇨🇱 ChiliOsorno ski season · 15 juin – 30 sept. (en général)The small centre on the volcano's flank runs two lifts when the base holds, an hour from town, with the lake underneath you on a clear day.64
9. 🏙️ Akureyri 🇮🇸 IslandeSnow season · 1–28 sept. (en général)About 32 cm of snow falls in the month.64
10. 🥾 Lac Tekapo 🇳🇿 Nouvelle-ZélandeRoundhill ski season · 25 juin – 20 sept. (en général)The local field is half an hour up the road, family-run, and home to a rope tow once billed as the longest in the world.61
11. ⛷️ Ushuaïa 🇦🇷 ArgentineCerro Castor ski season · 25 juin – 5 oct. (en général)The southernmost resort in the world and the longest season in Argentina, running from late June into early October, with cheaper promotional weeks at each end.60
12. ⛷️ San Carlos de Bariloche 🇦🇷 ArgentineSki season · 29 juin – 4 oct. (en général)Catedral runs from late June to early October, with the most reliable cover in August and the Argentine winter school holidays filling July from end to end.59
13. ⛷️ San Martín de los Andes 🇦🇷 ArgentineChapelco ski season · 25 juin – 30 sept. (en général)The hill is twenty minutes out of town and usually turns the lifts on at the start of July, holding until late September.57
14. ⛷️ Wanaka 🇳🇿 Nouvelle-ZélandeSki season · 15 juin – 5 oct. (en général)Cardrona and Treble Cone run from about mid-June until the snow gives out in early October, both up long gravel access roads that want chains.55
15. ⛷️ Queenstown 🇳🇿 Nouvelle-ZélandeSki season · 13 juin – 11 oct. (en général)Four fields within an hour, a base that peaks in August, and lift queues that follow the New Zealand and Australian school holidays rather than the snow.53
16. ⛷️ Perisher Valley 🇦🇺 AustralieWinter season · 5 juin – 5 oct. (en général)Australia's biggest lift network runs from the June long weekend to the October long weekend.52
17. ⛷️ Pucón 🇨🇱 ChiliSkiing on the volcano · 15 juin – 15 oct. (en général)The small centre on the volcano's northern flank runs from about mid-June to mid-October, snow and alert level permitting.52
18. ⛷️ Farellones 🇨🇱 ChiliSki season · 15 juin – 30 sept. (en général)Farellones and El Colorado share one lift system and usually open in the second half of June — 19 June in 2026 — running into late September depending on how the storms come in.52
19. 🏝️ Grytviken Géorgie du Sud-et-les îles Sandwich du SudSnow season · 1–28 sept. (en général)About 66 cm of snow falls in the month.52
20. ⛷️ Falls Creek 🇦🇺 AustralieLifts turning · 5 juin – 5 oct. (en général)The resort runs from the June long weekend to early October on Victoria's best snowmaking rather than on faith in the natural cover.50
21. ⛷️ Las Leñas 🇦🇷 ArgentineSki season · 20 juin – 1 oct. (en général)The resort usually opens in the second half of June and runs to late September.49
22. ⛷️ Portillo 🇨🇱 ChiliSki season · 20 juin – 5 oct. (en général)A single hotel at 2,880 metres on a lake, open from late June to the start of October and shut the rest of the year.48
23. ⛷️ Thredbo 🇦🇺 AustralieWinter season · 5 juin – 5 oct. (en général)Lifts run from the June long weekend to the October long weekend, held up by snowmaking on the lower runs.47
24. ⛷️ Mount Buller 🇦🇺 AustralieWinter season · 8 juin – 5 oct. (en général)Lifts run from the King's Birthday long weekend to the October school holidays, held together by snowmaking.47
25. 🏞️ Mont Tongariro 🇳🇿 Nouvelle-ZélandeRuapehu ski season · 15 juin – 15 oct. (en général)Whakapapa and Tūroa sit on an active volcano and run from mid-winter into spring, snow allowing.47

…et 6 de plus en septembre.

