Abriès
Abriès is a former French commune located in the département of Hautes-Alpes, in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Having become in 2019 a delegated commune of the new entity of Abriès-Ristolas, it is part of the Queyras Regional Natural Park and is located at the gateway to the nature reserve of the upper Guil valley.
Translated from the French Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), machine translation.
Seven criteria rated from 1 to 5 stars, in half-stars, from this page's sourced data. A rating is a rank among the 322 French resorts we cover — 5 stars means “among the best in France on this point”, not “perfect”. Nobody types these in.
- SnowCan you count on the snow?3 / 5
Top of the ski area: 2,382 m · Bottom of the pistes: 1,550 m · Days above 30 cm per winter, measured: 77 days · Days above 30 cm, December to March, model: 81%
- Ski areaIs there enough to ski all week?2.5 / 5
Km of pistes at the resort: 28 km · Km of pistes across the linked area: 28 km · Lifts: 8 · Balance between piste levels: 74%
- ValueIs the lift pass reasonable for what you get?n/a
Not rated: “adult day pass” is missing from this page.
- Families and beginnersIs it right for children and beginners?2 / 5
Share of green and blue pistes: 26% · Magic carpets: 1 · Sledging runs: 1 · ESF ski school · Ice rink, pool, rail sledge…: 0
- AccessIs it easy to get to?1.5 / 5
Average drive time from 20 major cities: 5 hr 56 · Nearest railway station: 39 min · Station-to-resort shuttles per day: 0 · Nearest airport: 3 hr 02
- Atmosphere and après-skiIs there life in the evening and off the slopes?2 / 5
Bars and pubs: 0 · Nightclubs: 0 · Restaurants: 5 · Upcoming events: 1 · Collective tourist beds: 430 — index: what the map and the listings publish
- Luxury and comfortHow upmarket is the resort?1 / 5
5-star hotels: 0 · 4-star hotels: 0 · Share of hotel rooms in 4 and 5 stars: 0% · Spas and saunas: 0 · Jewellers, watchmakers, fashion boutiques: 0 — index: what the map and the listings publish
“Atmosphere” and “Luxury” are indexes: they count what OpenStreetMap and the event listings publish within 2.5 km (bars, nightclubs, rated hotels, spas, upcoming events), not what you experience there. A zero means “nothing mapped”, not “nothing there”. Sources per criterion: snow (altitudes (OpenStreetMap, Wikidata), snow depth observed at the Météo-France station, ERA5-Land model) ; ski area (OpenStreetMap pistes and lifts, linked area (Wikidata)) ; value (the resort’s official price list) ; families and beginners (OpenStreetMap pistes, price list, ESF ski school, Famille Plus label, OpenStreetMap leisure) ; access (OSRM drive times from 20 cities, SNCF stations, GTFS shuttles, airports) ; atmosphere and après-ski (bars, nightclubs and restaurants within 2.5 km (OpenStreetMap), upcoming events (OpenAgenda), collective tourist beds (INSEE)) ; luxury and comfort (rated hotels within 2.5 km (OpenStreetMap) and by category across the commune (INSEE), spas and boutiques (OpenStreetMap), day pass price).
Open pistes and lifts will appear here during the season, as published by the resort. Out of season we show nothing rather than a misleading zero.
Right now at the RISTOLAS station (1,670 m)
Avalanche danger
7-day forecast
Village 1,513 m · top 2,382 m
Forecast corrected for altitude; fresh snow = forecast total at the top; UV = peak of the day. Beyond 3 days, check the resort’s own report. Source:Open-Meteo.
Average snow depth by month
Good snow from February to March.
☀️ Average daily sunshine : Nov 6.9 h · Dec 7.1 h · Jan 7.4 h · Feb 8.1 h · Mar 9 h · Apr 10.1 h — 25 bright days in April (Open-Meteo estimate, 2015-2025).
- November—no record
- December38 cmVariable · 75%
- January54 cmVariable · 72%
- February69 cmGood skiing · 93%
- March81 cmGood skiing · 84%
- April—no record
- May—no record
30 cm on the ground: the benchmark for groomed-piste skiing. Bar = monthly average depth; percentage = share of time above 30 cm.
- Good skiing: 30 cm on more than 8 days in 10
- Variable: 30 cm on 5 to 8 days in 10
- Insufficient: 30 cm less than one day in two
Snow actually measured, winter by winter
56 complete winters measured, from 1969-1970 to 2025-2026 — on average 77 days a winter with at least 30 cm on the ground.
