Orcieres Merlette / Hautes Alpes

Weather report

5-day snow forecast

25cm settles on the upper slopes within 5 days

Snow report Sunday May 19

Snow quality 6. 2cm of fresh snow during the last 48h

Average long-year snow depth in week 20 is 8 cm on the lower slopes and 92 cm on the upper slopes. Current snow depth is above long-term average.

days with snow depth (in %, 10-year avg)

050cm (89%)

100cm (64%)

150cm (29%)

200cm (8%)

250cm (1%)

Rank class based on 10yr average snow depth and temperature

The ski area of Orcieres Merlette consists of 100.0 km of skiing slopes between 1850-2725m altitude. 92% is above 2000m. 58% is facing South.

There are 46.0 km of blue, 43.0 km of red, and 11.0 km of black slopes serviced by 31 lifts.

The ski region Orcieres Merlette was voted an average of 7.3 by our visitors.

Closest transit point for ski destination Orcieres Merlette is Grenoble airport. The travel distance is 120 km which equals an est. travel time of 2 hours 0 mins.