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Resort dossier
Châtel
Weeks 7–10
Typically -3.2°C · 23cm fresh / week · powder day 45% · mixed 56%
Top elev.
2200m
Base elev.
1200m
Pistes
600km
Lifts
196
Piste mix107km mapped
Green14%
Blue36%
Red40%
Black5%
Freeride1%
Other5%
[ Haute-Savoie ]
46.06°N · 7.43°E
COMPOSITE SCORE
56
Snow56
Typically 93cm
Typical depth93cm
62cm126cm
Travel41
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 ~1346m (not the village). Any single year can be very different.
Typically mixed, around -3.2°C, with 23cm of fresh snow over the week. Powder days hit 45% of the time. Other weeks run stormy.
Icy mornings
5.0 days/week
spring-like in 77% of years
Snow texture
Settled
packed, predictable piste
Typical wind
5.9 m/s
peaks to 25 m/s
Typical Freezing level
1203 m
0°C isotherm
Powder days
45%
of years see 10cm+
Rain at base
2.1 days
per week
Storm
29%
of years
Bluebird
13%
of years
Thaw
2%
of years
Mixed
56%
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+
81%
Depth
93cm
Temperature
-3.2°C
Fresh snow
23cm
Snow line
1203m
Wind
5.9 m/s
Transfers
Transfers
| Airport | Drive | Train |
|---|---|---|
| Bern (BRN) | 110 min | |
| Chambéry (CMF) | 133 min | |
| Geneva (GVA) | 107 min | |
| Lyon (LYS) | 178 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.
- CHATEL NIVOmeteofrance
- Avoriazmeteofrance