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Nuuk, the nearest town, 4 km away. Photo: sermersooq, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

Sisorarfiit Skiliften

Ski resort · Greenland

Is it worth the trip?

Every day scores the same

Sisorarfiit Skiliften is closed for the season on these dates.

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Tue 3 · 0 out of 100

Fresh
1 cm
Depth
0.2 mmid 0.2 m, base 0 m
Coldest
-8°C
Wind
5 kn

Wed 4 · 0 out of 100

Fresh
1 cm
Depth
0.2 mmid 0.2 m, base 0 m
Coldest
-9°C
Wind
5 kn

Thu 5 · 0 out of 100

Fresh
10 cm
Depth
0.3 mmid 0.3 m, base 0 m
Coldest
-3°C
Wind
10 kn

Fri 6 · 0 out of 100

Fresh
23 cm
Depth
0.4 mmid 0.4 m, base 0 m
Coldest
-3°C
Wind
29 kn

Sat 7 · 0 out of 100

Fresh
27 cm
Depth
0.5 mmid 0.5 m, base 0 m
Coldest
-9°C
Wind
9 kn

Sun 8 · 0 out of 100

Fresh
19 cm
Depth
0.5 mmid 0.5 m, base 0 m
Coldest
-8°C
Wind
16 kn

Mon 9 · 0 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Tap a day for snow, wind and the temperature. Full forecast

Forecast: next 7 days

Full forecast
  1. Mon 20, poor
  2. Tue 30, poor
  3. Wed 40, poor
  4. Thu 50, poor
  5. Fri 60, poor
  6. Sat 70, poor
  7. Sun 80, poor

The resort in three facts

  • Top 413 mvillage 102 m
  • 5 km of runsevery grade
  • Open December–Aprilusually

Full forecast

every day, every number

Lifts closed for the season. They usually open about 25 November.

We don't know the avalanche risk here, and no avalanche service covers it. Ask the ski patrol before you leave the pistes.

Forecast and score for each day at Sisorarfiit Skiliften
DayScoreFresh72 hDepthtop, mid, baseColdestat topWindat top
Mon 2Nov0, poor1 cm0.2 mmid 0.2 mbase 0 m-2°Cwind, 7 knots
Tue 3Nov0, poor1 cm0.2 mmid 0.2 mbase 0 m-8°Cwind, 5 knots
Wed 4Nov0, poor1 cm0.2 mmid 0.2 mbase 0 m-9°Cwind, 5 knots
Thu 5Nov0, poor10 cm0.3 mmid 0.3 mbase 0 m-3°Cwind, 10 knots
Fri 6Nov0, poor23 cm0.4 mmid 0.4 mbase 0 m-3°Cwind, 29 knots
Sat 7Nov0, poor27 cm0.5 mmid 0.5 mbase 0 m-9°Cwind, 9 knots
Sun 8Nov0, poor19 cm0.5 mmid 0.5 mbase 0 m-8°Cwind, 16 knots

Wind is in knots, the arrow where it blows to. More

Forecast updated . It refreshes every three hours. Forecast data: ECMWF, DWD, Météo-France and NOAA, served by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Changed by us. Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information.

Best time to go

best in Mar

Good ski days in a typical week, each month, from 2016 on (history scored the same way).

  1. Jan2of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Jan
  2. Feb2of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Feb
  3. Mar3of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Mar
  4. Apr2of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Apr
  5. May0of 7: a trip from Sat 1 May
  6. Jun0of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Jun
  7. Jul0of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Jul
  8. Aug0of 7: a trip from Sat 7 Aug
  9. Sep0of 7: a trip from Sat 4 Sept
  10. Oct0of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Oct
  11. Nov0of 7: a trip from Tue 3 Nov
  12. Dec1of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Dec

Tap a month to see this spot for a trip then.

Snow by month

Typical snow on the ground and coldest daytime temperature by month
MonthBase102 mMid258 mTop413 mColdestat the top
Oct0.1 m0.1 m0.1 m-5°C
Nov0.2 m0.2 m0.2 m-11°C
Dec0.6 m0.6 m0.6 m-16°C
Jan0.9 m0.9 m0.9 m-16°C
Feb1.0 m1.0 m1.0 m-18°C
Mar1.1 m1.1 m1.1 m-14°C
Apr1.1 m1.1 m1.1 m-6°C
May0.7 m0.8 m0.8 m-2°C

Typical snow on the ground in the village, halfway up and at the top: the middle value over 2016 to 2025, from ERA5-Land reanalysis at the grid cell nearest each height. Not a forecast, and not the groomed pistes: resorts make snow lower down.

Map

the resort and its town

Each place wears its best day on these dates: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says.

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Sisorarfiit Skiliften

Village 102 m.

A ski resort with its village at 102 m and its top at 413 m. It has 5 km of runs and 3 lifts, as mapped on OpenStreetMap. The runs drop 319 m, from 413 m to 94 m. For beginners and families: 19% of the km of runs are green or blue. For experts: 2 km of black, expert and freeride runs. Within 5 km of the village: a public pool and childcare. It is usually in season from December to April. The snow is usually deepest in March, about 1.1 m at the top (413 m). For skiers the best month is usually March, with about 3 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Nuuk. Within 5 km we also list 1 kayak spot.

The ski area

Runs from 94 m to 413 m: 319 m of vertical. 5 km of runs and 3 lifts, as mapped on OpenStreetMap for Sisorarfiit Skiliften.

Runs
Easy (blue)1.0 km
Intermediate (red)1.8 km
Advanced (black)1.2 km
Ski routes and freeride0.3 km
Not graded0.9 km
Lifts
Drag lifts3

Measured along each mapped run, so it can differ from the resort's own figure. Ski area: Data from OpenSkiData / OpenSkiMap.org, © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Skimap.org, Who's On First, © Mapterhorn.

For families

19% of the km of runs are green or blue.

Within 5 km of the village:

  • a public pool: Naluttarfik Malik, 1.7 km
  • childcare: no name given, 2.1 km

The Family filter counts these. Places from the Overture Maps Foundation, from Meta, Microsoft, Foursquare and AllThePlaces. Foursquare data © 2024 Foursquare Labs, Inc., Apache 2.0. Check opening times before you go.

The score is the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change it (how we score, how we earn).

Where to stay: Nuuk

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