SeasonMap

Avalanche season, month by month around the world

Backcountry and passes on forecast; the weeks the road closes after a dump.

This is a warning page, not a recommendation. Avalanche season covers 18 destinations on SeasonMap; the months below are the ones in which the risk window is open — most weeks in them pass quietly, and the score beside each place is still the ordinary climate score, hazard and all.

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When it is on

Number of destinations with avalanche season on in that month. Windows move a little each year.

Avalanche season in January

  1. 🇦🇹 Innsbruck, AustriaAvalanche season · 1 Dec – 30 Apr (usually)The Tyrol bulletin runs daily all winter and a big dump shuts the side-valley roads and sometimes the Brenner for hours.47climate
  2. 🇦🇫 Kabul, AfghanistanSalang route closures · 1 Jan – 15 Mar (usually)The tunnel and the approaches carry everything moving north, and snow and avalanche shut them for days at a time.45climate
  3. 🇬🇪 Kazbegi, GeorgiaMilitary Highway closures · 1 Dec – 15 Apr (usually)The only road from Tbilisi crosses the Jvari Pass, and avalanche control shuts it without much notice through the winter.43climate
  4. 🇩🇪 Berchtesgaden, GermanyAvalanche season · 1 Jan – 15 Apr (usually)The Bavarian avalanche service rates these mountains daily through the winter, and the danger on steep ground climbs again as the temperature comes up from February into April.40climate
  5. 🇮🇹 Cortina d'Ampezzo, ItalyAvalanche season · 15 Dec – 10 Apr (usually)Off-piste and the high passes run on the daily bulletin through the winter, and after a big dump the roads out towards Falzarego and Tre Croci close until the crews have worked them.39climate
  6. 🇬🇧 Fort William, United KingdomAvalanche forecast season · 15 Dec – 15 Apr (usually)The Lochaber forecast runs from mid-December to mid-April and covers Ben Nevis and the Aonachs.39climate
  7. 🇬🇧 Aviemore, United KingdomAvalanche forecast season · 15 Dec – 15 Apr (usually)The Northern Cairngorms forecast runs from mid-December to mid-April, and the plateau above the ski area kills people most winters.38climate
  8. 🇺🇸 Breckenridge, United StatesAvalanche season · 1 Dec – 30 AprColorado's continental snowpack builds weak layers early and keeps them all winter, which is why the state leads the country for avalanche deaths.36climate
  9. 🇨🇭 Davos, SwitzerlandAvalanche season · 10 Dec – 15 Apr (usually)The national avalanche institute is based here, which tells you something.34climate
  10. 🇬🇪 Mestia, GeorgiaRoads in and out shut · 15 Nov – 15 May (usually)The Zugdidi road stays open but closes for stretches after heavy snow, and the Lentekhi road over the mountains is shut all winter for avalanche risk.34climate
  11. 🇺🇸 Vail, United StatesI-70 and Vail Pass closures · 15 Nov – 31 Mar (usually)The pass and the Eisenhower tunnel shut for storms, spun trucks and avalanche control several times a winter, and the traction law applies from the first snow.33climate
  12. 🇬🇪 Gudauri, GeorgiaJvari Pass avalanche closures · 1 Dec – 15 Apr (usually)The road authority shuts the Gudauri to Kobi section of the Military Highway whenever avalanche risk is high, sometimes for days, and the stretch up from Mleta gets convoy-only rules.31climate
  13. 🇨🇦 Revelstoke, CanadaAvalanche control closures · 1 Dec – 31 Mar (usually)Rogers Pass east of town is the most actively controlled highway in the country, and it shuts without much notice for artillery work.30climate
  14. 🇮🇳 Gulmarg, IndiaAvalanche season · 1 Jan – 31 Mar (usually)Phase 2 and the bowls above it shut for days after heavy snow, and a local advisory goes up most mornings through the winter.30climate
  15. 🇨🇦 Whistler, CanadaSea to Sky highway closures · 1 Dec – 15 Mar (usually)Highway 99 is the only road in, and snow, rockfall and avalanche control shut it for hours several times a winter.25climate

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Avalanche season in February

