The best ski resorts for experience and predicted snowfall
Top Ski Resorts
We have collected all the data to analyse where to get the best ski or snowboard experience based on the amount of snowfall to help you plan your next ski or snowboard adventure. Check out Club Med Alpe d'Huez in the French Alps, which is the third best ski resort worldwide.
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After almost two years of being untouched, over 60,000 kilometers of slopes and 23,000 ski lifts worldwide are gearing up to reopen as the ski season finally opens again. As a result, there has been a huge increase in demand for ski holidays across the world with an average of 8,100 people a month searching Google for skiing destinations, as borders open again. That’s why we've created this helpful guide to the world's best ski resorts.
Snow is critical in being able to effortlessly glide down the slopes, and having a dry run can turn any ski holiday sour. So, our travel experts have created an index to unveil the ultimate ski resorts around the world to ski and snowboard in based on predicted snowfall volume and ski experience - ready to help you plan your next skiing adventure.
The results revealed that Whistler Blackcomb in Canada came out in the top spot...
The ski resorts were each assigned an index score out of 100 based on a combination of the below data points from snow forecast, keywordtool, ski resort info and on the snow:
- Predicted snowfall 2021/22 (CM) (based on the average ski resort snowfall over the last 8 years)
- Volume of predicted snowfall days 2021/22
- Star rating of ski pass cost
- Average ski pass cost
- Number of ski lifts per ski resort
- Monthly Google search demand
- Google search trend increase or decrease (%)
- Snowfall per month (CM)
These are the 50 best ski resorts in the world where you’re most likely to get snow!
The top 10 best ski resorts in the world based on amount of snowfall, according to the data
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Looking for a winter wonderland but not sure where to start? When researching the best places for a ski holiday one of the key factors to dig into is predicted snowfall. It may be obvious but snowsports require snow! So to make sure you’re truly getting the most for your money, you need to make sure you can successfully do the activities you’re signing up for.
According to our data, Canada is the best country in the world for volume of snowfall, with 13 ski resorts placing in the top 20 ranking for most days of snowfall! Examples of Canada’s finest with a great volume of predicted snowfall days include ‘Silver Star ski mountain resort’ (78 days) and ‘Sun Peaks’ (75 days).
USA and Norway were among other countries with ski resorts featured in the top 20 resorts with the highest volume of predicted snowfall days. USA had a total of 6 resorts making the cut, with the likes of ‘Winter Park Resort’ in the USA (77 days and ‘Keystone’ in the USA, with 68 days to name a few.
Myrkdalen ski resort in Norway ranked in 14th and was also predicted to have 68 days of snowfall. This is the largest ski resort in Western Norway and scored 68, proving to be great for ski experience as well as snowfall.