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Resort dossier
Pra Loup
FR·Alpes-de-Haute-Provenceless snow sure
Weeks 7–10
Typically -7.7°C · 15cm fresh / week · powder day 38% · mixed 51%
Top elev.
2600m
Base elev.
1500m
Pistes
180km
Lifts
35
Piste mix88km mapped
Green5%
Blue28%
Red38%
Black7%
Freeride23%
COMPOSITE SCORE
52
Snow73
Typically 97cm
Typical depth97cm
66cm133cm
Travel0
From your origin
Size81
Linked-area piste-km
Fit50
Vibe, terrain, activities
What to expect
What to expect in weeks 7–10
Based on 40 winters of weather data, modelled at ~1384m (not the village). Any single year can be very different.
Typically mixed, around -7.7°C, with 15cm of fresh snow over the week. Powder days hit 38% of the time. Other weeks run cold and clear or stormy.
Icy mornings
3.7 days/week
spring-like in 52% of years
Snow texture
Settled
packed, predictable piste
Typical wind
6.3 m/s
peaks to 31 m/s
Typical Freezing level
859 m
0°C isotherm
Powder days
38%
of years see 10cm+
Rain at base
0 days
per week
Storm
24%
of years
Bluebird
25%
of years
Thaw
0%
of years
Mixed
51%
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+
86%
Depth
97cm
Temperature
-7.7°C
Fresh snow
15cm
Snow line
859m
Wind
6.3 m/s
Transfers
Transfers
| Airport | Drive | Train |
|---|---|---|
| Chambéry (CMF) | 262 min | |
| Grenoble (GNB) | 246 min | |
| Geneva (GVA) | 330 min | |
| Lyon (LYS) | 272 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.
- PRA LOUP_NIVOmeteofrance