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Avoriaz

FR·Haute-Savoie◇Part of Portes du Soleil· 580km
Weeks 9–12

Typically -0.2°C · 23cm fresh / week · powder day 40% · mixed 33%

Top elev.
2466m
Base elev.
1100m
Pistes
600km
Lifts
196
Piste mix83km mapped
Green14%
Blue61%
Red14%
Black6%
Other4%
Avoriaz
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COMPOSITE SCORE
57
Snow56
Typically 125cm
Typical depth125cm
102cm158cm
Travel50
From your origin
Size100
Piste km, discounted for linked-area connectivity
Fit50
Vibe, terrain, activities
What to expect

What to expect in weeks 9–12

Based on 25 winters of weather data, modelled at ~1970m (not the village). Any single year can be very different.

Typically mixed, around -0.2°C, with 23cm of fresh snow over the week. Powder days hit 40% of the time. Other weeks run warm and wet or stormy.

Icy mornings
5.1 days/week
spring-like in 79% of years
Snow texture
Heavy / wet
spring snow, sticky and slow
Typical wind
5.7 m/s
peaks to 20 m/s
Typical Freezing level
1757 m
0°C isotherm
Powder days
40%
of years see 10cm+
Rain at base
4.2 days
per week
Storm
28%
of years
Bluebird
8%
of years
Thaw
32%
of years
Mixed
33%
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+
99%
Depth
125cm
Temperature
-0.2°C
Fresh snow
23cm
Snow line
1757m
Wind
5.7 m/s

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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.

  1. 01ERA5-Land hourly grid → daily SWE & snow depth at the resort cell.
  2. 02Bias-correct against ground stations (SLF / Météo-France nivôse).
  3. 03Build per-week climatological percentile · 35 winters.
  4. 04Anomaly = current week vs. cell's own 30-year baseline.
  5. 05Snow-sure read at the highest-snow cell within ~15km. When most resorts are bare, ranking shifts toward this, surfacing glaciers in shoulder seasons.
  6. 06Weight + rank against your origin & vibe profile.
Sources

Snow data sources

Ground stations the score is based on.

  • Avoriazmeteofrance
  • CHATEL NIVOmeteofrance