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Snow report for Les Menuires today

At Les Menuires, over 12 measured winters at the VAL THORENS weather station, snow lies at 30 cm or more for 132 days a winter, and 559 cm falls over 59 days of snowfall.

Les Menuires is a ski resort in the Northern Alps (Savoie), in the commune of Les Belleville. The village sits at 1,811 m and the ski area rises to 2,841 m, a skiable vertical of 1,275 m.

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Today’s snow report

Status unknown

The domain is due to open on 5 December 2026 and close on 18 April 2027. Open pistes and lifts will appear here as soon as the resort publishes its daily report.

Les Menuires opens on 5 December 2026. The daily report (snow depths, open pistes and lifts) will appear here from opening day.

Average snow depth by month

Snow cover varies from one winter to the next.

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

☀️ Average daily sunshine : Nov 6.6 h · Dec 5.7 h · Jan 6.2 h · Feb 7.4 h · Mar 8.4 h · Apr 10 h — 26 bright days in April (Open-Meteo estimate, 2015-2025).

  1. November—no record
  2. December36 cmVariable · 55%
  3. January48 cmVariable · 71%
  4. February56 cmVariable · 74%
  5. March56 cmVariable · 71%
  6. April18 cmInsufficient · 23%
  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 Menuires » (1800 m, à 0.3 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

12 complete winters measured, from 2003-2004 to 2017-2018 — on average 132 days a winter with at least 30 cm on the ground.

Météo-France — “VAL THORENS” station (2283 m, 4.8 km away) · 12 Sept 2026
  1. 1-15 Dec52 cmGood skiing · 84 %
  2. 16-31 Dec62 cmGood skiing · 91 %
  3. 1-15 Jan84 cmGood skiing · 99 %
  4. 16-31 Jan108 cmGood skiing · 100 %
  5. 1-15 Feb116 cmGood skiing · 100 %
  6. 16-29 Feb127 cmGood skiing · 100 %
  7. 1-15 Mar144 cmGood skiing · 100 %
  8. 16-31 Mar143 cmGood skiing · 100 %
  9. 1-15 Apr135 cmGood skiing · 100 %
Best winter of the series
2003-2004 — 137 days at 30 cm or more
Worst winter of the series
2006-2007 — 107 days at 30 cm or more

How much snow actually falls — 559 cm a winter on average, spread over 59 days of snowfall. Measured over 12 complete winters.

Biggest 24-hour snowfall
70 cm — 2007-2008
Snowiest winter
2017-2018 — 867 cm
Leanest winter
2016-2017 — 363 cm
Total snow depth on the ground measured at 06:00 at the Météo-France “VAL THORENS” station (2283 m, 4.8 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 2283 m, well below the top of the ski area (2841 m), where snow lies deeper. In season, the resort’s daily report prevails. Snowfall figures are the fresh snow depth over 24 hours recorded at the same station (the HNEIGEF column): a day of snowfall is a day with 1 cm or more, and only winters measured 95 % of the time on that column are counted — which is why the record can be longer or shorter than the one for snow on the ground. More snow always falls than remains: some melts, settles or blows away.
Why altitude matters. Les Menuires stretches from 1,566 m to 2,841 m: snow lies longest at the top of the ski area, which is why the two depths are reported separately.

Resort data: declared by OFFICE DE TOURISME and distributed by ANMSM · read on 18 September