Skiseizoen, maand voor maand over de hele wereld

1. 🏙️ Catania 🇮🇹 ItaliëSkiing on Etna · 20 dec – 31 mrt (meestal)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, Atlas Mountains 🇲🇦 MarokkoWinter on Toubkal · 1 dec – 31 mrt (meestal)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. 🏙️ Beiroet 🇱🇧 LibanonSki season above the city · 20 dec – 31 mrt (meestal)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 🇫🇷 FrankrijkSki day trips open · 5 dec – 10 apr (meestal)Isola 2000 and Auron are about ninety minutes from the seafront and run from December to early April.73
5. 🥾 Manali 🇮🇳 IndiaSnow season at Solang · 20 dec – 28 febSolang and the slopes above town are where the plains come to see snow, which is a different activity from skiing.73
6. 🏙️ Granada 🇪🇸 SpanjeSierra Nevada ski season · 28 nov – 30 apr (meestal)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. 🏖️ Taormina 🇮🇹 ItaliëSnow on Etna · 15 dec – 31 mrt (meestal)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 Zuid-Georgia en de Zuidelijke SandwicheilandenSnow season · 1–28 jan (meestal)About 38 cm of snow falls in the month.72
9. 🏙️ Punakha 🇧🇹 BhutanSnow season · 1–28 jan (meestal)About 40 cm of snow falls in the month.71
10. 🥾 Thimphu 🇧🇹 BhutanSnow season · 1–28 jan (meestal)About 32 cm of snow falls in the month.68
11. 🏙️ Tbilisi 🇬🇪 GeorgiëCaucasus ski season · 15 dec – 10 apr (meestal)Gudauri is two hours up the military highway and runs on cheap lift passes and a lot of off-piste.66
12. 🏙️ Teheran 🇮🇷 IranSki season above the city · 15 dec – 10 apr (meestal)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 🇦🇷 ArgentiniëSnow season · 1–28 jan (meestal)About 71 cm of snow falls in the month.64
14. 🏙️ Denver 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenMountain ski season · 25 okt – 20 apr (meestal)Denver is the airport for the I-70 resorts, which turn lifts from late October to April.63
15. 🏙️ Turijn 🇮🇹 ItaliëSki season in the valleys · 5 dec – 5 apr (meestal)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 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenSnow season · 1–28 jan (meestal)About 31 cm of snow falls in the month.62
17. 🏙️ Reno 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenTahoe ski season · 20 nov – 15 apr (meestal)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. 🏙️ Doesjanbe 🇹🇯 TadzjikistanSafed-Dara ski season · 15 dec – 20 mrt (meestal)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 🇹🇷 TurkijeZigana ski season · 15 dec – 31 mrt (meestal)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 🇹🇷 TurkijeAyder heliski season · 15 jan – 31 mrt (meestal)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 🇹🇷 TurkijeUludağ ski season · 15 dec – 31 mrt (meestal)The lifts usually run from the middle of December to the end of March, with January and February the dependable months.60
22. ⛷️ Oukaïmeden 🇲🇦 MarokkoAtlas ski season · 1 jan – 10 mrt (meestal)Africa's highest lift runs when there is cover, and January into February is when there usually is.58
23. 🏙️ Tasjkent 🇺🇿 OezbekistanChimgan ski season · 15 dec – 20 mrt (meestal)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 🇮🇹 ItaliëDolomite ski season · 5 dec – 6 apr (meestal)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. 🏙️ Koetaisi 🇬🇪 GeorgiëSnow season · 1–28 jan (meestal)About 44 cm of snow falls in the month.58

