Orcieres Merlette / Hautes Alpes

Orcières Merlette Southern Alps 1832-2705m

Front de Neige

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Depart Chabrieres

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Col de Rossas (1110 m)

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Font dUrle (1410 m)

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Centre station

Courtesy of Vars Tourist Office

Briancon valley view

Courtesy of Briancon Vauban

Weather report

Light snow showers forecasted today. Temperature low -13 °C, high -7 °C. Wind Gentle breeze at 11km/h .

Weather today

Weather conditions ski area

Weather outlook

Weather conditions resort

Mountain weather

Mountain temperature at Col de Freissinieres 2705m 1 to -4°C. Freezing level at 1776 meters.

Avalanche

Avalanche risk level Saturday April 1

Avalanche risk 2

Snow forecast

5-day snow forecast

18cm
23cm
27cm
2268m
2705m

27cm settles on the upper slopes within 5 days

Snow depth

Snow report Saturday April 1

25cm
73cm
120cm
2268m
2705m

Snow condition Spring snow. Snow quality 7.

Snow anomaly

77 %

Average long-year snow depth in week 13 is 57cm on the lower slopes and 156cm on the upper slopes. Current snow depth is below long-term average.

Lifts

67 %
20 of 30 lifts in operation

Slopes

63 %
63 of 100km slopes open

Snow sure

Rank class based on 10yr average snow depth and temperature

14/100

Ski area

The ski area of Orcieres Merlette consists of 100km of skiing slopes between 1850-2725m altitude. There are 46km of blue, 43km of red and 11km of black slopes serviced by 30 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