Orcières Merlette saw 343cm of snow across the 2025/26 season, about the same as last winter. That puts it seventh snowiest of the last 15 winters.
4
powder daysmornings over 15cm, worth setting an alarm for.
35cm
biggest single daythe mountain reset overnight on 24 Nov 2025.
206cm
deepest basemeasured on 20 Feb 2026.
118cm
snowiest monthFebruary 2026 stole the show.
69cm
best weekseven days from 10 Feb 2026.
105%
of a typical winter's snowfall. Right about average.
Snow reliability
93/100
ExcellentTypically about 152 ski days a season, improving by 1 days per decade.
Snowfall by season
The seventh snowiest of the last 15 winters.
Snowfall by month
February was the mid-winter peak, with 34% of the season's snow.
Modelled base-altitude snowfall from the Open-Meteo ERA5 archive. The grid sits near resort base, not the summit, so treat totals as a valley-level estimate. Source: open-meteo.com.