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Elevation range is estimated by sampling points across the ski area.
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Plateau des Glières is a ski area in France, on slopes between roughly 1,522 and 1,522 m. Its mapped area is about 7.6 km across.
Over the last twelve winters the ERA5 weather model gives it 332 cm of snowfall a season, 345th (tied) of 3,069 worldwide and 58th in France. It swings a lot from year to year: the biggest winter, 2017/18 (625 cm), brought more than 3 times as much as the leanest, 2014/15 (194 cm). January is usually the snowiest month, with about 99 cm.
The nearest city of any size is Geneva, about 32 km away in a straight line.
Modelled from weather data the same way at all 3,069 ski areas we cover. These are not the resort’s own published figures.
Within 50 km in a straight line. Ski areas in the same weather-model cell (about 30 km across) get the same figure.
| Ski area | Distance | Seasonal snowfall | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stade de Slalom | 11.0 km | 343 cm | 296 |
| Le Grand Bornand | 11.0 km | 343 cm | 296 |
| La Clusaz | 12.0 km | 326 cm | 378 |
| Snowpark | 12.0 km | 343 cm | 296 |
| Le Reposoir Chalet Neuf | 14.0 km | 343 cm | 296 |
The most snow falls in January. March brings 74% of January’s snowfall. That is in line with the median for ski areas in France (77%). In amount, March brings 73 cm, more than the median of 55 cm.
Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 332 cm, and 8 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2014/15 with 194 cm; the biggest was 2017/18 with 625 cm (3.2 times as much). For 26% of the 244 ski areas in France the leanest winter was 2016/17; here it was a different one.
Snowfall each winter (December–March total). The dashed line is the average; the numbers mark the leanest and the biggest winter.
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