Barioz
1,360 mVillage altitude
1,684 mTop of the ski area
2 kmAlpine pistes
3Ski lifts
Not published by any source: adult day pass.
The Barioz resort is a winter sports resort in France located in Isère, in the chaîne de Belledonne, above the col du Barioz.
Webcams near Barioz
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Snow, opening and weather
Snow report →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 PIPAY_SAPC station (1,578 m)
Source: Météo-France, PIPAY_SAPC weather station, 8 km away. Hourly measurement — not the resort’s own snow report.
Avalanche danger
Good snow from mid-January to mid-March. 91 days a winter at 30 cm or more on average, measured over 16 winters at the Météo-France “COL DE PORTE-NIVOSE” station. Fortnight by fortnight, over 16 measured winters →
3-day forecast
Village 1,360 m · top 1,684 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.
Seven criteria rated from 1 to 5 stars, in half-stars, from this page's sourced data. A rating is a rank among the 315 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?2.5 / 5
Top of the ski area: 1,684 m · Bottom of the pistes: 1,363 m · Days above 30 cm per winter, measured: 91 days · Days above 30 cm, December to March, model: 82%
- Ski areaIs there enough to ski all week?2 / 5
Km of pistes at the resort: 2 km · Lifts: 3 · Balance between piste levels: 100%
- ValueIs the lift pass reasonable for what you get?n/a
Not rated: no official price list could be found.
- Families and beginnersIs it right for children and beginners?1 / 5
Share of green and blue pistes: 50% · Magic carpets: 0 · Sledging runs: 0 · Ice rink, pool, rail sledge…: 0
- AccessIs it easy to get to?4 / 5
Average drive time from 20 major cities: 4 hr 05 · Nearest railway station: 20 min · Station-to-resort shuttles per day: 0 · Nearest airport: 58 min
- Atmosphere and après-skiIs there life in the evening and off the slopes?1 / 5
Bars and pubs: 0 · Nightclubs: 0 · Restaurants: 0 · Upcoming events: 0 · Collective tourist beds: 0 — 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 · 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 declared by the resort (ANMSM, official website), STRMTG register, OpenStreetMap; snow depth observed at the Météo-France station, ERA5-Land model) ; ski area (figures declared by the resort (ANMSM, official website), national lift register (STRMTG), OpenStreetMap) ; 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).
4 pistes, by level
1 green1 blue1 red1 black
- Skiable vertical
- 321 m
- Cross-country skiing
- 13 named trails — 49 km of marked loops (22 km of distinct track: the loops overlap) · Espace nordique du Barioz area, right by the resort
Ski-area figures — bottom, km of pistes, pistes by level: OpenStreetMap (1 Oct); top, lifts: STRMTG — French national lift register (1 Jan) .
The ski area in figures
Measured on 7 October 20261 kmLongest piste — Les Rhodos (red), 264 m of vertical
264 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 1,693 → 1,429 m, 1 km
1,684 mHighest lift top — Grand Plan (platter lift), national lift register
1,174Total lift capacity, people per hour — 3 installations: 3 drag lifts
38 yrsAverage age of the lift fleet — oldest 1981, newest 1997
514Biggest lift, people per hour — Grand Plan (platter lift, 1981)
1 kmTotal length of lifts — 3 lifts mapped
278 haSki area boundary (OSM)
3,470Inhabitants — Crêts en Belledonne (INSEE 38439)
Measured 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 Barioz only (“COL DU BARIOZ”), magic carpets included.
Staying and hiring gear in Barioz
The partners covering this resort, shown side by side, and the shop to kit out before you leave. Some links earn us a commission — never at the expense of the price or of the data.
Stay & accommodation
Holidu
Holiday-rental comparison site.
Gear & equipment
Absolute Snow
UK ski and snowboard shop — delivers to UK addresses only.
Hardloop
Mountain gear shop: ski touring, avalanche safety, winter clothing.
Beyond skiing at Barioz
Without skis on — 1 km of snowshoe and walking trails
Swimming pool
- Piscine Allevard · Allevard · 8.2 km away
Spa and thermal baths
- Espace bien-être Ana Beauté · Allevard · 6.7 km away
- Thermes d'Allevard-les-Bains · Allevard · 6.8 km away
Paragliding
- Parapente Pégase et particule · Allevard · 6 km away
- Sacha Parapente Biplace · Allevard · 8 km away
Museum
- Musée Forges et Moulins de Pinsot · Le Haut-Bréda · 4.6 km away
- La Galerie, Musée d'Allevard-les-Bains · Allevard · 6.7 km away
Cinema
- Cinéma Bel'Donne · Allevard · 7.1 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.
