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Les Contamines
FR·Haute-Savoie◇Part of Evasion Mont-Blanc· 445km
Weeks 4–7
Typically -9.2°C · 39cm fresh / week · powder day 62% · mixed 30%
Top elev.
2487m
Base elev.
1164m
Pistes
445km
Lifts
109
Piste mix68km mapped
Green11%
Blue35%
Red35%
Black19%
COMPOSITE SCORE
72
Snow95
Typically 172cm
Typical depth172cm
132cm209cm
Travel48
From your origin
Size95
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 ~1521m (not the village). Any single year can be very different.
Typically stormy, around -9.2°C, with 39cm of fresh snow over the week. Powder days hit 62% of the time. Other weeks run mixed or cold and clear.
Icy mornings
1.7 days/week
spring-like in 21% of years
Snow texture
Settled
packed, predictable piste
Typical wind
5.0 m/s
peaks to 20 m/s
Typical Freezing level
408 m
0°C isotherm
Powder days
62%
of years see 10cm+
Rain at base
0 days
per week
Storm
49%
of years
Bluebird
20%
of years
Thaw
0%
of years
Mixed
30%
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
172cm
Temperature
-9.2°C
Fresh snow
39cm
Snow line
409m
Wind
5.0 m/s
Transfers
Transfers
| Airport | Drive | Train |
|---|---|---|
| Chambéry (CMF) | 101 min | |
| Grenoble (GNB) | 148 min | |
| Geneva (GVA) | 93 min | |
| Lyon (LYS) | 149 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.
- LES CONTAMINES MONTJOIEmeteofrance
- CHAMONIX-OBSmeteofrance