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Resort dossier
Crans-Montana
CH·Valais
Weeks 4–7
Typically -14.4°C · 33cm fresh / week · powder day 55% · mixed 37%
Top elev.
3000m
Base elev.
1500m
Pistes
140km
Lifts
28
Piste mix73km mapped
Blue20%
Red60%
Black14%
Freeride5%
COMPOSITE SCORE
63
Snow92
Typically 155cm
Typical depth155cm
114cm187cm
Travel19
From your origin
Size77
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 ~1028m (not the village). Any single year can be very different.
Typically stormy, around -14.4°C, with 33cm of fresh snow over the week. Powder days hit 55% of the time. Other weeks run mixed.
Icy mornings
2.2 days/week
spring-like in 31% of years
Snow texture
Settled
packed, predictable piste
Typical wind
17.0 m/s
peaks to 32 m/s
Typical Freezing level
39 m
0°C isotherm
Powder days
55%
of years see 10cm+
Rain at base
0 days
per week
Storm
45%
of years
Bluebird
18%
of years
Thaw
0%
of years
Mixed
37%
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
155cm
Temperature
-14.4°C
Fresh snow
33cm
Snow line
39m
Wind
17.0 m/s
Transfers
Transfers
| Airport | Drive | Train |
|---|---|---|
| Bern (BRN) | 145 min | |
| Chambéry (CMF) | 192 min | |
| Geneva (GVA) | 148 min | |
| Milan Malpensa (MXP) | 196 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.
- TRU2slf
- VDS2slf