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Snow report for Orcières Merlette 1850 today

At Orcières Merlette 1850, over 17 measured winters at the ORCIERES-NIVOSE weather station, snow lies at 30 cm or more for 130 days a winter.

Orcières Merlette 1850 is a ski resort in the Southern Alps (Hautes-Alpes), in the commune of Orcières. The village sits at 1,850 m and the ski area rises to 2,655 m, a skiable vertical of 805 m.

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Today’s snow report

Status unknown

The domain is due to open on 12 December 2026 and close on 11 April 2027. Open pistes and lifts will appear here as soon as the resort publishes its daily report.

Orcières Merlette 1850 opens on 12 December 2026. The daily report (snow depths, open pistes and lifts) will appear here from opening day.

Average snow depth by month

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

Météo-France measurements · 8 winters (2016-2025)

☀️ Average daily sunshine : Nov 7.1 h · Dec 6.6 h · Jan 7 h · Feb 8.2 h · Mar 9.5 h · Apr 10.6 h — 26 bright days in April (Open-Meteo estimate, 2015-2025).

  1. November—no record
  2. December83 cmGood skiing · 86%
  3. January90 cmGood skiing · 87%
  4. February106 cmGood skiing · 99%
  5. March123 cmGood skiing · 95%
  6. April91 cmVariable · 62%
  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 « Orcieres » (2130 m, à 1.5 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

17 complete winters measured, from 2007-2008 to 2025-2026 — on average 130 days a winter with at least 30 cm on the ground.

Météo-France — “ORCIERES-NIVOSE” station (2280 m, 2.6 km away) · 12 Sept 2026
  1. 1-15 Dec47 cmVariable · 70 %
  2. 16-31 Dec70 cmGood skiing · 92 %
  3. 1-15 Jan90 cmGood skiing · 98 %
  4. 16-31 Jan107 cmGood skiing · 100 %
  5. 1-15 Feb122 cmGood skiing · 100 %
  6. 16-29 Feb131 cmGood skiing · 100 %
  7. 1-15 Mar134 cmGood skiing · 100 %
  8. 16-31 Mar134 cmGood skiing · 100 %
  9. 1-15 Apr125 cmGood skiing · 100 %
Best winter of the series
2007-2008 — 137 days at 30 cm or more
Worst winter of the series
2015-2016 — 103 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 “ORCIERES-NIVOSE” station (2280 m, 2.6 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 2280 m. In season, the resort’s daily report prevails.
Why altitude matters. Orcières Merlette 1850 stretches from 1,850 m to 2,655 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 d'Orcières and distributed by ANMSM · read on 18 September