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Nendaz

CH·Valais◇Part of 4 Vallées· 412kmless snow sure
family-friendlytraditionalquietBackcountry / off-pisteExpert terrainIntermediate paradise
Weeks 1–4

Typically -18.7°C · 28cm fresh / week · powder day 54% · mixed 45%

Top elev.
3330m
Base elev.
1365m
Pistes
412km
Lifts
89
Piste mix170km mapped
Blue36%
Red46%
Black9%
Freeride8%
Other1%
Nendaz
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COMPOSITE SCORE
64
Snow87
Typically 129cm
Typical depth129cm
106cm151cm
Travel26
From your origin
Size94
Piste km, discounted for linked-area connectivity
Fit50
Vibe, terrain, activities
What to expect

What to expect in weeks 1–4

Based on 29 winters of weather data, modelled at ~586m (not the village). Any single year can be very different.

Typically mixed, around -18.7°C, with 28cm of fresh snow over the week. Powder days hit 54% of the time. Other weeks run stormy.

Icy mornings
1.6 days/week
spring-like in 18% of years
Snow texture
Settled
packed, predictable piste
Typical wind
14.7 m/s
peaks to 34 m/s
Typical Freezing level
-532 m
0°C isotherm
Powder days
54%
of years see 10cm+
Rain at base
0 days
per week
Storm
39%
of years
Bluebird
17%
of years
Thaw
0%
of years
Mixed
45%
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+
100%
Depth
129cm
Temperature
-18.7°C
Fresh snow
28cm
Snow line
-533m
Wind
14.7 m/s
Trend · 76 winters

Thinner snow, and warmer air

Nendaz's typical base has been getting slightly shallower, by 2cm a decade across 76 winters. The winter freezing level has climbed 47m a decade.

85cm
91cm
91cm
89cm
86cm
77cm
82cm
73cm
1950–1959
1960–1969
1970–1979
1980–1989
1990–1999
2000–2009
2010–2019
2020–2025
Winter to winter
40–148cm

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

Typical base
−13cm

1950–1959 to 2020–2025. The Valais region moved −20cm.

Freezing level
+47m

Per decade. -60m in 1950–1959, 322m now. Still 1043m below the village.

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)134 min
Chambéry (CMF)181 min
Geneva (GVA)137 min
Milan Malpensa (MXP)210 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.

  • NEN3slf
  • ATT2slf