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Resort dossier
Adelboden
Weeks 4–7
Typically -9.8°C · 44cm fresh / week · powder day 60% · mixed 30%
Top elev.
2362m
Base elev.
1353m
Pistes
210km
Lifts
56
Piste mix83km mapped
Blue53%
Red39%
Black8%
COMPOSITE SCORE
75
Snow96
Typically 177cm
Typical depth177cm
132cm218cm
Travel67
From your origin
Size84
Linked-area piste-km
Fit50
Vibe, terrain, activities
What to expect
What to expect in weeks 4–7
Based on 40 winters of weather data, modelled at ~1651m (not the village). Any single year can be very different.
Typically stormy, around -9.8°C, with 44cm of fresh snow over the week. Powder days hit 60% of the time. Other weeks run mixed.
Icy mornings
1.3 days/week
spring-like in 13% of years
Snow texture
Settled
packed, predictable piste
Typical wind
13.6 m/s
peaks to 20 m/s
Typical Freezing level
354 m
0°C isotherm
Powder days
60%
of years see 10cm+
Rain at base
0 days
per week
Storm
52%
of years
Bluebird
18%
of years
Thaw
0%
of years
Mixed
30%
of years
Climatology
What a season here looks like
Each track shows the typical range across 40 winters. The marker shows where your selected weeks sit.
Reliability60cm+
100%
Depth
177cm
Temperature
-9.8°C
Fresh snow
44cm
Snow line
354m
Wind
13.6 m/s
Transfers
Transfers
| Airport | Drive | Train |
|---|---|---|
| Bern (BRN) | 59 min | |
| Geneva (GVA) | 178 min | |
| Milan Malpensa (MXP) | 265 min | |
| Zürich (ZRH) | 167 min |
Method & sources
The composite score weights snow reliability against the historical baseline, pulls in live conditions where available, then adjusts for how much hassle the trip actually is for your group.
- 01ERA5-Land hourly grid → daily SWE & snow depth at the resort cell.
- 02Bias-correct against ground stations (SLF / Météo-France nivôse).
- 03Build per-week climatological percentile · 35 winters.
- 04Anomaly = current week vs. cell's own 30-year baseline.
- 05Snow-sure read at the highest-snow cell within ~15km. When most resorts are bare, ranking shifts toward this, surfacing glaciers in shoulder seasons.
- 06Weight + rank against your origin & vibe profile.
Sources
Snow data sources
Ground stations the score is based on.
- OTT2slf
- ADE2slf
