Ski Germany
Welcome to the Ski Germany page, providing a regular round-up of the skiing conditions and current snow reports for the main ski resorts in the country. Over recent years some of the best piste and off-piste powder conditions in Germany have been reported at Oberstdorf-Fellhorn and Garmisch-Partenkirchen-Zugspitze although of course during any given week the best slope conditions may be found at any of the country’s resorts. Check out the reports below if you are planning a trip at short notice.
Germany is one of the world’s leading ski nations with more than 500 ski areas spread right across the country, and an even larger number of individual ski lift operating companies. This places it up with Austria, Japan and the USA as the only countries with this many separate ski centres.
Of course most of these ski centres are small village drag lifts but the range of German ski resorts goes right up to international destination resorts like Oberstdorf and Garmisch Partenkirchen (Garmisch-Partenkirchen-Zugspitze), the latter a former winter Olympic ski resort and more recently host to the 2011 Alpine Skiing World Championships.
Its ski area includes the Zugspitz, Germany’s highest peak with skiing and boarding up to 2,830m. The glacier on the top has been a summer skiing and boarding venue in the past but stopped operating outside the regular winter season a few years ago. However it remains snowsure and in January 2012 reported the biggest snowfall of any resort in the world with 2.4m (eight feet) of snow falling in a week there.
With Garmisch itself down at 720m there appears to be a fairly impressive 2100m vertical between the top of the lifts and the resort but in fact the two are separated by some kilometres of funicular train track and a couple of unskiable precipices on the way back down. An area lift pass includes the local ski area and several others over the border in Austria.
However Gamisch is one of about a dozen German ski areas that can offer a lift served vertical of more than 1,000m alongside famous names like Reit im Winkl, Grainau, Mittenwald/Dammkar and Berchtesgaden.
Many of Germany’s biggest and best known ski areas are in the Bavarian Alps along the country’s southern border, but smaller hills are located all over the country including in the former east Germany and with many in the Black Forest.
In the north west of the country the Winterberg ski region up close to the border with the Netherlands brings together more than a dozen separate ski areas which are very popular at weekends with up to 50,000 visiting Dutch skiers and boarders, as well as Germans from Cologne 140km away, who throng the slopes which are floodlit to 10pm, despite sometimes marginal snow cover, and the bars and night clubs later on.
Germany has one of the largest populations of skiers in the world with at least 12 million German skiers, many of them filling resorts in Austria and Switzerland as well as their domestic ski areas. Cross country skiing, biathlon and ski jumping are also very popular in Germany.
The country is also a claimant to being the probable location of the world’s first dedicated ski lift, created in the Black Forest in the 1890s and using green energy – a watermill – to pull a sledge up a slope that skiing pioneers could ride up on.
In the modern era Germany is famous for its indoor snow centres, of which there are now six, including some of the world’s largest. One is home to the world’s biggest conveyor type lift at over 400m long, to get skiers and boarders back up the hill indoors. read more...
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Germany: latest snow conditions round-up
GERMANY There's now nearly five metres of snow on the upper slopes at Garmisch (80/495cm). With this much snow there's almost guaranteed to be plenty of snow right until the end of the season. Conditions are great both on and off piste. Reit im Winkl (112/300cm) has loads of snow too. For a low area they've got a superb base depth. 12 of their 14 lifts were running on Monday 20th February Unfortunately mild weather is forecast later this week which is expected to bring rain to around 2000m.
