Snow Conditions

Another huge snowfall, with 50cm on the Matterhorn side, 25cm on the Gornergrat area. Zermatt has been consistently getting more snow than anywhere else in the Alps, snow depths are currently 147% higher than the long-term average. The Stockhorn and Triftji freeride area has opened already, and all conditions are outstanding.

Zermatt main street on January 14th, 2014:

Record-breaking snowfall of 90cm in Zermatt! This part of the Alps has received twice as much snow as anywhere else, and the conditions are truly amazing.

Above: The Gourmet Ski Guide ready for action on Boxing Day…

We had a huge snowfall on the ski area linking the Swiss and Italian sides of the mountain, with 50cm of fresh snow!!! Lower down the Swiss side received a very useful 20cm, rendering the conditions dreamy everywhere.

We had a light snowfall of 8cm over the weekend, contributing usefully to the already outstanding snow depths: top – 185cm, middle 102cm, bottom 36cm.

We woke up to 40cm of new snow (giving a base of 185cm), and clear skies, so could not pass on this opportunity to sample the conditions for you: we skied up on Klein Matternorn and under Testa Grigia on the Italian side, making fresh bottomless tracks all morning. Then lunch at Chalet Etoile hosted by the gorgeous Ulla. It was the perfect winter day:

It has been snowing almost continuously since our last update! We now have 150cm of snow at the top, 14 lifts and 19 runs are already open.

This third big snowfall of the new season brought us 40cm. Current snow depths: Top – 125cm; Middle – 106cm; bottom – 40cm. This is exceptional for November!

A friend from Verbier (where the lifts were closed) skiing in Zermatt last Monday:

We have had two big snowfalls over the weekend, totalling 45cm. The snow base at Gornergrat is 80cm, which is really deep for this time of year. The snow canons are making snow every day on top of this, because artificial snow is more compact and longer-lasting. It is this combination of abundant natural snow and extensive snow-making which gives Zermatt such long ski seasons.

Fresh snow: 40cm! The first large snowfall of the coming winter season has arrived, with 20cm in the village and 40cm on the slopes. This means that, in addition to the summer skiing area, the Furggsattel and Gandegg lifts will start running this week.

Zermatt Webcam on Saturday October 12th:

The full extent of the summer ski area is now open, you can ride more than 1,000 vertical metres of pistes from the Klein Matterhorn down to Cime Bianche in Italy, and down to Trockener Steg on the Swiss side. Conditions are absolutely fabulous – we skied deep powder yesterday, you can see our tracks on the photo below:

The Diretissima route from the Klein Matterhorn on June 30th: