Where to ski in January
Northern-hemisphere resorts open in January, ranked by how much snow fell in January over the last three winters, then overall score.
| # | Resort | January snow | Altitude | Score | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 馃嚡馃嚨 Hakuba Happo-one | 310 cm | 760-1831 m | 6.3 | Nov 29 to May 5 |
| 2 | 馃嚭馃嚫 Mammoth Mountain | 295 cm | 2424-3369 m | 7.2 | Nov 8 to Jun 1 |
| 3 | 馃嚡馃嚨 Nozawa Onsen | 292 cm | 565-1650 m | 6.0 | Dec 6 to May 5 |
| 4 | 馃嚭馃嚫 Heavenly | 287 cm | 1998-3068 m | 6.6 | Nov 21 to Apr 19 |
| 5 | 馃嚭馃嚫 Mt. Bachelor | 274 cm | 1920-2763 m | 7.1 | Nov 26 to May 25 |
| 6 | 馃嚡馃嚨 Niseko Grand Hirafu | 266 cm | 255-1200 m | 6.8 | Nov 29 to May 5 |
| 7 | 馃嚭馃嚫 Brighton | 262 cm | 2669-3200 m | 8.5 | Nov 14 to Apr 19 |
| 8 | 馃嚭馃嚫 Snowbird | 262 cm | 2365-3353 m | 7.5 | Nov 21 to May 25 |
| 9 | 馃嚭馃嚫 Alta | 262 cm | 2600-3216 m | 7.3 | Nov 21 to Apr 19 |
| 10 | 馃嚭馃嚫 Palisades Tahoe | 251 cm | 1890-2760 m | 6.4 | Nov 26 to May 25 |
| 11 | 馃嚭馃嚫 Deer Valley | 226 cm | 2003-2917 m | 8.4 | Dec 6 to Apr 19 |
| 12 | 馃嚭馃嚫 Park City | 225 cm | 2080-3049 m | 7.3 | Nov 21 to Apr 12 |
| 13 | 馃嚭馃嚫 Steamboat | 217 cm | 2103-3221 m | 7.4 | Nov 21 to Apr 12 |
| 14 | 馃嚭馃嚫 Snowbasin | 187 cm | 1945-2850 m | 7.4 | Nov 26 to Apr 19 |
| 15 | 馃嚭馃嚫 Crested Butte | 174 cm | 2775-3707 m | 7.8 | Nov 26 to Apr 5 |
| 16 | 馃嚡馃嚨 Furano | 174 cm | 235-1209 m | 6.7 | Nov 29 to May 5 |
| 17 | 馃嚚馃嚘 Whistler Blackcomb | 173 cm | 675-2284 m | 7.1 | Nov 26 to May 18 |
| 18 | 馃嚡馃嚨 Rusutsu | 168 cm | 400-994 m | 6.0 | Nov 29 to Apr 5 |
| 19 | 馃嚭馃嚫 Jackson Hole | 164 cm | 1924-3185 m | 8.1 | Dec 6 to Apr 12 |
| 20 | 馃嚭馃嚫 Telluride | 146 cm | 2659-4010 m | 7.9 | Nov 26 to Apr 5 |
| 21 | 馃嚭馃嚫 Vail | 141 cm | 2475-3527 m | 7.2 | Nov 14 to Apr 19 |
| 22 | 馃嚭馃嚫 Winter Park | 138 cm | 2743-3676 m | 6.6 | Nov 14 to Apr 19 |
| 23 | 馃嚝馃嚪 Les 2 Alpes | 129 cm | 1300-3568 m | 9.0 | Nov 28 to Apr 26 |
| 24 | 馃嚝馃嚪 Alpe d'Huez | 129 cm | 1250-3330 m | 8.4 | Dec 6 to Apr 26 |
| 25 | 馃嚭馃嚫 Beaver Creek | 125 cm | 2255-3487 m | 7.8 | Nov 21 to Apr 12 |
| 26 | 馃嚠馃嚬 Courmayeur | 125 cm | 1224-2755 m | 6.9 | Nov 28 to Apr 19 |
| 27 | 馃嚝馃嚪 Les Arcs | 124 cm | 1200-3226 m | 9.8 | Dec 13 to Apr 19 |
| 28 | 馃嚭馃嚫 Keystone | 124 cm | 2829-3651 m | 6.1 | Oct 31 to Apr 12 |
| 29 | 馃嚝馃嚪 Chamonix Mont-Blanc | 122 cm | 1035-3275 m | 7.7 | Dec 13 to May 10 |
| 30 | 馃嚭馃嚫 Arapahoe Basin | 122 cm | 3286-3978 m | 6.6 | Oct 25 to Jun 7 |
Scores and stats are computed from open data (OpenStreetMap, ERA5 snowfall, live Open-Meteo forecasts). How Snowlist scores resorts.
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