Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval
Typically -2.6°C · 33cm fresh / week · powder day 59% · mixed 35%
What to expect in weeks 1–53
Based on 29 winters of weather data, modelled at ~2005m (not the village). Any single year can be very different.
Typically stormy, around -2.6°C, with 33cm of fresh snow over the week. Powder days hit 59% of the time. Other weeks run mixed.
What a season here looks like
Each track shows the typical range across 29 winters. The marker shows where your selected weeks sit.
Thinner snow, and warmer air
Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval's typical base has been getting slightly shallower, by 2cm a decade across 76 winters. The winter freezing level has climbed 46m a decade.
Across single winters (1963–64 to 1974–75).
1950–1959 to 2020–2025. The Haute-Savoie region moved −21cm.
Per decade. 1315m in 1950–1959, 1670m now.
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
| Airport | Drive | Train |
|---|---|---|
| Bern (BRN) | 183 min | |
| Chambéry (CMF) | 97 min | |
| Geneva (GVA) | 86 min | |
| Lyon (LYS) | 142 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.
- 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 · 30 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.
Snow data sources
Ground stations the score is based on.
- Flainemeteofrance
- LES CARROZ KEDEUSAZmeteofrance