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Serre Chevalier
FR·Hautes-Alpes
Weeks 6–9
Typically -5.4°C · 18cm fresh / week · powder day 44% · mixed 50%
Top elev.
2800m
Base elev.
1200m
Pistes
250km
Lifts
58
Piste mix157km mapped
Green26%
Blue34%
Red29%
Black10%
Freeride1%
Other1%
COMPOSITE SCORE
59
Snow76
Typically 141cm
Typical depth141cm
105cm166cm
Travel23
From your origin
Size86
Piste km, discounted for linked-area connectivity
Fit50
Vibe, terrain, activities
What to expect
What to expect in weeks 6–9
Based on 25 winters of weather data, modelled at ~2011m (not the village). Any single year can be very different.
Typically mixed, around -5.4°C, with 18cm of fresh snow over the week. Powder days hit 44% of the time. Other weeks run stormy.
Icy mornings
2.4 days/week
spring-like in 29% of years
Snow texture
Settled
packed, predictable piste
Typical wind
5.8 m/s
peaks to 30 m/s
Typical Freezing level
1165 m
0°C isotherm
Powder days
44%
of years see 10cm+
Rain at base
1.8 days
per week
Storm
35%
of years
Bluebird
15%
of years
Thaw
0%
of years
Mixed
50%
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
141cm
Temperature
-5.4°C
Fresh snow
18cm
Snow line
1165m
Wind
5.8 m/s
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Transfers
Transfers
| Airport | Drive | Train |
|---|---|---|
| Chambéry (CMF) | 139 min | |
| Grenoble (GNB) | 145 min | |
| Geneva (GVA) | 208 min | |
| Lyon (LYS) | 172 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.
- SERRE CHE-CHANTEMERLE_NIVOmeteofrance
- SERRE CHE-LE MONETIER_NIVOmeteofrance