Val d'Isère snow report for your day, from the village to the glacier
Val d'Isère snow report today: bright sunshine in the afternoon. Freezing level likely around 2,900 m.
Val d’Isère centre · 1,850 m
Snow depth
Lower slopes 0 cm Val d'Isère centre · 1,850 m · Météo-France reading
Upper slopes 1 cm Glacier du Pissaillas · 3,119 m · ICON model estimate
Avalanche risk
Today's bulletin is not yet out, or the season has not begun.Météo-France publishes the avalanche bulletin for the Haute-Tarentaise massif every day during the season, with a danger level from 1 to 5.
What we're watching
Faint signal WedElsewhere on the ski areaGlacier du Pissaillas -2° · Solaise 3° · Le Fornet 7° · Bellevarde 1°
Glacier du Pissaillas · 3,119 m-2° · Wind 8 km/h NE · Gusts 21
| 12:00 | 15:00 | 18:00 | 21:00 | 00:00Sat | 03:00 | 06:00 | 09:00 | 12:00 | 15:00 | 18:00 | 21:00 | 00:00Sun | 03:00 | 06:00 | 09:00 | 12:00 | 15:00 | 18:00 | 21:00 | 00:00Mon | 03:00 | 06:00 | 09:00 | |
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| Temperature | -2° | -2° | -7° | -9° | -10° | -10° | -10° | -8° | -2° | -1° | -6° | -8° | -9° | -10° | -8° | -7° | -4° | -5° | -9° | -12° | -12° | -11° | -10° | -8° |
| Snow | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0.1 cm | 0.1 cm | – | – | – | – |
| Wind | 8 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| Gusts | 21 | 13 | 16 | 19 | 23 | 21 | 19 | 24 | 18 | 22 | 24 | 18 | 19 | 16 | 32 | 22 | 20 | 23 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 7 |
Solaise · 2,560 m3° · Wind 2 km/h W · Gusts 9
| 12:00 | 15:00 | 18:00 | 21:00 | 00:00Sat | 03:00 | 06:00 | 09:00 | 12:00 | 15:00 | 18:00 | 21:00 | 00:00Sun | 03:00 | 06:00 | 09:00 | 12:00 | 15:00 | 18:00 | 21:00 | 00:00Mon | 03:00 | 06:00 | 09:00 | |
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| Temperature | 3° | 3° | 0° | -1° | -2° | -3° | -4° | -2° | 4° | 5° | 0° | 0° | -1° | -3° | -4° | -1° | 2° | 2° | -3° | -6° | -7° | -7° | -6° | -4° |
| Snow | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Wind | 2 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| Gusts | 9 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 26 | 27 | 32 | 18 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 4 |
Le Fornet · 1,942 m7° · Wind 7 km/h W · Gusts 12
| 12:00 | 15:00 | 18:00 | 21:00 | 00:00Sat | 03:00 | 06:00 | 09:00 | 12:00 | 15:00 | 18:00 | 21:00 | 00:00Sun | 03:00 | 06:00 | 09:00 | 12:00 | 15:00 | 18:00 | 21:00 | 00:00Mon | 03:00 | 06:00 | 09:00 | |
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| Temperature | 7° | 8° | 4° | 3° | 2° | 2° | 1° | 3° | 8° | 9° | 5° | 3° | 2° | 2° | 1° | 3° | 6° | 6° | 1° | -2° | -3° | -3° | -2° | 0° |
| Snow | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Wind | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| Gusts | 12 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 26 | 27 | 32 | 18 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 4 |
Bellevarde · 2,827 m1° · Wind 5 km/h NW · Gusts 12
| 12:00 | 15:00 | 18:00 | 21:00 | 00:00Sat | 03:00 | 06:00 | 09:00 | 12:00 | 15:00 | 18:00 | 21:00 | 00:00Sun | 03:00 | 06:00 | 09:00 | 12:00 | 15:00 | 18:00 | 21:00 | 00:00Mon | 03:00 | 06:00 | 09:00 | |
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| Temperature | 1° | 1° | -2° | -3° | -3° | -3° | -4° | -1° | 2° | 2° | -2° | -2° | -2° | -3° | -4° | -4° | -2° | -3° | -7° | -9° | -9° | -9° | -9° | -7° |
| Snow | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Wind | 5 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 4 |
| Gusts | 12 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 21 | 14 | 16 | 23 | 31 | 38 | 28 | 29 | 12 | 19 | 19 | 16 | 11 | 8 |
Today · 30 Oct
Hour by hour, Val d’Isère centre| 12:00 | 15:00 | 18:00 | 21:00 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temperature | 9° | 8° | 4° | 3° |
| Rain | – | – | – | – |
| Snow | – | – | – | – |
