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Resort dossier
Val Thorens
FR·Tarentaise◇Part of Les 3 Vallées· 600km
Weeks 1–4
Typically -7.5°C · 24cm fresh / week · powder day 49% · mixed 49%
Top elev.
3230m
Base elev.
2300m
Pistes
600km
Lifts
156
Piste mix499km mapped
Green14%
Blue48%
Red29%
Black8%
COMPOSITE SCORE
70
Snow89
Typically 139cm
Typical depth139cm
112cm173cm
Travel46
From your origin
Size100
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 ~2893m (not the village). Any single year can be very different.
Typically mixed, around -7.5°C, with 24cm of fresh snow over the week. Powder days hit 49% of the time. Other weeks run stormy.
Icy mornings
0.5 days/week
spring-like in 5% of years
Snow texture
Powdery
soft, easy turns
Typical wind
5.1 m/s
peaks to 20 m/s
Typical Freezing level
1611 m
0°C isotherm
Powder days
49%
of years see 10cm+
Rain at base
0 days
per week
Storm
37%
of years
Bluebird
14%
of years
Thaw
0%
of years
Mixed
49%
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
139cm
Temperature
-7.5°C
Fresh snow
24cm
Snow line
1612m
Wind
5.1 m/s
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Transfers
Transfers
| Airport | Drive | Train |
|---|---|---|
| Chambéry (CMF) | 98 min | |
| Geneva (GVA) | 166 min | |
| Lyon (LYS) | 146 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 THORENSmeteofrance
- Les Menuiresmeteofrance