El Niño Outlook · Winter 2026-27
The Highlands El Niño rank & forecast
The Highlands ranks Under review SnowSure resorts — Tier E, −10% in strong El Niño winters.
Tier E — Deep timing play — aim late winter: Strong El Niño winters ran clearly below this resort’s own baseline (≤ −8%). Still skiable — schedule late season; one storm cycle can beat the climatology.
Under reviewTier E — Deep timing play — aim late winter
Strong-event signal: −10% vs this resort's 30-yr avg
This resort carries no separate rank: its 30-year record is identical to nubs-nob, which is the ranked entry for this measurement. At ~31km resolution the reanalysis cannot resolve them as different mountains, so publishing both would be publishing one number twice.
'97-98 −18%'15-16 +8%'23-24 −21%