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1. 🏙️ Beiroet 🇱🇧 LibanonSki season above the city · 20 dec – 31 mrt (meestal)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. 🏙️ Granada 🇪🇸 SpanjeSierra Nevada ski season · 28 nov – 30 apr (meestal)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. 🏙️ Catania 🇮🇹 ItaliëSkiing on Etna · 20 dec – 31 mrt (meestal)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, Atlas Mountains 🇲🇦 MarokkoWinter on Toubkal · 1 dec – 31 mrt (meestal)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 🇫🇷 FrankrijkSki day trips open · 5 dec – 10 apr (meestal)Isola 2000 and Auron are about ninety minutes from the seafront and run from December to early April.76
6. 🏖️ Taormina 🇮🇹 ItaliëSnow on Etna · 15 dec – 31 mrt (meestal)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 🇮🇳 IndiaSnow season at Solang · 20 dec – 28 febSolang and the slopes above town are where the plains come to see snow, which is a different activity from skiing.73
8. 🏙️ Tbilisi 🇬🇪 GeorgiëCaucasus ski season · 15 dec – 10 apr (meestal)Gudauri is two hours up the military highway and runs on cheap lift passes and a lot of off-piste.70
9. 🏙️ Teheran 🇮🇷 IranSki season above the city · 15 dec – 10 apr (meestal)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 Zuid-Georgia en de Zuidelijke SandwicheilandenSnow season · 1–28 feb (meestal)About 34 cm of snow falls in the month.70
11. 🏙️ Turijn 🇮🇹 ItaliëSki season in the valleys · 5 dec – 5 apr (meestal)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 🇦🇷 ArgentiniëSnow season · 1–28 feb (meestal)About 56 cm of snow falls in the month.68
13. 🏙️ Doesjanbe 🇹🇯 TadzjikistanSafed-Dara ski season · 15 dec – 20 mrt (meestal)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 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenSki season · 25 nov – 5 apr (meestal)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 🇮🇹 ItaliëDolomite ski season · 5 dec – 6 apr (meestal)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 🇹🇷 TurkijeZigana ski season · 15 dec – 31 mrt (meestal)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 🇹🇷 TurkijeUludağ ski season · 15 dec – 31 mrt (meestal)The lifts usually run from the middle of December to the end of March, with January and February the dependable months.67
18. 🏙️ Reno 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenTahoe ski season · 20 nov – 15 apr (meestal)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 🇧🇹 BhutanSnow season · 1–28 feb (meestal)About 31 cm of snow falls in the month.67
20. 🏙️ Rize 🇹🇷 TurkijeAyder heliski season · 15 jan – 31 mrt (meestal)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. 🥾 Thimphu 🇧🇹 BhutanSnow season · 1–28 feb (meestal)About 37 cm of snow falls in the month.66
22. 🏙️ Denver 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenMountain ski season · 25 okt – 20 apr (meestal)Denver is the airport for the I-70 resorts, which turn lifts from late October to April.66
23. 🏙️ Boulder 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenSnow season · 1–28 feb (meestal)About 33 cm of snow falls in the month.66
24. 🏙️ Tasjkent 🇺🇿 OezbekistanChimgan ski season · 15 dec – 20 mrt (meestal)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 🇧🇬 BulgarijeVitosha ski season · 20 dec – 25 mrt (meestal)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

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1. 🏙️ Beiroet 🇱🇧 LibanonSki season above the city · 20 dec – 31 mrt (meestal)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. 🏙️ Catania 🇮🇹 ItaliëSkiing on Etna · 20 dec – 31 mrt (meestal)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. 🏙️ Teheran 🇮🇷 IranSki season above the city · 15 dec – 10 apr (meestal)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. 🏙️ Granada 🇪🇸 SpanjeSierra Nevada ski season · 28 nov – 30 apr (meestal)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, Atlas Mountains 🇲🇦 MarokkoWinter on Toubkal · 1 dec – 31 mrt (meestal)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 🇫🇷 FrankrijkSki day trips open · 5 dec – 10 apr (meestal)Isola 2000 and Auron are about ninety minutes from the seafront and run from December to early April.80
7. 🏖️ Taormina 🇮🇹 ItaliëSnow on Etna · 15 dec – 31 mrt (meestal)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. 🏙️ Tasjkent 🇺🇿 OezbekistanChimgan ski season · 15 dec – 20 mrt (meestal)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 🇮🇹 ItaliëDolomite ski season · 5 dec – 6 apr (meestal)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 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenMountain ski season · 25 okt – 20 apr (meestal)Denver is the airport for the I-70 resorts, which turn lifts from late October to April.75
11. 🏙️ Santa Fe 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenSki season · 25 nov – 5 apr (meestal)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 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenTahoe ski season · 20 nov – 15 apr (meestal)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. 🏙️ Seoel 🇰🇷 Zuid-KoreaSki season an hour out · 10 dec – 5 mrt (meestal)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. 🏙️ Turijn 🇮🇹 ItaliëSki season in the valleys · 5 dec – 5 apr (meestal)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 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenSnow season · 1–28 mrt (meestal)About 40 cm of snow falls in the month.74
16. 🏙️ Tbilisi 🇬🇪 GeorgiëCaucasus ski season · 15 dec – 10 apr (meestal)Gudauri is two hours up the military highway and runs on cheap lift passes and a lot of off-piste.73
17. 🏙️ Doesjanbe 🇹🇯 TadzjikistanSafed-Dara ski season · 15 dec – 20 mrt (meestal)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 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenSki season · 20 nov – 20 apr (meestal)Four resorts sit half an hour from downtown up the Cottonwood canyons, open from late November into April.72
19. 🏙️ Bursa 🇹🇷 TurkijeUludağ ski season · 15 dec – 31 mrt (meestal)The lifts usually run from the middle of December to the end of March, with January and February the dependable months.72
20. 🏙️ Jerevan 🇦🇲 ArmeniëTsaghkadzor ski season · 20 dec – 20 mrt (meestal)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 🇧🇬 BulgarijeVitosha ski season · 20 dec – 25 mrt (meestal)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 🇧🇦 Bosnië en HerzegovinaJahorina and Bjelašnica season · 10 dec – 31 mrt (meestal)The 1984 Olympic mountains are half an hour out and lift passes cost a fraction of the Alps.70
23. 🏙️ Salzburg 🇦🇹 OostenrijkSnow season · 1–28 mrt (meestal)About 34 cm of snow falls in the month.69
24. 🏙️ Pristina KosovoBrezovica ski season · 15 dec – 31 mrt (meestal)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 🇦🇹 OostenrijkSki season · 5 dec – 15 apr (meestal)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

