Natural snow · March

Kitzbühel snow in March

Over the last 11 winters, mid-mountain (1,400 m) at Kitzbühel had 30 cm or more of modelled natural snow on 86% of March days. The summit (2,000 m) reached 100%, the village (800 m) 0%.

Questions

Is there snow in Kitzbühel in March?

Usually. Mid-mountain had 30 cm or more of modelled natural snow on 86% of March days over the last 11 winters, before any snowmaking.

Early or late March for snow at Kitzbühel?

Early March has been surer: 99% against 72% at mid-mountain.

How many recent winters had reliable snow at Kitzbühel in March?

7 of the last 11. In those winters mid-mountain had 30 cm or more of natural snow on at least 90% of March days. Eleven winters show how much one season differs from the next, not a long-term trend.

Does this include snowmaking?

No. These figures are modelled natural snow only, so groomed pistes often ski better than this.

Snow is modelled from eleven winters of ERA5 weather data, natural snow only. It ignores snowmaking, grooming and wind, so use it to compare places, dates and heights, not as a guarantee. Always check local avalanche bulletins before going off-piste.

Weather and live snowfall: Open-Meteo (ERA5, Copernicus). Terrain: AWS Terrain Tiles. Basemap: OpenFreeMap, © OpenMapTiles. Ski areas, pistes and lifts: OpenSkiMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Satellite view: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX (CC BY 4.0).

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