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Laye en Champsaur

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Laye en Champsaur, located at an altitude of 1300 m, with peaks reaching 1900 m, in the Southern French Alps, benefits from specific alpine weather conditions. This page brings together the 9-day weather forecast for Laye en Champsaur: four days in detail from Météo-France (minimum and maximum temperatures, expected snowfall, 0°C isotherm), then an outlook through day 9, along with the ski area snow depth. The Southern French Alps avalanche bulletin is also available below. Forecasts are calibrated to the resort's actual altitude; the first four days come from Météo-France models (AROME/ARPEGE), the outlook from a longer-range, less precise model.

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Resort altitude: 1300m (summit 1900m) Forecast from: 14 November
Today
☀️
2° / 9°C
11mm
0°C isotherm: 2100–2500m
💨 13 km/h
gusts 27 km/h
Tomorrow
☁️
4° / 7°C
19mm
🏔️ +1cm at summit
Snow line: 1,800 m
0°C isotherm: 2100–2550m
💨 12 km/h
gusts 31 km/h
Mon
⛅
2° / 9°C
4mm
🏔️ +3cm at summit
Snow line: 1,800 m
0°C isotherm: 2050–2500m
💨 13 km/h
gusts 33 km/h
Tue
🌧️
2° / 7°C
29mm
🏔️ +17cm at summit
0°C isotherm: 2500–3300m
💨 12 km/h
gusts 27 km/h
Longer-range outlook
Wed 18
🌦️
3° / 8°C
≈ 16 mm
Thu 19
🌦️
2° / 6°C
≈ 20 mm
Fri 20
🌦️
-4° / 4°C
≈ 6 mm
🏔️ 1-5 cm at summit
Sat 21
☀️
-4° / 9°C
-
Sun 22
🌦️
-1° / 8°C
≈ 1 mm

Forecasts from Météo-France (AROME/ARPEGE models) for the first 4 days, calibrated to the exact resort altitude. The 0°C isotherm is given as a range (min/max over the day) to honestly reflect its variation throughout the day.

Longer-range outlook (ECMWF European model): indicative only, less reliable at this range, and not included in the snowfall total.

Data: Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0), Météo-France AROME/ARPEGE models and ECMWF European model.

Hourly temperature & 0°C isotherm

9-day snowfall forecast

Cumulative forecast: 0 cm at the resort base (1,300 m) and 21 cm at the summit (1,900 m) over the next 4 days (Météo-France forecast). Tomorrow and Monday, rain on most of the ski area; snow only above about 1,800 m, right at the top. For the following days, the outlook is given as a range and is not included in this total.

Today
+1 cm
at summit
Tomorrow
+3 cm
at summit
Mon
+17 cm
at summit
21 cm
Tue
5-day outlook
base 0 · summit 1-5 cm
Base (1,300 m) Summit (1,900 m) Running total (light colour, figure in the bar) Outlook (not in total)

Snow line over the coming days in Laye en Champsaur

  • Tomorrow, midnight to 5am: snow line around 1,800 m, rain at the base, snow higher up.
  • Monday, 2am to 4am: snow line around 1,800 m, rain at the base, snow higher up.

Snow line: the altitude above which precipitation falls as snow. It is computed hour by hour, during precipitation, from Météo-France temperature and humidity at altitude: it is the altitude where the wet-bulb temperature rises above 1.3°C (the same definition as the German weather service's snowfall line). Météo-France days only, not the longer-range outlook.

Avalanche bulletin — Champsaur massif

Valid until: 14 November 2026 18:00

Massif snow conditions

Altitude North-facing South-facing
1500 m 0 cm 0 cm
2000 m 0 cm 0 cm
2500 m 20 cm 10 cm

Snow quality

Qualification de l'enneigement : suite aux récentes chutes de neige, l'enneigement devient correct au delà de 2500 m pour une mi-novembre. On relève 22 cm au-dessus de Prapic à 2500 m.Limite d'enneigement skiable : la pratique du ski est envisageable au-dessus 2600/2800 m. Les cailloux restent peu enfouis.État de la neige de surface : neige souvent humidifiée par la pluie jusqu'à 2800/3000 m. A plus haute altitude, on retrouve une couche de 30 à 40 cm de neige fraîche, durcie par le vent dans les secteurs exposés, mais froide et légère dans les endroits bien abrités.
2/5
Risk level

Au-dessus de 2800m indice de risque limité, plus bas indice faible.

Stability: MANTEAU NEIGEUX PARFOIS INSTABLE À HAUTE ALTITUDE

Déclenchements provoqués : quelques plaques sont en place au-dessus de 2800/3000 dans la plupart des orientations, encore déclenchables par un skieur isolé. Avalanches généralement de taille petite à moyenne, elles peuvent être un peu plus volumineuse en versant nord de très haute altitude, où la sous-couche de fin octobre a probablement évolué en grains anguleux, et fait office de couche fragile persistante. À plus basse altitude, le manteau neigeux est souvent peu épais et bien humidifié. Départs spontanés : peu probables.

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