Snow report for Ancelle today

At Ancelle, over 45 measured winters at the ST ETIENNE-EN-DEVOLUY weather station, snow lies at 30 cm or more for 16 days a winter, and 152 cm falls over 26 days of snowfall.

Ancelle is a ski resort in the Southern Alps (Hautes-Alpes). The village sits at 1,364 m and the ski area rises to 1,960 m, a skiable vertical of 704 m.

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Today’s snow report

Status unknown

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

Ancelle 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

Reliable snow mainly in February; more irregular the rest of the winter.

Estimate · 10-winter average (2015-2025)

☀️ Average daily sunshine : Nov 7.2 h · Dec 6.7 h · Jan 7 h · Feb 8.2 h · Mar 9.6 h · Apr 10.6 h — 26 bright days in April (Open-Meteo estimate, 2015-2025).

November5 cmInsufficient · 2%
December26 cmInsufficient · 44%
January45 cmVariable · 72%
February52 cmGood skiing · 84%
March44 cmVariable · 54%
April13 cmInsufficient · 15%
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

Estimate from the ERA5-Land reanalysis (Open-Meteo), about 9 km grid at 1,364 m. Not a resort measurement: during the season the daily report prevails. The percentage is the share of time with at least 30 cm on the ground.

Snow actually measured, winter by winter

45 complete winters measured, from 1964-1965 to 2017-2018 — on average 16 days a winter with at least 30 cm on the ground.

Météo-France — “ST ETIENNE-EN-DEVOLUY” station (1300 m, 23.1 km away) · 12 Sept 2026

1-15 Dec7 cmInsufficient · 8 %
16-31 Dec8 cmInsufficient · 9 %
1-15 Jan9 cmInsufficient · 10 %
16-31 Jan13 cmInsufficient · 15 %
1-15 Feb17 cmInsufficient · 24 %
16-29 Feb15 cmInsufficient · 21 %
1-15 Mar10 cmInsufficient · 13 %
16-31 Mar4 cmInsufficient · 5 %
1-15 Apr2 cmInsufficient · 1 %

Best winter of the series: 2008-2009 — 96 days at 30 cm or more
Worst winter of the series: 1964-1965 — 0 day at 30 cm or more

How much snow actually falls — 152 cm a winter on average, spread over 26 days of snowfall. Measured over 43 complete winters, from 1968-1969 to 2017-2018.

Biggest 24-hour snowfall: 60 cm — 1970-1971
Snowiest winter: 1993-1994 — 295 cm
Leanest winter: 1989-1990 — 48 cm

Total snow depth on the ground measured at 06:00 at the Météo-France “ST ETIENNE-EN-DEVOLUY” station (1300 m, 23.1 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 1300 m, well below the top of the ski area (1960 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. Ancelle stretches from 1,256 m to 1,960 m: snow lies longest at the top of the ski area, which is why the two depths are reported separately.