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Resort dossier
Adelboden
Weeks 53–3
Typically -11.2°C · 36cm fresh / week · powder day 58% · mixed 46%
Top elev.
2362m
Base elev.
1353m
Pistes
210km
Lifts
56
Piste mix83km mapped
Blue53%
Red39%
Black8%
COMPOSITE SCORE
72
Snow89
Typically 134cm
Typical depth134cm
110cm164cm
Travel67
From your origin
Size81
Piste km, discounted for linked-area connectivity
Fit50
Vibe, terrain, activities
What to expect
What to expect in weeks 1–53
Based on 25 winters of weather data, modelled at ~1651m (not the village). Any single year can be very different.
Typically mixed, around -11.2°C, with 36cm of fresh snow over the week. Powder days hit 58% of the time. Other weeks run stormy.
Icy mornings
0.4 days/week
spring-like in 3% of years
Snow texture
Settled
packed, predictable piste
Typical wind
16.3 m/s
peaks to 25 m/s
Typical Freezing level
128 m
0°C isotherm
Powder days
58%
of years see 10cm+
Rain at base
0 days
per week
Storm
45%
of years
Bluebird
9%
of years
Thaw
0%
of years
Mixed
46%
of years
Climatology
What a season here looks like
Each track shows the typical range across 25 winters. The marker shows where your selected weeks sit.
Reliability60cm+
100%
Depth
145cm
Temperature
-11.2°C
Fresh snow
36cm
Snow line
128m
Wind
16.3 m/s
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Transfers
Transfers
| Airport | Drive | Train |
|---|---|---|
| Bern (BRN) | 59 min | |
| Geneva (GVA) | 178 min | |
| Milan Malpensa (MXP) | 265 min | |
| Zürich (ZRH) | 167 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.
- OTT2slf
- ADE2slf