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Val Cenis
FR·Haute-Mauriennemore snow sure
Weeks 6–9
Typically -1.6°C · 21cm fresh / week · powder day 43% · mixed 54%
Top elev.
2800m
Base elev.
1400m
Pistes
125km
Lifts
23
Piste mix89km mapped
Green25%
Blue42%
Red29%
Black4%
[ Haute-Maurienne ]
46.42°N · 7.37°E
COMPOSITE SCORE
53
Snow62
Typically 138cm
Typical depth138cm
104cm164cm
Travel30
From your origin
Size76
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 ~2728m (not the village). Any single year can be very different.
Typically mixed, around -1.6°C, with 21cm of fresh snow over the week. Powder days hit 43% of the time. Other weeks run stormy.
Icy mornings
2.1 days/week
spring-like in 24% of years
Snow texture
Settled
packed, predictable piste
Typical wind
2.5 m/s
peaks to 20 m/s
Typical Freezing level
1853 m
0°C isotherm
Powder days
43%
of years see 10cm+
Rain at base
3.6 days
per week
Storm
32%
of years
Bluebird
5%
of years
Thaw
10%
of years
Mixed
54%
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
138cm
Temperature
-1.6°C
Fresh snow
21cm
Snow line
1853m
Wind
2.5 m/s
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Transfers
Transfers
| Airport | Drive | Train |
|---|---|---|
| Chambéry (CMF) | 126 min | |
| Grenoble (GNB) | 173 min | |
| Geneva (GVA) | 195 min | |
| Lyon (LYS) | 174 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.
- Val Cenis (La Berche)meteofrance