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Snow report for Val Thorens today

At Val Thorens, over 17 measured winters at the Orelle weather station, snow lies at 30 cm or more for 131 days a winter, and 526 cm falls over 60 days of snowfall.

Val Thorens is a ski resort in the Northern Alps (Savoie), in the commune of Les Belleville. The village sits at 2,299 m and the ski area rises to 3,200 m, a skiable vertical of 1,400 m.

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Today’s snow report

Off season · opens 21 November 2026

The domain is due to open on 21 November 2026 and close on 2 May 2027. Open pistes and lifts will appear here as soon as the resort publishes its daily report.

Val Thorens opens on 21 November 2026. The daily report (snow depths, open pistes and lifts) will appear here from opening day.

Snow actually measured, winter by winter

17 complete winters measured, from 1998-1999 to 2022-2023 — on average 131 days a winter with at least 30 cm on the ground.

Météo-France — “Orelle” station (2356 m, 5.6 km away) · 12 Sept 2026
  1. 1-15 Dec63 cmGood skiing · 92 %
  2. 16-31 Dec79 cmGood skiing · 100 %
  3. 1-15 Jan103 cmGood skiing · 100 %
  4. 16-31 Jan119 cmGood skiing · 100 %
  5. 1-15 Feb134 cmGood skiing · 100 %
  6. 16-29 Feb138 cmGood skiing · 100 %
  7. 1-15 Mar147 cmGood skiing · 100 %
  8. 16-31 Mar144 cmGood skiing · 100 %
  9. 1-15 Apr141 cmGood skiing · 100 %
Best winter of the series
2013-2014 — 136 days at 30 cm or more
Worst winter of the series
2022-2023 — 123 days at 30 cm or more

How much snow actually falls — 526 cm a winter on average, spread over 60 days of snowfall. Measured over 17 complete winters.

Biggest 24-hour snowfall
70 cm — 2003-2004
Snowiest winter
2017-2018 — 766 cm
Leanest winter
2010-2011 — 260 cm
Total snow depth on the ground measured at 06:00 at the Météo-France “Orelle” station (2356 m, 5.6 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 2356 m, well below the top of the ski area (3200 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.

☀️ Average daily sunshine : Nov 6.4 h · Dec 5.7 h · Jan 6.1 h · Feb 7.3 h · Mar 8.3 h · Apr 9.8 h — 25 bright days in April (Open-Meteo estimate, 2015-2025).

Why altitude matters. Val Thorens stretches from 1,800 m to 3,200 m: snow lies longest at the top of the ski area, which is why the two depths are reported separately.

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Resort data: declared by Office de Tourisme de Val Thorens and distributed by ANMSM · read on 16 October