Ski resorts in Germany from A to I
| Resort | Webcam (click to zoom) |
Top and bottom snow depth |
On-piste | Off-piste | Forecast snow in next 3 days (click for forecast) |
Weather forecast for 3 days ahead Weather report |
Last snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albstadt | 0 cm |
Some drizzle, heaviest during Thu morning |
on 17 Feb | ||||
| Almberg/Skizentrum Mitterdorf |
180 cm 180 cm |
old | 1 cm |
Light rain (total 6.0mm), mostly falling on Sat afternoon |
on 19 Feb | ||
| Alpsee Bergwelt |
|
120 cm 60 cm |
Packed | 0 cm |
Some drizzle, heaviest during Sat morning |
on 15 Feb | |
| Altastenberg |
|
60 cm 25 cm |
Fresh | Fresh | 0 cm |
Light rain (total 7.0mm), mostly falling on Wed night |
on 19 Feb |
| Altenau |
|
20 cm 15 cm |
Wet | 0 cm |
Some drizzle, heaviest during Wed night |
on 15 Feb | |
| Altenau/Torfhaus |
60 cm 40 cm |
Packed | 0 cm |
Some drizzle, heaviest during Wed night |
on 19 Feb | ||
| Altenberg |
75 cm 75 cm |
Wet | 0 cm |
Light rain (total 3.0mm), mostly falling on Wed night |
on 21 Feb | ||
| Arber |
220 cm 150 cm |
Fresh | Fresh | 3 cm |
A dusting of snow turning to light rain (total 6.0mm) on Sat afternoon |
on 19 Feb | |
| Arnsberg |
|
25 cm 15 cm |
old | 0 cm |
Mostly dry |
on 15 Feb | |
| Arrach/Eck | 1 cm |
Light rain (total 5.0mm), mostly falling on Thu morning |
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| Arrach/Ski Eck/Riedelstein |
155 cm 135 cm |
Packed | 1 cm |
Light rain (total 6.0mm), mostly falling on Fri afternoon |
on 19 Feb | ||
| Aschau im Chiemgau |
180 cm 40 cm |
Powder | Powder | 1 cm |
Light rain (total 6.0mm), mostly falling on Thu afternoon |
on 20 Feb | |
| Bad Kohlgrub |
|
60 cm 30 cm |
Packed | 0 cm |
Light rain (total 4.0mm), mostly falling on Thu afternoon |
on 16 Feb | |
| Bad Marienberg/Schorrberg |
30 cm 30 cm |
Artificial | 0 cm |
Light rain (total 8.0mm), mostly falling on Wed night |
on 19 Feb | ||
| Bad Reichenhall/Predigtstuhl | 1 cm |
Light rain (total 8.0mm), mostly falling on Thu afternoon |
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| Bad Sachsa/Ravensberg |
25 cm 0 cm |
old | 0 cm |
Mostly dry |
on 21 Feb | ||
| Bad Tölz/Blomberg |
|
50 cm 25 cm |
Packed | 0 cm |
Light rain (total 3.0mm), mostly falling on Thu afternoon |
on 16 Feb | |
| Bad Wiessee |
195 cm 105 cm |
old | 0 cm |
Light rain (total 3.0mm), mostly falling on Thu afternoon |
on 20 Feb | ||
| Baernau-Altglashuette/Silberhuette |
50 cm 20 cm |
Powder | Powder | 0 cm |
Light rain (total 5.0mm), mostly falling on Sat morning |
on 21 Feb | |
| Baiersbronn |
80 cm 20 cm |
Packed | 0 cm |
Some drizzle, heaviest during Thu morning |
on 19 Feb | ||
| Balderschwang |
|
350 cm 250 cm |
Fresh | Fresh | 0 cm |
Mostly dry |
on 20 Feb |
| Bayrischzell-Brannenburg/Wendelstein |
220 cm 50 cm |
Packed | 1 cm |
Light rain (total 5.0mm), mostly falling on Thu afternoon |
on 19 Feb | ||
| Bayrischzell/Sudelfeld |
190 cm 115 cm |
old | 2 cm |
Light rain (total 5.0mm), mostly falling on Thu afternoon |
on 20 Feb | ||
| Belchenland |
100 cm 40 cm |
old | 0 cm |
Some drizzle, heaviest during Thu morning |
on 19 Feb | ||
| Benneckenstein | 0 cm |
Mostly dry |
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| Berchtesgaden |
|
130 cm 110 cm |
Excellent | Varied | 6 cm |
Light rain (total 7.0mm), mostly falling on Thu night Another glorious day |
5 cm on 20 Feb |
| Bergen-Chiemgau/Inntal/Hochfelln |
120 cm 10 cm |
Packed | 1 cm |
Light rain (total 7.0mm), mostly falling on Thu afternoon |
on 16 Feb | ||
| Bernau/Hofeck/Köpfle |
|
120 cm 60 cm |
Packed | 0 cm |
Some drizzle, heaviest during Thu morning |