- 1-15 Dec19 cmInsufficient · 23 %
- 16-31 Dec31 cmInsufficient · 47 %
- 1-15 Jan42 cmVariable · 65 %
- 16-31 Jan52 cmVariable · 73 %
- 1-15 Feb58 cmVariable · 79 %
- 16-29 Feb60 cmGood skiing · 80 %
- 1-15 Mar56 cmVariable · 72 %
- 16-31 Mar38 cmInsufficient · 48 %
- 1-15 Apr22 cmInsufficient · 27 %
- Best winter of the series
- 1976-1977 — 136 days at 30 cm or more
- Worst winter of the series
- 2006-2007 — 0 day at 30 cm or more
How much snow actually falls — 276 cm a winter on average, spread over 33 days of snowfall. Measured over 54 complete winters, from 1970-1971 to 2023-2024.
- Biggest 24-hour snowfall
- 83 cm — 1992-1993
- Snowiest winter
- 1977-1978 — 617 cm
- Leanest winter
- 2004-2005 — 109 cm
The ski area
Compare with another resort →31 pistes, by level — 28 km
- Skiable vertical
- 832 m (1,550 m → 2,382 m)
- Lifts
- 1 chairlift, 6 drag lifts, 1 magic carpet
- Cross-country skiing
- 9 named trails — 32 km of marked loops (17 km of distinct track: the loops overlap), right by the resortOpenStreetMap, lengths measured on the geometry, surveyed on 12 September 2026. A trail with no difficulty tag is shown as "n/a" — never guessed.
See the trails(9)
Trail Level Length Marassan intermediate 7.7 km Jassaygue difficult 7.2 km Le Plan d'eau easy 5.5 km Le Bois des Oiseaux very easy 4.1 km Viso n/a 2.6 km Tanchet intermediate 1.3 km La Chaillole very easy 1.3 km Les Adrets intermediate 1.2 km Chabataron n/a 1.2 km - Without skis
- 3 km of snowshoe and walking trails · 1 sledging run
- Piste aspect
- N 23% · E 4% · S 8% · W 65% (descent direction of 33 OSM pistes, terrain model)
Pistes and lifts surveyed on OpenStreetMap within 4 km of the resort — for a resort in a linked area, the figure may include neighbouring pistes.
Lift passes detail →
The price list for this resort is being collected: most resorts publish winter prices between September and November.
The ski area in figures
Measured on 9 September 2026Measured on OpenStreetMap (altitudes: IGN RGE ALTI), not taken from the brochure. The vertical above is that of one piste, not of the whole ski area. Population: INSEE municipal population via geo.api.gouv.fr.
Source: national register of mechanical lifts (STRMTG, CAIRN), fleet as of 1 January 2025 — lifts attributed to Abriès only (“ABRIES”), magic carpets included.
Staying and hiring gear in Abriès
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Stay & accommodation
Live webcams
All webcams (2) →Abriès broadcasts its images on its own page: the link takes you there. Checked on 12 September 2026.
Piste map
Open on OpenSnowMap ↗Pistes coloured by level, lifts as lines. The resort’s official map is the reference in season.
Base map © OpenTopoMap (CC-BY-SA) · pistes © OpenSnowMap (CC-BY-SA) · data ©OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
Getting to Abriès
From Paris: 8 hr 53 (738 km) by road.
By road
- From Grenoble: 3 hr 11 · 181 km · via Mont-Dauphin - Guillestre station
- From Chambéry: 3 hr 21 · 226 km · via Mont-Dauphin - Guillestre station
- From Marseille: 3 hr 32 · 264 km
- From Annecy: 3 hr 50 · 273 km · via Mont-Dauphin - Guillestre station
- From Valence: 4 hr 18 · 251 km · avoids Col d’Izoard, closed in winter
From other major cities (14)
- From Genève: 4 hr 20 · 311 km · via Mont-Dauphin - Guillestre station
- From Lyon: 4 hr 23 · 283 km · via Mont-Dauphin - Guillestre station
- From Saint-Étienne: 4 hr 49 · 317 km
- From Montpellier: 4 hr 51 · 387 km
- From Dijon: 6 hr 08 · 469 km
- From Clermont-Ferrand: 6 hr 09 · 436 km
- From Perpignan: 6 hr 12 · 535 km
- From Besançon: 6 hr 27 · 498 km
- From Toulouse: 7 hr 08 · 621 km
- From Nancy: 8 hr 15 · 680 km
- From Strasbourg: 8 hr 27 · 685 km
- From Paris: 8 hr 53 · 738 km
- From Pau: 9 hr 03 · 811 km
- From Bordeaux: 9 hr 32 · 863 km
Excluding traffic and winter conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.
