Snow report for Saint-Véran today

At Saint-Véran, over 47 measured winters at the ST VERAN weather station, snow lies at 30 cm or more for 85 days a winter, and 249 cm falls over 28 days of snowfall.

Saint-Véran is a ski resort in the Southern Alps (Hautes-Alpes). The village sits at 1,756 m and the ski area rises to 2,805 m, a skiable vertical of 825 m.

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Today’s snow report

Status unknown

The domain is due to open on 18 December 2026 and close on 21 March 2027. Open pistes and lifts will appear here as soon as the resort publishes its daily report.

Saint-Véran opens on 18 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 7.1 h · Dec 7 h · Jan 7.3 h · Feb 8.5 h · Mar 9.6 h · Apr 10.7 h — 26 bright days in April (Open-Meteo estimate, 2015-2025).

November3 cmInsufficient · 0%
December23 cmInsufficient · 33%
January34 cmInsufficient · 46%
February31 cmVariable · 50%
March20 cmInsufficient · 24%
April—no record
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 « CEILLAC_NIVO » (1665 m, à 8.0 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

47 complete winters measured, from 1968-1969 to 2018-2019 — on average 85 days a winter with at least 30 cm on the ground.

Météo-France — “ST VERAN” station (1992 m, 0.2 km away) · 12 Sept 2026

1-15 Dec25 cmInsufficient · 34 %
16-31 Dec37 cmVariable · 53 %
1-15 Jan47 cmVariable · 62 %
16-31 Jan57 cmVariable · 71 %
1-15 Feb59 cmVariable · 74 %
16-29 Feb64 cmVariable · 78 %
1-15 Mar64 cmVariable · 78 %
16-31 Mar52 cmVariable · 64 %
1-15 Apr39 cmVariable · 50 %

Best winter of the series: 2003-2004 — 137 days at 30 cm or more
Worst winter of the series: 1980-1981 — 3 days at 30 cm or more

How much snow actually falls — 249 cm a winter on average, spread over 28 days of snowfall. Measured over 48 complete winters, from 1970-1971 to 2018-2019.

Biggest 24-hour snowfall: 96 cm — 1992-1993
Snowiest winter: 1977-1978 — 595 cm
Leanest winter: 1999-2000 — 137 cm

Total snow depth on the ground measured at 06:00 at the Météo-France “ST VERAN” station (1992 m, 0.2 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 1992 m, well below the top of the ski area (2805 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. Saint-Véran stretches from 1,980 m to 2,805 m: snow lies longest at the top of the ski area, which is why the two depths are reported separately.