| Wind | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 |
| Gusts | 14 | 16 | 9 | 5 |
| Cloud cover | 0 % | 0 % | 0 % | 0 % |
| Freezing level | 2,850 m | 2,850 m | 2,700 m | 2,650 m |
| −10 °C level | 4,550 m | 4,450 m | 4,500 m | 4,550 m |
| Wind at 2,000 m | 5 | 3 | 6 | 7 |
| Wind at 4,000 m | 28 | 29 | 35 | 40 |
Tomorrow · 31 Oct
Hour by hour, Val d’Isère centre| 00:00Sat | 03:00 | 06:00 | 09:00 | 12:00 | 15:00 | 18:00 | 21:00 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temperature | 3° | 2° | 1° | 4° | 10° | 9° | 5° | 3° |
| Rain | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Snow | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Wind | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 2 |
| Gusts | 9 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 20 | 12 | 2 |
| Cloud cover | 0 % | 0 % | 0 % | 0 % | 0 % | 0 % | 0 % | 0 % |
| Freezing level | 2,600 m | 2,750 m | 2,800 m | 2,850 m | 2,950 m | 3,100 m | 3,150 m | 3,100 m |
| −10 °C level | 4,650 m | 4,600 m | 4,550 m | 4,650 m | 4,850 m | 4,900 m | 4,800 m | 4,800 m |
| Wind at 2,000 m | 9 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 6 |
| Wind at 4,000 m | 41 | 37 | 40 | 45 | 47 | 43 | 46 | 44 |
Sunday · 1 Nov
Hour by hour, Val d’Isère centre| 00:00Sun | 03:00 | 06:00 | 09:00 | 12:00 | 15:00 | 18:00 | 21:00 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 °C | ||||||||
| Temperature | 3° | 2° | 2° | 4° | 7° | 6° | 2° | -2° |
| Rain | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Snow | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Wind | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 7 |
| Gusts | 4 | 3 | 18 | 26 | 27 | 32 | 18 | 18 |
| Cloud cover | 0 % | 0 % | 0 % | 1 % | 2 % | 2 % | 1 % | 40 % |
| Freezing level | 3,050 m | 2,900 m | 2,850 m | 2,500 m | 2,450 m | 2,250 m | 1,750 m | < 1,500 m |
| −10 °C level | 4,800 m | 4,850 m | 4,800 m | 4,650 m | 4,100 m | 3,900 m | 3,450 m | 3,000 m |
| Wind at 2,000 m | 6 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| Wind at 4,000 m | 44 | 54 | 69 | 75 | 63 | 46 | 43 | 37 |
Monday · 2 Nov
Hour by hour, Val d’Isère centre| 00:00Mon | 03:00 | 06:00 | 09:00 | 12:00 | 15:00 | 18:00 | 21:00 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 °C | ||||||||
| Temperature | -2° | -3° | -2° | 0° | 6° | 7° | 4° | 1° |
| Rain | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Snow | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Wind | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 |
| Gusts | 14 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 15 | 13 |
| Cloud cover | 33 % | 0 % | 25 % | 12 % | 7 % | 0 % | 3 % | 51 % |
| Freezing level | 1,750 m | 2,000 m | 2,200 m | 2,250 m | 2,400 m | 2,550 m | 2,350 m | 2,150 m |
| −10 °C level | 3,350 m | 3,600 m | 3,750 m | 3,850 m | 3,950 m | 3,950 m | 3,850 m | 3,800 m |
| Wind at 2,000 m | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Wind at 4,000 m | 34 | 35 | 34 | 33 | 26 | 10 | 9 | 20 |
Tuesday · 3 Nov
Hour by hour, Val d’Isère centreThe hourly detail covers the next 4 days; beyond that, you'll find the trend for the day.
Wednesday · 4 Nov
Hour by hour, Val d’Isère centreThe hourly detail covers the next 4 days; beyond that, you'll find the trend for the day.
Thursday · 5 Nov
Hour by hour, Val d’Isère centreThe hourly detail covers the next 4 days; beyond that, you'll find the trend for the day.
Friday · 6 Nov
Hour by hour, Val d’Isère centreThe hourly detail covers the next 4 days; beyond that, you'll find the trend for the day.
Saturday · 7 Nov
Hour by hour, Val d’Isère centreThe hourly detail covers the next 4 days; beyond that, you'll find the trend for the day.
Sunday · 8 Nov
Hour by hour, Val d’Isère centreThe hourly detail covers the next 4 days; beyond that, you'll find the trend for the day.
Monday · 9 Nov
Hour by hour, Val d’Isère centreThe hourly detail covers the next 4 days; beyond that, you'll find the trend for the day.
