Les Contamines Weather (Next 3 days): The snow forecast for Les Contamines is: A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Wed afternoon. Temperatures will be below freezing (max -1°C on Tue night, min -13°C on Wed night). Winds increasing (calm on Mon night, fresh winds from the W by Wed afternoon).
Les Contamines Weather (Days 4-6): A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Thu morning. Temperatures will be below freezing (max -2°C on Sat morning, min -15°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.
| Resort | Snow Depth | Temp. (°C) | Wind (km/h) | Weather | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Top Lift: | 2.0 m | -5 |  | |||
| Middle Lift: | 0 | | ||||
| Bottom Lift: | 5 |  |
Monday 23 | Tuesday 24 | Wednesday 25 | Thursday 26 | Friday 27 | Saturday 28 | |||||||||||||
AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | |
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cloudy | light snow | snow shwrs | clear | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | heavy snow | heavy snow | mod. snow | light snow | light snow | light snow | snow shwrs | clear | clear | cloudy | mod. snow | |
km/h | ||||||||||||||||||
Snow map |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
— | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 12 | 31 | 10 | 4 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
max °C | -6 | -5 | -5 | -2 | -2 | -1 | -1 | -4 | -11 | -13 | -13 | -14 | -11 | -6 | -5 | -2 | -3 | -6 |
min °C | -6 | -5 | -5 | -3 | -2 | -1 | -2 | -8 | -13 | -14 | -14 | -15 | -13 | -9 | -6 | -3 | -5 | -9 |
-10 | -9 | -8 | -5 | -2 | -3 | -8 | -16 | -24 | -24 | -23 | -23 | -20 | -14 | -10 | -3 | -8 | -15 | |
82 | 89 | 69 | 39 | 69 | 43 | 40 | 98 | 97 | 97 | 95 | 96 | 66 | 74 | 38 | 25 | 35 | 95 | |
1600 | 1850 | 1300 | 2000 | 2200 | 2100 | 2300 | 1900 | 750 | 600 | 800 | 0 | 600 | 1150 | 0 | 1500 | 1500 | 1000 | |
 | 6:31 | — | — | 6:28 | — | — | 6:26 | — | — | 6:24 | — | — | 6:22 | — | — | 6:20 | — | — |
 | — | 6:49 | — | — | 6:50 | — | — | 6:51 | — | — | 6:52 | — | — | 6:53 | — | — | 6:54 | — |
A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Wed afternoon. Temperatures will be below freezing (max -1°C on Tue night, min -13°C on Wed night). Winds increasing (calm on Mon night, fresh winds from the W by Wed afternoon).
A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Thu morning. Temperatures will be below freezing (max -2°C on Sat morning, min -15°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.
Latest snow reports near Les Contamines:
No clouds over Le Grand Bornand today. No fresh snow. Every lift is open. Excellent piste conditions. Icy crust off-piste. from Le Grand Bornand
Great snow conditions throughout area. Clear blue skies, all lifts open. from Praz De Lys Sommand
| Top snow depth: | 200 cm |
|---|---|
| Bottom snow depth: | — |
| Fresh snowfall depth: | 6 cm |
| Last snowfall: | 22 Mar 2026 |
| Snow Alerts | Create Alert |
0.5 | Bluebird Powder days Fresh snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
|---|---|
2.1 | Powder days Fresh snow, limited sun, any wind. |
1.2 | Bluebird days Average snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
The above table gives the weather forecast for Les Contamines at the specific elevation of 2487 m. Our sophisticated weather models allow us to provide snow forecasts for the top, middle and bottom ski stations of Les Contamines. To access the weather forecasts for the other elevations, use the tab navigation above the table. For a wider view of the weather, check out the Weather Map of France.
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Overall 4.2 Based on 34 votes and 21 reviews
I've been coming here for years and years (the last 5 years for Christmas week with my wife and 3 teenage kids). We all love it. It's been said on most of the other reviews but I'll say it again; it's in a beautiful setting, the locals are friendly, the shops and bars are great, the skiing is absolutely fine if you're anything but an expert skier looking for hard blacks. The resort is pretty snow-sure, but Christmas week we were very unlucky last year and hardly had anything (although it dumped big time on the day we checked out!). This year isn't looking too good at the moment either, but that's the same everywhere across the Alps at the moment. But even if the snow is no good, Les C is close enough to be able to visit Chamonix easily and other slightly higher resort if necessary. Les Contamines also now has a new swimming pool which is very pleasant. As a family ski hol, you can't really go too wrong.
Martin from United Kingdom writes:
I've been coming here for years and years (the last 5 years for Christmas week with my wife and 3 teenage kids). We all love it. It's been said on most of the other reviews but I'll say it again; it's in a beautiful setting, the locals are friendly, the shops and bars are great, the skiing is absolutely fine if you're anything but an expert skier looking for hard blacks.
The resort is pretty snow-sure, but Christmas week we were very unlucky last year and hardly had anything (although it dumped big time on the day we checked out!). This year isn't looking too good at the moment either, but that's the same everywhere across the Alps at the moment. But even if the snow is no good, Les C is close enough to be able to visit Chamonix easily and other slightly higher resort if necessary. Les Contamines also now has a new swimming pool which is very pleasant.
As a family ski hol, you can't really go too wrong.
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