Vars ski resort - weather, snow reports and reviews

Vars Southern Alps 1860-2732m

Risoul

Courtesy of Risoul tourist office

Pre du bois

Courtesy of Risoul tourist office

Crevoux (1620 m)

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Le Zenith 2530m

Courtesy of Les Orres Tourist Office

Weather report

Partly cloudy forecasted today. Temperature low -10 °C, high 1 °C. Wind at 4km/h.

Weather today

Weather conditions ski area

Weather outlook

Weather conditions resort

Mountain weather

Mountain temperature at Pic de Chabrieres 2732m 3 to 2°C.

Avalanche

Avalanche risk level Tuesday January 21

Snow forecast

5-day snow forecast

10cm

20cm

25cm

2296m

2732m

25cm settles on the upper slopes within 5 days

Snow depth

Snow report Tuesday January 21

40-50cm

67cm

93cm

2296m

2732m

Snow quality 7. 2cm of fresh snow during the last 48h

Snow anomaly

66%

Average long-year snow depth in week 4 is 80 cm on the lower slopes and 141 cm on the upper slopes. Current snow depth is below long-term average.

Powder

2/5

The powder score for the lower slopes is 3 and the score for the upper slopes is 2.

Lifts

90 %

42 of 47 lifts in operation

Snow days

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

050cm (85%)

100cm (61%)

150cm (20%)

200cm (9%)

250cm (2%)

Snow sure

Rank class based on 10yr average snow depth and temperature

15/100

Ski area

The ski area of La Foret Blanche consists of 185.0 km of skiing slopes between 1650-2750m altitude. 82% is above 2000m. 38% is facing East.

There are 75.0 km of blue, 90.0 km of red, and 20.0 km of black slopes serviced by 47 lifts.

Ski map

Rating

The ski region La Foret Blanche was voted an average of 7.6 by our visitors.

Reviews

Despite the height of the resort, since this is one of the most southerly in France (other than Pra-Loup and Isola 2000) it does enjoy reliably good weather. I understand it has one of the best sun ..

GRAHAM BERGEN

Transfer

Closest transit point for ski destination Vars is Torino airport. The travel distance is 159 km which equals an est. travel time of 2 hours 30 mins.