Tuesday · 10 Nov
Hour by hour, Val d’Isère centreThe hourly detail covers the next 4 days; beyond that, you'll find the trend for the day.
Wednesday · 11 Nov
Hour by hour, Val d’Isère centreThe hourly detail covers the next 4 days; beyond that, you'll find the trend for the day.
Thursday · 12 Nov
Hour by hour, Val d’Isère centreThe hourly detail covers the next 4 days; beyond that, you'll find the trend for the day.
Radar from Météo-France; AROME, ICON-2I, ICON-D2 and ECMWF forecasts via Open-Meteo; base map from Natural Earth and OpenMapTiles.
What we're watching
Retour d'Est: the next 7 days
Snow forecast in the village, by model and lead time
When the models disagree along the border, we look closely at the Italian model.
How we read a retour d'EstHow it works, what we watch, the reference episode
A retour d'Est (easterly return) begins when a low deepens over the Gulf of Genoa and northern Italy. Moist air from the Mediterranean is drawn up the Po plain, banks against the peaks along the border and spills over onto the French side. The upper Tarentaise and upper Maurienne then take most of the snow, while the Sillon Alpin, the long valley around Chambéry and Grenoble, often stays dry.
We watch three signals, hour by hour: an east to south-easterly wind around 3,000 m (20 km/h or more, from 50° to 160°), pressure at least 3 hPa higher over Geneva and Lyon than over Turin and Genoa, and the snow forecast by the Italian model ICON-2I set against AROME (Météo-France), ICON-D2 (Germany) and ECMWF.
These thresholds are our own. We refine them by comparing each forecast with the snow that actually fell.
The reference episode: 7 and 8 January 2018, when close to 1.80 m of snow fell on the eastern upper Maurienne, according to Météo-France's climate summary for Rhône-Alpes.
Live Météo-France stationsVal d'Isère centre -0.7°
| Temperature | Wind | Gusts | Snow depth | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Val d'Isère centre · 1,850 m | -0.7° | 1.8 km/h S | 4.7 km/h | 0 cm |
Wind aloft and freezing levelWind at 3,000 m 6 km/h NE · Freezing level 2,920 m
| 12:00 | 18:00 | 00:00Sat | 06:00 | 12:00 | 18:00 | 00:00Sun | 06:00 | 12:00 | 18:00 | 00:00Mon | 06:00 | 12:00 | 18:00 | 00:00Tue | 06:00 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wind at 3,000 m | 5.7 km/h | 4.5 km/h | 8.8 km/h | 9.5 km/h | 17.7 km/h | 9.6 km/h | 10.1 km/h | 22.4 km/h | 8.7 km/h | 9.2 km/h | 8.9 km/h | 6.6 km/h | 10.2 km/h | 3.8 km/h | 10.6 km/h | 7.9 km/h |
| Wind at 5,500 m | 74.1 km/h | 62.9 km/h | 60.3 km/h | 65 km/h | 68.8 km/h | 76.4 km/h | 78.7 km/h | 108.6 km/h | 146.2 km/h | 143.1 km/h | 79.9 km/h | 36.5 km/h | 30 km/h | 12.4 km/h | 7.6 km/h | 15 km/h |
| Temperature at 3,000 m | -1.5° | -2.7° | -2.6° | -2.3° | -1.8° | -0.8° | 0.5° | -2° | -3.2° | -8.1° | -7.3° | -4° | -4.4° | -4.1° | -4.3° | -4.9° |
| Freezing level | 2,920 m | 2,710 m | 2,520 m | 2,340 m | 2,875 m | 2,870 m | 3,220 m | 2,460 m | 2,470 m | 2,290 m | 2,110 m | 2,190 m | 2,470 m | 2,480 m | 2,320 m | 2,290 m |
Fresh snow: the past 10 days and the next 7
Past 10 days: 17.7 cm on the Haute Tarentaise side, 19.7 cm on the Haute Maurienne side
Past 10 days: 17.7 cm on the Haute Tarentaise side, 19.7 cm on the Haute Maurienne side
Next 7 days: 0.1 cm expected on the Haute Tarentaise side, 0.1 cm on the Haute Maurienne side
Snow depth measured by Météo-France: 0 cm at Val d'Isère centre (1,850 m), reading taken at 5:00
Haute Tarentaise sideHaute Maurienne sidePast 10 days: model values rather than measurementsLight bars: beyond 4 days, the outlook from the European ECMWF model
Likely wind-loaded slopesWed 21south-facingFri 23north-facing, south-facingSat 24south-facingSun 25south-facing
An inference from wind direction and strength, best confirmed on the ground.
