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Resort dossier
Risoul
FR·Hautes-Alpes◇Part of Forêt Blanche· 185km
Weeks 7–10
Typically -7.0°C · 17cm fresh / week · powder day 43% · mixed 49%
Top elev.
2750m
Base elev.
1850m
Pistes
185km
Lifts
51
Piste mix130km mapped
Green16%
Blue50%
Red27%
Black5%
Double-black1%
Freeride1%
COMPOSITE SCORE
56
Snow81
Typically 109cm
Typical depth109cm
80cm140cm
Travel0
From your origin
Size82
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 ~1789m (not the village). Any single year can be very different.
Typically mixed, around -7.0°C, with 17cm 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
4.5 m/s
peaks to 22 m/s
Typical Freezing level
1224 m
0°C isotherm
Powder days
43%
of years see 10cm+
Rain at base
0 days
per week
Storm
29%
of years
Bluebird
22%
of years
Thaw
0%
of years
Mixed
49%
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+
96%
Depth
109cm
Temperature
-7.0°C
Fresh snow
17cm
Snow line
1225m
Wind
4.5 m/s
Transfers
Transfers
| Airport | Drive | Train |
|---|---|---|
| Chambéry (CMF) | 190 min | |
| Grenoble (GNB) | 198 min | |
| Geneva (GVA) | 258 min | |
| Lyon (LYS) | 224 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.
- RISOUL_NIVOmeteofrance
- VARS_NIVOmeteofrance