
Montgenevre is a small village sitting on a high east-west pass only 2km from the Italian border. The village is set on the sunny slope above the main street (the through-road is now buried in a tunnel) looking over the nursery slopes at the foot of the north-facing slopes of Les Gondrans. Behind the village are the south-facing slopes of Le Chalvet.
However it now needs to prioritize investment in fast lifts – getting around the pistes can be a painfully slow-motion affair. If you’re focused on the under-exploited off-piste, the slow lifts matter less. It gets much better snow than its Italian neighbours – it is set on a minor pass, a position that delivers snow whichever way the wind is blowing, but most importantly when it’s blowing from the west. Both sectors have piste links with Claviere, just over the Italian border and gateway to the other Italian resorts of the Milky Way – Sansicario, Sestriere and Sauze d’Oulx.
There are lift pass sharing arrangements with Serre Chevalier and Puy St Vincent, easily reached by car, and with rather less easily reached Les Deux Alpes and Alpe d’Huez, which involve going over the Col du Lautaret – high, but not usually a problem.
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| Max temp | 13.2°c | 13.5°c | 10.9°c | 13.8°c | 14°c | 11.3°c | 13.7°c | 14°c | 11.5°c | 14.1°c | 14.2°c | 11.6°c | 13.7°c | 13.9°c | 11.4°c | 13°c | 13.4°c | 10.7°c | 12.7°c | 13.1°c | 10.8°c | 13°c | 13.2°c | 10.8°c | 12.1°c | 12.4°c | 10.1°c | 11°c | 11.3°c | 9.1°c |
| Min temp | 7.6°c | 10.9°c | 6.7°c | 8.2°c | 11.3°c | 7.8°c | 8.8°c | 11.5°c | 8.1°c | 9.3°c | 11.6°c | 8.1°c | 9.3°c | 11.4°c | 7.3°c | 8.7°c | 10.7°c | 6.5°c | 8.1°c | 10.8°c | 6.7°c | 7.9°c | 10.8°c | 7.1°c | 8.3°c | 10.1°c | 6.8°c | 7.4°c | 9.1°c | 6.4°c |
| Feels like temp | 7.1°c | 11.8°c | 10.5°c | 7.8°c | 13°c | 11°c | 8.4°c | 13.1°c | 11.3°c | 9.1°c | 13.8°c | 11.5°c | 9.1°c | 13°c | 11.2°c | 8.3°c | 11.9°c | 10.3°c | 7.5°c | 11.5°c | 10.3°c | 7.4°c | 12.1°c | 10.3°c | 7.8°c | 11.3°c | 9.6°c | 7°c | 9.9°c | 8°c |
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| Max temp | 13.2°c | 13.5°c | 10.9°c |
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| Feels like temp | 7.8°c | 13°c | 11°c |
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| Min temp | 10.6°c | 17.9°c | 10.6°c | 12°c | 17.6°c | 10.8°c | 12.6°c | 17.8°c | 11.5°c | 13.2°c | 18.5°c | 12.2°c | 13.7°c | 18.8°c | 11.9°c | 13.1°c | 17.9°c | 11°c | 12.4°c | 16.7°c | 10.6°c | 12.2°c | 17.7°c | 11°c | 12.4°c | 17.8°c | 11.5°c | 12.3°c | 16.8°c | 10.7°c |
| Feels like temp | 10.5°c | 21.5°c | 18.1°c | 12.1°c | 21.7°c | 17.8°c | 12.5°c | 22°c | 18.3°c | 13.4°c | 23.1°c | 19.1°c | 14°c | 23°c | 19.1°c | 13.4°c | 21.1°c | 17.8°c | 12.4°c | 20.7°c | 16.8°c | 12.1°c | 21.1°c | 17.5°c | 12.2°c | 20.6°c | 17.5°c | 12.1°c | 19.7°c | 16.4°c |
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| Max temp | 21.9°c | 22.1°c | 17.9°c |
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| Max temp | 22.2°c | 22.2°c | 17.6°c |
| Min temp | 12°c | 17.6°c | 10.8°c |
| Feels like temp | 12.1°c | 21.7°c | 17.8°c |
| Snowfall | Next 3 days | No information |
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| Depths | Upper piste depth | No information |
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| Snow conditions | Snow quality | No information |
| Lifts | Lifts open | No information |
| Resort opening date | Sat 28 Nov 2026 | |
| Resort closing date | Sun 18 Apr 2027 |
Updated 07/04
After a good couple of weeks for the French Alps, things settle down through this week as high pressure brings fine, dry and bright conditions to the region.
Temperatures will be warm, with the freezing line dropping only to 2,500m overnight and climbing as high as 3,500m in the midday sun. A rare flutter of cloud could move in over on Friday and Sunday, but otherwise spring is firmly here in the French Alps.
A couple of flurries of snow could fall early next week as the freezing line drops in to the new week, but it remains a bit too early to tell exactly how much, when, and where this might fall.
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