Au programme dans le monde en septembre →

1. 🏙️ Santiago 🇨🇱 ChiliSki season · 14 juin – 4 oct. (en général)Lifts an hour from the centre, best in August, on a road of forty switchbacks that closes for snow and requires chains more often than visitors expect.91
2. 🏙️ Denver 🇺🇸 États-UnisMountain ski season · 25 oct. – 20 avr. (en général)Denver is the airport for the I-70 resorts, which turn lifts from late October to April.86
3. 🏙️ Christchurch 🇳🇿 Nouvelle-ZélandeCanterbury ski season · 5 juin – 10 oct. (en général)Mt Hutt is an hour and a half away and usually opens first in the country and closes last; the club fields behind it run on gravel roads and rope tows, and the city drives up for the day.81
4. 🥾 Gilgit 🇵🇰 PakistanSnow season · 1–28 oct. (en général)About 40 cm of snow falls in the month.73
5. 🥾 Innsbruck 🇦🇹 AutricheStubai glacier opens · 5 oct. – 30 nov. (en général)The glacier above the Stubai valley starts turning lifts in October, months before anything in the valleys, and it is the only skiing within reach of the city until December.72
6. 🏖️ Tcholponata 🇰🇬 KirghizistanSnow season · 1–28 oct. (en général)About 63 cm of snow falls in the month.71
7. 🥾 Pamir Highway 🇹🇯 TadjikistanSnow season · 1–28 oct. (en général)About 39 cm of snow falls in the month.68
8. ⛷️ Ushuaïa 🇦🇷 ArgentineCerro Castor ski season · 25 juin – 5 oct. (en général)The southernmost resort in the world and the longest season in Argentina, running from late June into early October, with cheaper promotional weeks at each end.66
9. ⛷️ San Carlos de Bariloche 🇦🇷 ArgentineSki season · 29 juin – 4 oct. (en général)Catedral runs from late June to early October, with the most reliable cover in August and the Argentine winter school holidays filling July from end to end.65
10. ⛷️ San Martín de los Andes 🇦🇷 ArgentineSnow season · 1–28 oct. (en général)About 37 cm of snow falls in the month.64
11. 🥾 Mestia 🇬🇪 GéorgieSnow season · 1–28 oct. (en général)About 46 cm of snow falls in the month.64
12. ⛷️ Queenstown 🇳🇿 Nouvelle-ZélandeSki season · 13 juin – 11 oct. (en général)Four fields within an hour, a base that peaks in August, and lift queues that follow the New Zealand and Australian school holidays rather than the snow.63
13. ⛷️ Aspen 🇺🇸 États-UnisSnow season · 1–28 oct. (en général)About 30 cm of snow falls in the month.63
14. ⛷️ Wanaka 🇳🇿 Nouvelle-ZélandeSki season · 15 juin – 5 oct. (en général)Cardrona and Treble Cone run from about mid-June until the snow gives out in early October, both up long gravel access roads that want chains.61
15. ⛷️ Pucón 🇨🇱 ChiliSkiing on the volcano · 15 juin – 15 oct. (en général)The small centre on the volcano's northern flank runs from about mid-June to mid-October, snow and alert level permitting.61
16. 🥾 Karakol 🇰🇬 KirghizistanSnow season · 1–28 oct. (en général)About 34 cm of snow falls in the month.61
17. ⛷️ Breckenridge 🇺🇸 États-UnisSnow season · 1–28 oct. (en général)About 31 cm of snow falls in the month.61
18. ⛷️ Farellones 🇨🇱 ChiliSnow season · 1–28 oct. (en général)About 55 cm of snow falls in the month.60
19. ⛷️ Sölden 🇦🇹 AutricheGlacier skiing opens · 15 sept. – 15 nov. (en général)The Rettenbach and Tiefenbach glaciers turn lifts from about mid-September, which is why the national teams train here before anyone else has snow.60
