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Resort dossier
Les Menuires
FR·Tarentaise◇Part of Les 3 Vallées· 600km
Weeks 2–5
Typically -4.9°C · 31cm fresh / week · powder day 56% · mixed 41%
Top elev.
2850m
Base elev.
1850m
Pistes
600km
Lifts
156
Piste mix499km mapped
Green14%
Blue48%
Red29%
Black8%
COMPOSITE SCORE
66
Snow78
Typically 137cm
Typical depth137cm
108cm169cm
Travel48
From your origin
Size100
Piste km, discounted for linked-area connectivity
Fit50
Vibe, terrain, activities
What to expect
What to expect in weeks 2–5
Based on 25 winters of weather data, modelled at ~2600m (not the village). Any single year can be very different.
Typically stormy, around -4.9°C, with 31cm of fresh snow over the week. Powder days hit 56% of the time. Other weeks run mixed.
Icy mornings
1.7 days/week
spring-like in 21% of years
Snow texture
Settled
packed, predictable piste
Typical wind
7.3 m/s
peaks to 20 m/s
Typical Freezing level
1599 m
0°C isotherm
Powder days
56%
of years see 10cm+
Rain at base
1.3 days
per week
Storm
41%
of years
Bluebird
14%
of years
Thaw
3%
of years
Mixed
41%
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
137cm
Temperature
-4.9°C
Fresh snow
31cm
Snow line
1600m
Wind
7.3 m/s
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Transfers
Transfers
| Airport | Drive | Train |
|---|---|---|
| Chambéry (CMF) | 93 min | |
| Geneva (GVA) | 160 min | |
| Lyon (LYS) | 140 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.
- Les Menuiresmeteofrance
- VAL THORENSmeteofrance