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1. 🏙️ Teheran 🇮🇷 IranSki season above the city · 15 dec – 10 apr (meestal)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. 🏙️ Granada 🇪🇸 SpanjeSierra Nevada ski season · 28 nov – 30 apr (meestal)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 🇫🇷 FrankrijkSki day trips open · 5 dec – 10 apr (meestal)Isola 2000 and Auron are about ninety minutes from the seafront and run from December to early April.86
4. 🏙️ Reno 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenTahoe ski season · 20 nov – 15 apr (meestal)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. 🏙️ Turijn 🇮🇹 ItaliëSki season in the valleys · 5 dec – 5 apr (meestal)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. 🏙️ Tbilisi 🇬🇪 GeorgiëCaucasus ski season · 15 dec – 10 apr (meestal)Gudauri is two hours up the military highway and runs on cheap lift passes and a lot of off-piste.84
7. 🏙️ Bolzano 🇮🇹 ItaliëDolomite ski season · 5 dec – 6 apr (meestal)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 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenMountain ski season · 25 okt – 20 apr (meestal)Denver is the airport for the I-70 resorts, which turn lifts from late October to April.82
9. 🏙️ Salt Lake City 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenSki season · 20 nov – 20 apr (meestal)Four resorts sit half an hour from downtown up the Cottonwood canyons, open from late November into April.82
10. 🏖️ Sotsji 🇷🇺 RuslandSki season up the valley · 15 dec – 30 apr (meestal)The resorts above Krasnaya Polyana are forty minutes inland and turn their lifts from the second half of December.82
11. 🏙️ Santa Fe 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenSki season · 25 nov – 5 apr (meestal)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 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenSnow season · 1–28 apr (meestal)About 32 cm of snow falls in the month.80
13. 🏙️ Flagstaff 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenArizona Snowbowl season · 15 nov – 10 apr (meestal)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 apr (meestal)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 🇯🇵 JapanHakuba and Shiga Kogen lifts · 10 dec – 10 apr (meestal)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 🇦🇹 OostenrijkSki season · 5 dec – 15 apr (meestal)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 🇫🇷 FrankrijkSki season in the Aravis · 15 dec – 10 apr (meestal)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 dec – 5 apr (meestal)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 🇦🇹 OostenrijkSnow season · 1–28 apr (meestal)About 42 cm of snow falls in the month.76
20. 🏙️ Alma-Ata 🇰🇿 KazachstanSki season above the city · 1 dec – 10 apr (meestal)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 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenSki season · 26 nov – 5 apr (meestal)Taos Ski Valley opens around Thanksgiving and runs to early April, steep enough that it refused snowboarders until 2008.75
22. 🏙️ Bend 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenMt Bachelor ski season · 25 nov – 15 mei (meestal)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 🇯🇵 JapanSki season in the mountains · 1 dec – 5 apr (meestal)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 🇳🇴 NoorwegenSkiing at Voss · 5 dec – 20 apr (meestal)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. 🏖️ Čolponata 🇰🇬 KirgiziëSnow season · 1–28 apr (meestal)About 49 cm of snow falls in the month.74

…en nog 123 in april.

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1. 🏙️ Bend 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenMt Bachelor ski season · 25 nov – 15 mei (meestal)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 mei (meestal)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 🇳🇴 NoorwegenSunnmore Alps ski touring · 15 feb – 15 mei (meestal)The peaks behind town are skied from the water up, which is why people fly here with skins rather than lift passes.79
4. 🏖️ Čolponata 🇰🇬 KirgiziëSnow season · 1–28 mei (meestal)About 45 cm of snow falls in the month.79
5. 🥾 Geiranger 🇳🇴 NoorwegenSnow season · 1–28 mei (meestal)About 32 cm of snow falls in the month.76
6. ⛷️ Nozawaonsen 🇯🇵 JapanSki season · 28 nov – 5 mei (meestal)One long mountain above a working hot-spring village, usually open from the end of November to early May.72
7. ⛷️ Niseko 🇯🇵 JapanSki season · 28 nov – 5 mei (meestal)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 mei (meestal)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 🇹🇯 TadzjikistanSnow season · 1–28 mei (meestal)About 41 cm of snow falls in the month.70
10. ⛷️ Furano 🇯🇵 JapanSki season · 28 nov – 5 mei (meestal)Furano opens in the last days of November and runs to early May.69
11. ⛷️ Hakuba 🇯🇵 JapanSki season · 28 nov – 6 mei (meestal)Ten resorts on one pass down a single valley.68
12. 🥾 Mestia 🇬🇪 GeorgiëSnow season · 1–28 mei (meestal)About 36 cm of snow falls in the month.68
13. 🏞️ Jasper 🇨🇦 CanadaMarmot Basin ski season · 15 nov – 1 mei (meestal)Marmot usually opens in the third week of November and runs into April or early May.67
14. ⛷️ Mammoth Lakes 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenMammoth ski season · 5 nov – 31 mei (meestal)Mammoth holds snow longer than anywhere else in California and regularly spins lifts into late May, sometimes past it.66
15. ⛷️ Hemsedal 🇳🇴 NoorwegenSki season · 20 nov – 3 mei (meestal)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 🇸🇪 ZwedenSki season · 5 dec – 3 mei (meestal)Sweden's biggest ski area opens in the first half of December and the lifts usually run to the start of May.66
17. ⛷️ Sjeregesj 🇷🇺 RuslandSki season · 15 nov – 5 mei (meestal)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 mei (meestal)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 🇳🇵 NepalSnow season · 1–28 mei (meestal)About 41 cm of snow falls in the month.65
20. ⛷️ Levi 🇫🇮 FinlandSki season · 2 okt – 2 mei (meestal)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 mei (meestal)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. ⛷️ Rukatunturi 🇫🇮 FinlandSki season · 2 okt – 2 mei (meestal)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. 🥾 Skardu 🇵🇰 PakistanSnow season · 1–28 mei (meestal)About 41 cm of snow falls in the month.64
24. 🥾 Petropavlovsk-Kamtsjatski 🇷🇺 RuslandSpring ski touring season · 1 mrt – 31 mei (meestal)March to May is the settled window for skiing the volcanoes, sometimes down to the sea.64
25. ⛷️ Breckenridge 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenSnow season · 1–28 mei (meestal)About 42 cm of snow falls in the month.63

