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Resort dossier
Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval
FR·Haute-Savoie◇Part of Le Grand Massif· 265km
Weeks 2–5
Typically -3.1°C · 34cm fresh / week · powder day 60% · mixed 26%
Top elev.
2120m
Base elev.
760m
Pistes
265km
Lifts
63
Piste mix174km mapped
Green12%
Blue46%
Red33%
Black9%
COMPOSITE SCORE
60
Snow66
Typically 129cm
Typical depth129cm
98cm155cm
Travel52
From your origin
Size87
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 ~2005m (not the village). Any single year can be very different.
Typically stormy, around -3.1°C, with 34cm of fresh snow over the week. Powder days hit 60% of the time. Other weeks run mixed.
Icy mornings
2.1 days/week
spring-like in 27% of years
Snow texture
Settled
packed, predictable piste
Typical wind
5.8 m/s
peaks to 20 m/s
Typical Freezing level
956 m
0°C isotherm
Powder days
60%
of years see 10cm+
Rain at base
3.1 days
per week
Storm
47%
of years
Bluebird
16%
of years
Thaw
11%
of years
Mixed
26%
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
129cm
Temperature
-3.1°C
Fresh snow
34cm
Snow line
957m
Wind
5.8 m/s
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Transfers
Transfers
| Airport | Drive | Train |
|---|---|---|
| Bern (BRN) | 183 min | |
| Chambéry (CMF) | 97 min | |
| Geneva (GVA) | 86 min | |
| Lyon (LYS) | 142 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