Alpe d'Huez saw 467cm of snow across the 2025/26 season, up 5% on last winter. That puts it fifth snowiest of the last 15 winters.
9
powder daysmornings over 15cm, worth setting an alarm for.
39cm
biggest single daythe mountain reset overnight on 24 Nov 2025.
161cm
deepest basemeasured on 20 Feb 2026.
172cm
snowiest monthFebruary 2026 stole the show.
90cm
best weekseven days from 14 Feb 2026.
111%
of a typical winter's snowfall. A properly big season.
Snow reliability
98/100
ExcellentTypically about 161 ski days a season, improving by 3 days per decade.
Snowfall by season
The fifth snowiest of the last 15 winters.
Snowfall by month
February was the mid-winter peak, with 37% 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.