Aussois
Aussois is a commune in the Vanoise Massif, in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. The village is on the border of France's first National Park, the Vanoise National Park. Although not as well known as other resorts right on the other side of the mountain like Val Thorens, it is popular with the French as ski resort in winter and as mountain destination in summer. At 8 km (5.0 mi) from Modane, it is ideally located in the Maurienne region with good transport links in and out of Lyon, Geneva, Grenoble and Chambéry. Aussois can also be reached from Turin via the Fréjus Road Tunnel, linking Bardonecchia in Italy and Modane. Nearby Gare de Modane is a large railway station with a high-speed service (TGV) Paris - Chambéry - Turin - Milan. The resort offers 55 km (34 mi) of slopes, 21 slopes.
Introduction from the English Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).
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 / 5
Top of the ski area: 2,100 m · Bottom of the pistes: 1,500 m · Days above 30 cm per winter, measured: 94 days · Days above 30 cm, December to March, model: 99%
- Ski areaIs there enough to ski all week?3 / 5
Km of pistes at the resort: 43 km · Km of pistes across the linked area: 43 km · Lifts: 14 · Balance between piste levels: 87%
- 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?3.5 / 5
Share of green and blue pistes: 74% · Magic carpets: 0 · Sledging runs: 3 · ESF ski school · Ice rink, pool, rail sledge…: 1 · Famille Plus label
- AccessIs it easy to get to?3.5 / 5
Average drive time from 20 major cities: 4 hr 42 · Nearest railway station: 10 min · Station-to-resort shuttles per day: 1 · Nearest airport: 1 hr 32
- Atmosphere and après-skiIs there life in the evening and off the slopes?3.5 / 5
Bars and pubs: 6 · Nightclubs: 0 · Restaurants: 12 · Upcoming events: 5 · Collective tourist beds: 1,955 — 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 LA NORMA_SAPC station (1,985 m)
Avalanche danger
7-day forecast
Village 1,120 m · top 2,100 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 December to May: a long, reliable season.
☀️ Average daily sunshine : Nov 6.6 h · Dec 6.3 h · Jan 6.7 h · Feb 7.9 h · Mar 9 h · Apr 10.3 h — 26 bright days in April (Open-Meteo estimate, 2015-2025).
- November37 cmVariable · 54%
- December95 cmGood skiing · 97%
- January132 cmGood skiing · 100%
- February150 cmGood skiing · 100%
- March169 cmGood skiing · 100%
- April157 cmGood skiing · 100%
- May114 cmGood skiing · 94%
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
65 complete winters measured, from 1959-1960 to 2023-2024 — on average 94 days a winter with at least 30 cm on the ground.
- 1-15 Dec22 cmInsufficient · 30 %
- 16-31 Dec35 cmVariable · 50 %
- 1-15 Jan48 cmVariable · 69 %
- 16-31 Jan60 cmGood skiing · 82 %
- 1-15 Feb70 cmGood skiing · 92 %
- 16-29 Feb74 cmGood skiing · 95 %
- 1-15 Mar69 cmGood skiing · 93 %
- 16-31 Mar54 cmVariable · 73 %
- 1-15 Apr30 cmInsufficient · 44 %
- Best winter of the series
- 1965-1966 — 136 days at 30 cm or more
- Worst winter of the series
- 1963-1964 — 0 day at 30 cm or more
How much snow actually falls — 372 cm a winter on average, spread over 39 days of snowfall. Measured over 68 complete winters, from 1950-1951 to 2023-2024.