on 15 Feb | |
| Bestwig/Wasserfall/Fort Fun | 0 cm |
Light rain (total 6.0mm), mostly falling on Wed night |
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| Bischofsheim an der Rhon |
25 cm 15 cm |
old | 0 cm |
Mostly dry |
on 15 Feb | ||
| Bischofsreut |
150 cm 100 cm |
Packed | 1 cm |
Light rain (total 6.0mm), mostly falling on Sat afternoon |
on 17 Feb | ||
| Bischofswiesen/Goetschen |
|
130 cm 110 cm |
old | 1 cm |
Light rain (total 8.0mm), mostly falling on Thu afternoon |
on 20 Feb | |
| Bläsiberg Skilifte Wiesensteig |
20 cm 15 cm |
old | 0 cm |
Some drizzle, heaviest during Thu morning |
on 19 Feb | ||
| Bödefeld-Hunau | 0 cm |
Light rain (total 7.0mm), mostly falling on Wed night |
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| Bodenmais/Silberberg |
220 cm 70 cm |
Fresh | Fresh | 0 cm |
Light rain (total 7.0mm), mostly falling on Sat afternoon |
on 19 Feb | |
| Bolsterlang |
|
320 cm 130 cm |
Fresh | Fresh | 0 cm |
Mostly dry |
on 19 Feb |
| Bottrop/Alpincenter |
50 cm 50 cm |
Artificial | 0 cm |
Light rain (total 3.0mm), mostly falling on Wed night |
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| Braunlage Wurmberg |
60 cm 25 cm |
Fresh | Fresh | 0 cm |
Mostly dry |
on 20 Feb | |
| Braunlage/Hohegeiß |
|
34 cm 34 cm |
old | 0 cm |
Mostly dry |
on 21 Feb | |
| Brilon/Am Poppenberg | 0 cm |
Light rain (total 2.0mm), mostly falling on Wed night |
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| Brotterode |
45 cm 30 cm |
Hard | 0 cm |
Mostly dry |
on 19 Feb | ||
| Bruchhausen/Sternrodt |
|
30 cm 25 cm |
Packed | 0 cm |
Light rain (total 5.0mm), mostly falling on Wed night |
on 19 Feb | |
| Buching |
|
70 cm 50 cm |
old | 0 cm |
Light rain (total 2.0mm), mostly falling on Sat morning |
on 19 Feb | |
| Carlsfeld/Hirschkopf |
90 cm 80 cm |
Fresh | Fresh | 0 cm |
Light rain (total 2.0mm), mostly falling on Thu morning |
on 22 Feb | |
| Clausthal-Zellerfeld/Buntenbock |
20 cm 15 cm |
Wet | 0 cm |
Some drizzle, heaviest during Wed night |
on 19 Feb | ||
| Dreisessel | 1 cm |
Light rain (total 8.0mm), mostly falling on Thu afternoon |
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| Eibenstock |
50 cm 20 cm |
Packed | 0 cm |
Light rain (total 2.0mm), mostly falling on Thu morning |
on 15 Feb | ||
| Erbendorf | 0 cm |
Light rain (total 7.0mm), mostly falling on Sat morning |
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| Erlbach/Kegelberg |
55 cm 40 cm |
Artificial | 0 cm |
Light rain (total 4.0mm), mostly falling on Sat morning |
on 22 Feb | ||
| Eschach/Schwaerzenlifts |
200 cm 100 cm |
Powder | Powder | 0 cm |
Some drizzle, heaviest during Sat morning |
on 16 Feb | |
| Eschenlohe | 0 cm |
Light rain (total 4.0mm), mostly falling on Thu afternoon |
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| Falkenstein |
25 cm 25 cm |
Packed | 0 cm |
Light rain (total 5.0mm), mostly falling on Thu morning |
on 18 Feb | ||
| Feldberg |
|
170 cm 130 cm |
Excellent | Varied | 0 cm |
Some drizzle, heaviest during Thu morning Another glorious day |
15 cm on 15 Feb |
| Feuerberg |
25 cm 15 cm |
old | 0 cm |
Some drizzle, heaviest during Thu morning |
on 19 Feb | ||
| Fichtelberg | 0 cm |
Light rain (total 7.0mm), mostly falling on Sat morning |
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| Fischen |
|
90 cm 60 cm |
Packed | 1 cm |
Light rain (total 9.0mm), mostly falling on Thu afternoon |
on 19 Feb | |
| Freyung/Geyersberg |
120 cm 85 cm |
Packed | 1 cm |
Light rain (total 7.0mm), mostly falling on Sat afternoon |
on 18 Feb | ||
| Gaissach/Reiserhang |
90 cm 70 cm |
Packed | 0 cm |
Light rain (total 3.0mm), mostly falling on Thu afternoon |
