Les Houches

Located at the entrance to the Chamonix Valley, Les Houches has the only tree- lined slopes in the area.

weather Forecast today: Broken clouds

Max temp: 4.9 °c
Min temp: -1.1 °c
Last snowed: Fri 13 Feb

Last Updated: Sun 15 Feb

weather Forecast today: Broken clouds

Max temp: 4.9 °c
Min temp: -1.1 °c
Last snowed: Fri 13 Feb

Last Updated: Sun 15 Feb

The 55km of tree-lined slopes above the village of Les Houches are where the masses descend on snowy days when the upper lifts in the valley are closed,

but that doesn’t mean they’re not worth visiting if the sun is out.

The Kandahar World Cup Downhill route offers up a fantastic challenge and there’s some nice terrain off the back of Prarion in the trees on the way down towards nearby St Gervais. Of course, Les Houches also acts a great springboard to explore the rest of the Chamonix Valley, which is world-renowned for its off piste, steep skiing and touring terrain.

Les Houches’ old core is pretty and traditional, but most accommodation is located a little to the west, near the foot of the access lifts. Chalets form the bulk of what’s on offer, but there are a couple of hotels offering decent value accommodation.

On the whole Les Houches is quiet, with a relaxed vibe in the evening. If you’re looking out for active nightlife, a wide choice of restaurants and shopping opportunities, then head into Chamonix, a short bus ride away. The proximity to Chamonix means access from Geneva is easy, either by car, private/shared transfer or train.

Resort website: www.leshouches.com

Getting to Les Houches

Getting here from Geneva is very easy – the drive only takes an hour – so this is an excellent weekend destination. The drive from the UK is one of the quickest and shortest too.

Geneva airport: 1 hour
Calais: approximately 10 hours driving (540 miles)

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Green Credentials

Ski Club Recognised: Environmentally Sustainable Resort

The Ski Club uses third party independent assessments and accreditation of ski resorts to determine a resort “environmentally sustainable” – more information can be found here.

As part of the French Flocon Vert (tr. Green Snowflake) scheme, Les Houches – as part of the wider Chamonix Valley resort area – has been awarded two snowflakes out of a possible three, representing significant investment in resources to reduce its environmental impact. Flocon Vert is an independent scheme operated by Mountain Riders, which accredits resorts in France who have met twenty criteria based on environmental, social and economic sustainability; only a quarter of Flocon Vert recipients have been awarded two snowflakes – no area has been awarded three.

Les Houches & Chamonix was accredited in 2013 and renewed in 2017
Special focus was paid to educational measures taken by the resort
The reduction in emissions and transition plan away from fossil fuels has been particularly praised by the Flocon Vert scheme

Full Details (In French)

