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Resort dossier
Sainte Foy Tarentaise
FR·Tarentaise
Weeks 1–4
Typically -11.8°C · 29cm fresh / week · powder day 58% · mixed 41%
Top elev.
2620m
Base elev.
1550m
Pistes
44km
Lifts
6
Piste mix27km mapped
Green1%
Blue49%
Red40%
Black11%
[ Tarentaise ]
46.36°N · 7.27°E
COMPOSITE SCORE
65
Snow90
Typically 149cm
Typical depth149cm
116cm175cm
Travel41
From your origin
Size60
Linked-area piste-km
Fit50
Vibe, terrain, activities
What to expect
What to expect in weeks 1–4
Based on 40 winters of weather data, modelled at ~1593m (not the village). Any single year can be very different.
Typically mixed, around -11.8°C, with 29cm of fresh snow over the week. Powder days hit 58% of the time. Other weeks run stormy or cold and clear.
Icy mornings
0.4 days/week
spring-like in 3% of years
Snow texture
Settled
packed, predictable piste
Typical wind
5.1 m/s
peaks to 43 m/s
Typical Freezing level
264 m
0°C isotherm
Powder days
58%
of years see 10cm+
Rain at base
0 days
per week
Storm
39%
of years
Bluebird
20%
of years
Thaw
0%
of years
Mixed
41%
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+
100%
Depth
149cm
Temperature
-11.8°C
Fresh snow
29cm
Snow line
264m
Wind
5.1 m/s
Transfers
Transfers
| Airport | Drive | Train |
|---|---|---|
| Chambéry (CMF) | 107 min | |
| Grenoble (GNB) | 153 min | |
| Geneva (GVA) | 174 min | |
| Lyon (LYS) | 155 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.
- Tignesmeteofrance
- La Rosieremeteofrance