on 17 Feb | ||
| Garmisch-Classic |
|
280 cm 60 cm |
Packed | 0 cm |
Light rain (total 3.0mm), mostly falling on Thu afternoon |
on 20 Feb | |
| Garmisch-Partenkirchen-Zugspitze |
|
475 cm 60 cm |
Excellent | Varied | 3 cm |
A dusting of new snow Another glorious day |
12 cm on 20 Feb |
| Gehlberg/Schmücke |
30 cm 20 cm |
Packed | 0 cm |
Mostly dry |
on 19 Feb | ||
| Geising |
25 cm 10 cm |
Packed | 0 cm |
Light rain (total 3.0mm), mostly falling on Wed night |
on 15 Feb | ||
| Geisskopf |
140 cm 110 cm |
Packed | 2 cm |
Light rain (total 9.0mm), mostly falling on Sat afternoon |
on 19 Feb | ||
| Gmund |
80 cm 60 cm |
old | 0 cm |
Mostly dry |
on 20 Feb | ||
| Grafenau |
95 cm 25 cm |
old | 0 cm |
Light rain (total 8.0mm), mostly falling on Thu afternoon |
on 19 Feb | ||
| Grainau | 3 cm |
A dusting of new snow |
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| Grainet/Haidel |
100 cm 60 cm |
Packed | 2 cm |
Light rain (total 7.0mm), mostly falling on Sat afternoon |
on 14 Feb | ||
| Grasgehren/Bolgengrat |
|
360 cm 60 cm |
Packed | 0 cm |
Mostly dry |
on 20 Feb | |
| Hahnenklee |
19 cm 17 cm |
Wet | 0 cm |
Some drizzle, heaviest during Wed night |
on 6 Feb | ||
| Haidmühle |
|
150 cm 100 cm |
Packed | 2 cm |
Light rain (total 6.0mm), mostly falling on Sat afternoon |
on 17 Feb | |
| Halblech | 1 cm |
Light rain (total 3.0mm), mostly falling on Thu afternoon |
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| Haldenköpfle |
80 cm 70 cm |
Packed | 0 cm |
Light rain (total 2.0mm), mostly falling on Thu morning |
on 19 Feb | ||
| Hauzenberg/Geiersberg |
80 cm 70 cm |
old | 2 cm |
Light rain (total 9.0mm), mostly falling on Sat afternoon |
on 19 Feb | ||
| Heigenbrücken | 0 cm |
Mostly dry |
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| Hellenthal/Skiarena Weisser Stein |
|
3 cm 0 cm |
old | 0 cm |
Some drizzle, heaviest during Fri night |
on 19 Feb | |
| Herchenhainer Höhe | 0 cm |
Some drizzle, heaviest during Wed night |
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| Herzogstand-Urfeld |
240 cm 80 cm |
Packed | 0 cm |
Light rain (total 4.0mm), mostly falling on Thu afternoon |
on 16 Feb | ||
| Hilchenbach-Lützel |
6 cm 6 cm |
Spring | 0 cm |
Light rain (total 9.0mm), mostly falling on Fri night |
on 19 Feb | ||
| Hinterschmiding/Herzogsreut |
80 cm 50 cm |
Packed | 0 cm |
Light rain (total 6.0mm), mostly falling on Sat afternoon |
on 19 Feb | ||
| Hinterzarten/Skizentrum Thoma |
25 cm 15 cm |
Packed | 0 cm |
Some drizzle, heaviest during Thu morning |
on 16 Feb | ||
| Hohenbogen | 1 cm |
Light rain (total 5.0mm), mostly falling on Thu morning |
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| Hoherodskopf/Breungeshain/Rennwiese | 0 cm |
Some drizzle, heaviest during Wed night |
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| Homberg-/Snow World Züschen |
|
45 cm 15 cm |
Packed | 0 cm |
Light rain (total 6.0mm), mostly falling on Wed night |
on 19 Feb | |
| Immenstadt |
|
150 cm 35 cm |
Packed | 0 cm |
Some drizzle, heaviest during Sat morning |
on 20 Feb | |
| Inzell-Kessel Lifte |
100 cm 70 cm |
old | 11 cm |
A dusting of snow turning to light rain (total 5.0mm) on Fri night |
on 19 Feb | ||
| Isny-Maierhöfen-Riedholz/Iberg |
55 cm 55 cm |
Packed | 0 cm |
Some drizzle, heaviest during Sat morning |
on 19 Feb | ||
| Isny-Maierhöfen/Fluckenlifts |
55 cm 55 cm |
Packed | 0 cm |
Some drizzle, heaviest during Sat morning |
on 19 Feb | ||
| Isny/Felderhalde |
55 cm 55 cm |
Packed | 0 cm |
Some drizzle, heaviest during Sat morning |
on 19 Feb |
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