20. 🥾 Eskerdou 🇵🇰 PakistanSnow season · 1–28 oct. (en général)About 37 cm of snow falls in the month.60
21. 🏝️ Grytviken Géorgie du Sud-et-les îles Sandwich du SudSnow season · 1–28 oct. (en général)About 61 cm of snow falls in the month.59
22. ⛷️ Las Leñas 🇦🇷 ArgentineSki season · 20 juin – 1 oct. (en général)The resort usually opens in the second half of June and runs to late September.58
23. ⛷️ Perisher Valley 🇦🇺 AustralieWinter season · 5 juin – 5 oct. (en général)Australia's biggest lift network runs from the June long weekend to the October long weekend.58
24. ⛷️ Val-d'Isère 🇫🇷 FranceSnow season · 1–28 oct. (en général)About 32 cm of snow falls in the month.58
25. ⛷️ Zell am See 🇦🇹 AutricheGlacier skiing opens · 5 oct. – 30 nov. (en général)The Kitzsteinhorn turns lifts from about the tenth of October, months before the valley runs.58

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1. 🏙️ Grenade 🇪🇸 EspagneSierra Nevada ski season · 28 nov. – 30 avr. (en général)Europe's southernmost resort is forty minutes up the road and runs from late November into April, later than the Alps in a good year because of the altitude.78
2. 🏙️ Denver 🇺🇸 États-UnisMountain ski season · 25 oct. – 20 avr. (en général)Denver is the airport for the I-70 resorts, which turn lifts from late October to April.73
3. 🏙️ Reno 🇺🇸 États-UnisTahoe ski season · 20 nov. – 15 avr. (en général)Reno is the cheap bed for the north Tahoe resorts, forty-five minutes up the hill at Mount Rose and an hour to the lake.72
4. 🏙️ Santa Fe 🇺🇸 États-UnisSki season · 25 nov. – 5 avr. (en général)The ski area is twenty-five minutes up the mountain from the plaza and tops out above 3,600 metres, which is why a town at this latitude has a season at all.71
5. 🏙️ Flagstaff 🇺🇸 États-UnisArizona Snowbowl season · 15 nov. – 10 avr. (en général)Skiing above 9,000 feet an hour and a half from Phoenix, opening when the snowmaking allows rather than on a fixed date.70
6. 🏙️ Salt Lake City 🇺🇸 États-UnisSki season · 20 nov. – 20 avr. (en général)Four resorts sit half an hour from downtown up the Cottonwood canyons, open from late November into April.69
7. 🏙️ Karuizawa 🇯🇵 JaponFirst lifts in Japan · 1 nov. – 31 marsThe Prince resort makes snow in cold, dry air and usually opens on 1 November, weeks before anywhere else in Nagano has any.69
8. 🏝️ Grytviken Géorgie du Sud-et-les îles Sandwich du SudSnow season · 1–28 nov. (en général)About 47 cm of snow falls in the month.66
9. 🥾 Taos 🇺🇸 États-UnisSki season · 26 nov. – 5 avr. (en général)Taos Ski Valley opens around Thanksgiving and runs to early April, steep enough that it refused snowboarders until 2008.65
10. 🏖️ Tcholponata 🇰🇬 KirghizistanSnow season · 1–28 nov. (en général)About 37 cm of snow falls in the month.64
11. ⛷️ Pyeongchang 🇰🇷 Corée du SudSki season · 25 nov. – 5 avr. (en général)Yongpyong and Alpensia open on manufactured snow from late November and run night skiing most of the winter.61
12. 🏙️ Bend 🇺🇸 États-UnisMt Bachelor ski season · 25 nov. – 15 mai (en général)The mountain is half an hour from town and usually turns lifts from late November into May, one of the longer seasons in the country.61
13. 🏙️ Salzbourg 🇦🇹 AutricheSnow season · 1–28 nov. (en général)About 33 cm of snow falls in the month.60