…en nog 37 in mei.

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1. 🏙️ Melbourne 🇦🇺 AustraliëAlpine ski season opens · 6–8 jun (meestal)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 🇨🇭 ZwitserlandSummer glacier skiing · 1 jun – 31 okt (meestal)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 jun – 5 sep (meestal)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 🇳🇿 Nieuw-ZeelandCanterbury ski season · 5 jun – 10 okt (meestal)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 jun (meestal)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 🇳🇿 Nieuw-ZeelandSki fields open · 5–20 jun (meestal)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. 🏞️ Mount Tongariro 🇳🇿 Nieuw-ZeelandRuapehu ski season · 15 jun – 15 okt (meestal)Whakapapa and Tūroa sit on an active volcano and run from mid-winter into spring, snow allowing.49
8. 🥾 Lake Tekapo 🇳🇿 Nieuw-ZeelandRoundhill ski season · 25 jun – 20 sep (meestal)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 🇳🇿 Nieuw-ZeelandSki season · 15 jun – 5 okt (meestal)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 jun – 30 sep (meestal)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. ⛷️ Ushuaia 🇦🇷 ArgentiniëCerro Castor ski season · 25 jun – 5 okt (meestal)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 🇦🇺 AustraliëWinter season · 5 jun – 5 okt (meestal)Australia's biggest lift network runs from the June long weekend to the October long weekend.43
13. ⛷️ Bariloche 🇦🇷 ArgentiniëCerro Catedral opens · 20 jun – 5 jul (meestal)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 🇦🇷 ArgentiniëChapelco ski season · 25 jun – 30 sep (meestal)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. 🏞️ Mount Cook 🇳🇿 Nieuw-ZeelandSnow season · 1–28 jun (meestal)About 45 cm of snow falls in the month.39
16. 🏝️ Grytviken Zuid-Georgia en de Zuidelijke SandwicheilandenSnow season · 1–28 jun (meestal)About 74 cm of snow falls in the month.38
17. ⛷️ Farellones 🇨🇱 ChiliSki season · 15 jun – 30 sep (meestal)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 🇦🇺 AustraliëLifts turning · 5 jun – 5 okt (meestal)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, New South Wales 🇦🇺 AustraliëWinter season · 5 jun – 5 okt (meestal)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 jun – 15 okt (meestal)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 🇦🇷 ArgentiniëSnow season · 1–28 jun (meestal)About 135 cm of snow falls in the month.34
22. ⛷️ Las Leñas 🇦🇷 ArgentiniëSki season · 20 jun – 1 okt (meestal)The resort usually opens in the second half of June and runs to late September.33
23. ⛷️ Mount Buller 🇦🇺 AustraliëWinter season · 8 jun – 5 okt (meestal)Lifts run from the King's Birthday long weekend to the October school holidays, held together by snowmaking.33
24. ⛷️ Portillo 🇨🇱 ChiliSki season · 20 jun – 5 okt (meestal)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 jun – 1 jul (meestal)The resort usually turns the lifts on in the third week of June, sometimes on partial terrain while it waits for a storm.29

…en nog 1 in juni.

