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Samoëns
FR·Haute-Savoie◇Part of Le Grand Massif· 265km
Weeks 4–7
Typically -7.9°C · 36cm fresh / week · powder day 58% · mixed 37%
Top elev.
2480m
Base elev.
720m
Pistes
265km
Lifts
63
Piste mix174km mapped
Green12%
Blue46%
Red33%
Black9%
COMPOSITE SCORE
68
Snow82
Typically 124cm
Typical depth124cm
91cm145cm
Travel56
From your origin
Size87
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 ~967m (not the village). Any single year can be very different.
Typically stormy, around -7.9°C, with 36cm of fresh snow over the week. Powder days hit 58% of the time. Other weeks run mixed.
Icy mornings
3.8 days/week
spring-like in 60% of years
Snow texture
Settled
packed, predictable piste
Typical wind
6.0 m/s
peaks to 50 m/s
Typical Freezing level
382 m
0°C isotherm
Powder days
58%
of years see 10cm+
Rain at base
0.7 days
per week
Storm
47%
of years
Bluebird
16%
of years
Thaw
0%
of years
Mixed
37%
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
124cm
Temperature
-7.9°C
Fresh snow
36cm
Snow line
382m
Wind
6.0 m/s
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Transfers
Transfers
| Airport | Drive | Train |
|---|---|---|
| Bern (BRN) | 176 min | |
| Chambéry (CMF) | 91 min | |
| Geneva (GVA) | 79 min | |
| Lyon (LYS) | 135 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.
- Flainemeteofrance
- LES CARROZ KEDEUSAZmeteofrance