● data pipeline: last run 08 Jul 2026, 15:21 CEST 5 resorts tracked · pilot · Austria + Italy
Snow Verdict
The daily snow bulletin for the Alps

Is there skiing in the Alps right now?

Verdict · 08 Jul 2026

Mostly not - glacier skiing only. Hintertux Glacier runs lifts 365 days a year on the glacier; the other 4 tracked resorts are closed for summer. The next opening is Sölden's glacier season ~25 Sep, 79 days from now (estimated). The main winter season starts with Ischgl on 26 Nov. Planning a winter trip? The reliability data below shows which weeks are safe to book. Updated 8 Jul 2026.

Generated 08 Jul 2026, 15:21 CEST · next update tomorrow ~06:30 Alpine time

Status board

08 Jul 2026, 15:21 CEST · showing 5 of 5
Sölden
Tyrol, AT · 1,350-3,340 m
closed for summer
glacier area glacier
Ischgl
Tyrol, AT · 1,377-2,872 m
closed for summer
off season
St Anton am Arlberg
Tyrol, AT · 1,304-2,811 m
closed for summer
off season
Hintertux Glacier
Tyrol, AT · 1,500-3,250 m
open
glacier skiing glacier
Livigno
Lombardy, IT · 1,816-2,798 m
closed for summer
off season

What opens next

published dates + 15-yr medians
  1. ~ 25 Sep Sölden glacier first · estimated from history
  2. 26 Nov Ischgl announced
  3. ~ 28 Nov Livigno estimated from history
  4. ~ 3 Dec St Anton am Arlberg estimated from history

Not listed: Hintertux Glacier - open year-round on the glacier, so it never has an opening date.

How the verdict is made

Will Sölden have snow in mid-December?

We don't guess. We check every season since 2011: did the resort have a 30 cm+ base at mid-mountain by 15 December?

15 of the last 15 seasons hit a 30 cm+ base by 15 December; the median base on that date is 81 cm. The same record, month by month, lives on every resort page.

Instant answer

Ask about any resort, any week

try: st anton january · is hintertux open · livigno

Austria 4 resorts tracked · Tyrol · pilot Italy 1 resort tracked · Lombardy · pilot
Seasonal guide

How Reliable Is Early-December Snow in Austria?

What 15 winters of data say about booking the first half of December: why altitude beats everything else, what a 30 cm base actually means, and how to pick a resort that will not let you down.

Methodology

Every number on this site has a source and a date.

Verdicts are generated each morning from measured station data and forecast models - never hand-written, never stale. Historical probabilities are recomputed every autumn from 15 years of archive data. The full dataset is documented and citable. Read the methodology

  • Open-Meteoforecasts + 15-yr archive
  • GeoSphere Austriameasured station snow depths
  • OpenSkiMaplifts, runs, elevations
  • avalanche.reportEAWS danger levels
  • Windylive webcams