Orcieres Merlette ski resort - weather, snow reports and reviews

Weather report

Snow alert Saturday April 26

3cm settles on the upper slopes today

Avalanche risk level Saturday April 26

5-day snow forecast

12cm settles on the upper slopes within 5 days

Snow report Saturday April 26

Snow depth on the upper slopes is 90cm.

Snow quality 6.7
Snow condition Upper Mid-Range: Firm and Well-Traveled Snow - Soft and Slow Top Layer. 4cm of fresh snow settled during the last 48h. Last substantial snowfall on Mon Apr 21: 9cm.

Average long-year snow depth in week 17 is 20 cm on the lower slopes and 97 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.