14. 🏙️ Vaduz LiechtensteinSnow season · 1–28 nov. (en général)About 34 cm of snow falls in the month.60
15. 🏙️ Sapporo 🇯🇵 JaponSnow season · 1–28 nov. (en général)About 37 cm of snow falls in the month.59
16. 🥾 Innsbruck 🇦🇹 AutricheStubai glacier opens · 5 oct. – 30 nov. (en général)The glacier above the Stubai valley starts turning lifts in October, months before anything in the valleys, and it is the only skiing within reach of the city until December.59
17. 🥾 South Lake Tahoe 🇺🇸 États-UnisSki season · 20 nov. – 15 avr. (en général)Heavenly runs from the edge of town up onto the ridge between two states, usually from late November into April.59
18. 🥾 El Chaltén 🇦🇷 ArgentineSnow season · 1–28 nov. (en général)About 129 cm of snow falls in the month.59
19. ⛷️ Andorre-la-Vieille 🇦🇩 AndorreSnow season · 1–28 nov. (en général)About 30 cm of snow falls in the month.58
20. 🏙️ Hallstatt 🇦🇹 AutricheSnow season · 1–28 nov. (en général)About 55 cm of snow falls in the month.58
21. 🏙️ Füssen 🇩🇪 AllemagneSnow season · 1–28 nov. (en général)About 39 cm of snow falls in the month.58
22. 🏙️ Montreux 🇨🇭 SuisseSnow season · 1–28 nov. (en général)About 33 cm of snow falls in the month.58
23. ⛷️ Sierra Nevada 🇪🇸 EspagneSki season · 25 nov. – 30 avr. (en général)Europe's most southerly resort usually opens at the end of November and runs to late April, three weeks past the Pyrenean resorts.57
24. ⛷️ Telluride 🇺🇸 États-UnisSki season · 26 nov. – 5 avr. (en général)The season runs Thanksgiving to early April, with the free gondola between town and Mountain Village doing the work a road cannot.54
25. ⛷️ Mammoth Lakes 🇺🇸 États-UnisMammoth ski season · 5 nov. – 31 mai (en général)Mammoth holds snow longer than anywhere else in California and regularly spins lifts into late May, sometimes past it.54

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1. 🏙️ Catane 🇮🇹 ItalieSkiing on Etna · 20 déc. – 31 mars (en général)Nicolosi and Piano Provenzana run a handful of lifts on the volcano in a normal winter, an hour above a coast where the oranges are being picked.82
2. 🏙️ Beyrouth 🇱🇧 LibanSki season above the city · 20 déc. – 31 mars (en général)Faraya and the Cedars are inside two hours of the corniche, which is where the old line about skiing and swimming in one day comes from.79
3. 🥾 Imlil 🇲🇦 MarocWinter on Toubkal · 1 déc. – 31 mars (en général)Snow and ice above three thousand metres: crampons, an axe and someone who knows the avalanche history, or a ski-touring trip instead.76
4. 🏖️ Taormine 🇮🇹 ItalieSnow on Etna · 15 déc. – 31 mars (en général)The volcano usually holds snow from midwinter, which is the view Taormina is built around, and the two small lift areas at Nicolosi and Linguaglossa run when it does.74
5. 🏙️ Grenade 🇪🇸 EspagneSierra Nevada ski season · 28 nov. – 30 avr. (en général)Europe's southernmost resort is forty minutes up the road and runs from late November into April, later than the Alps in a good year because of the altitude.73
6. 🏖️ Nice 🇫🇷 FranceSki day trips open · 5 déc. – 10 avr. (en général)Isola 2000 and Auron are about ninety minutes from the seafront and run from December to early April.71
7. 🏝️ Grytviken Géorgie du Sud-et-les îles Sandwich du SudSnow season · 1–28 déc. (en général)About 42 cm of snow falls in the month.71
