Sierra Nevada saw 17cm of snow across the 2025/26 season, up 70% on last winter. That puts it 19th snowiest of the last 31 winters.
0
powder daysmornings over 15cm, worth setting an alarm for.
2cm
biggest single daythe mountain reset overnight on 21 Dec 2025.
6cm
deepest basemeasured on 25 Jan 2026.
6cm
snowiest monthJanuary 2026 stole the show.
5cm
best weekseven days from 22 Jan 2026.
87%
of a typical winter's snowfall. A leaner year than usual.
Snow reliability
0/100
MarginalTypically about 0 ski days a season.
Snowfall by season
The 19th snowiest of the last 31 winters.
Snowfall by month
January was the mid-winter peak, with 35% of the season's snow.
Modelled base-altitude snowfall from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus), EM Snow archive. The grid sits near resort base, not the summit, so treat totals as a valley-level estimate.