{
  "name": "Las Leñas",
  "type": "ski resort",
  "url": "https://snowingplaces.com/ski-resorts/las-lenas/",
  "summary": "A high Andean resort in Mendoza, known for steep, lift-served off-piste terrain.",
  "location": {
    "country": "Argentina",
    "region": "Mendoza",
    "latitude": -35.15,
    "longitude": -70.08
  },
  "elevationMetres": {
    "topLift": 3430,
    "village": 2240
  },
  "season": {
    "opens": "Late June",
    "closes": "Late September"
  },
  "factsVerified": false,
  "forecast": {
    "generatedUtc": "2026-09-17T21:00:00.000Z",
    "models": [
      "ECMWF IFS",
      "NOAA GFS",
      "DWD ICON"
    ],
    "updateFrequency": "every 3 hours",
    "topLift": {
      "headline": "No snow in the next 24 hours.",
      "detail": "Snow arrives on Saturday, with 55–140 cm over the next 7 days.",
      "confidence": {
        "label": "High confidence",
        "modelsAgreeing": 3,
        "reason": "all three forecast models agree"
      },
      "next24Hours": {
        "snowfallCm": {
          "low": 0,
          "high": 0,
          "mean": 0
        },
        "modelsForecastingSnow": 0,
        "text": "Under 1 cm"
      },
      "next7Days": {
        "snowfallCm": {
          "low": 59.6,
          "high": 136.4,
          "mean": 85.5
        },
        "modelsForecastingSnow": 3,
        "text": "55–140 cm"
      },
      "conditionsAtForecastTime": {
        "temperatureC": 0,
        "windKmh": 5,
        "gustKmh": 23,
        "freezingLevelM": 3800
      },
      "days": [
        {
          "day": "Tonight",
          "weather": "Dry",
          "snowfall": "No snow",
          "snowfallCm": null,
          "modelsAgreeing": 3,
          "temperatureC": {
            "min": -2,
            "max": 0
          },
          "maxGustKmh": 26,
          "freezingLevelM": 3650
        },
        {
          "day": "Fri",
          "weather": "Dry",
          "snowfall": "No snow",
          "snowfallCm": null,
          "modelsAgreeing": 3,
          "temperatureC": {
            "min": -4,
            "max": 2
          },
          "maxGustKmh": 40,
          "freezingLevelM": 3500
        },
        {
          "day": "Sat",
          "weather": "Snow",
          "snowfall": "5–10 cm",
          "snowfallCm": {
            "low": 6.4,
            "high": 9.6
          },
          "modelsAgreeing": 3,
          "temperatureC": {
            "min": -6,
            "max": 1
          },
          "maxGustKmh": 99,
          "freezingLevelM": 3250
        },
        {
          "day": "Sun",
          "weather": "Snow",
          "snowfall": "5–25 cm",
          "snowfallCm": {
            "low": 9,
            "high": 24.8
          },
          "modelsAgreeing": 3,
          "temperatureC": {
            "min": -10,
            "max": -6
          },
          "maxGustKmh": 121,
          "freezingLevelM": 2700
        },
        {
          "day": "Mon",
          "weather": "Dry",
          "snowfall": "No snow",
          "snowfallCm": null,
          "modelsAgreeing": 2,
          "temperatureC": {
            "min": -9,
            "max": -2
          },
          "maxGustKmh": 121,
          "freezingLevelM": 2950
        },
        {
          "day": "Tue",
          "weather": "Light snow",
          "snowfall": "0–9 cm",
          "snowfallCm": {
            "low": 0,
            "high": 8.9
          },
          "modelsAgreeing": 2,
          "temperatureC": {
            "min": -5,
            "max": 0
          },
          "maxGustKmh": 99,
          "freezingLevelM": 3150
        },
        {
          "day": "Wed",
          "weather": "Snow",
          "snowfall": "5–50 cm",
          "snowfallCm": {
            "low": 8.6,
            "high": 47.4
          },
          "modelsAgreeing": 3,
          "temperatureC": {
            "min": -5,
            "max": -2
          },
          "maxGustKmh": 119,
          "freezingLevelM": 3000
        }
      ],
      "outlookDays8To14": [
        {
          "day": "Thu 24 Sep",
          "weather": "Snow",
          "snowfall": "20–65 cm",
          "snowfallCm": {
            "low": 21.4,
            "high": 61.7
          },
          "modelsWithData": 2,