  1. 🇦🇹 Innsbruck, AustriaAvalanche season · 1 Dec – 30 Apr (usually)The Tyrol bulletin runs daily all winter and a big dump shuts the side-valley roads and sometimes the Brenner for hours.61climate
  2. 🇩🇪 Berchtesgaden, GermanyAvalanche season · 1 Jan – 15 Apr (usually)The Bavarian avalanche service rates these mountains daily through the winter, and the danger on steep ground climbs again as the temperature comes up from February into April.53climate
  3. 🇦🇫 Kabul, AfghanistanSalang route closures · 1 Jan – 15 Mar (usually)The tunnel and the approaches carry everything moving north, and snow and avalanche shut them for days at a time.51climate
  4. 🇮🇹 Cortina d'Ampezzo, ItalyAvalanche season · 15 Dec – 10 Apr (usually)Off-piste and the high passes run on the daily bulletin through the winter, and after a big dump the roads out towards Falzarego and Tre Croci close until the crews have worked them.47climate
  5. 🇬🇪 Kazbegi, GeorgiaMilitary Highway closures · 1 Dec – 15 Apr (usually)The only road from Tbilisi crosses the Jvari Pass, and avalanche control shuts it without much notice through the winter.47climate
  6. 🇬🇧 Aviemore, United KingdomAvalanche forecast season · 15 Dec – 15 Apr (usually)The Northern Cairngorms forecast runs from mid-December to mid-April, and the plateau above the ski area kills people most winters.45climate
  7. 🇨🇭 Davos, SwitzerlandAvalanche season · 10 Dec – 15 Apr (usually)The national avalanche institute is based here, which tells you something.43climate
  8. 🇬🇧 Fort William, United KingdomAvalanche forecast season · 15 Dec – 15 Apr (usually)The Lochaber forecast runs from mid-December to mid-April and covers Ben Nevis and the Aonachs.42climate
  9. 🇺🇸 Vail, United StatesI-70 and Vail Pass closures · 15 Nov – 31 Mar (usually)The pass and the Eisenhower tunnel shut for storms, spun trucks and avalanche control several times a winter, and the traction law applies from the first snow.40climate
  10. 🇺🇸 Breckenridge, United StatesAvalanche season · 1 Dec – 30 AprColorado's continental snowpack builds weak layers early and keeps them all winter, which is why the state leads the country for avalanche deaths.40climate
  11. 🇬🇪 Mestia, GeorgiaRoads in and out shut · 15 Nov – 15 May (usually)The Zugdidi road stays open but closes for stretches after heavy snow, and the Lentekhi road over the mountains is shut all winter for avalanche risk.40climate
  12. 🇨🇦 Whistler, CanadaSea to Sky highway closures · 1 Dec – 15 Mar (usually)Highway 99 is the only road in, and snow, rockfall and avalanche control shut it for hours several times a winter.36climate
  13. 🇬🇪 Gudauri, GeorgiaJvari Pass avalanche closures · 1 Dec – 15 Apr (usually)The road authority shuts the Gudauri to Kobi section of the Military Highway whenever avalanche risk is high, sometimes for days, and the stretch up from Mleta gets convoy-only rules.36climate
  14. 🇨🇦 Revelstoke, CanadaAvalanche control closures · 1 Dec – 31 Mar (usually)Rogers Pass east of town is the most actively controlled highway in the country, and it shuts without much notice for artillery work.35climate
  15. 🇮🇳 Gulmarg, IndiaAvalanche season · 1 Jan – 31 Mar (usually)Phase 2 and the bowls above it shut for days after heavy snow, and a local advisory goes up most mornings through the winter.35climate

