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Resort dossier
Alpe d'Huez
Weeks 4–7
Typically -6.0°C · 32cm fresh / week · powder day 57% · mixed 38%
Top elev.
3330m
Base elev.
1250m
Pistes
250km
Lifts
68
Piste mix162km mapped
Green25%
Blue30%
Red27%
Black17%
Other2%
COMPOSITE SCORE
64
Snow71
Typically 143cm
Typical depth143cm
108cm167cm
Travel58
From your origin
Size86
Piste km, discounted for linked-area connectivity
Fit50
Vibe, terrain, activities
What to expect
What to expect in weeks 4–7
Based on 25 winters of weather data, modelled at ~2268m (not the village). Any single year can be very different.
Typically stormy, around -6.0°C, with 32cm of fresh snow over the week. Powder days hit 57% of the time. Other weeks run mixed.
Icy mornings
2.2 days/week
spring-like in 28% of years
Snow texture
Settled
packed, predictable piste
Typical wind
7.9 m/s
peaks to 36 m/s
Typical Freezing level
1371 m
0°C isotherm
Powder days
57%
of years see 10cm+
Rain at base
2.5 days
per week
Storm
44%
of years
Bluebird
17%
of years
Thaw
0%
of years
Mixed
38%
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
143cm
Temperature
-6.0°C
Fresh snow
32cm
Snow line
1372m
Wind
7.9 m/s
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Transfers
Transfers
| Airport | Drive | Train |
|---|---|---|
| Grenoble (GNB) | 75 min | |
| Lyon (LYS) | 150 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.
- L Alpe d Huez (SATA)meteofrance
- L Alpe d Huez 2350meteofrance