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Resort dossier
Alpe d'Huez
Weeks 7–10
Typically -4.6°C · 29cm fresh / week · powder day 51% · mixed 45%
Top elev.
3330m
Base elev.
1250m
Pistes
250km
Lifts
68
Piste mix162km mapped
Green25%
Blue30%
Red27%
Black17%
Other2%
COMPOSITE SCORE
62
Snow67
Typically 152cm
Typical depth152cm
127cm179cm
Travel58
From your origin
Size86
Linked-area piste-km
Fit50
Vibe, terrain, activities
What to expect
What to expect in weeks 7–10
Based on 40 winters of weather data, modelled at ~2268m (not the village). Any single year can be very different.
Typically mixed, around -4.6°C, with 29cm of fresh snow over the week. Powder days hit 51% of the time. Other weeks run stormy.
Icy mornings
3.2 days/week
spring-like in 42% of years
Snow texture
Settled
packed, predictable piste
Typical wind
7.6 m/s
peaks to 36 m/s
Typical Freezing level
1575 m
0°C isotherm
Powder days
51%
of years see 10cm+
Rain at base
3.1 days
per week
Storm
39%
of years
Bluebird
16%
of years
Thaw
0%
of years
Mixed
45%
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
152cm
Temperature
-4.6°C
Fresh snow
29cm
Snow line
1576m
Wind
7.6 m/s
Transfers
Transfers
| Airport | Drive | Train |
|---|---|---|
| Grenoble (GNB) | 75 min | |
| Lyon (LYS) | 150 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.
- L Alpe d Huez (SATA)meteofrance
- L Alpe d Huez 2350meteofrance