
Söllereck delivers a brilliant family-focused skiing experience in the Allgäu Alps, with 13km of beautifully groomed slopes catering primarily to beginners and intermediates. This accessible mountain combines excellent learning terrain with spectacular views extending to Austria's Vorarlberg region. The uncrowded pistes and authentic Bavarian character make Söllereck an excellent alternative to larger, busier resorts, while still providing high-quality facilities and reliable snow conditions throughout winter.
Söllereck spreads 13 runs across 14 km of piste of terrain. It leans beginner at 56%, with 7 beginner runs to find your feet and 1 advanced or expert run when you want to push.
Söllereck typically operates from December through March, with the most consistent conditions in January and February. The resort benefits from substantial natural snowfall, averaging 3-4m annually, complemented by strategic snowmaking on main runs. The predominantly north-facing slopes maintain excellent snow quality throughout the season, often delivering good skiing conditions well into March. The relaxed atmosphere makes it particularly appealing during school holidays when larger resorts face overcrowding.
Located near Oberstdorf in Bavaria's beautiful Allgäu region, Söllereck sits approximately 180km from Munich and 100km from Memmingen Airport. The resort enjoys a spectacular position with stunning views extending into Austria. This accessible location allows for easy connectivity with nearby resorts including Fellhorn-Kanzelwand, creating diverse skiing options. The Olympic town of Oberstdorf provides extensive accommodation, dining options, and additional winter activities including world-class ski jumping facilities and cross-country trails.
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Arapahoe Basin, Keystone and Winter Park are all chasing an October start, though none has a firm date yet. The first dated openers are Breckenridge and Copper on Friday 6 November, then Vail on 13 November, with most of the rest bunched around US Thanksgiving. Hesperus did not open at all last season. A super El Niño offers hope but no guarantee, and forecasters say the southern mountains have the better odds.

Dolomiti Superski is spending around €100 million across its 12 areas before winter. Kronplatz gets a new 10-passenger gondola with a middle station, 3 Zinnen gets Helmissimo, and Val di Fassa swaps a chairlift for a gondola above Col Valvacin. New water-storage basins and upgraded snowmaking follow, and construction has started on the San Martino to Passo Rolle link. A peak adult day pass is €89.

Brian Head is targeting 6 November, though last year it aimed for 7 November and did not open until the 25th. Park City, Alta and Solitude are pencilled in for 20 November, Snowbird and Snowbasin for 27 November, and Deer Valley for 5 December. Eagle Point will stay closed after the Cottonwood Fire. A super El Niño is forecast, but the big snow is not expected until January.

Hintertux became Austria's second glacier to open for 2026-27 on Friday 2 October, after the Pitztal Glacier. Twelve kilometres of piste are running around the Olperer and Gefrorene Wand, served by one gondola and two drag lifts, with the Betterpark also open. Lifts officially run 8:15 am to 4:30 pm, but skiing stops at 2 pm for now.

A historically poor western winter cut Vail Resorts' annual net income from $280 million to $147.5 million and skier visits by 13.4 per cent. Now 2026-27 pass units are down 12 per cent as of 18 September, worse than the 10 per cent flagged in spring. Vail blames the weather and thinks some buyers are simply waiting, and it forecasts a rebound if the snow behaves.

Arizona Snowbowl advertised eight $1 lift ticket days this winter. Go looking and only three are showing - 10 March, 1 April and 10 April - so the rest may already have gone. The consolation is a calendar full of $9 days, including all but one day in April. Opening day is 20 November, weather permitting, and opening weekend is $19.

For years, Whitewater's Short Side was where you ducked a rope and hoped for the best: unmapped, ungroomed and unpatrolled. This winter it's inbounds. Six new runs of glades and fall-line skiing add 190 acres (about 77 hectares), taking the resort past 1,400 acres in total. F2 Logging spent a month in the trees to make it happen, and opening day is pencilled in for 4 December. Bonanza now needs less snow to groom, too.

Mammoth got its first snow of 2026-27 on Monday 28 September - and promptly lost it by Tuesday morning. Barely an inch fell at McCoy Station, but with opening day pencilled in for Friday 13 November, it's the first sign the Sierra is waking up. Last year's date slipped from 14 November to 20 November, so nobody's booking flights on a dusting just yet. Here's where California's early openers stand.
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Live snow from the resort feed; forecast from Open-Meteo, via Supabase.
Snow depth at Söllereck is tracked at both the base and summit, since the two elevations often see different totals — roughly a 630m difference here. We report fresh snowfall over the last 24 hours and 7 days alongside the running season total, in both metric and imperial units.
Wind and temperature swings matter as much as fresh snowfall. Cold, calm conditions hold snow quality well, while wind-loading or a warm-up can change things quickly — especially given the elevation spread between Söllereck's base and summit.
We pull Söllereck's conditions from on-the-ground mountain reporting, then layer in forecast data so you get a fuller picture than either source alone. The mountain is served by 7 lifts, including a 6-person chairlift and a gondola.
The biggest swings usually happen right after a storm. Check Söllereck's report in the morning for the freshest numbers, and again in the afternoon as conditions evolve.