Wat er in juni wereldwijd speelt →

1. ⛷️ Zermatt 🇨🇭 ZwitserlandSummer glacier skiing · 1 jun – 31 okt (meestal)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 jun – 4 okt (meestal)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 jun – 5 sep (meestal)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 🇳🇿 Nieuw-ZeelandCanterbury ski season · 5 jun – 10 okt (meestal)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 🇳🇿 Nieuw-ZeelandRainbow ski area season · 1 jul – 30 sep (meestal)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 jun – 30 sep (meestal)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 🇳🇿 Nieuw-ZeelandSki season · 13 jun – 11 okt (meestal)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. 🥾 Lake Tekapo 🇳🇿 Nieuw-ZeelandRoundhill ski season · 25 jun – 20 sep (meestal)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. ⛷️ Ushuaia 🇦🇷 ArgentiniëCerro Castor ski season · 25 jun – 5 okt (meestal)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. ⛷️ Bariloche 🇦🇷 ArgentiniëCerro Catedral opens · 20 jun – 5 jul (meestal)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. 🏞️ Mount Tongariro 🇳🇿 Nieuw-ZeelandRuapehu ski season · 15 jun – 15 okt (meestal)Whakapapa and Tūroa sit on an active volcano and run from mid-winter into spring, snow allowing.42
12. ⛷️ Perisher Valley 🇦🇺 AustraliëWinter season · 5 jun – 5 okt (meestal)Australia's biggest lift network runs from the June long weekend to the October long weekend.41
13. ⛷️ Wanaka 🇳🇿 Nieuw-ZeelandSki season · 15 jun – 5 okt (meestal)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 🇦🇷 ArgentiniëChapelco ski season · 25 jun – 30 sep (meestal)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 jun – 30 sep (meestal)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 🇦🇷 ArgentiniëSki season · 20 jun – 1 okt (meestal)The resort usually opens in the second half of June and runs to late September.38
17. ⛷️ Pucón 🇨🇱 ChiliSkiing on the volcano · 15 jun – 15 okt (meestal)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 jun – 5 okt (meestal)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 Zuid-Georgia en de Zuidelijke SandwicheilandenSnow season · 1–28 jul (meestal)About 88 cm of snow falls in the month.36
20. ⛷️ Falls Creek 🇦🇺 AustraliëLifts turning · 5 jun – 5 okt (meestal)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 jun – 1 jul (meestal)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. 🏞️ Mount Cook 🇳🇿 Nieuw-ZeelandSnow season · 1–28 jul (meestal)About 90 cm of snow falls in the month.33
23. ⛷️ Thredbo, New South Wales 🇦🇺 AustraliëWinter season · 5 jun – 5 okt (meestal)Lifts run from the June long weekend to the October long weekend, held up by snowmaking on the lower runs.32
24. ⛷️ Mount Buller 🇦🇺 AustraliëWinter season · 8 jun – 5 okt (meestal)Lifts run from the King's Birthday long weekend to the October school holidays, held together by snowmaking.31
25. 🥾 El Chaltén 🇦🇷 ArgentiniëSnow season · 1–28 jul (meestal)About 164 cm of snow falls in the month.31

…en nog 1 in juli.

Wat er in juli wereldwijd speelt →

1. 🏙️ Santiago 🇨🇱 ChiliSki season · 14 jun – 4 okt (meestal)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 jun – 5 sep (meestal)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 🇨🇭 ZwitserlandSummer glacier skiing · 1 jun – 31 okt (meestal)The glacier keeps a handful of lifts turning through the summer, mornings only, which is where the national teams train.71
4. 🏙️ Christchurch 🇳🇿 Nieuw-ZeelandCanterbury ski season · 5 jun – 10 okt (meestal)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 🇳🇿 Nieuw-ZeelandRainbow ski area season · 1 jul – 30 sep (meestal)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 🇳🇿 Nieuw-ZeelandSki season · 13 jun – 11 okt (meestal)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 jun – 30 sep (meestal)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. 🥾 Lake Tekapo 🇳🇿 Nieuw-ZeelandRoundhill ski season · 25 jun – 20 sep (meestal)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 🇳🇿 Nieuw-ZeelandSki season · 15 jun – 5 okt (meestal)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. ⛷️ Ushuaia 🇦🇷 ArgentiniëCerro Castor ski season · 25 jun – 5 okt (meestal)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. ⛷️ Bariloche 🇦🇷 ArgentiniëSki season · 29 jun – 4 okt (meestal)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 🇦🇷 ArgentiniëChapelco ski season · 25 jun – 30 sep (meestal)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. 🏞️ Mount Tongariro 🇳🇿 Nieuw-ZeelandRuapehu ski season · 15 jun – 15 okt (meestal)Whakapapa and Tūroa sit on an active volcano and run from mid-winter into spring, snow allowing.46
14. ⛷️ Farellones 🇨🇱 ChiliSki season · 15 jun – 30 sep (meestal)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 🇦🇺 AustraliëWinter season · 5 jun – 5 okt (meestal)Australia's biggest lift network runs from the June long weekend to the October long weekend.44
16. ⛷️ Pucón 🇨🇱 ChiliSkiing on the volcano · 15 jun – 15 okt (meestal)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 Zuid-Georgia en de Zuidelijke SandwicheilandenSnow season · 1–28 aug (meestal)About 95 cm of snow falls in the month.42
18. ⛷️ Las Leñas 🇦🇷 ArgentiniëSki season · 20 jun – 1 okt (meestal)The resort usually opens in the second half of June and runs to late September.41
19. ⛷️ Portillo 🇨🇱 ChiliSki season · 20 jun – 5 okt (meestal)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. 🏞️ Mount Cook 🇳🇿 Nieuw-ZeelandSnow season · 1–28 aug (meestal)About 68 cm of snow falls in the month.40
21. ⛷️ Falls Creek 🇦🇺 AustraliëLifts turning · 5 jun – 5 okt (meestal)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, New South Wales 🇦🇺 AustraliëWinter season · 5 jun – 5 okt (meestal)Lifts run from the June long weekend to the October long weekend, held up by snowmaking on the lower runs.37
23. 🥾 El Chaltén 🇦🇷 ArgentiniëSnow season · 1–28 aug (meestal)About 164 cm of snow falls in the month.37
24. ⛷️ Valle Nevado 🇨🇱 ChiliSki season · 19 jun – 5 okt (meestal)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 🇦🇺 AustraliëWinter season · 8 jun – 5 okt (meestal)Lifts run from the King's Birthday long weekend to the October school holidays, held together by snowmaking.35

