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Resort dossier
Valmeinier
FR·Maurienne◇Part of Galibier-Thabor· 150km
Weeks 1–4
Typically -11.0°C · 26cm fresh / week · powder day 52% · mixed 39%
Top elev.
2600m
Base elev.
1500m
Pistes
150km
Lifts
33
Piste mix131km mapped
Green16%
Blue44%
Red31%
Black8%
[ Maurienne ]
46.72°N · 7.53°E
COMPOSITE SCORE
68
Snow86
Typically 130cm
Typical depth130cm
103cm165cm
Travel55
From your origin
Size78
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 ~1532m (not the village). Any single year can be very different.
Typically stormy, around -11.0°C, with 26cm of fresh snow over the week. Powder days hit 52% of the time. Other weeks run mixed or cold and clear.
Icy mornings
0.9 days/week
spring-like in 8% of years
Snow texture
Settled
packed, predictable piste
Typical wind
7.2 m/s
peaks to 31 m/s
Typical Freezing level
364 m
0°C isotherm
Powder days
52%
of years see 10cm+
Rain at base
0 days
per week
Storm
41%
of years
Bluebird
21%
of years
Thaw
0%
of years
Mixed
39%
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
130cm
Temperature
-11.0°C
Fresh snow
26cm
Snow line
364m
Wind
7.2 m/s
Transfers
Transfers
| Airport | Drive | Train |
|---|---|---|
| Chambéry (CMF) | 81 min | |
| Grenoble (GNB) | 128 min | |
| Geneva (GVA) | 150 min | |
| Lyon (LYS) | 129 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.
- Valmeiniermeteofrance
- Valloiremeteofrance