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Snow report for Les Contamines today

At Les Contamines, over 15 measured winters at the GRANDE PAREI-NIVOSE weather station, snow lies at 30 cm or more for 134 days a winter.

Les Contamines is a ski resort in the Northern Alps (Haute-Savoie), in the commune of Les Contamines-Montjoie. The village sits at 1,955 m and the ski area rises to 2,445 m, a skiable vertical of 1,341 m.

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Today’s snow report

Status unknown

Open pistes and lifts will appear here during the season, as published by the resort. Out of season we show nothing rather than a misleading zero.

Off season, Les Contamines does not publish a snow report. This page fills up automatically every day through the winter, with the source and time of each reading.

Average snow depth by month

Good snow from December to March: a long, reliable season.

Météo-France measurements · 9 winters (2016-2025)

☀️ Average daily sunshine : Nov 6.3 h · Dec 5.5 h · Jan 5.9 h · Feb 7.1 h · Mar 8.3 h · Apr 10 h — 25 bright days in April (Open-Meteo estimate, 2015-2025).

  1. November—no record
  2. December75 cmGood skiing · 89%
  3. January106 cmGood skiing · 93%
  4. February135 cmGood skiing · 100%
  5. March156 cmGood skiing · 100%
  6. April—no record
  7. May—no record

30 cm on the ground: the benchmark for groomed-piste skiing. Bar = monthly average depth; percentage = share of time above 30 cm.

  • Good skiing: 30 cm on more than 8 days in 10
  • Variable: 30 cm on 5 to 8 days in 10
  • Insufficient: 30 cm less than one day in two
Météo-France snow observation network (poste nivo « LES CONTAMINES MONTJOIE » (1780 m, à 2.0 km)) — total snow depth recorded by the resort observers, open archive. During the season the daily report prevails. The percentage is the share of readings with at least 30 cm on the ground; “—”: month without readings.

Snow actually measured, winter by winter

15 complete winters measured, from 2011-2012 to 2025-2026 — on average 134 days a winter with at least 30 cm on the ground.

Météo-France — “GRANDE PAREI-NIVOSE” station (2260 m, 19.2 km away) · 12 Sept 2026
  1. 1-15 Dec72 cmGood skiing · 85 %
  2. 16-31 Dec108 cmGood skiing · 98 %
  3. 1-15 Jan141 cmGood skiing · 100 %
  4. 16-31 Jan172 cmGood skiing · 100 %
  5. 1-15 Feb197 cmGood skiing · 100 %
  6. 16-29 Feb208 cmGood skiing · 100 %
  7. 1-15 Mar216 cmGood skiing · 100 %
  8. 16-31 Mar214 cmGood skiing · 100 %
  9. 1-15 Apr202 cmGood skiing · 100 %
Best winter of the series
2015-2016 — 137 days at 30 cm or more
Worst winter of the series
2014-2015 — 117 days at 30 cm or more

Snowfall: no long enough record of fresh snow at this station. Rather than an estimate, we show nothing.

Total snow depth on the ground measured at 06:00 at the Météo-France “GRANDE PAREI-NIVOSE” station (2260 m, 19.2 km away), from the open “Daily climatological data” dataset (Open Licence 2.0). The season is counted from 1 December to 15 April; only winters with at least 95 % of those 136 days measured are kept, so no figure here rests on a handful of readings. The reading is taken at 2260 m. In season, the resort’s daily report prevails.
Why altitude matters. Les Contamines stretches from 1,104 m to 2,445 m: snow lies longest at the top of the ski area, which is why the two depths are reported separately.

Resort data: declared by Les Contamines Tourisme and distributed by ANMSM · read on 18 September