8. 🏙️ Téhéran 🇮🇷 IranSki season above the city · 15 déc. – 10 avr. (en général)Dizin, Shemshak and the Tochal gondola from the top of the metro line: real snow, an hour from the centre, and a season that usually runs from December into April.68
9. 🏙️ Denver 🇺🇸 États-UnisMountain ski season · 25 oct. – 20 avr. (en général)Denver is the airport for the I-70 resorts, which turn lifts from late October to April.67
10. 🏙️ Tbilissi 🇬🇪 GéorgieCaucasus ski season · 15 déc. – 10 avr. (en général)Gudauri is two hours up the military highway and runs on cheap lift passes and a lot of off-piste.65
11. 🏙️ Douchanbé 🇹🇯 TadjikistanSafed-Dara ski season · 15 déc. – 20 mars (en général)Tajikistan's main ski resort, an hour north of the capital, opens once there is enough snow, usually mid-December, and runs until about Navruz.65
12. 🏙️ Trabzon 🇹🇷 TurquieZigana ski season · 15 déc. – 31 mars (en général)The pass an hour inland holds snow through the winter and runs a small lift system, which is more a local weekend thing than a resort.64
13. 🏙️ Rize 🇹🇷 TurquieSnow season · 1–28 déc. (en général)About 38 cm of snow falls in the month.64
14. 🏙️ Santa Fe 🇺🇸 États-UnisSki season · 25 nov. – 5 avr. (en général)The ski area is twenty-five minutes up the mountain from the plaza and tops out above 3,600 metres, which is why a town at this latitude has a season at all.63
15. 🥾 Manali 🇮🇳 IndeSnow season at Solang · 20 déc. – 28 févr.Solang and the slopes above town are where the plains come to see snow, which is a different activity from skiing.62
16. 🏙️ Bursa 🇹🇷 TurquieUludağ ski season · 15 déc. – 31 mars (en général)The lifts usually run from the middle of December to the end of March, with January and February the dependable months.62
17. 🏙️ Matsumoto 🇯🇵 JaponSnow season · 1–28 déc. (en général)About 38 cm of snow falls in the month.62
18. 🏙️ Flagstaff 🇺🇸 États-UnisArizona Snowbowl season · 15 nov. – 10 avr. (en général)Skiing above 9,000 feet an hour and a half from Phoenix, opening when the snowmaking allows rather than on a fixed date.61
19. 🥾 El Chaltén 🇦🇷 ArgentineSnow season · 1–28 déc. (en général)About 99 cm of snow falls in the month.61
20. 🏙️ Koutaïssi 🇬🇪 GéorgieSnow season · 1–28 déc. (en général)About 33 cm of snow falls in the month.61
21. 🏙️ Reno 🇺🇸 États-UnisTahoe ski season · 20 nov. – 15 avr. (en général)Reno is the cheap bed for the north Tahoe resorts, forty-five minutes up the hill at Mount Rose and an hour to the lake.61
22. 🏙️ Turin 🇮🇹 ItalieSki season in the valleys · 5 déc. – 5 avr. (en général)Sestriere and the rest of the Milky Way are ninety minutes up the valley, which is why Turin fills with ski traffic at weekends and empties into the mountains at Christmas and Carnival.60
23. 🏙️ Tachkent 🇺🇿 OuzbékistanChimgan ski season · 15 déc. – 20 mars (en général)Chimgan and Amirsoy are an hour and a half up the road, which makes this one of the few capitals you can ski from and be back for dinner.59
24. 🏙️ Karuizawa 🇯🇵 JaponFirst lifts in Japan · 1 nov. – 31 marsThe Prince resort makes snow in cold, dry air and usually opens on 1 November, weeks before anywhere else in Nagano has any.58
25. 🏖️ Sotchi 🇷🇺 RussieSki season up the valley · 15 déc. – 30 avr. (en général)The resorts above Krasnaya Polyana are forty minutes inland and turn their lifts from the second half of December.57

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