Choosing a ski resort
Each guide starts from what you are after — learning, skiing at Christmas, finding snow in April, climbing on skins — and picks resorts from their data: pistes by level, altitudes, twenty winters of snow records, mapped routes, distances. The number shown is how many resorts qualify today.
The top 5, category by category
Computed from the resort pages’ data, never hand-picked.
- #4VallorcineNorthern Alps
- #5ArgentièreNorthern Alps
By what you are after
Where to learn to ski? The resorts for beginners 53 resorts · Plenty of green pistes, a ski area two-thirds easy: where you learn without the stress. Where to ski at Christmas? The resorts you can count on in December 106 resorts · Twenty winters of records: the resorts where December has snow in more than 4 years out of 5. Where to ski in April? The resorts that hold on in spring 122 resorts · The resorts that keep 30 cm on the ground in April, to ski in the sun until closing day. High-altitude ski resorts: snow you can count on 57 resorts · Village above 1,500 m, ski area above 2,500 m: the most reliable snow of the season. Ski touring: the resorts with waymarked uphill routes 87 resorts · The resorts that waymark uphill routes for skinning. The ski resorts with a snowpark 139 resorts · The resorts with a snowpark, from the largest ski areas to the smallest. Cross-country skiing: the resorts and nordic areas 177 resorts · The nordic areas, ranked by kilometres of cross-country trails. Skiing without a car: the resorts you can reach by train 170 resorts · An SNCF railway station less than 30 minutes by road, with the rank of the station. The resorts with the Famille Plus label 66 resorts · The official list of resorts holding the Famille Plus label. The resorts that are fun without skiing too 151 resorts · Snowshoeing, sledging, cross-country, ice rink, pool, spa: the resorts richest beyond skiing.
Near you
All cities →By département
The département is how a mountain is placed in France, before its range. One page per département with at least three resorts; the figure is the number of published pages.
When to go
Rankings
Ski resorts open today in France 3 resorts · What is open today, according to the resorts’ own snow reports. Snow depths in French ski resorts today 6 resorts · Today’s snow depths, at the bottom and at the top of the pistes. Lift pass prices, resort by resort 97 resorts · The day and 6-day pass prices, read from the official price lists. Ski resorts for families and beginners 36 resorts · The resorts where three pistes out of four are green or blue. The largest ski areas in France 10 resorts · The ski areas of more than 100 km of pistes, one line per linked area. Ski resorts for off-piste and freeride 200 resorts · Marked off-piste routes, vertical, altitude: for freeriding. Cheap skiing: the cheapest lift passes in France 31 resorts · The resorts under €35 a day. Ski resorts with a lively après-ski: bars and nightclubs 315 resorts · Bars, nightclubs, restaurants and events: the resorts with an evening life, according to the map. The most upmarket ski resorts: 5-star hotels, spas and boutiques 315 resorts · 5-star hotels, spas and boutiques: the most upmarket resorts, according to the map and INSEE. Value for money: kilometres of pistes per euro 41 resorts · The kilometres of pistes you get for each euro of lift pass. The longest ski runs in France 173 resorts · The highest ski lifts in France 174 resorts · Live webcams in French ski resorts 288 resorts · French ski resort opening dates, winter 2026-2027 100 resorts · The calendar of announced opening dates, sorted by date, with the source of every date.