By train
Mont-Dauphin - Guillestre station
halt · then 39 min drive (36 km)
Nearest main station: Grenoble, 3 hr 18 by road.
No direct bus line from the station to the resort appears in the open-data timetables (checked on 13 September 2026): ask the resort about a private shuttle or a taxi.
Shuttles and buses from the station: see the resort’s official website.
By plane
- Cuneo (CUF): 3 hr 12 by road · 176 km
- Turin-Caselle (TRN): 3 hr 02 by road · 187 km
Take me there
These links open the app with Abriès as the destination. Your starting point is never sent by us — the app asks you for it, if you agree.
Charging an electric car
No freely accessible charge point is declared within 2 km of the resort (checked on 9 September 2026). Covered car parks in the resort may offer chargers reserved for their customers: those are not listed here.
Freely accessible charge points read from the French national EV charging database (data.gouv.fr ↗, operators’ own declarations), checked on 9 September 2026. Check availability before you leave: the database says what is installed, not what is free tonight.
Road conditions
From 1 November to 31 March, snow chains or winter tyres are compulsory in most mountain areas (French “Loi Montagne II”).
Driving times computed on the OpenStreetMap road network (OSRM), SNCF stations (open data), airports (Wikidata). Indicative, not a timetable: allow extra time in snow.
Off-piste & ski touring
The resorts for off-piste skiing →Named itineraries: La Roumane
Itineraries surveyed on OpenStreetMap within a 4 km radius (7 September 2026): “marked” means an itinerary exists on the map, not that it is open or safe on the day.
Ski touring routes described
Resorts for ski touring →12 ski touring routes documented within 10 km of Abriès — up to 1,640 m of climb.
| Summit and route | Ski grade | Climb | Altitude | Aspect | From resort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Col de la Lauze (Aiguilles en Queyras) · Versant N - depuis Abriès | 2.2 · E1 · PD | 1,100 m | 1,521 → 2,615 m | N | 1.6 km |
| Sommet de la Querlaye · Versant NNW - Forêt de Marassan | 3.1 · E1 · PD- | 1,350 m | 1,521 → 2,868 m | N | 2.1 km |
| Sommet de la Querlaye · Querlaye >> crête de la Lauze >> la Lauze - depuis Abriès | n/a · PD | 1,316 m | 1,550 → 2,866 m | n/a | 2.1 km |
| Gilly · versant N par le Colette du Gilly | 2.2 · E1 · PD | 1,200 m | 1,656 → 2,467 m | N | 2.4 km |
| Collette de Gilly · Traversée S-N, montée par la forêt. | 2.1 · E1 · PD- | 850 m | 1,550 → 2,400 m | n/a | 2.6 km |
| La Lauzière · Versant N | 2.2 · E1 · PD- | 900 m | 1,650 → 2,576 m | N | 2.9 km |
| Mait d'Amunt · Face NW en traversée par le sommet de la Lauzière | 3.3 · E1 · AD | 900 m | 1,540 → 2,804 m | N | 2.9 km |
| Col de la Lauze (Aiguilles en Queyras) · traversée Abriès - Aiguilles | n/a | 1,010 m | 1,490 → 2,551 m | N · NW · W · SW | 3.1 km |
| Mait d'Amunt · traversée Abriès > le Roux par le Col d'Urine | 2.2 · E1 · PD- | 600 m | 1,735 → 2,804 m | S | 3.2 km |
| La Lauzière · Par la crête de Gilly | 2.3 · E1 · PD+ | 1,100 m | 1,550 → 2,637 m | SW | 3.4 km |
| Grand Glaiza · versant S | 3.3 | 1,640 m | 1,800 → 3,293 m | S | 3.5 km |
| L'Eypiol · Versant NW | 2.2 · E1 · PD- | 815 m | 1,735 → 2,550 m | NW | 3.6 km |
Source: Camptocamp.org topo guide (CC BY-SA), routes starting within 10 km, read on 13 September 2026. Descriptions and photos are on Camptocamp; an empty cell is a field nobody has filled in. Camptocamp ski touring routes ↗
Beyond skiing at Abriès
Dog sledding
- Azak Mushing · Abriès-Ristolas · 1.5 km away
Museum
- Carré bleu Queyras · Abriès-Ristolas · 0.1 km away
- Musée de la Barma · Abriès-Ristolas · 3.2 km away
- L'Armoire aux 8 Serrures · Château-Ville-Vieille · 9.2 km away
Source: DATAtourisme (open data), within 10 km of the resort; places in a large town of the valley are left out. Checked on 12 September 2026. Opening times and prices are the operator’s — check before you go.
