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Chamrousse ratings
Access: 4.3
Accommodation: 3.2
Cheap Rooms: 3.6
Luxury Hotels: 1.4
Snowsure: 3.8

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Dôme de Puy Salié (3412 m.), Les Deux Alpes

29 Dec 2010


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Chamrousse Snow Report for 30/04/2012

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Our Snow Report for Chamrousse brings daily updates on the snow conditions, snow depths, piste and offpiste conditions and the number of open ski lifts. The latest Chamrousse snow report shown below was updated on 30/04/2012. Snow Reports are provided regularly throughout the ski season courtesy of our own network of ski resort managers, the Skiclub of Great Britain and Skiresort Service International GmbH. In addition to the current report on ski conditions, we also provide webcams (including a 4 week cam archive), current live observations from nearby weather stations and also historical snow data for Chamrousse.

Chamrousse Snow Report Issued: 30/04/2012

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Last snowed: 22/04/2012
Lifts open: 7 out of 19

Snow Depths

Upper slopes: 100 cm
Lower slopes: 70 cm
New Snow at top:
Most recent snowfall: 10 cm on 22/04/2012

Piste Information

On piste: Good
Off piste: Varied
Resort runs: Good

Chamrousse Ski Report

Chamrousse Snow Conditions

Good skiing on well groomed pistes

Reported Weather Conditions

Sun/cloud, Partly cloudy, some sunny spells, Temperature: 6° C
sfc snow report icon Snow conditions courtesy of the Ski Club of Great Britain

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Snow Reports from ski resorts close to Chamrousse

Distance Summary Snow Report
Les Deux Alpes 21 km Report Date: 24/05/2012
Lower Depth: 0 cm
Upper Depth: 0 cm
New Snow:
Lifts open: 0
Les Arcs 90 km Report Date: 25/05/2012
Lower Depth: 0 cm
Upper Depth: 0 cm
New Snow:
Lifts open: 0
Tignes 90 km Report Date: 24/05/2012
Lower Depth: 0 cm
Upper Depth: 0 cm
New Snow:
Lifts open: 0
Val d'Isere 92 km Report Date: 24/05/2012
Lower Depth: 0 cm
Upper Depth: 0 cm
New Snow:
Lifts open: 0
La Thuile 108 km Report Date: 26/05/2012
Lower Depth: 0 cm
Upper Depth: 50 cm
New Snow: 20/05/2012
Lifts open: 0

Notes on the Chamrousse Snow Report

You will notice in the above snow report for Chamrousse that our reporters have provided information for the piste and offpiste ski conditions separately. If it has not snowed for a week or so in Chamrousse then, as long as temperatures stay well below zero, the resort managers are often able to keep the piste conditions reporting "good" or even "excellent". Meanwhile, the off-piste conditions can quickly deteriorate to report "varied" as the area gets tracked out.

We stress the importance of checking the date on the Chamrousse snow report particularly around weekends. For example, the snow report for Chamrousse on Friday may indicate powder after recent snowfall but following a sunny and busy weekend, when the locals hit the mountains en masse, the ski conditions (at any resort) can deteriorate rapidly and late arrivals may see very different ski conditions. Of course some people look for deteriorating conditions in the snow report for the likely development of mogul fields but for powder lovers and particularly snowboarders this can mean tracked out off-piste snow. Of course, this doesn’t always happen quickly after fresh snowfall particularly at quiet North facing resorts at high altitude where genuine powder stashes may be found days or even weeks later. It is worth checking the piste map for Chamrousse (found in menu above) for the location of favourable slopes that may be described in the "Chamrousse Snow Conditions" part of the snow report. In addition to checking the Chamrousse snow report we recommend that you check the snow forecasts found in the menu at the top of the page along with our ski resort guide.