Webcams weather snow reports snow records Morillon Flaine Samoens Grand Massif French Alps.
Ski Resort Information for Morillon Samoens and Flaine on the weather you may get in the winter and previous snow records.
Ski resort, weather, snow and ski resort webcam information for Samoens, Morillon, Flaine, Verchaix, Les Carroz: the Grand Massif ski area French Alps France.
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Webcams of the Grand Massif ski area can be seen on the Grand Massif website below. The long photo above is a picture of the top of the Lanche chair from Morillon on January 28th 2009 mid morning. From this webcam you can see both the ski slopes of Morillon and Samoens. If you can ski in low season it is definitely the best time to go to the Grand Massif with few queues and for the last 5 years glorious weather and snow. Click on the picture for more webcam pictures from the Grand Massif website.
For a plan of the ski pistes, web cams, price of ski lift passes, weather forecasts, child care and information on winter events see:
Weather and weather forecasts.
Meteo maps and 10 day forecast for Samoens
Todays weather and temperature at this moment in time for Morillon
Weather now in Samoens and 5 day forecast http://weather.aol.com/forecast/todays/europe/france/samoens/id/frxx0261
For weather forecasts, and local information in Morillon look at the Morillon website and other links above as well as the tables at the bottom of this page.
For an alternative forecast for todays weather “ todays weather “ click on the link.
For the sort of weather you may expect in Morillon, Samoens, Flaine, Grand Massif and the Haute Savoie during the winter, click on the following link: Weather and then click on “Bulletins Climatiques Mensuels Dpt”. For “Départements disponibles” click “Haute Savoie” (under “S” in the list), and then the dates you want to look at month by month under “Echeance”. If you want to look at rainfall, temperatures, and hours of sunshine over a 12 month period click on the link WEATHER again and this time click on to the map of France just below “Dijon”. This is the “Rhone Alpes”. Click on “Bourg St Maurice” which is the closest weather station to Morillon and is also a similar height above sea level. Then just click on the year you want to look at.
If you want to look at animated satellite maps showing approaching weather for the next few days click on the link.
http://www.wunderground.com/modelmaps/maps.asp?model=GFS&domain=EU
For satellite images of the weather today click on the link http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/satpics/latest_IR.html
It is the Mont Blanc effect which makes the snow in the this area of Morillon and Samoens so reliable year after year. This is the view from the webcam from the top of Flaine looking back to the village and the mountains down the valley on the 17.3.09. Even late in the season there is often enough snow to guarantee good skiing conditions and after the first week in March, there are no crowds as well.
Snow record for Grand Massif
Following 2006/2007 which had been the worst year in the last 10 for snow in the western Alps, things improved for 2007/2008. In 2007/2008 the first snow fell in November and there was snow all the way to Morillon village for Christmas and New Year. There was very little snow during January to just past the middle of February, but plenty of skiing on the upper slopes in cold winter sunshine day after day. The snow became a little thin on the 
ground at 1100m, but all the links remained open. Then the snow started falling again and it was possible to ski down to Morillon village even in the last week in March 2008. The ski season in Flaine was extended a week until April 25th because there was so much snow!
2008/2009 was a very good season with snow down to Morillon village to the middle of March and regular top ups of snow to ensure optimal skiing for the whole season. It started snowing in November, see photo from the webcam on the left from Morillon hill down to the chalet. Even in the warmth of the spring sun at the end of the season, the skiing was very enjoyable, with 15 cm of fresh snow in Flaine and the top of Morillon on 17th April. The links remained open to the end of the season. Cascades ski piste remained open until the beginning of April. The Marvel ski run was open until the Wednesday of the last week of the season.
FLAINE and MORILLON SNOW RECORD FOR LAST FEW YEARS
Morillon 08/09
December 08
January 09
February 09
March 09
April 09
Lower slopes 1100m
47 cm
56 cm
87 cm
77 cm
21 cm
Upper Slopes 2120m
84 cm
103 cm
150 cm
173 cm
158 cm
Snow in Village 700m
Village run open 12/12
Village run open 31/31
Village run open 21/27
Village run open 15/31
Village runs shut
Graphs showing snow levels on upper and lower slopes in Morillon 1100, 2008/9 season
Average levels of snow present on the slopes in cm throughout the season.
FLAINE SNOW RECORDS FOR THE LAST 3 YEARS
Month and year
November 06
December 06
January 07
February 07
March 07
April 07
Flaine lower slopes
0 cm
13 cm
28 cm
34 cm
43 cm
13 cm
Flaine Upper Slopes
0 cm
70 cm
183 cm
142 cm
275 cm
219 cm
Month and year
November 07
December 07
January 08
February 08
March 08
April 08
Flaine lower slopes
30 cm
59 cm
63 cm
63 cm
74 cm
48 cm
Flaine Upper Slopes
95 cm
136 cm
194 cm
223 cm
294 cm
343 cm
Month and year
November 08
December 08
January 09
February 09
March 09
April 09
Flaine lower slopes
22 cm
56 cm
67 cm
97 cm
116 cm
47 cm
Flaine Upper Slopes
47 cm
108 cm
155 cm
212 cm
263 cm
242 cm
Graphs showing snow levels on upper and lower slopes in Flaine for the last 3 seasons
Average levels of snow present on the slopes in cm throughout the season.
Flaine 2006/2007 Flaine 2007/2008
Flaine 2008/2009
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