Swain saw 122cm of snow across the 2025/26 season, up 18% on last winter. That puts it 19th snowiest of the last 31 winters.
0
powder daysmornings over 15cm, worth setting an alarm for.
13cm
biggest single daythe mountain reset overnight on 25 Jan 2026.
48cm
deepest basemeasured on 26 Jan 2026.
45cm
snowiest monthJanuary 2026 stole the show.
26cm
best weekseven days from 20 Jan 2026.
91%
of a typical winter's snowfall. A leaner year than usual.
Snow reliability
3/100
MarginalTypically about 13 ski days a season, declining by 4 days per decade.
Snowfall by season
The 19th snowiest of the last 31 winters.
Snowfall by month
January was the mid-winter peak, with 37% 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.