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Avalanche season in March

  1. 🇦🇹 Innsbruck, AustriaAvalanche season · 1 Dec – 30 Apr (usually)The Tyrol bulletin runs daily all winter and a big dump shuts the side-valley roads and sometimes the Brenner for hours.68climate
  2. 🇦🇫 Kabul, AfghanistanSalang route closures · 1 Jan – 15 Mar (usually)The tunnel and the approaches carry everything moving north, and snow and avalanche shut them for days at a time.66climate
  3. 🇩🇪 Berchtesgaden, GermanyAvalanche season · 1 Jan – 15 Apr (usually)The Bavarian avalanche service rates these mountains daily through the winter, and the danger on steep ground climbs again as the temperature comes up from February into April.61climate
  4. 🇬🇧 Fort William, United KingdomAvalanche forecast season · 15 Dec – 15 Apr (usually)The Lochaber forecast runs from mid-December to mid-April and covers Ben Nevis and the Aonachs.56climate
  5. 🇬🇧 Aviemore, United KingdomAvalanche forecast season · 15 Dec – 15 Apr (usually)The Northern Cairngorms forecast runs from mid-December to mid-April, and the plateau above the ski area kills people most winters.55climate
  6. 🇮🇹 Cortina d'Ampezzo, ItalyAvalanche season · 15 Dec – 10 Apr (usually)Off-piste and the high passes run on the daily bulletin through the winter, and after a big dump the roads out towards Falzarego and Tre Croci close until the crews have worked them.54climate
  7. 🇬🇪 Kazbegi, GeorgiaMilitary Highway closures · 1 Dec – 15 Apr (usually)The only road from Tbilisi crosses the Jvari Pass, and avalanche control shuts it without much notice through the winter.52climate
  8. 🇨🇭 Davos, SwitzerlandAvalanche season · 10 Dec – 15 Apr (usually)The national avalanche institute is based here, which tells you something.51climate
  9. 🇨🇦 Revelstoke, CanadaAvalanche control closures · 1 Dec – 31 Mar (usually)Rogers Pass east of town is the most actively controlled highway in the country, and it shuts without much notice for artillery work.50climate
  10. 🇺🇸 Vail, United StatesI-70 and Vail Pass closures · 15 Nov – 31 Mar (usually)The pass and the Eisenhower tunnel shut for storms, spun trucks and avalanche control several times a winter, and the traction law applies from the first snow.48climate
  11. 🇬🇪 Mestia, GeorgiaRoads in and out shut · 15 Nov – 15 May (usually)The Zugdidi road stays open but closes for stretches after heavy snow, and the Lentekhi road over the mountains is shut all winter for avalanche risk.48climate
  12. 🇨🇦 Whistler, CanadaSea to Sky highway closures · 1 Dec – 15 Mar (usually)Highway 99 is the only road in, and snow, rockfall and avalanche control shut it for hours several times a winter.47climate
  13. 🇺🇸 Breckenridge, United StatesAvalanche season · 1 Dec – 30 AprColorado's continental snowpack builds weak layers early and keeps them all winter, which is why the state leads the country for avalanche deaths.46climate
  14. 🇮🇳 Gulmarg, IndiaAvalanche season · 1 Jan – 31 Mar (usually)Phase 2 and the bowls above it shut for days after heavy snow, and a local advisory goes up most mornings through the winter.42climate
  15. 🇬🇪 Gudauri, GeorgiaJvari Pass avalanche closures · 1 Dec – 15 Apr (usually)The road authority shuts the Gudauri to Kobi section of the Military Highway whenever avalanche risk is high, sometimes for days, and the stretch up from Mleta gets convoy-only rules.40climate

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Avalanche season in April

  1. 🇦🇹 Innsbruck, AustriaAvalanche season · 1 Dec – 30 Apr (usually)The Tyrol bulletin runs daily all winter and a big dump shuts the side-valley roads and sometimes the Brenner for hours.77climate
  2. 🇩🇪 Berchtesgaden, GermanyAvalanche season · 1 Jan – 15 Apr (usually)The Bavarian avalanche service rates these mountains daily through the winter, and the danger on steep ground climbs again as the temperature comes up from February into April.70climate
  3. 🇬🇧 Fort William, United KingdomAvalanche forecast season · 15 Dec – 15 Apr (usually)The Lochaber forecast runs from mid-December to mid-April and covers Ben Nevis and the Aonachs.68climate
  4. 🇬🇪 Kazbegi, GeorgiaMilitary Highway closures · 1 Dec – 15 Apr (usually)The only road from Tbilisi crosses the Jvari Pass, and avalanche control shuts it without much notice through the winter.63climate
  5. 🇬🇧 Aviemore, United KingdomAvalanche forecast season · 15 Dec – 15 Apr (usually)The Northern Cairngorms forecast runs from mid-December to mid-April, and the plateau above the ski area kills people most winters.62climate
  6. 🇬🇪 Mestia, GeorgiaRoads in and out shut · 15 Nov – 15 May (usually)The Zugdidi road stays open but closes for stretches after heavy snow, and the Lentekhi road over the mountains is shut all winter for avalanche risk.62climate
  7. 🇨🇭 Davos, SwitzerlandAvalanche season · 10 Dec – 15 Apr (usually)The national avalanche institute is based here, which tells you something.61climate
  8. 🇮🇹 Cortina d'Ampezzo, ItalyAvalanche season · 15 Dec – 10 Apr (usually)Off-piste and the high passes run on the daily bulletin through the winter, and after a big dump the roads out towards Falzarego and Tre Croci close until the crews have worked them.60climate
  9. 🇺🇸 Breckenridge, United StatesAvalanche season · 1 Dec – 30 AprColorado's continental snowpack builds weak layers early and keeps them all winter, which is why the state leads the country for avalanche deaths.55climate
  10. 🇬🇪 Gudauri, GeorgiaJvari Pass avalanche closures · 1 Dec – 15 Apr (usually)The road authority shuts the Gudauri to Kobi section of the Military Highway whenever avalanche risk is high, sometimes for days, and the stretch up from Mleta gets convoy-only rules.50climate

