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Morillon

FR·Haute-SavoiePart of Le Grand Massif· 265kmless snow sure
family-friendlytraditionalquietExpert terrainIntermediate paradiseLearner-friendly
Weeks 4–7

Typically -8.1°C · 37cm fresh / week · powder day 60% · mixed 34%

Top elev.
2480m
Base elev.
700m
Pistes
265km
Lifts
63
Piste mix174km mapped
Green12%
Blue46%
Red33%
Black9%
COMPOSITE SCORE
68
Snow82
Typically 126cm
Typical depth126cm
92cm151cm
Travel58
From your origin
Size87
Piste km, discounted for linked-area connectivity
Fit50
Vibe, terrain, activities
What to expect

What to expect in weeks 4–7

Based on 29 winters of weather data, modelled at ~967m (not the village). Any single year can be very different.

Typically stormy, around -8.1°C, with 37cm of fresh snow over the week. Powder days hit 60% of the time. Other weeks run mixed.

Icy mornings
3.8 days/week
spring-like in 57% of years
Snow texture
Settled
packed, predictable piste
Typical wind
6.0 m/s
peaks to 50 m/s
Typical Freezing level
337 m
0°C isotherm
Powder days
60%
of years see 10cm+
Rain at base
0.7 days
per week
Storm
48%
of years
Bluebird
18%
of years
Thaw
0%
of years
Mixed
34%
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+
99%
Depth
126cm
Temperature
-8.1°C
Fresh snow
37cm
Snow line
337m
Wind
6.0 m/s
Trend · 76 winters

Thinner snow, and warmer air

Morillon's typical base has been getting slightly shallower, by 2cm a decade across 76 winters. The winter freezing level has climbed 51m a decade.

64cm
70cm
73cm
67cm
63cm
57cm
61cm
50cm
1950–1959
1960–1969
1970–1979
1980–1989
1990–1999
2000–2009
2010–2019
2020–2025
Winter to winter
15–125cm

Across single winters (1963–64 to 1974–75).

Typical base
−13cm

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

Freezing level
+51m

Per decade. 479m in 1950–1959, 869m now.

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)173 min
Chambéry (CMF)87 min
Geneva (GVA)76 min
Lyon (LYS)132 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.

  • Flainemeteofrance
  • LES CARROZ KEDEUSAZmeteofrance