          "modelsShowingSnow": 2,
          "temperatureC": {
            "min": -5,
            "max": -3
          }
        },
        {
          "day": "Fri 25 Sep",
          "weather": "Snow",
          "snowfall": "4–20 cm",
          "snowfallCm": {
            "low": 4.6,
            "high": 15.3
          },
          "modelsWithData": 2,
          "modelsShowingSnow": 2,
          "temperatureC": {
            "min": -7,
            "max": -3
          }
        },
        {
          "day": "Sat 26 Sep",
          "weather": "Dry",
          "snowfall": "No snow",
          "snowfallCm": null,
          "modelsWithData": 2,
          "modelsShowingSnow": 0,
          "temperatureC": {
            "min": -9,
            "max": -2
          }
        },
        {
          "day": "Sun 27 Sep",
          "weather": "Dry",
          "snowfall": "No snow",
          "snowfallCm": null,
          "modelsWithData": 2,
          "modelsShowingSnow": 0,
          "temperatureC": {
            "min": -10,
            "max": -2
          }
        },
        {
          "day": "Mon 28 Sep",
          "weather": "Dry",
          "snowfall": "No snow",
          "snowfallCm": null,
          "modelsWithData": 2,
          "modelsShowingSnow": 0,
          "temperatureC": {
            "min": -10,
            "max": -3
          }
        },
        {
          "day": "Tue 29 Sep",
          "weather": "Dry",
          "snowfall": "No snow",
          "snowfallCm": null,
          "modelsWithData": 2,
          "modelsShowingSnow": 0,
          "temperatureC": {
            "min": -11,
            "max": -2
          }
        },
        {
          "day": "Wed 30 Sep",
          "weather": "Dry",
          "snowfall": "No snow",
          "snowfallCm": null,
          "modelsWithData": 2,
          "modelsShowingSnow": 0,
          "temperatureC": {
            "min": -10,
            "max": -3
          }
        }
      ],
      "modelledSnowDepth": "About 1.9 m",
      "modelledSnowDepthCm": 193,
      "localTimeAtForecast": "18:00",
      "timezone": "GMT-3"
    },
    "village": {
      "headline": "No snow in the next 24 hours.",
      "detail": "Snow arrives on Sunday, with 2–65 cm over the next 7 days.",
      "confidence": {
        "label": "High confidence",
        "modelsAgreeing": 3,
        "reason": "all three forecast models agree"
      },
      "next24Hours": {
        "snowfallCm": {
          "low": 0,
          "high": 0,
          "mean": 0
        },
        "modelsForecastingSnow": 0,
        "text": "Under 1 cm"
      },
      "next7Days": {
        "snowfallCm": {
          "low": 2.2,
          "high": 60.5,
          "mean": 22.3
        },
        "modelsForecastingSnow": 3,
        "text": "2–65 cm"
      },
      "conditionsAtForecastTime": {
        "temperatureC": 8,
        "windKmh": 4,
        "gustKmh": 15,
        "freezingLevelM": 3750
      },
      "days": [
        {
          "day": "Tonight",
          "weather": "Dry",
          "snowfall": "No snow",
          "snowfallCm": null,
          "modelsAgreeing": 3,
          "temperatureC": {
            "min": 5,
            "max": 8
          },
          "maxGustKmh": 15,
          "freezingLevelM": 3600
        },
        {
          "day": "Fri",
          "weather": "Dry",
          "snowfall": "No snow",
          "snowfallCm": null,
          "modelsAgreeing": 3,
          "temperatureC": {
            "min": 3,
            "max": 9
          },
          "maxGustKmh": 30,
          "freezingLevelM": 3400
        },
        {
          "day": "Sat",
          "weather": "Chance of snow",
          "snowfall": "0–7 cm",
          "snowfallCm": {
            "low": 0,
            "high": 6.4
          },
          "modelsAgreeing": 1,
          "temperatureC": {
            "min": 1,
            "max": 8
          },
          "maxGustKmh": 89,
          "freezingLevelM": 3150
        },
        {
          "day": "Sun",
          "weather": "Rain and snow",
          "snowfall": "2–25 cm",
          "snowfallCm": {
            "low": 2.2,
            "high": 24.8
          },
          "modelsAgreeing": 3,
          "temperatureC": {
            "min": -2,
            "max": 1
