With the number of ski areas already open for the 25-26 season set to pass 50 in nine countries this weekend, Austria's Sölden is currently leading the way in terms of terrain available already, hitting 60km of slopes available this week.
Most early opening ski area have less than 5% of their slopes open so far, but Sölden, which is already nearly two months into its 25-26 season, is at more than 40%.
Currently the Matterhorn Glacier Paradise shared by Cervinia and Zermatt has the second most skiing available, including Europe's highest slopes, with 55km of runs. Banff's Sunshine ski area is probably in third place with about 40km and also the most accumulated fresh snow lying at an open area so far their autumn, more than a metre deep on its higher slopes.
Two more Austrian Glaciers, Hintertux and Stubai, make up the current top five, each posting more than 30km each.
Things tend to move quickly in the final days of November and start of December with resorts like Ischgl aiming to open with more than 100km of slopes open from day one. The giant ski areas like the 3 Valleys, 4 Valleys and Paradiski don't tend to be fully open until well into the New Year, meaning areas that are smaller can have more terrain open than they do until then, if they open all their slopes sooner.