Avalanche · BERA
Find the right bulletin for your massif
Météo-France publishes one avalanche bulletin (BERA) per massif. This directory follows Météo-France's official list of massifs in the French Alps and the French Pyrenees, with a link to each range's official page. To read a bulletin, pick your massif on the map at meteofrance.com.
By bonout, publisher of Alpow · published 6 November 2026
Resort, range, park or massif: not the same thing
The bulletin follows Météo-France's own division of the mountains. The name of a resort, valley, range or national park is not necessarily a BERA massif, and one department often contains several. Do not guess the bulletin from a name or a department: check the massif on the official map.
- Écrins: no massif in the official list is called "Écrins". The Écrins range and national park spread over several BERA massifs, for example Oisans, Pelvoux or Champsaur. There is no single "Écrins bulletin": the right one depends on your destination.
- Resorts: in Alpow, a resort belongs to one massif, the one whose official outline is closest to it. A ski area spanning two massifs, or a route leaving it, may fall under another bulletin.
Northern French Alps
Each massif has its own bulletin. Northern French Alps bulletins on meteofrance.com
| Massif | No. | Department | Alpow resorts attached |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chablais | 1 | Haute-Savoie | Avoriaz |
| Aravis | 2 | Haute-Savoie | — |
| Mont-Blanc | 3 | Haute-Savoie | Brévent/Flégère (Chamonix), Les Grands Montets, Megève |
| Bauges | 4 | Savoie | — |
| Beaufortain | 5 | Savoie | — |
| Haute-Tarentaise | 6 | Savoie | Tignes - Val d'Isère, Les Arcs |
| Chartreuse | 7 | Isère | — |
| Belledonne | 8 | Isère | — |
| Maurienne | 9 | Savoie | — |
| Vanoise | 10 | Savoie | Val Thorens, Courchevel, Méribel, La Plagne, Les Ménuires |
| Haute-Maurienne | 11 | Savoie | — |
| Grandes-Rousses | 12 | Isère | Alpe d'Huez Grand Domaine |
| Vercors | 14 | Isère | — |
| Oisans | 15 | Isère | Les Deux Alpes |
Southern French Alps
Each massif has its own bulletin. Southern French Alps bulletins on meteofrance.com
| Massif | No. | Department | Alpow resorts attached |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thabor | 13 | Hautes-Alpes | — |
| Pelvoux | 16 | Hautes-Alpes | Serre-Chevalier |
| Queyras | 17 | Hautes-Alpes | — |
| Devoluy | 18 | Hautes-Alpes | Dévoluy |
| Champsaur | 19 | Hautes-Alpes | — |
| Embrunnais Parpaillon | 20 | Hautes-Alpes | — |
| Ubaye | 21 | Alpes de Haute-Provence | — |
| Haut-Var Haut-Verdon | 22 | Alpes Maritimes, Alpes de Haute-Provence | — |
| Mercantour | 23 | Alpes Maritimes | — |
French Pyrenees
Each massif has its own bulletin. French Pyrenees bulletins on meteofrance.com
| Massif | No. | Department | Alpow resorts attached |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pays-Basque | 64 | Pyrenees-Atlantiques | — |
| Aspe Ossau | 65 | Pyrenees-Atlantiques | — |
| Haute-Bigorre | 66 | Hautes-Pyrenees | Saint-Lary, Grand Tourmalet, Cauterets Cirque du Lys |
| Aure Louron | 67 | Hautes-Pyrenees | Peyragudes |
| Luchonnais | 68 | Haute-Garonne | — |
| Couserans | 69 | Ariege, Haute-Garonne | — |
| Haute-Ariege | 70 | Ariege | — |
| Orlu St-Barthelemy | 72 | Ariege | — |
| Capcir Puymorens | 73 | Pyrenees-Orientales | Font-Romeu Pyrénées 2000 |
| Cerdagne Canigou | 74 | Pyrenees-Orientales | — |
Names, numbers and departments as they appear in Météo-France's official list (some without accents). Corsica is not covered by Alpow; the Andorra massif (71) has had no bulletin since November 2025. Source: Météo-France, list and outlines of the massifs (Licence Ouverte 2.0)
The French Pyrenees: one range, several massifs
On the French side, the official list has ten Pyrenean massifs, from Pays-Basque to Cerdagne Canigou. Each has its own bulletin and its own danger level. There is no "average" danger for the Pyrenees: a level read for one massif does not apply to its neighbour.
In Alpow
Each resort page shows the bulletin of the massif it belongs to, and the Avalanche tab lets you pick any massif. You can also get a notification for each new bulletin of the massifs you follow.
Two detailed examples: Haute-Tarentaise bulletin and Mont-Blanc bulletin.
Neither this guide nor Alpow tells you whether a slope can be skied without risk.Alpow does not replace the official bulletin or your own judgement. In the mountains, you are responsible for your decisions.
Sources
- Météo-France: public avalanche bulletin API, list of massifs
- data.gouv.fr: avalanche bulletin archive and massif outlines
- The avalanche bulletin explained
Find your massif's bulletin in Alpow
