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Sestriere
IT·Piemonte◇Part of Via Lattea· 400km
Weeks 7–10
Typically -8.2°C · 21cm fresh / week · powder day 41% · mixed 51%
Top elev.
2823m
Base elev.
2035m
Pistes
400km
Lifts
70
Piste mix58km mapped
Green3%
Blue44%
Red38%
Black15%
Other1%
COMPOSITE SCORE
67
Snow84
Typically 117cm
Typical depth117cm
91cm149cm
Travel46
From your origin
Size94
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 ~2052m (not the village). Any single year can be very different.
Typically mixed, around -8.2°C, with 21cm of fresh snow over the week. Powder days hit 41% of the time. Other weeks run stormy.
Icy mornings
2.6 days/week
spring-like in 32% of years
Snow texture
Settled
packed, predictable piste
Typical wind
1.8 m/s
peaks to 4 m/s
Typical Freezing level
1171 m
0°C isotherm
Powder days
41%
of years see 10cm+
Rain at base
0 days
per week
Storm
30%
of years
Bluebird
19%
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+
98%
Depth
117cm
Temperature
-8.2°C
Fresh snow
21cm
Snow line
1171m
Wind
1.8 m/s
Transfers
Transfers
| Airport | Drive | Train |
|---|---|---|
| Chambéry (CMF) | 124 min | |
| Grenoble (GNB) | 170 min | |
| Geneva (GVA) | 192 min | |
| Turin (TRN) | 97 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.