Les Menuires · Peak Window

What to expect

What to expect in weeks 4–7

Based on 40 winters of weather data, modelled at ~2600m (not the village). Any single year can be very different.

Typically mixed, around -4.3°C, with 32cm of fresh snow over the week. Powder days hit 55% of the time. Other weeks run stormy.

Icy mornings

2.3 days/week

spring-like in 30% of years

Snow texture

Settled

packed, predictable piste

Typical wind

6.6 m/s

peaks to 22 m/s

Typical Freezing level

1695 m

0°C isotherm

Powder days

55%

of years see 10cm+

Rain at base

1.7 days

per week

Storm

40%

of years

Bluebird

17%

of years

Thaw

of years

Mixed

41%

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

153cm

Temperature

-4.3°C

Fresh snow

32cm

Snow line

1696m

Wind

6.6 m/s

Transfers

Airport	Drive	Train
Chambéry (CMF)	93 min
Geneva (GVA)	160 min
Lyon (LYS)	140 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 Menuiresmeteofrance
VAL THORENSmeteofrance