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Resort dossier
Megève
FR·Haute-Savoie◇Part of Evasion Mont-Blanc· 445km
Weeks 6–9
Typically -6.5°C · 35cm fresh / week · powder day 59% · mixed 38%
Top elev.
2350m
Base elev.
1113m
Pistes
445km
Lifts
113
Piste mix151km mapped
Green18%
Blue30%
Red36%
Black11%
Freeride5%
COMPOSITE SCORE
71
Snow87
Typically 154cm
Typical depth154cm
126cm185cm
Travel57
From your origin
Size95
Linked-area piste-km
Fit50
Vibe, terrain, activities
What to expect
What to expect in weeks 6–9
Based on 40 winters of weather data, modelled at ~1264m (not the village). Any single year can be very different.
Typically stormy, around -6.5°C, with 35cm of fresh snow over the week. Powder days hit 59% of the time. Other weeks run mixed.
Icy mornings
4.1 days/week
spring-like in 62% of years
Snow texture
Settled
packed, predictable piste
Typical wind
4.5 m/s
peaks to 20 m/s
Typical Freezing level
738 m
0°C isotherm
Powder days
59%
of years see 10cm+
Rain at base
0.7 days
per week
Storm
46%
of years
Bluebird
16%
of years
Thaw
0%
of years
Mixed
38%
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
154cm
Temperature
-6.5°C
Fresh snow
35cm
Snow line
739m
Wind
4.5 m/s
Transfers
Transfers
| Airport | Drive | Train |
|---|---|---|
| Chambéry (CMF) | 77 min | |
| Grenoble (GNB) | 123 min | |
| Geneva (GVA) | 85 min | |
| Lyon (LYS) | 124 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.
- LA GIETTAZmeteofrance
- LES CONTAMINES MONTJOIEmeteofrance