…en nog 1 in augustus.

Wat er in augustus wereldwijd speelt →

1. 🏙️ Santiago 🇨🇱 ChiliSki season · 14 jun – 4 okt (meestal)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. 🏖️ Čolponata 🇰🇬 KirgiziëSnow season · 1–28 sep (meestal)About 44 cm of snow falls in the month.81
3. 🏙️ Christchurch 🇳🇿 Nieuw-ZeelandCanterbury ski season · 5 jun – 10 okt (meestal)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 jun – 5 sep (meestal)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 🇳🇿 Nieuw-ZeelandRainbow ski area season · 1 jul – 30 sep (meestal)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 🇦🇹 OostenrijkGlacier skiing opens · 15 sep – 15 nov (meestal)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 🇨🇭 ZwitserlandSummer glacier skiing · 1 jun – 31 okt (meestal)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 jun – 30 sep (meestal)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 🇮🇸 IJslandSnow season · 1–28 sep (meestal)About 32 cm of snow falls in the month.64
10. 🥾 Lake Tekapo 🇳🇿 Nieuw-ZeelandRoundhill ski season · 25 jun – 20 sep (meestal)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. ⛷️ Ushuaia 🇦🇷 ArgentiniëCerro Castor ski season · 25 jun – 5 okt (meestal)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. ⛷️ Bariloche 🇦🇷 ArgentiniëSki season · 29 jun – 4 okt (meestal)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 🇦🇷 ArgentiniëChapelco ski season · 25 jun – 30 sep (meestal)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 🇳🇿 Nieuw-ZeelandSki season · 15 jun – 5 okt (meestal)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 🇳🇿 Nieuw-ZeelandSki season · 13 jun – 11 okt (meestal)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 🇦🇺 AustraliëWinter season · 5 jun – 5 okt (meestal)Australia's biggest lift network runs from the June long weekend to the October long weekend.52
17. ⛷️ Pucón 🇨🇱 ChiliSkiing on the volcano · 15 jun – 15 okt (meestal)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 jun – 30 sep (meestal)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 Zuid-Georgia en de Zuidelijke SandwicheilandenSnow season · 1–28 sep (meestal)About 66 cm of snow falls in the month.52
20. ⛷️ Falls Creek 🇦🇺 AustraliëLifts turning · 5 jun – 5 okt (meestal)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 🇦🇷 ArgentiniëSki season · 20 jun – 1 okt (meestal)The resort usually opens in the second half of June and runs to late September.49
22. ⛷️ Portillo 🇨🇱 ChiliSki season · 20 jun – 5 okt (meestal)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, New South Wales 🇦🇺 AustraliëWinter season · 5 jun – 5 okt (meestal)Lifts run from the June long weekend to the October long weekend, held up by snowmaking on the lower runs.47
24. ⛷️ Mount Buller 🇦🇺 AustraliëWinter season · 8 jun – 5 okt (meestal)Lifts run from the King's Birthday long weekend to the October school holidays, held together by snowmaking.47
25. 🏞️ Mount Tongariro 🇳🇿 Nieuw-ZeelandRuapehu ski season · 15 jun – 15 okt (meestal)Whakapapa and Tūroa sit on an active volcano and run from mid-winter into spring, snow allowing.47

…en nog 6 in september.

