Vars / Hautes Alpes

Vars Southern Alps 1860-2732m

Centre station

Courtesy of Vars Tourist Office

Front de Neige

Courtesy of Reallon Tourist Office

Depart Chabrieres

Courtesy of Reallon Tourist Office

Briancon valley view

Courtesy of Briancon Vauban

Argentera - Seggiovia del Puriac

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Argentera - Vista su Argentera

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Weather report

Cloudy forecasted today. Temperature low 1 °C, high 6 °C. Wind Light breeze at 7km/h .

Weather today

Weather conditions ski area

Weather outlook

Weather conditions resort

Mountain weather

Mountain temperature at Pic de Chabrieres 2732m 4 to 0°C. Freezing level at 2613 meters.

Snow forecast

5-day snow forecast

< 2cm

5cm

2296m

2732m

5cm settles on the upper slopes within 5 days

Snow depth

Snow report Thursday March 23

65cm

100cm

135cm

2296m

2732m

Snow condition Hard packed. Snow quality 6.

Snow anomaly

93 %

Average long-year snow depth in week 12 is 86cm on the lower slopes and 145cm on the upper slopes. Current snow depth is below long-term average.

Lifts

89 %

42 of 47 lifts in operation

Slopes

76 %

137 of 180km slopes open

Snow sure

Rank class based on 10yr average snow depth and temperature

20/100

Ski area

The ski area of La Foret Blanche consists of 180km of skiing slopes between 1650-2750m altitude. There are 95km of blue, 67km of red and 18km 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.