Orcieres Merlette ski resort - weather, snow reports and reviews

Weather report

Avalanche risk level Saturday December 21

5-day snow forecast

43cm settles on the upper slopes within 5 days

Snow report Saturday December 21

Snow quality 6. 12cm of fresh snow during the last 48h

Average long-year snow depth in week 51 is 49 cm on the lower slopes and 111 cm on the upper slopes. Current snow depth is below long-term average.

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

050cm (89%)

100cm (63%)

150cm (27%)

200cm (7%)

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.