Wat er in september wereldwijd speelt →

1. 🏙️ Santiago 🇨🇱 ChiliSki season · 14 jun – 4 okt (meestal)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 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenMountain ski season · 25 okt – 20 apr (meestal)Denver is the airport for the I-70 resorts, which turn lifts from late October to April.86
3. 🏙️ Christchurch 🇳🇿 Nieuw-ZeelandCanterbury ski season · 5 jun – 10 okt (meestal)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 okt (meestal)About 40 cm of snow falls in the month.73
5. 🥾 Innsbruck 🇦🇹 OostenrijkStubai glacier opens · 5 okt – 30 nov (meestal)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. 🏖️ Čolponata 🇰🇬 KirgiziëSnow season · 1–28 okt (meestal)About 63 cm of snow falls in the month.71
7. 🥾 Pamir Highway 🇹🇯 TadzjikistanSnow season · 1–28 okt (meestal)About 39 cm of snow falls in the month.68
8. ⛷️ Ushuaia 🇦🇷 ArgentiniëCerro Castor ski season · 25 jun – 5 okt (meestal)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. ⛷️ Bariloche 🇦🇷 ArgentiniëSki season · 29 jun – 4 okt (meestal)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 🇦🇷 ArgentiniëSnow season · 1–28 okt (meestal)About 37 cm of snow falls in the month.64
11. 🥾 Mestia 🇬🇪 GeorgiëSnow season · 1–28 okt (meestal)About 46 cm of snow falls in the month.64
12. ⛷️ Queenstown 🇳🇿 Nieuw-ZeelandSki season · 13 jun – 11 okt (meestal)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 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenSnow season · 1–28 okt (meestal)About 30 cm of snow falls in the month.63
14. ⛷️ Wanaka 🇳🇿 Nieuw-ZeelandSki season · 15 jun – 5 okt (meestal)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 jun – 15 okt (meestal)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 🇰🇬 KirgiziëSnow season · 1–28 okt (meestal)About 34 cm of snow falls in the month.61
17. ⛷️ Breckenridge 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenSnow season · 1–28 okt (meestal)About 31 cm of snow falls in the month.61
18. ⛷️ Farellones 🇨🇱 ChiliSnow season · 1–28 okt (meestal)About 55 cm of snow falls in the month.60
19. ⛷️ Sölden 🇦🇹 OostenrijkGlacier skiing opens · 15 sep – 15 nov (meestal)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. 🥾 Skardu 🇵🇰 PakistanSnow season · 1–28 okt (meestal)About 37 cm of snow falls in the month.60
21. 🏝️ Grytviken Zuid-Georgia en de Zuidelijke SandwicheilandenSnow season · 1–28 okt (meestal)About 61 cm of snow falls in the month.59
22. ⛷️ Las Leñas 🇦🇷 ArgentiniëSki season · 20 jun – 1 okt (meestal)The resort usually opens in the second half of June and runs to late September.58
23. ⛷️ Perisher Valley 🇦🇺 AustraliëWinter season · 5 jun – 5 okt (meestal)Australia's biggest lift network runs from the June long weekend to the October long weekend.58
24. ⛷️ Val-d'Isère 🇫🇷 FrankrijkSnow season · 1–28 okt (meestal)About 32 cm of snow falls in the month.58
25. ⛷️ Zell am See 🇦🇹 OostenrijkGlacier skiing opens · 5 okt – 30 nov (meestal)The Kitzsteinhorn turns lifts from about the tenth of October, months before the valley runs.58