Practical information
Collective accommodation
430 bed spaces in tourist residences, holiday villages and hostels
- 2 hotels · 18 rooms (2 × 2★)
- 1 holiday village or family centre · 140 bed spaces
- 1 tourist residence or apartment hotel · 290 bed spaces
- 2 campsites · 111 pitches
Commune: Abriès-Ristolas · INSEE tourist accommodation survey, 2026, read on 12 September 2026. Collective accommodation only — privately let flats and second homes are not counted. INSEE dataset ↗
Tourist office
Office de tourisme
Ski school
ESF Abries (haut Guil)
14 instructors
🇬🇧 4 English-speaking instructors — lessons in English available
🗓️ This school sells its lessons online — book ↗
Source: esf.net
In case of accident
112 — the European emergency number, free of charge, triggers mountain rescue. On the pistes, the ski patrol number is printed on the piste map and at lift ticket offices. Piste rescue is charged: check your insurance or take the option sold with the lift pass.
What's on around Abriès
All events →-
19 September 2026 – 20 September 2026
Visite du lieu de mémoire de l'ancien canal de Rouchas-Frach
L'ancien canal de Rouchas-Frach · Molines-en-Queyras
Le canal de Rouchas-Frach a irrigué les prairies de Fontgillarde et du Coin pendant plus de sept siècles.
Source: OpenAgenda, agenda “Hautes-Alpes” · View on OpenAgenda ↗
Also near: Saint-Véran (2.9 km), Molines-en-Queyras (3.6 km)
Events published on OpenAgenda by the agendas named above, kept when they take place within 10 km of the resort. We organise nothing: times, prices and cancellations are the organiser's.
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Frequently asked questions
How high is Abriès?
Abriès sits at 1,513 m at village level, and its ski area rises to 2,382 m.
How many kilometres of pistes does Abriès have?
Abriès has 28 km of pistes served by 8 lifts (OpenStreetMap survey).
What is the longest piste in Abriès?
The longest piste is Valpreveyre: 5 km (red run), for 696 m of vertical. Measured on the OpenStreetMap map, segments of the same name and level joined end to end, altitudes from the IGN RGE ALTI terrain model — a resort sometimes advertises a longer run by chaining several pistes.
How high do the lifts go in Abriès?
The highest lift, Ruibon (platter lift), tops out at 2,410 m. Source: STRMTG, French national register of mechanical lifts (CAIRN database), file dated 1 January 2025.
How many lifts does Abriès have, and what is their capacity?
The French national register of mechanical lifts records 7 installations at Abriès (1 chairlift, 6 drag lifts), for an authorised capacity of 5,500 people per hour, of which 1,600 for Gilly alone. The fleet spans 1971 to 2023, an average age of 32 years. This count covers the resort itself, magic carpets included, not the whole linked ski area — a resort brochure often announces a different number. Source: STRMTG, French national register of mechanical lifts (CAIRN database), file dated 1 January 2025.
How do I get to Abriès?
By road, Abriès is 3 hr 11 from Grenoble (181 km), excluding traffic and winter conditions. By train, the nearest station is Mont-Dauphin - Guillestre, 39 min by road from the resort. No direct bus line from the station to the resort appears in the open-data timetables. The nearest airport is Cuneo, 3 hr 12 away.
How long is the drive from Paris to Abriès?
8 hr 53 for 738 km from central Paris, excluding traffic and winter conditions. Computed on the real road network (OpenStreetMap): allow more on a school-holiday Saturday.
Is the snow reliable in Abriès?
Yes: good snow through most of the winter according to twenty winters of Météo-France measurements; in season the daily report prevails.
Is Abriès good for beginners and families?
26% of the pistes are green or blue: a rather technical area.
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