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Le Châble

CH·ValaisGondola access
Gateway village

The village sits well below the ski area and is connected to it by a single gondola or funicular. Snow conditions at the village won't reflect what's on the slopes — plan to ride the lift up rather than ski-in from the door.

Weeks 1–4

Typically -10.0°C · 29cm fresh / week · powder day 55% · mixed 43%

Top elev.
3330m
Base elev.
820m
Pistes
410km
Lifts
92
Piste mix170km mapped
Blue36%
Red46%
Black9%
Freeride8%
Other1%
COMPOSITE SCORE
63
Snow80
Typically 130cm
Typical depth130cm
106cm159cm
Travel32
From your origin
Size94
Piste km, discounted for linked-area connectivity
Fit50
Vibe, terrain, activities
What to expect

What to expect in weeks 1–4

Based on 25 winters of weather data, modelled at ~1693m (not the village). Any single year can be very different.

Typically mixed, around -10.0°C, with 29cm of fresh snow over the week. Powder days hit 55% of the time. Other weeks run stormy.

Icy mornings
1.3 days/week
spring-like in 11% of years
Snow texture
Settled
packed, predictable piste
Typical wind
1.4 m/s
peaks to 2 m/s
Typical Freezing level
531 m
0°C isotherm
Powder days
55%
of years see 10cm+
Rain at base
1.2 days
per week
Storm
39%
of years
Bluebird
16%
of years
Thaw
1%
of years
Mixed
43%
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
130cm
Temperature
-10.0°C
Fresh snow
29cm
Snow line
531m
Wind
1.4 m/s

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Transfers

Transfers

AirportDriveTrain
Bern (BRN)122 min
Chambéry (CMF)160 min
Geneva (GVA)124 min
Turin (TRN)158 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.

  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.