          },
          "maxGustKmh": 115,
          "freezingLevelM": 2450
        },
        {
          "day": "Mon",
          "weather": "Dry",
          "snowfall": "No snow",
          "snowfallCm": null,
          "modelsAgreeing": 2,
          "temperatureC": {
            "min": -1,
            "max": 5
          },
          "maxGustKmh": 102,
          "freezingLevelM": 2800
        },
        {
          "day": "Tue",
          "weather": "Dry",
          "snowfall": "No snow",
          "snowfallCm": null,
          "modelsAgreeing": 3,
          "temperatureC": {
            "min": 2,
            "max": 7
          },
          "maxGustKmh": 75,
          "freezingLevelM": 3050
        },
        {
          "day": "Wed",
          "weather": "Chance of snow",
          "snowfall": "0–9 cm",
          "snowfallCm": {
            "low": 0,
            "high": 8.6
          },
          "modelsAgreeing": 1,
          "temperatureC": {
            "min": 3,
            "max": 5
          },
          "maxGustKmh": 92,
          "freezingLevelM": 2800
        }
      ],
      "outlookDays8To14": [
        {
          "day": "Thu 24 Sep",
          "weather": "Chance of snow",
          "snowfall": "0–25 cm",
          "snowfallCm": {
            "low": 0,
            "high": 21.4
          },
          "modelsWithData": 2,
          "modelsShowingSnow": 1,
          "temperatureC": {
            "min": 2,
            "max": 4
          }
        },
        {
          "day": "Fri 25 Sep",
          "weather": "Chance of snow",
          "snowfall": "0–5 cm",
          "snowfallCm": {
            "low": 0,
            "high": 4.6
          },
          "modelsWithData": 2,
          "modelsShowingSnow": 1,
          "temperatureC": {
            "min": 1,
            "max": 4
          }
        },
        {
          "day": "Sat 26 Sep",
          "weather": "Dry",
          "snowfall": "No snow",
          "snowfallCm": null,
          "modelsWithData": 2,
          "modelsShowingSnow": 0,
          "temperatureC": {
            "min": -1,
            "max": 5
          }
        },
        {
          "day": "Sun 27 Sep",
          "weather": "Dry",
          "snowfall": "No snow",
          "snowfallCm": null,
          "modelsWithData": 2,
          "modelsShowingSnow": 0,
          "temperatureC": {
            "min": -2,
            "max": 6
          }
        },
        {
          "day": "Mon 28 Sep",
          "weather": "Dry",
          "snowfall": "No snow",
          "snowfallCm": null,
          "modelsWithData": 2,
          "modelsShowingSnow": 0,
          "temperatureC": {
            "min": -3,
            "max": 4
          }
        },
        {
          "day": "Tue 29 Sep",
          "weather": "Dry",
          "snowfall": "No snow",
          "snowfallCm": null,
          "modelsWithData": 2,
          "modelsShowingSnow": 0,
          "temperatureC": {
            "min": -3,
            "max": 6
          }
        },
        {
          "day": "Wed 30 Sep",
          "weather": "Dry",
          "snowfall": "No snow",
          "snowfallCm": null,
          "modelsWithData": 2,
          "modelsShowingSnow": 0,
          "temperatureC": {
            "min": -3,
            "max": 4
          }
        }
      ],
      "modelledSnowDepth": "About 1.7 m",
      "modelledSnowDepthCm": 171,
      "localTimeAtForecast": "18:00",
      "timezone": "GMT-3"
    }
  },
  "snowRecord": {
    "metric": "average days per month with at least 1 cm of snowfall",
    "period": "2016–2025",
    "source": "ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo",
    "elevation": "mid-mountain",
    "daysPerMonth": {
      "january": 0.9,
      "february": 1.1,
      "march": 1.5,
      "april": 4.5,
      "may": 8,
      "june": 10.5,
      "july": 8.9,
      "august": 9.1,
      "september": 7.8,
      "october": 7.6,
      "november": 3.4,
      "december": 1
    }
  },
  "sources": [
    {
      "label": "Skiresort.info (Las Leñas)",
      "url": "https://www.skiresort.com/en/ski-resort/las-lenas/"
    }
  ],
  "methodology": "https://snowingplaces.com/methodology/",
  "attribution": "snowingplaces.com. Weather data by Open-Meteo.com."
}