- Biggest 24-hour snowfall
- 100 cm — 1970-1971
- Snowiest winter
- 1998-1999 — 650 cm
- Leanest winter
- 1963-1964 — 89 cm
The ski area
Compare with another resort →86 pistes, by level — 43 km
- Skiable vertical
- 600 m (1,500 m → 2,100 m)
- Lifts
- 3 chairlifts, 9 drag lifts
- Cross-country skiing
- 5 named trails — 36 km of marked loops (18 km of distinct track: the loops overlap) · Domaine nordique du Monolithe area, 800 m from 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(5)
Trail Level Length Plan bois · Domaine nordique du Monolithe intermediate 25 km Les Biches · Domaine nordique du Monolithe easy 6.9 km La tretête · Domaine nordique du Monolithe n/a 1.8 km Les Granges · Domaine nordique du Monolithe very easy 1.7 km La verte · Domaine nordique du Monolithe n/a 1.3 km - Snowpark
- Yes
- Without skis
- 11 km of snowshoe and walking trails · 3 sledging runs
- Piste aspect
- N 12% · E 14% · S 49% · W 25% (descent direction of 64 OSM pistes, terrain model)
- Mountain restaurants
- Restaurant du Refuge de Plan Sec (2318 m) · Le Montana (2180 m) · Le Panoramic (2165 m) · Le Grizzli (1795 m) · le refuge (1752 m) · Le Delta (1524 m) · Al Dente (1519 m)
- Tourist office
- Office de tourisme d'Aussois · 43 route des Barrages, 73500 · 0479203080 · [email protected] (declared by the resort, ANMSM)
- Piste map (PDF)
- aussois ge¦üne¦üral 2016e (declared by the resort, ANMSM)
- Famille Plus
- The resort’s family page (declared by the resort, ANMSM)
Resort data: declared by Office de tourisme d'Aussois and distributed by ANMSM · read on 18 September
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 Aussois only (“AUSSOIS”), magic carpets included.
Staying and hiring gear in Aussois
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Stay & accommodation
Live webcams
All webcams (8) →Official players of the resort, live image. Checked on 18 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 Aussois
From Paris: 7 hr 08 (679 km) by road.
By road
- From Chambéry: 1 hr 21 · 111 km
- From Grenoble: 1 hr 37 · 140 km
- From Annecy: 1 hr 50 · 158 km
- From Genève: 2 hr 20 · 195 km
- From Lyon: 2 hr 31 · 209 km
From other major cities (15)
- From Valence: 2 hr 41 · 233 km
- From Saint-Étienne: 3 hr 05 · 258 km
- From Dijon: 4 hr 23 · 410 km
- From Clermont-Ferrand: 4 hr 24 · 378 km
- From Besançon: 4 hr 39 · 368 km
- From Marseille: 4 hr 46 · 329 km
- From Nice: 4 hr 46 · 389 km
- From Montpellier: 4 hr 48 · 437 km
- From Perpignan: 6 hr 09 · 585 km
- From Nancy: 6 hr 30 · 621 km
- From Strasbourg: 6 hr 35 · 585 km
- From Toulouse: 7 hr 05 · 671 km
- From Paris: 7 hr 08 · 679 km
- From Bordeaux: 8 hr 22 · 764 km
- From Pau: 9 hr 00 · 861 km
Excluding traffic and winter conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.
By train
Modane station
regional station · then 10 min drive (9 km)
Nearest main station: Chambéry - Challes-les-Eaux, 1 hr 19 by road.
- From Modane station (stop “Gare Routiere”): line S52 — MODANE ↔ AUSSOIS (REGION - cars Région Savoie), 22 min to the “La Buidonniere” stop — 1 departure a day on weekdays · first 11:00, last 18:35 · timetable from 15 December 2026 to 15 April 2027 · official timetable ↗
Direct journeys read from the official timetable files published on transport.data.gouv.fr — no connections.
