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Resort dossier
Val d'Isère
FR·Tarentaise◇Part of Espace Killy / Tignes – Val d'Isère· 300km
Weeks 1–4
Typically -8.6°C · 23cm fresh / week · powder day 46% · mixed 48%
Top elev.
3456m
Base elev.
1550m
Pistes
300km
Lifts
78
Piste mix209km mapped
Green11%
Blue44%
Red33%
Black11%
COMPOSITE SCORE
62
Snow86
Typically 150cm
Typical depth150cm
114cm184cm
Travel19
From your origin
Size89
Piste km, discounted for linked-area connectivity
Fit50
Vibe, terrain, activities
What to expect
What to expect in weeks 1–4
Based on 25 winters of weather data, modelled at ~2802m (not the village). Any single year can be very different.
Typically mixed, around -8.6°C, with 23cm of fresh snow over the week. Powder days hit 46% of the time. Other weeks run stormy.
Icy mornings
0.1 days/week
spring-like in 1% of years
Snow texture
Powdery
soft, easy turns
Typical wind
5.1 m/s
peaks to 43 m/s
Typical Freezing level
1186 m
0°C isotherm
Powder days
46%
of years see 10cm+
Rain at base
0.6 days
per week
Storm
34%
of years
Bluebird
18%
of years
Thaw
0%
of years
Mixed
48%
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
150cm
Temperature
-8.6°C
Fresh snow
23cm
Snow line
1186m
Wind
5.1 m/s
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Transfers
Transfers
| Airport | Drive | Train |
|---|---|---|
| Chambéry (CMF) | 145 min | |
| Geneva (GVA) | 210 min | 360 min |
| Lyon (LYS) | 210 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 d Isere Joseraymeteofrance
- Tignesmeteofrance