Les Houches Piste Map

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	Sun 15 Feb			Mon 16 Feb			Tue 17 Feb			Wed 18 Feb			Thu 19 Feb			Fri 20 Feb			Sat 21 Feb			Sun 22 Feb			Mon 23 Feb			Tue 24 Feb
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Weather	Rather cloudy	Light snow	Snow shower	Heavy snow shwr	Heavy snow shwr	Snow shower	Snow shower	Snow shower	Occasional snow	Snow	Light snow	Snow	Snow	Snow	Snow	Occasional snow	Occasional snow	Occasional snow	Occasional snow	Snow shower	Snow shower	Occasional snow	Occasional snow	Snow grains	Snow grains	Snow grains	Generally clear	Light rain/snow	Light rain/snow	Snow grains
Wind
Snow expected	0.1 cm	3 cm	11.7 cm	15.8 cm	12.6 cm	13.7 cm	6.8 cm	3.9 cm	1.7 cm	7.5 cm	1.9 cm	3.6 cm	6.8 cm	8.6 cm	7.8 cm	1.6 cm	1.1 cm	1 cm	1.9 cm	3 cm	4.2 cm	0.7 cm	0.3 cm	0.6 cm	0.3 cm	0.2 cm	0.5 cm	0.1 cm	0.1 cm	0.4 cm
Max temp	-3.7°c	-1.9°c	0.5°c	0°c	-1.8°c	-2.6°c	-3.2°c	-2.8°c	-3.3°c	0.3°c	1.1°c	0.4°c	-0.4°c	-0.4°c	-1.4°c	-0.9°c	-0.6°c	-2.9°c	1°c	1.4°c	-0.3°c	1.9°c	2.2°c	-0.1°c	2.6°c	2.7°c	0.1°c	3.4°c	3.5°c	0.2°c
Min temp	-6.4°c	-4°c	-3.7°c	-2°c	-2.8°c	-2.8°c	-3.8°c	-3.9°c	-4°c	-2°c	0.3°c	0.2°c	-1°c	-1.4°c	-1.7°c	-3.3°c	-2.9°c	-4.2°c	-3.6°c	-0.3°c	-0.8°c	-1°c	-0.1°c	-0.8°c	-1.2°c	0.1°c	-0.4°c	-1.3°c	0.2°c	-0.6°c
Feels like temp	-10.3°c	-4°c	-8.6°c	-3.8°c	-6.9°c	-7.6°c	-7.5°c	-7.9°c	-7.4°c	-5.6°c	-3.3°c	-2.9°c	-3.5°c	-4.2°c	-4.6°c	-3.3°c	-4.1°c	-2.9°c	-6.9°c	-1.5°c	-0.3°c	-1°c	-0.4°c	-0.1°c	-1.2°c	0.4°c	0.1°c	-4.3°c	3.1°c	-2.6°c

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Weather	Rather cloudy	Light snow	Snow shower
Wind
Snow expected	0.1 cm	3 cm	11.7 cm
Max temp	-3.7°c	-1.9°c	0.5°c
Min temp	-6.4°c	-4°c	-3.7°c
Feels like temp	-10.3°c	-4°c	-8.6°c

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	AM	PM	Night
Weather	Heavy snow shwr	Heavy snow shwr	Snow shower
Wind
Snow expected	15.8 cm	12.6 cm	13.7 cm
Max temp	0°c	-1.8°c	-2.6°c
Min temp	-2°c	-2.8°c	-2.8°c
Feels like temp	-3.8°c	-6.9°c	-7.6°c

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Weather	Snow shower	Snow shower	Occasional snow
Wind
Snow expected	6.8 cm	3.9 cm	1.7 cm
Max temp	-3.2°c	-2.8°c	-3.3°c
Min temp	-3.8°c	-3.9°c	-4°c
Feels like temp	-7.5°c	-7.9°c	-7.4°c

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	AM	PM	Night
Weather	Snow	Light snow	Snow
Wind
Snow expected	7.5 cm	1.9 cm	3.6 cm
Max temp	0.3°c	1.1°c	0.4°c
Min temp	-2°c	0.3°c	0.2°c
Feels like temp	-5.6°c	-3.3°c	-2.9°c

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	AM	PM	Night
Weather	Snow	Snow	Snow
Wind
Snow expected	6.8 cm	8.6 cm	7.8 cm
Max temp	-0.4°c	-0.4°c	-1.4°c
Min temp	-1°c	-1.4°c	-1.7°c
Feels like temp	-3.5°c	-4.2°c	-4.6°c

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	AM	PM	Night
Weather	Occasional snow	Occasional snow	Occasional snow
Wind
Snow expected	1.6 cm	1.1 cm	1 cm
Max temp	-0.9°c	-0.6°c	-2.9°c
Min temp	-3.3°c	-2.9°c	-4.2°c
Feels like temp	-3.3°c	-4.1°c	-2.9°c

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Weather	Occasional snow	Snow shower	Snow shower
Wind
Snow expected	1.9 cm	3 cm	4.2 cm
Max temp	1°c	1.4°c	-0.3°c
Min temp	-3.6°c	-0.3°c	-0.8°c
Feels like temp	-6.9°c	-1.5°c	-0.3°c