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Avalanche season in May

  1. 🇬🇪 Mestia, GeorgiaRoads in and out shut · 15 Nov – 15 May (usually)The Zugdidi road stays open but closes for stretches after heavy snow, and the Lentekhi road over the mountains is shut all winter for avalanche risk.68climate
  2. 🇳🇿 Taupo, New ZealandWinter on the Crossing · 1 May – 31 OctFrom May the Crossing is an alpine route, not a day walk: snow, ice, avalanche terrain, and crampons and an axe as the minimum.66climate
  3. 🇳🇿 Te Anau, New ZealandMilford road avalanche season · 1 May – 30 Nov (usually)The road to Milford runs under avalanche paths, and through winter and spring it closes at short notice for control work.52climate

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Avalanche season in June

  1. 🇳🇿 Taupo, New ZealandWinter on the Crossing · 1 May – 31 OctFrom May the Crossing is an alpine route, not a day walk: snow, ice, avalanche terrain, and crampons and an axe as the minimum.62climate
  2. 🇳🇿 Te Anau, New ZealandMilford road avalanche season · 1 May – 30 Nov (usually)The road to Milford runs under avalanche paths, and through winter and spring it closes at short notice for control work.51climate
  3. 🇳🇿 Aoraki Mount Cook, New ZealandAvalanche advisory season · 1 Jun – 31 Oct (usually)The regional advisory runs through winter and into spring.39climate

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Avalanche season in July

  1. 🇳🇿 Taupo, New ZealandWinter on the Crossing · 1 May – 31 OctFrom May the Crossing is an alpine route, not a day walk: snow, ice, avalanche terrain, and crampons and an axe as the minimum.57climate
  2. 🇳🇿 Te Anau, New ZealandMilford road avalanche season · 1 May – 30 Nov (usually)The road to Milford runs under avalanche paths, and through winter and spring it closes at short notice for control work.46climate
  3. 🇳🇿 Aoraki Mount Cook, New ZealandAvalanche advisory season · 1 Jun – 31 Oct (usually)The regional advisory runs through winter and into spring.33climate

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Avalanche season in August

  1. 🇳🇿 Taupo, New ZealandWinter on the Crossing · 1 May – 31 OctFrom May the Crossing is an alpine route, not a day walk: snow, ice, avalanche terrain, and crampons and an axe as the minimum.63climate
  2. 🇳🇿 Te Anau, New ZealandMilford road avalanche season · 1 May – 30 Nov (usually)The road to Milford runs under avalanche paths, and through winter and spring it closes at short notice for control work.54climate
  3. 🇳🇿 Aoraki Mount Cook, New ZealandAvalanche advisory season · 1 Jun – 31 Oct (usually)The regional advisory runs through winter and into spring.40climate

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Avalanche season in September

  1. 🇳🇿 Taupo, New ZealandWinter on the Crossing · 1 May – 31 OctFrom May the Crossing is an alpine route, not a day walk: snow, ice, avalanche terrain, and crampons and an axe as the minimum.67climate
  2. 🇳🇿 Te Anau, New ZealandMilford road avalanche season · 1 May – 30 Nov (usually)The road to Milford runs under avalanche paths, and through winter and spring it closes at short notice for control work.51climate
  3. 🇳🇿 Aoraki Mount Cook, New ZealandAvalanche advisory season · 1 Jun – 31 Oct (usually)The regional advisory runs through winter and into spring.42climate

