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Resort dossier
Villars
Weeks 4–7
Typically -5.9°C · 33cm fresh / week · powder day 58% · mixed 38%
Top elev.
2120m
Base elev.
1300m
Pistes
225km
Lifts
44
Piste mix61km mapped
Green2%
Blue64%
Red32%
Black2%
[ Vaud ]
46.66°N · 7.43°E
COMPOSITE SCORE
66
Snow86
Typically 132cm
Typical depth132cm
97cm157cm
Travel44
From your origin
Size82
Piste km, discounted for linked-area connectivity
Fit50
Vibe, terrain, activities
What to expect
What to expect in weeks 4–7
Based on 25 winters of weather data, modelled at ~1600m (not the village). Any single year can be very different.
Typically stormy, around -5.9°C, with 33cm of fresh snow over the week. Powder days hit 58% of the time. Other weeks run mixed.
Icy mornings
3.3 days/week
spring-like in 48% of years
Snow texture
Settled
packed, predictable piste
Typical wind
16.6 m/s
peaks to 30 m/s
Typical Freezing level
798 m
0°C isotherm
Powder days
58%
of years see 10cm+
Rain at base
0.3 days
per week
Storm
45%
of years
Bluebird
15%
of years
Thaw
2%
of years
Mixed
38%
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
132cm
Temperature
-5.9°C
Fresh snow
33cm
Snow line
798m
Wind
16.6 m/s
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Transfers
Transfers
| Airport | Drive | Train |
|---|---|---|
| Bern (BRN) | 101 min | |
| Chambéry (CMF) | 150 min | |
| Geneva (GVA) | 104 min | |
| Milan Malpensa (MXP) | 234 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.
- CHA3slf
- CHA2slf