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	AM	PM	Night
Weather	Occasional snow	Occasional snow	Snow grains
Wind
Snow expected	0.7 cm	0.3 cm	0.6 cm
Max temp	1.9°c	2.2°c	-0.1°c
Min temp	-1°c	-0.1°c	-0.8°c
Feels like temp	-1°c	-0.4°c	-0.1°c

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	AM	PM	Night
Weather	Snow grains	Snow grains	Generally clear
Wind
Snow expected	0.3 cm	0.2 cm	0.5 cm
Max temp	2.6°c	2.7°c	0.1°c
Min temp	-1.2°c	0.1°c	-0.4°c
Feels like temp	-1.2°c	0.4°c	0.1°c

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Weather	Light rain/snow	Light rain/snow	Snow grains
Wind
Snow expected	0.1 cm	0.1 cm	0.4 cm
Max temp	3.4°c	3.5°c	0.2°c
Min temp	-1.3°c	0.2°c	-0.6°c
Feels like temp	-4.3°c	3.1°c	-2.6°c

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Resort (972m)

	Sun 15 Feb			Mon 16 Feb			Tue 17 Feb			Wed 18 Feb			Thu 19 Feb			Fri 20 Feb			Sat 21 Feb			Sun 22 Feb			Mon 23 Feb			Tue 24 Feb
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Weather	Broken clouds	Light rain	Rain	Rain	Heavy rain/snow	Snow	Snow	Snow	Occasional snow	Rain and snow	Occasional rain	Occasional rain	Rain and snow	Light rain	Light rain	Occasional snow	Snow grains	Broken clouds	Rain and snow	Rain shower	Light snow shwr	Occasional rain	Occasional rain	Occasional rain	Generally clear	Generally clear	Mainly fair	Mainly fair	Mainly fair	Generally clear
Wind
Snow expected	0 cm	0 cm	0 cm	0 cm	0.1 cm	4.2 cm	5.8 cm	0.4 cm	1.5 cm	0.3 cm	0 cm	0 cm	0 cm	0 cm	0 cm	0.4 cm	0 cm	0.4 cm	0.2 cm	0 cm	0 cm	0 cm	0 cm	0 cm	0 cm	0 cm	0 cm	0 cm	0 cm	0 cm
Max temp	3°c	4.1°c	4.9°c	4°c	3.5°c	1.8°c	1.5°c	2.5°c	0.8°c	5.4°c	6.7°c	5°c	4.3°c	5°c	3.3°c	4.4°c	5°c	1.2°c	6.4°c	6.9°c	4°c	6.5°c	6.9°c	3.8°c	7.5°c	7.8°c	4.4°c	8.5°c	8.6°c	4.6°c
Min temp	-1.1°c	2.3°c	2.4°c	2.8°c	1.8°c	1°c	-0.4°c	0.8°c	-0.8°c	0.6°c	5°c	3.6°c	2.3°c	3.3°c	2.2°c	0.1°c	1.2°c	-0.6°c	-0.4°c	4°c	2.7°c	2.2°c	3.8°c	2.7°c	1.9°c	4.4°c	3.2°c	2°c	4.6°c	2.8°c
Feels like temp	-1.1°c	2.7°c	2.2°c	3.8°c	0.5°c	-0.9°c	0°c	-1.1°c	0.7°c	0.6°c	5.1°c	4.7°c	2.5°c	4°c	3.1°c	0.1°c	3.9°c	1.1°c	-0.4°c	5.9°c	3.6°c	2°c	6.2°c	3.5°c	1.7°c	7.1°c	4°c	1.8°c	7.9°c	4.2°c

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Weather
Wind
Snow expected	0 cm	0 cm	0 cm
Max temp	3°c	4.1°c	4.9°c
Min temp	-1.1°c	2.3°c	2.4°c
Feels like temp	-1.1°c	2.7°c	2.2°c

