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Resort dossier
Champéry
CH·Valais◇Part of Portes du Soleil· 580km
Weeks 7–10
Typically -7.4°C · 30cm fresh / week · powder day 54% · mixed 49%
Top elev.
2275m
Base elev.
1055m
Pistes
600km
Lifts
196
Piste mix86km mapped
Blue63%
Red30%
Black7%
COMPOSITE SCORE
68
Snow89
Typically 135cm
Typical depth135cm
114cm165cm
Travel39
From your origin
Size100
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 ~932m (not the village). Any single year can be very different.
Typically mixed, around -7.4°C, with 30cm of fresh snow over the week. Powder days hit 54% of the time. Other weeks run stormy.
Icy mornings
4.6 days/week
spring-like in 67% of years
Snow texture
Settled
packed, predictable piste
Typical wind
15.9 m/s
peaks to 29 m/s
Typical Freezing level
521 m
0°C isotherm
Powder days
54%
of years see 10cm+
Rain at base
0 days
per week
Storm
39%
of years
Bluebird
12%
of years
Thaw
0%
of years
Mixed
49%
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
135cm
Temperature
-7.4°C
Fresh snow
30cm
Snow line
521m
Wind
15.9 m/s
Transfers
Transfers
| Airport | Drive | Train |
|---|---|---|
| Bern (BRN) | 110 min | |
| Chambéry (CMF) | 159 min | |
| Geneva (GVA) | 112 min | |
| Lyon (LYS) | 197 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.
- ILI2slf
