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Our study was carried out in the context of the SPOT (Take 5) Experiment initiated by the Centre National d\u2019Etudes Spatiales (CNES), with the aim of exploring the utility of high spatial and temporal resolution multispectral satellite imagery for snow cover mapping and applications in alpine ecology. Our three objectives were: (i) to validate remote sensing observations of first snow free day derived from the Normalized Difference Snow Index (NDSI) relative to ground-based measurements; (ii) to generate regional-scale maps of first snow free day and peak standing biomass derived from the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI); and (iii) to examine the usefulness of these maps for habitat mapping of herbaceous vegetation communities above the tree line. Imagery showed strong agreement with ground-based measurements of snow melt-out date, although R2 was higher for SPOT and Landsat time series (0.92) than for MODIS (0.79). Uncertainty surrounding estimates of first snow free day was lower in the case of MODIS, however (\u00b13 days as compared to \u00b19 days for SPOT and Landsat), emphasizing the importance of high temporal as well as high spatial resolution for capturing local differences in snow cover duration. The main floristic differences between plant communities were clearly visible in a two-dimensional habitat template defined by the first snow free day and NDVI at peak standing biomass, and these differences were accentuated when axes were derived from high spatial resolution imagery. 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