By plane
- Chambéry-Savoie (CMF): 1 hr 32 by road · 118 km
- Turin-Caselle (TRN): 1 hr 49 by road · 127 km
Take me there
These links open the app with Aussois 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 →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 Aussois — up to 1,840 m of climb.
| Summit and route | Ski grade | Climb | Altitude | Aspect | From resort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Source de la Fournette · Depuis plan de la Croix | 1.2 · E1 · F | 350 m | 1,600 → 1,920 m | n/a | 1.6 km |
| Col du Barbier · depuis la station de pompage EDF | n/a · PD | 970 m | 1,343 → 2,312 m | S | 2.3 km |
| Col des Hauts · Versant SW | 2.1 · E1 · PD | 1,450 m | 1,530 → 2,979 m | SW | 2.8 km |
| Pointe de Bellecôte · par le vallon de la fournache | 2.1 · E1 · PD+ | 660 m | 2,585 → 3,139 m | W | 2.9 km |
| Aiguille de Scolette - Antécime NW · Versant NW | 3.2 · E1 · PD+ | 1,689 m | 1,676 → 3,365 m | NW | 3.2 km |
| Col de la Masse · Traversée E >> SW | n/a · PD | 900 m | 2,000 → 2,923 m | SW | 3.2 km |
| Le Râteau d'Aussois · Versant NW, par le versant NE du Col de la Masse | 3.1 · E1 · PD+ | 800 m | 2,350 → 3,131 m | NE | 3.5 km |
| Col des Hauts · Traversée SW >> E | 3.1 · E2 · PD+ | 368 m | 1,300 → 2,968 m | n/a | 3.7 km |
| Pointe de Longe Côte · Arête NE | 3.2 · E2 · AD | 1,840 m | 1,260 → 3,104 m | N | 3.8 km |
| Pointe de Longe Côte · Versante NW | n/a · AD- | 1,427 m | 1,677 → 3,104 m | NW | 3.8 km |
| Col du Moine · Traversée Aussois >> Termignon | n/a · PD | 750 m | 2,700 → 3,328 m | E | 3.8 km |
| Dent Parrachée · Face E | 5.3 · E3 · TD+ | 1,200 m | 2,511 → 3,697 m | E | 3.9 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 Aussois
Toboggan runs
- Bob Park · Modane · 8.9 km away
Swimming pool
- Piscine intercommunale de Modane · Modane · 6.7 km away
Spa and thermal baths
- Ô'Soi - Espace Spa · Aussois · 0.3 km away
Paragliding
- Parapent'Oé - Vol biplace en parapente · Aussois · 0.2 km away
- Sites d'envol et d'atterissage de parapente à Aussois · Aussois · 0.8 km away
- Florian Gohet - Val Cenis Parapente · Val-Cenis · 6.5 km away
- By Air parapente · Val-Cenis · 8 km away
Museum
- L'Arche d'Oé - Musée agro-pastoral · Aussois · 0 km away
- Musée d'Archéologie · Val-Cenis · 6.2 km away
- Muséobar - Musée de la Frontière · Modane · 7.6 km away
Cinema
- Cinéma L'Embellie · Fourneaux · 8.3 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
1,955 bed spaces in tourist residences, holiday villages and hostels
- 2 hotels · 25 rooms
- 3 holiday villages and family centres · 827 bed spaces
- 1 tourist residence or apartment hotel · 1,128 bed spaces
- 1 campsite · 140 pitches
Commune: Aussois · 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
Maison d'Aussois
📍 43, 73500 Aussois
🌐 haute-maurienne-vanoise.com/ete/offres/office-de-tourisme-bureau-daussois-aussois-fr-ete-2305535
Ski school
ESF Aussois
57 instructors
🇬🇧 40 English-speaking instructors — lessons in English available
🗓️ This school sells its lessons online — book ↗
Source: esf.net
Days without skiing
- Alpine coaster · Luge sur rail
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 Aussois
All events →-
19 September 2026 · 14:00
Visite exceptionnelle de la grotte des Balmes
Musée d'Archéologie de Val Cenis Sollières · Val-Cenis
La grotte des Balmes d'où proviennent les vestiges exposés au Musée d'Archéologie est exceptionnellement ouverte à l'occasion des Journées Européennes du Patrimoine.
