Sierra Nevada Winter 2025/26, wrapped

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.

powder daysmornings over 15cm, worth setting an alarm for.

2cm

biggest single daythe mountain reset overnight on 21 Dec 2025.

169cm

deepest snowpackmodelled at mid-mountain height on 12 Mar 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

68/100

GoodTypically about 124 ski days a season, declining by 12 days per decade.

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.

Planning the winter ahead? See when Sierra Nevada is quietest, week by week.

Corrected for height: our long-range snow record uses weather-model ground about 700 m below the lifts, adjusted to the lifts' mid height with a simple snowpack model, so treat depths here as an estimate.

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.

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