Orcieres Merlette ski resort - weather, snow reports and reviews

Orcières Merlette Southern Alps 1832-2705m

Orcieres 1850m

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Drouvet summit 2655m

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Sommet Estaris

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Orcieres Merlette Plateau de Rocherousse (2200 m)

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Weather report

Heavy rain forecasted today. Temperature low -16 °C, high -3 °C. Wind at 26km/h NULL.

Weather today

Weather conditions ski area

Weather outlook

Weather conditions resort

Mountain weather

Mountain temperature at Col de Freissinieres 2705m -3 to -4°C. Freezing level at 766 meters.

Snow alert

Snow alert Thursday November 21

8cm
22cm
26cm
2268m
2705m

26cm settles on the upper slopes today

Avalanche

Avalanche risk level Thursday November 21

Avalanche risk 4

Snow forecast

5-day snow forecast

46cm
75cm
89cm
2268m
2705m

89cm settles on the upper slopes within 5 days

Snow days

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

050cm (89%)
100cm (63%)
150cm (27%)
200cm (7%)
250cm (1%)

Snow sure

Rank class based on 10yr average snow depth and temperature

16/100

Ski area

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.

Ski map

Rating

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

Transfer

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.

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Closeby

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Tourist office

www.orcieres.com