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1. 🏙️ Granada 🇪🇸 SpanjeSierra Nevada ski season · 28 nov – 30 apr (meestal)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 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenMountain ski season · 25 okt – 20 apr (meestal)Denver is the airport for the I-70 resorts, which turn lifts from late October to April.73
3. 🏙️ Reno 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenTahoe ski season · 20 nov – 15 apr (meestal)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 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenSki season · 25 nov – 5 apr (meestal)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 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenArizona Snowbowl season · 15 nov – 10 apr (meestal)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 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenSki season · 20 nov – 20 apr (meestal)Four resorts sit half an hour from downtown up the Cottonwood canyons, open from late November into April.69
7. 🏙️ Karuizawa 🇯🇵 JapanFirst lifts in Japan · 1 nov – 31 mrtThe 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 Zuid-Georgia en de Zuidelijke SandwicheilandenSnow season · 1–28 nov (meestal)About 47 cm of snow falls in the month.66
9. 🥾 Taos 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenSki season · 26 nov – 5 apr (meestal)Taos Ski Valley opens around Thanksgiving and runs to early April, steep enough that it refused snowboarders until 2008.65
10. 🏖️ Čolponata 🇰🇬 KirgiziëSnow season · 1–28 nov (meestal)About 37 cm of snow falls in the month.64
11. ⛷️ Pyeongchang 🇰🇷 Zuid-KoreaSki season · 25 nov – 5 apr (meestal)Yongpyong and Alpensia open on manufactured snow from late November and run night skiing most of the winter.61
12. 🏙️ Bend 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenMt Bachelor ski season · 25 nov – 15 mei (meestal)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. 🏙️ Salzburg 🇦🇹 OostenrijkSnow season · 1–28 nov (meestal)About 33 cm of snow falls in the month.60
14. 🏙️ Vaduz LiechtensteinSnow season · 1–28 nov (meestal)About 34 cm of snow falls in the month.60
15. 🏙️ Sapporo 🇯🇵 JapanSnow season · 1–28 nov (meestal)About 37 cm of snow falls in the month.59
16. 🥾 Innsbruck 🇦🇹 OostenrijkStubai glacier opens · 5 okt – 30 nov (meestal)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 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenSki season · 20 nov – 15 apr (meestal)Heavenly runs from the edge of town up onto the ridge between two states, usually from late November into April.59
18. 🥾 El Chaltén 🇦🇷 ArgentiniëSnow season · 1–28 nov (meestal)About 129 cm of snow falls in the month.59
19. ⛷️ Andorra la Vella 🇦🇩 AndorraSnow season · 1–28 nov (meestal)About 30 cm of snow falls in the month.58
20. 🏙️ Hallstatt 🇦🇹 OostenrijkSnow season · 1–28 nov (meestal)About 55 cm of snow falls in the month.58
21. 🏙️ Füssen 🇩🇪 DuitslandSnow season · 1–28 nov (meestal)About 39 cm of snow falls in the month.58
22. 🏙️ Montreux 🇨🇭 ZwitserlandSnow season · 1–28 nov (meestal)About 33 cm of snow falls in the month.58
23. ⛷️ Sierra Nevada 🇪🇸 SpanjeSki season · 25 nov – 30 apr (meestal)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 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenSki season · 26 nov – 5 apr (meestal)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 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenMammoth ski season · 5 nov – 31 mei (meestal)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. 🏙️ Catania 🇮🇹 ItaliëSkiing on Etna · 20 dec – 31 mrt (meestal)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. 🏙️ Beiroet 🇱🇧 LibanonSki season above the city · 20 dec – 31 mrt (meestal)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, Atlas Mountains 🇲🇦 MarokkoWinter on Toubkal · 1 dec – 31 mrt (meestal)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. 🏖️ Taormina 🇮🇹 ItaliëSnow on Etna · 15 dec – 31 mrt (meestal)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. 🏙️ Granada 🇪🇸 SpanjeSierra Nevada ski season · 28 nov – 30 apr (meestal)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 🇫🇷 FrankrijkSki day trips open · 5 dec – 10 apr (meestal)Isola 2000 and Auron are about ninety minutes from the seafront and run from December to early April.71
7. 🏝️ Grytviken Zuid-Georgia en de Zuidelijke SandwicheilandenSnow season · 1–28 dec (meestal)About 42 cm of snow falls in the month.71
8. 🏙️ Teheran 🇮🇷 IranSki season above the city · 15 dec – 10 apr (meestal)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 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenMountain ski season · 25 okt – 20 apr (meestal)Denver is the airport for the I-70 resorts, which turn lifts from late October to April.67
10. 🏙️ Tbilisi 🇬🇪 GeorgiëCaucasus ski season · 15 dec – 10 apr (meestal)Gudauri is two hours up the military highway and runs on cheap lift passes and a lot of off-piste.65
11. 🏙️ Doesjanbe 🇹🇯 TadzjikistanSafed-Dara ski season · 15 dec – 20 mrt (meestal)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 🇹🇷 TurkijeZigana ski season · 15 dec – 31 mrt (meestal)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 🇹🇷 TurkijeSnow season · 1–28 dec (meestal)About 38 cm of snow falls in the month.64
14. 🏙️ Santa Fe 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenSki season · 25 nov – 5 apr (meestal)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 🇮🇳 IndiaSnow season at Solang · 20 dec – 28 febSolang and the slopes above town are where the plains come to see snow, which is a different activity from skiing.62
16. 🏙️ Bursa 🇹🇷 TurkijeUludağ ski season · 15 dec – 31 mrt (meestal)The lifts usually run from the middle of December to the end of March, with January and February the dependable months.62
17. 🏙️ Matsumoto 🇯🇵 JapanSnow season · 1–28 dec (meestal)About 38 cm of snow falls in the month.62
18. 🏙️ Flagstaff 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenArizona Snowbowl season · 15 nov – 10 apr (meestal)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 🇦🇷 ArgentiniëSnow season · 1–28 dec (meestal)About 99 cm of snow falls in the month.61
20. 🏙️ Koetaisi 🇬🇪 GeorgiëSnow season · 1–28 dec (meestal)About 33 cm of snow falls in the month.61
21. 🏙️ Reno 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenTahoe ski season · 20 nov – 15 apr (meestal)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. 🏙️ Turijn 🇮🇹 ItaliëSki season in the valleys · 5 dec – 5 apr (meestal)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. 🏙️ Tasjkent 🇺🇿 OezbekistanChimgan ski season · 15 dec – 20 mrt (meestal)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 🇯🇵 JapanFirst lifts in Japan · 1 nov – 31 mrtThe Prince resort makes snow in cold, dry air and usually opens on 1 November, weeks before anywhere else in Nagano has any.58
25. 🏖️ Sotsji 🇷🇺 RuslandSki season up the valley · 15 dec – 30 apr (meestal)The resorts above Krasnaya Polyana are forty minutes inland and turn their lifts from the second half of December.57

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