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Resort dossier
Kandersteg
CH·Bernese Oberlandless snow sure
Weeks 53–3
Typically -10.2°C · 38cm fresh / week · powder day 58% · mixed 44%
Top elev.
1920m
Base elev.
1176m
Pistes
15km
Lifts
8
Piste mix10km mapped
Blue59%
Red41%
COMPOSITE SCORE
70
Snow91
Typically 146cm
Typical depth146cm
119cm178cm
Travel69
From your origin
Size43
Piste km, discounted for linked-area connectivity
Fit50
Vibe, terrain, activities
What to expect
What to expect in weeks 1–53
Based on 25 winters of weather data, modelled at ~1634m (not the village). Any single year can be very different.
Typically stormy, around -10.2°C, with 38cm of fresh snow over the week. Powder days hit 58% of the time. Other weeks run mixed.
Icy mornings
0.1 days/week
spring-like in 0% of years
Snow texture
Settled
packed, predictable piste
Typical wind
15.8 m/s
peaks to 32 m/s
Typical Freezing level
-26 m
0°C isotherm
Powder days
58%
of years see 10cm+
Rain at base
0 days
per week
Storm
49%
of years
Bluebird
8%
of years
Thaw
0%
of years
Mixed
44%
of years
Climatology
What a season here looks like
Each track shows the typical range across 25 winters. The marker shows where your selected weeks sit.
Reliability60cm+
100%
Depth
157cm
Temperature
-10.2°C
Fresh snow
38cm
Snow line
-26m
Wind
15.8 m/s
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Transfers
Transfers
| Airport | Drive | Train |
|---|---|---|
| Bern (BRN) | 55 min | |
| Geneva (GVA) | 174 min | |
| Milan Malpensa (MXP) | 261 min | |
| Zürich (ZRH) | 163 min |
Method & sources
The composite score weights snow reliability against the historical baseline, pulls in live conditions where available, then adjusts for how much hassle the trip actually is for your group.
- 01ERA5-Land hourly grid → daily SWE & snow depth at the resort cell.
- 02Bias-correct against ground stations (SLF / Météo-France nivôse).
- 03Build per-week climatological percentile · 35 winters.
- 04Anomaly = current week vs. cell's own 30-year baseline.
- 05Snow-sure read at the highest-snow cell within ~15km. When most resorts are bare, ranking shifts toward this, surfacing glaciers in shoulder seasons.
- 06Weight + rank against your origin & vibe profile.
Sources
Snow data sources
Ground stations the score is based on.
- FIS2slf
- ELS2slf