Ski schools and practical information
Tourist office
Maison de la Nature
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.
Off the pistes: off-piste and ski touring
The resorts for off-piste skiing →Ski touring routes described
12 ski touring routes documented within 10 km of Barioz — up to 1,565 m of climb.
| Summit and route | Ski grade | Climb | Altitude | Aspect | From resort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Rocher · Versant NW | 1.2 · E1 · F | 510 m | 1,430 → 1,926 m | W | 1.3 km |
| Crêt Luisard · Versant E | 2.2 · E1 · PD | 920 m | 895 → 1,803 m | E | 2.3 km |
| Grand Rocher · versant E - depuis le Haut Bréda | 2.3 · E1 · PD+ | 1,050 m | 963 → 1,926 m | E | 3.3 km |
| Grand Rocher · Versant NW par le Léatel | 2.3 · E1 · F | 960 m | 900 → 1,860 m | NW | 3.9 km |
The other 8 routes, with grades and vertical →
Not a piste. Neither marked, nor patrolled, nor secured: transceiver, shovel, probe, the day’s avalanche bulletin and, better still, a guide. Ski grade (1.1–5.6) = steepness and commitment; exposure (E1–E4) = consequence of a fall.
Source: Camptocamp.org topo guide (CC BY-SA), routes starting within 10 km, read on 13 October 2026. Descriptions and photos are on Camptocamp; an empty cell is a field nobody has filled in. Camptocamp ski touring routes ↗
Piste map
Open on OpenSnowMap ↗Official piste map
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 Barioz
From Paris: 6 hr 34 (619 km) by road.
By road
- From Grenoble: 42 min · 41 km
- From Chambéry: 47 min · 51 km
- From Annecy: 1 hr 16 · 98 km
- From Genève: 1 hr 45 · 135 km
- From Valence: 1 hr 45 · 134 km
From other major cities (15)
- From Lyon: 1 hr 57 · 149 km
- From Saint-Étienne: 2 hr 31 · 198 km
- From Dijon: 3 hr 49 · 350 km
- From Clermont-Ferrand: 3 hr 50 · 315 km
- From Montpellier: 3 hr 52 · 338 km
- From Marseille: 3 hr 57 · 347 km
- From Besançon: 4 hr 05 · 308 km
- From Perpignan: 5 hr 14 · 486 km
- From Nice: 5 hr 35 · 505 km
- From Nancy: 5 hr 56 · 561 km
- From Strasbourg: 6 hr 00 · 525 km
- From Toulouse: 6 hr 10 · 572 km
- From Paris: 6 hr 34 · 619 km
- From Bordeaux: 7 hr 48 · 704 km
- From Pau: 8 hr 04 · 762 km
Excluding traffic and winter conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.
By train
Goncelin station
regional station · then 20 min drive (17 km)
Nearest main station: Grenoble, 44 min by road.
No direct bus line from the station to the resort appears in the open-data timetables (checked on 11 October 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
- Chambéry-Savoie (CMF): 58 min by road · 58 km
- Grenoble-Alpes-Isère (GNB): 1 hr 15 by road · 87 km
Take me there
These links open the app with Barioz 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 October 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 October 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.
Translated from the French Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), machine translation.
Frequently asked questions
How high is Barioz?
Barioz sits at 1,360 m at village level, and its ski area rises to 1,684 m.
How many kilometres of pistes does Barioz have?
Barioz has 2 km of slopes, 3 lifts.
What is the longest piste in Barioz?
The longest piste is Les Rhodos: 1 km (red run), for 264 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 Barioz?
The highest lift, Grand Plan (platter lift), tops out at 1,684 m. Source: STRMTG, French national register of mechanical lifts (CAIRN database), file dated 1 January 2025.
How many lifts does Barioz have, and what is their capacity?
The French national register of mechanical lifts records 3 installations at Barioz (3 drag lifts), for an authorised capacity of 1,174 people per hour, of which 514 for Grand Plan alone. The fleet spans 1981 to 1997, an average age of 38 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 Barioz?
By road, Barioz is 42 min from Grenoble (41 km), excluding traffic and winter conditions. By train, the nearest station is Goncelin, 20 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 Chambéry-Savoie, 58 min away.
How long is the drive from Paris to Barioz?
6 hr 34 for 619 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 Barioz?
Good snow from mid-January to mid-March. 91 days a winter at 30 cm or more on average, measured over 16 winters at the Météo-France “COL DE PORTE-NIVOSE” station. This verdict rests on 16 winters of Météo-France measurements (2007-2026); in season the daily report prevails.
Is Barioz good for beginners and families?
50% of the pistes are green or blue: a rather technical area.
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