| Day | Fresh snow, Haute Tarentaise side (cm) | Fresh snow, Haute Maurienne side (cm) | Wind | Wind-loaded slopes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-20 | 0 cm | 0 cm | 20 km/h, gusts 41, SE | — |
| 2026-10-21 | 3.4 cm | 2.9 cm | 28 km/h, gusts 75, NW | E SE S, south-facing |
| 2026-10-22 | 0 cm | 0 cm | 29 km/h, gusts 49, NW | — |
| 2026-10-23 | 4.2 cm | 4.3 cm | 22 km/h, gusts 50, W | NE E SE, north-facing, south-facing |
| 2026-10-24 | 5.5 cm | 5.2 cm | 28 km/h, gusts 64, NW | E SE S, south-facing |
| 2026-10-25 | 4.6 cm | 7.3 cm | 24 km/h, gusts 57, NW | E SE S, south-facing |
| 2026-10-26 | 0 cm | 0 cm | 24 km/h, gusts 42, NW | — |
| 2026-10-27 | 0 cm | 0 cm | 14 km/h, gusts 34, N | — |
| 2026-10-28 | 0 cm | 0 cm | 12 km/h, gusts 29, N | — |
| 2026-10-29 | 0 cm | 0 cm | 8 km/h, gusts 20, N | — |
| 2026-10-30 | 0 cm | 0 cm | 8 km/h, gusts 17, SE | — |
| 2026-10-31 | 0 cm | 0 cm | 13 km/h, gusts 27, NW | — |
| 2026-11-01 | 0 cm | 0 cm | 12 km/h, gusts 32, N | — |
| 2026-11-02 | 0 cm | 0 cm | 8 km/h, gusts 21, SE | — |
| 2026-11-03 | 0 cm | 0 cm | 5 km/h, gusts 34, SW | — |
| 2026-11-04 | 0.1 cm | 0.1 cm | 6 km/h, gusts 23, SE | — |
| 2026-11-05 | 0 cm | 0 cm | 7 km/h, gusts 31, E | — |
Live webcams
The official Val d'Isère webcams show the snow and visibility across the ski area right now.
The official Val d'Isère webcams show the snow and visibility across the ski area right now.
Sources
Observations and radar come from Météo-France. Forecasts from the AROME, ICON-2I, ICON-D2 and ECMWF models are served by Open-Meteo. Base map: Natural Earth and OpenMapTiles.
The Val d'Isère snow report on this page follows the mountain from the village at 1,850 m to the Pissaillas glacier, where the Montets drag lift reaches 3,197 m, and sets out the Val d'Isère snow forecast altitude by altitude. Every figure comes from Météo-France and carries the date and time of its last update.
Val d'Isère and Tignes come under the Haute-Tarentaise massif in Météo-France's avalanche bulletin, the BERA, together with Sainte-Foy, La Rosière and Les Arcs. The danger is graded from 1 to 5 on the European scale: low, moderate, considerable, high and very high. The bulletin also gives the changes with altitude, the slope aspects most exposed, the avalanche problems and the trend.
Only the official text is authoritative: the Météo-France avalanche bulletin, read with the European avalanche danger scale. Our page on avalanche safety in Val d'Isère goes further.
- 11 · low
- 22 · moderate
- 33 · considerable
- 44 · high
- 55 · very high
Where to find the best snow in Val d'Isère
Season after season, a good day here keeps the same rhythm: Solaise in the morning, Bellevarde in the afternoon.
Morning: Solaise
Above the village, Solaise has broad, gentle slopes that stay in shade early on, while the snow is still cold, before the sun reaches them during the morning.
Afternoon: Bellevarde and Le Fornet
The north-facing slopes of Bellevarde and Le Fornet keep the fresh snow for the afternoon.
Cold snow: the Pissaillas glacier
Above Le Fornet, the Pissaillas is the highest and coldest sector of Val d'Isère, where the snow holds longest.
Spring: follow the freeze
Follow the overnight freeze and ski the corn as it softens in mid-morning on the sunny slopes, keeping the Pissaillas for cold snow.
FAQ
Is there snow in Val d'Isère?
The snow report on this page shows the snow depth on the ground, measured at the weather stations, with the time of the reading. For the coldest snow, head for the Pissaillas glacier.
How much colder is it at the top of Val d'Isère?
Between the village at 1,850 m and the top of the Pissaillas glacier at 3,197 m, the gap is often eight or nine degrees. In ordinary weather the air cools by roughly 0.6 to 0.7 °C every 100 metres.
Val d'Isère or Tignes: which way today?
Both are part of the Espace Killy, linked by Tovière and the col de Fresse, so you can follow the snow from one to the other. Compare this page with the Tignes weather.
Who publishes the avalanche bulletin for Val d'Isère?
Météo-France, under the Haute-Tarentaise massif, every day during the winter season. Out of season, this page says so.
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