Source: OpenAgenda, agenda “Musée d'Archéologie et de Préhistoire de Val Cenis Sollières” · View on OpenAgenda ↗
Also near: Termignon (1.8 km), Val Cenis (7.8 km), Lanslevillard (9.5 km)
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19 September 2026 · 15:00
Chapelle Notre Dame de la Visitation
Termignon · Termignon
Fondée en 1536 au lieu-dit du Poivre, elle a servi au 17ème siècle de sanctuaire de répit. D'abord connue sous le vocable de l'Annonciation, elle a été dédiée à la Visitation au 19ème siècle
Source: OpenAgenda, agenda “Service Patrimoine de Val Cenis” · View on OpenAgenda ↗
Also near: Termignon (0.6 km), Val Cenis (6.6 km), Lanslevillard (8.2 km)
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20 September 2026 · 14:00
Eglise St Laurent Val Cenis Sardières
Sardières · Val-Cenis
Son emplacement singulier est tout à fait remarquable et depuis le petit vestibule vous pourrez admirer le décor baroque et de magnifiques motifs floraux peints au pochoir, uniques en Haute Maurienne.
Source: OpenAgenda, agenda “Service Patrimoine de Val Cenis” · View on OpenAgenda ↗
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20 September 2026 · 15:00
Eglise Notre Dame de l'Assomption Termignon.
termignon · Termignon
Ses nombreux retables sculptés par des artistes locaux en font une des églises les plus remarquables de Haute Maurienne Vanoise.
Source: OpenAgenda, agenda “Service Patrimoine de Val Cenis” · View on OpenAgenda ↗
Also near: Termignon (0.7 km), Val Cenis (6.7 km), Lanslevillard (8.2 km)
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20 September 2026 · 16:30
Eglise St Etienne Val Cenis Sollières
Sollières Endroit · Val-Cenis
Ne vous fiez pas aux apparences : une fois les portes de cette église franchies, l’exubérance baroque tranche avec la simplicité extérieure. Laissez-vous surprendre !
Source: OpenAgenda, agenda “Service Patrimoine de Val Cenis” · View on OpenAgenda ↗
Also near: Termignon (1.4 km), Val Cenis (7.6 km), Lanslevillard (9.2 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 Aussois?
Aussois sits at 1,120 m at village level, and its ski area rises to 2,100 m.
How many kilometres of pistes does Aussois have?
Aussois has 43 km of pistes served by 14 lifts (OpenStreetMap survey).
What is the longest piste in Aussois?
The longest piste is Route des Barrages: 3 km (green run), for 309 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 Aussois?
The highest lift, Fournache (chairlift), tops out at 2,670 m. Source: STRMTG, French national register of mechanical lifts (CAIRN database), file dated 1 January 2025.
How many lifts does Aussois have, and what is their capacity?
The French national register of mechanical lifts records 10 installations at Aussois (4 chairlifts, 5 drag lifts, 1 magic carpet), for an authorised capacity of 10,221 people per hour, of which 2,400 for Grand Jeu alone. The fleet spans 1971 to 2024, an average age of 25 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 Aussois?
By road, Aussois is 1 hr 21 from Chambéry (111 km), excluding traffic and winter conditions. By train, the nearest station is Modane, 10 min by road from the resort. From Modane station, line S52 — MODANE ↔ AUSSOIS (REGION - cars Région Savoie) reaches the “La Buidonniere” stop in 22 min, 1 departure a day on weekdays. The nearest airport is Chambéry-Savoie, 1 hr 32 away.
How long is the drive from Paris to Aussois?
7 hr 08 for 679 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 Aussois?
Yes: good snow through most of the winter according to ten winters of reanalysis (estimate); in season the daily report prevails.
Is Aussois good for beginners and families?
74% of the pistes are green or blue: a rather easy area. The resort holds the Famille Plus family label.
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