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La Clusaz

FR·Haute-SavoiePart of Massif des Aravis· 220kmless snow sure
family-friendlytraditionalpretty-villageBackcountry / off-pisteLearner-friendly
Linked terrain

The piste breakdown and terrain figures shown are for the whole linked area. Shuttle bus or train reaches the other resorts here, not lifts. Expect to stay in this sector most days.

Weeks 8–11

Typically -2.6°C · 16cm fresh / week · powder day 38% · mixed 55%

Top elev.
2477m
Base elev.
1100m
Pistes
125km
Lifts
49
Piste mix154km mapped
Green18%
Blue42%
Red30%
Black9%
Other1%
COMPOSITE SCORE
55
Snow56
Typically 104cm
Typical depth104cm
76cm136cm
Travel61
From your origin
Size57
Piste km, discounted for linked-area connectivity
Fit50
Vibe, terrain, activities
What to expect

What to expect in weeks 8–11

Based on 29 winters of weather data, modelled at ~1443m (not the village). Any single year can be very different.

Typically mixed, around -2.6°C, with 16cm of fresh snow over the week. Powder days hit 38% of the time. Other weeks run stormy.

Icy mornings
5.6 days/week
spring-like in 86% of years
Snow texture
Heavy / wet
spring snow, sticky and slow
Typical wind
3.5 m/s
peaks to 20 m/s
Typical Freezing level
1380 m
0°C isotherm
Powder days
38%
of years see 10cm+
Rain at base
3.0 days
per week
Storm
23%
of years
Bluebird
17%
of years
Thaw
5%
of years
Mixed
55%
of years
Climatology

What a season here looks like

Each track shows the typical range across 29 winters. The marker shows where your selected weeks sit.

Reliability60cm+
87%
Depth
104cm
Temperature
-2.6°C
Fresh snow
16cm
Snow line
1381m
Wind
3.5 m/s
Trend · 76 winters

Thinner snow, and warmer air

La Clusaz's typical base has been getting slightly shallower, by 5cm a decade across 76 winters. The winter freezing level has climbed 57m a decade.

101cm
112cm
114cm
105cm
93cm
82cm
92cm
60cm
1950–1959
1960–1969
1970–1979
1980–1989
1990–1999
2000–2009
2010–2019
2020–2025
Winter to winter
9–195cm

Across single winters (1963–64 to 1974–75).

Typical base
−41cm

1950–1959 to 2020–2025. The Haute-Savoie region moved −21cm.

Freezing level
+57m

Per decade. 1017m in 1950–1959, 1437m now.

Calibrated reanalysis, 1950–2025. Bars are each winter's mean base, rules each decade's mean. 2020–2025 holds 6 winters, not ten. Every figure here averages a full season, so none of them will match the readings for your chosen weeks above.

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Transfers

Transfers

AirportDriveTrain
Chambéry (CMF)70 min
Grenoble (GNB)118 min
Geneva (GVA)75 min
Lyon (LYS)115 min
Method & sources

We weigh snow reliability against this resort's own history, add live conditions where we have them, then adjust for how hard the trip is for your group.

  1. 01ERA5-Land hourly grid → daily SWE & snow depth at the resort cell.
  2. 02Bias-correct against ground stations (SLF / Météo-France nivôse).
  3. 03Build per-week climatological percentile · 30 winters.
  4. 04Anomaly = current week vs. cell's own 30-year baseline.
  5. 05Snow-sure read at the highest-snow cell within ~15km. When most resorts are bare, ranking shifts toward this, surfacing glaciers in shoulder seasons.
  6. 06Weight + rank against your origin & vibe profile.
Sources

Snow data sources

Ground stations the score is based on.

  • LA CLUSAZmeteofrance
  • GRAND-BORNANDmeteofrance