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Thursday 5 November 2026

Mushrooms in Crans-Montana

Today, conditions are poor around Crans-Montana for the species we follow. Canton: Valais · altitude 1715 m.

Crans-Montana is a Swiss municipality (10 496 inhabitants), at an altitude of 1715 m (canton: Valais). On Thursday 5 November 2026, none of the nine tracked species has favourable conditions in Crans-Montana (out of season, or too dry, cold or hot). For ceps, conditions remain unfavourable over the next 8 days. Terrain: likely trees around the municipality (Norway spruce and Scots pine), slightly acidic soil. Weather: 0 mm of rain fell over the last 8 days, 10 mm of rain is expected over the next 7 days, minimum temperatures range from -6 to 3 °C.

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Ceps

Unfavourable

Chanterelles

Unfavourable

Morels

Unfavourable

Hedgehog mushrooms

Unfavourable

Black trumpets

Unfavourable

Funnel chanterelles

Unfavourable

Wood blewits

Unfavourable

Saffron milk caps

Unfavourable

Parasol mushrooms

Unfavourable

8-day forecast

Ceps

Chanterelles

Morels

Hedgehog mushrooms

Black trumpets

Funnel chanterelles

Wood blewits

Saffron milk caps

Parasol mushrooms

Forests and soils around Crans-Montana

The terrain

Likely trees
Norway spruce, Scots pine
Soil
slightly acidic (pH 5.9), balanced
Slope
25° · south-facing

Habitat by species

Ceps83large forest of suitable host trees: downy oak, Norway spruce, Scots pine
Chanterelles70large forest of suitable host trees: Norway spruce, Scots pine, birch
Morels47large forest of suitable host trees
Hedgehog mushrooms76large forest of suitable host trees: Norway spruce, Scots pine, silver fir
Black trumpets51large forest, but tree species poorly suited to the black trumpet
Funnel chanterelles54large forest of suitable host trees: Norway spruce, Scots pine, silver fir
Wood blewits85large forest of suitable host trees: Norway spruce, Scots pine, silver fir
Saffron milk caps74large forest of suitable host trees: Norway spruce, Scots pine, silver fir
Parasol mushrooms94large forest of suitable host trees

Recent and forecast weather

DayMinMaxRainAir humiditySoil moisture
Thu 29 1 °C8 °C 0.0 mm88 %23 %
Fri 30 -0 °C6 °C 0.0 mm87 %23 %
Sat 31 -1 °C6 °C 0.0 mm85 %23 %
Sun 1 -3 °C4 °C 0.0 mm78 %22 %
Mon 2 -5 °C3 °C 0.0 mm75 %21 %
Tue 3 -6 °C3 °C 0.0 mm81 %21 %
Wed 4 -2 °C6 °C 0.0 mm63 %20 %
Thu 5 forecast 2 °C9 °C 0.0 mm58 %17 %
Fri 6 forecast 1 °C6 °C 1.6 mm79 %18 %
Sat 7 forecast -2 °C5 °C 0.1 mm84 %22 %
Sun 8 forecast -4 °C5 °C 0.0 mm81 %22 %
Mon 9 forecast -2 °C6 °C 0.9 mm81 %23 %
Tue 10 forecast 2 °C11 °C 0.3 mm60 %26 %
Wed 11 forecast 3 °C11 °C 0.1 mm67 %26 %
Thu 12 forecast 0 °C9 °C 6.8 mm83 %47 %

Temperatures corrected for the altitude of the municipality. Source: Open-Meteo.

Going further

Mushrooms in Valais · All cantons · Ranking of cantons · How the score is calculated

Neighbouring municipalities

Sion · Sierre · Noble-Contrée · Lens · Ayent · Leuk · Grimisuat · Chalais