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Resort dossier
Les Saisies
FR·Beaufortain◇Part of Espace Diamant· 192km
Weeks 4–7
Typically -9.4°C · 33cm fresh / week · powder day 55% · mixed 38%
Top elev.
2069m
Base elev.
1650m
Pistes
192km
Lifts
76
Piste mix176km mapped
Green18%
Blue51%
Red24%
Black6%
COMPOSITE SCORE
69
Snow86
Typically 122cm
Typical depth122cm
87cm144cm
Travel56
From your origin
Size82
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 ~991m (not the village). Any single year can be very different.
Typically stormy, around -9.4°C, with 33cm of fresh snow over the week. Powder days hit 55% of the time. Other weeks run mixed.
Icy mornings
4.0 days/week
spring-like in 62% of years
Snow texture
Settled
packed, predictable piste
Typical wind
2.1 m/s
peaks to 21 m/s
Typical Freezing level
415 m
0°C isotherm
Powder days
55%
of years see 10cm+
Rain at base
0 days
per week
Storm
44%
of years
Bluebird
18%
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+
99%
Depth
122cm
Temperature
-9.4°C
Fresh snow
33cm
Snow line
415m
Wind
2.1 m/s
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Transfers
Transfers
| Airport | Drive | Train |
|---|---|---|
| Chambéry (CMF) | 79 min | |
| Grenoble (GNB) | 125 min | |
| Geneva (GVA) | 113 min | |
| Lyon (LYS) | 127 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 Saisiesmeteofrance