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Resort dossier
Montgenèvre
FR·Hautes-Alpes◇Part of Via Lattea· 400km
Weeks 8–11
Typically -5.4°C · 20cm fresh / week · powder day 43% · mixed 50%
Top elev.
2700m
Base elev.
1860m
Pistes
400km
Lifts
70
Piste mix63km mapped
Green21%
Blue41%
Red26%
Black10%
Other2%
COMPOSITE SCORE
67
Snow85
Typically 129cm
Typical depth129cm
100cm161cm
Travel45
From your origin
Size94
Linked-area piste-km
Fit50
Vibe, terrain, activities
What to expect
What to expect in weeks 8–11
Based on 40 winters of weather data, modelled at ~2099m (not the village). Any single year can be very different.
Typically mixed, around -5.4°C, with 20cm of fresh snow over the week. Powder days hit 43% of the time. Other weeks run stormy or cold and clear.
Icy mornings
3.5 days/week
spring-like in 51% of years
Snow texture
Settled
packed, predictable piste
Typical wind
5.3 m/s
peaks to 14 m/s
Typical Freezing level
1443 m
0°C isotherm
Powder days
43%
of years see 10cm+
Rain at base
0.3 days
per week
Storm
27%
of years
Bluebird
22%
of years
Thaw
1%
of years
Mixed
50%
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+
99%
Depth
129cm
Temperature
-5.4°C
Fresh snow
20cm
Snow line
1444m
Wind
5.3 m/s
Transfers
Transfers
| Airport | Drive | Train |
|---|---|---|
| Chambéry (CMF) | 126 min | |
| Grenoble (GNB) | 161 min | |
| Geneva (GVA) | 194 min | |
| Turin (TRN) | 99 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.
- MONTGENEVRE_NIVOmeteofrance
- SERRE CHE-CHANTEMERLE_NIVOmeteofrance