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Les Carroz

FR·Haute-Savoie◇Part of Le Grand Massif· 265kmless snow sure
family-friendlysunnyExpert terrainIntermediate paradiseLearner-friendly
Weeks 6–9

Typically -8.5°C · 26cm fresh / week · powder day 48% · mixed 46%

Top elev.
2480m
Base elev.
1140m
Pistes
265km
Lifts
63
Piste mix174km mapped
Green12%
Blue46%
Red33%
Black9%
Les Carroz
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COMPOSITE SCORE
62
Snow73
Typically 102cm
Typical depth102cm
66cm127cm
Travel47
From your origin
Size87
Piste km, discounted for linked-area connectivity
Fit50
Vibe, terrain, activities
What to expect

What to expect in weeks 6–9

Based on 29 winters of weather data, modelled at ~629m (not the village). Any single year can be very different.

Typically mixed, around -8.5°C, with 26cm of fresh snow over the week. Powder days hit 48% of the time. Other weeks run stormy.

Icy mornings
5.3 days/week
spring-like in 80% of years
Snow texture
Settled
packed, predictable piste
Typical wind
6.0 m/s
peaks to 50 m/s
Typical Freezing level
498 m
0°C isotherm
Powder days
48%
of years see 10cm+
Rain at base
0 days
per week
Storm
37%
of years
Bluebird
18%
of years
Thaw
0%
of years
Mixed
46%
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+
83%
Depth
102cm
Temperature
-8.5°C
Fresh snow
26cm
Snow line
499m
Wind
6.0 m/s
Trend · 76 winters

Thinner snow, and warmer air

Les Carroz's typical base has been getting slightly shallower, by 6cm a decade across 76 winters. The winter freezing level has climbed 59m a decade.

102cm
117cm
116cm
108cm
95cm
83cm
93cm
57cm
1950–1959
1960–1969
1970–1979
1980–1989
1990–1999
2000–2009
2010–2019
2020–2025
Winter to winter
11–197cm

Across single winters (1963–64 to 1965–66).

Typical base
−45cm

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

Freezing level
+59m

Per decade. 378m in 1950–1959, 823m now. Still 317m below the village.

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
Bern (BRN)193 min
Chambéry (CMF)107 min
Geneva (GVA)96 min
Lyon (LYS)152 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.

  • LES CARROZ KEDEUSAZmeteofrance
  • Flainemeteofrance