Hover a bar to see what goes into it. Scores sit on a bell curve. 6.5 is a normal good resort and 8 or more is unusual. Method.
Key facts
Altitude
1450–3600 m
Vertical drop
2,150 m
Pistes advertised
not advertised
Pistes mapped on OSM
43.3 km
Lifts (mapped near village)
7 · 43% gondola/4+ chair
Day pass
€60
Passes
none
Avg snowfall (mid)
5.7 m / season
Nearest airport
GNB · 120 min
Snow & weather updated 1 h ago
Fresh 24 h
0 cm
Fresh 72 h
0 cm
Next 7 days
7 cm
Snow depth top (model)
1 cm
Now at 3450 m
☁️ 1°
Now at 1450 m
14°
Gusts at top
21 km/h
Freezing level
3,200 m
8-day forecast (summit)
Today
☁️
·
-4° / 2°
💨 22
Fri
☀️
·
-5° / -1°
💨 16
Sat
🌤️
·
-6° / -2°
💨 48
Sun
⛅
·
-11° / -4°
💨 65
Mon
☀️
·
-11° / -4°
💨 68
Tue
🌨️
7 cm
-12° / -6°
💨 68
Wed
☁️
·
-11° / -8°
💨 68
Thu
⛅
·
-13° / -5°
💨 70
Open-Meteo forecast downscaled to 3450 m (summit) and 1450 m (base). Rain line ≈ freezing level minus 300 m.
The last three winters at 2525 m
Avg snowfall / season
5.7 m
Powder days (15 cm+)
11
Snowy days
68
Avg temp at base
2.2°
Average snowfall by month · best: Dec
Nov
112
Dec
129
Jan
106
Feb
36
Mar
116
Apr
72
By season: 2022/23: 5.2 m · 10 powder days2023/24: 7.3 m · 13 powder days2024/25: 4.6 m · 10 powder days
When to go
Month
Avg snowfall
Tuesday 11:00
Saturday 11:00
Jan
106 cm
~2.1 min
~2 min
Feb
36 cm
~3.1 min
~2.9 min
Mar
116 cm
~2.2 min
~2.1 min
SWEET SPOT
Apr
72 cm
~1.8 min
~1.7 min
Snowfall from three past winters, waits from the queue model (average across lifts, mid-month, holidays included where they fall).
Lift queues
Closed until Dec 20. Here's a normal February Saturday at 10:00:
SIMULATION
Average wait ~3 min, worst 7 min.
Saturday changeover: chalets swap guests, slopes are quieterFrench school holidays (all zones rotate through February)UK half-term
Simulate:
🚡 Glaciers de La Meije I
Cable car · 2,310 m
7 minpredicted
🚡 Glaciers de La Meije II
Cable car · 2,683 m
6 minpredicted
⤴️ Plagnes
Button lift · 681 m
2 minpredicted
⤴️ Balmettes
Button lift · 663 m
2 minpredicted
⤴️ Plateau d'Emparis
Button lift · 1,114 m
1 minpredicted
🪑 Signal
Chairlift · 4-seater · 904 m
1 minpredicted
⤴️ Narcisses
Button lift · 669 m
1 minpredicted
Typical week (February, since the resort is closed now)
9h
10h
11h
12h
13h
14h
15h
16h
Mon 15
Tue 16
Wed 17
Thu 18
Fri 19
Sat 20
Sun 21
Average predicted wait across lifts. ■ <2 min ■ 4-7 min ■ 11+ min. Hover a day to see why.
How we guess. The model starts from the resort's usual crowd level and adjusts for school holidays (French zones, UK half-term, Presidents' Day, Lunar New Year), weekends, time of day, lift capacity from OpenStreetMap, powder days and summit wind. When skiers on the hill tap a wait time, their reports replace the guess for 45 minutes and the lift shows LIVE.
Map
· Drag to tilt. Tap the map to drop a 📍 and the hotels re-sort by distance to it, handy for ski school or a friend's chalet.
Where to sleep 42 places mapped · 0 ski-in/ski-out
Ski access score: 9.5 means ski-in/ski-out (a piste within 70 m and a lift within 600 m). Each minute of walking to the nearest lift costs about half a point. Distances are straight lines on OpenStreetMap, so add about 30% for the walk.
Pistes
Beginner
2.5 km · 6%
Easy (blue / green)
3.8 km · 9%
Intermediate (red / blue)
3.6 km · 8%
Advanced (black)
1.8 km · 4%
Freeride / ski route
31.7 km · 73%
Longest named runs
La Grave
16.5 km
Les Vallons de la Meije
5.6 km
Plateau d'Emparis
1.4 km
Les Plagnes
1.1 km
Gros Tet
1.0 km
Rivets
0.9 km
Girose
0.8 km
Fourel
0.7 km
Après & food
Bars & pubs
5
Clubs
0
Restaurants
14
Mountain huts
3
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Nearest major airport: GNB, about 120 min away by road. Directions · Flights
La Grave is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department in southeastern France. It is a member of Les Plus Beaux Villages de France Association. Wikipedia