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Avalanche season in October

  1. 🇳🇿 Taupo, New ZealandWinter on the Crossing · 1 May – 31 OctFrom May the Crossing is an alpine route, not a day walk: snow, ice, avalanche terrain, and crampons and an axe as the minimum.74climate
  2. 🇳🇿 Te Anau, New ZealandMilford road avalanche season · 1 May – 30 Nov (usually)The road to Milford runs under avalanche paths, and through winter and spring it closes at short notice for control work.57climate
  3. 🇳🇿 Aoraki Mount Cook, New ZealandAvalanche advisory season · 1 Jun – 31 Oct (usually)The regional advisory runs through winter and into spring.49climate

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Avalanche season in November

  1. 🇳🇿 Te Anau, New ZealandMilford road avalanche season · 1 May – 30 Nov (usually)The road to Milford runs under avalanche paths, and through winter and spring it closes at short notice for control work.64climate
  2. 🇬🇪 Mestia, GeorgiaRoads in and out shut · 15 Nov – 15 May (usually)The Zugdidi road stays open but closes for stretches after heavy snow, and the Lentekhi road over the mountains is shut all winter for avalanche risk.52climate
  3. 🇺🇸 Vail, United StatesI-70 and Vail Pass closures · 15 Nov – 31 Mar (usually)The pass and the Eisenhower tunnel shut for storms, spun trucks and avalanche control several times a winter, and the traction law applies from the first snow.46climate

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Avalanche season in December

  1. 🇦🇹 Innsbruck, AustriaAvalanche season · 1 Dec – 30 Apr (usually)The Tyrol bulletin runs daily all winter and a big dump shuts the side-valley roads and sometimes the Brenner for hours.49climate
  2. 🇬🇪 Kazbegi, GeorgiaMilitary Highway closures · 1 Dec – 15 Apr (usually)The only road from Tbilisi crosses the Jvari Pass, and avalanche control shuts it without much notice through the winter.45climate
  3. 🇮🇹 Cortina d'Ampezzo, ItalyAvalanche season · 15 Dec – 10 Apr (usually)Off-piste and the high passes run on the daily bulletin through the winter, and after a big dump the roads out towards Falzarego and Tre Croci close until the crews have worked them.38climate
  4. 🇺🇸 Breckenridge, United StatesAvalanche season · 1 Dec – 30 AprColorado's continental snowpack builds weak layers early and keeps them all winter, which is why the state leads the country for avalanche deaths.37climate
  5. 🇬🇧 Aviemore, United KingdomAvalanche forecast season · 15 Dec – 15 Apr (usually)The Northern Cairngorms forecast runs from mid-December to mid-April, and the plateau above the ski area kills people most winters.37climate
  6. 🇬🇧 Fort William, United KingdomAvalanche forecast season · 15 Dec – 15 Apr (usually)The Lochaber forecast runs from mid-December to mid-April and covers Ben Nevis and the Aonachs.36climate
  7. 🇬🇪 Mestia, GeorgiaRoads in and out shut · 15 Nov – 15 May (usually)The Zugdidi road stays open but closes for stretches after heavy snow, and the Lentekhi road over the mountains is shut all winter for avalanche risk.36climate
  8. 🇺🇸 Vail, United StatesI-70 and Vail Pass closures · 15 Nov – 31 Mar (usually)The pass and the Eisenhower tunnel shut for storms, spun trucks and avalanche control several times a winter, and the traction law applies from the first snow.35climate
  9. 🇨🇭 Davos, SwitzerlandAvalanche season · 10 Dec – 15 Apr (usually)The national avalanche institute is based here, which tells you something.35climate
  10. 🇬🇪 Gudauri, GeorgiaJvari Pass avalanche closures · 1 Dec – 15 Apr (usually)The road authority shuts the Gudauri to Kobi section of the Military Highway whenever avalanche risk is high, sometimes for days, and the stretch up from Mleta gets convoy-only rules.33climate
  11. 🇨🇦 Revelstoke, CanadaAvalanche control closures · 1 Dec – 31 Mar (usually)Rogers Pass east of town is the most actively controlled highway in the country, and it shuts without much notice for artillery work.27climate
  12. 🇨🇦 Whistler, CanadaSea to Sky highway closures · 1 Dec – 15 Mar (usually)Highway 99 is the only road in, and snow, rockfall and avalanche control shut it for hours several times a winter.22climate

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