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	AM	PM	Night
Weather
Wind
Snow expected	0 cm	0.1 cm	4.2 cm
Max temp	4°c	3.5°c	1.8°c
Min temp	2.8°c	1.8°c	1°c
Feels like temp	3.8°c	0.5°c	-0.9°c

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	AM	PM	Night
Weather
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Snow expected	5.8 cm	0.4 cm	1.5 cm
Max temp	1.5°c	2.5°c	0.8°c
Min temp	-0.4°c	0.8°c	-0.8°c
Feels like temp	0°c	-1.1°c	0.7°c

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	AM	PM	Night
Weather
Wind
Snow expected	0.3 cm	0 cm	0 cm
Max temp	5.4°c	6.7°c	5°c
Min temp	0.6°c	5°c	3.6°c
Feels like temp	0.6°c	5.1°c	4.7°c

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Weather
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Snow expected	0 cm	0 cm	0 cm
Max temp	4.3°c	5°c	3.3°c
Min temp	2.3°c	3.3°c	2.2°c
Feels like temp	2.5°c	4°c	3.1°c

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	AM	PM	Night
Weather
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Snow expected	0.4 cm	0 cm	0.4 cm
Max temp	4.4°c	5°c	1.2°c
Min temp	0.1°c	1.2°c	-0.6°c
Feels like temp	0.1°c	3.9°c	1.1°c

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Weather
Wind
Snow expected	0.2 cm	0 cm	0 cm
Max temp	6.4°c	6.9°c	4°c
Min temp	-0.4°c	4°c	2.7°c
Feels like temp	-0.4°c	5.9°c	3.6°c

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Snow expected	0 cm	0 cm	0 cm
Max temp	6.5°c	6.9°c	3.8°c
Min temp	2.2°c	3.8°c	2.7°c
Feels like temp	2°c	6.2°c	3.5°c

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Weather
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Snow expected	0 cm	0 cm	0 cm
Max temp	7.5°c	7.8°c	4.4°c
Min temp	1.9°c	4.4°c	3.2°c
Feels like temp	1.7°c	7.1°c	4°c

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Snow expected	0 cm	0 cm	0 cm
Max temp	8.5°c	8.6°c	4.6°c
Min temp	2°c	4.6°c	2.8°c
Feels like temp	1.8°c	7.9°c	4.2°c

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Resort Conditions

Snowfall	Last Snowfall	13/02/2026
Snowfall	Next 3 days	107.4 cm
Depths	Upper piste depth	100 cm
Depths	Lower piste depth	75 cm
Snow conditions	Snow quality	Wet snow
Lifts	Lifts open	13 out of 15
	Resort opening date	Sat 06 Dec 2025
	Resort closing date	Mon 06 Apr 2026

Snow Overview

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Updated 10/02

An incredibly snowy – stupidly snowy – absurdly snowy – – week begins for the French Alps, as a series of low pressure areas sweep in from Scandinavia, over the North Sea and British Isles, before hitting the continent and the Alps hard. Snow is already falling on Tuesday where around 20cm is expected down across higher ground. Overnight this picks up, and significant snowfall will fall on Wednesday with around 2ft expected down – the freezing line is hovering around 1,500m, meaning most of this will hit lower slopes but overnight snowfall will reach all slopes.

On Thursday things will begin to turn stupid: a metre (100cm) of snowfall is expected down over the French Alps, hitting most slopes as the freezing line drops to around 1,000m. Higher winds can be expected on this day as well.

The avalanche risk will increase dramatically over the course of the coming days, thanks to this new snowfall and sitting on a persistent weak layer. In places, this is already forecasted to hit Level 5 on the European scale, the highest available, indicating extraordinarily high risk of extreme slides. You should not be travelling away from protected pistes of infrastructure during this time, and expect large areas of the resort to be closed as avalanche mitigation takes place.

Snowfall continues into Friday, with the tailend of this storm bringing another foot across Friday and Saturday. The weather is suggesting it might clear on Sunday, with fine, dry and bright conditions forecasting, meaning Sunday should be the day to chase powder, although you should continue to check and plan your off piste travel carefully.

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