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Belle Plagne

Off season · opens 12 December 2026
Northern Alps Linked area La Plagne Updated on 21 September 2026
2,050 mSector altitude

Belle Plagne is a ski resort in the Northern Alps (Savoie), in the commune of La Plagne Tarentaise. The village sits at 2,050 m and the ski area rises to 2,587 m, a skiable vertical of 1,064 m.

Officially classified tourist resort (France) Full page in French →
Belle Plagne — view of the resort
Photo: Wikimedia Commons

A sector of La Plagne

The La Plagne resort page →

Belle Plagne is one of the ski villages of La Plagne, and shares its ski area (109 lifts). The area, the lift passes, the piste map, the off-piste routes and the SkiRadar ratings are described once, on the La Plagne page — this page keeps what belongs to Belle Plagne: its own altitude, its webcams, where to stay in the village, how to get there and its ski school.

Live webcams

All webcams (24) →
Roche de Mio Open at the operator ↗
Grande RochetteWebcam-HD
BecoinWebcam-HD
ColoradoWebcam-HD

Each player is the camera operator’s own, loaded only when you ask for it — it may set its own trackers.

Official players of the resort, live image. 20 more cameras on the webcam page. Checked on 16 October 2026.

Snow, opening and weather

Snow report →

The domain is due to open on 12 December 2026 and close on 24 April 2027. Open pistes and lifts will appear here as soon as the resort publishes its daily report.

Right now at the LA PLAGNE_SAPC station (2,120 m)

Source: Météo-France, LA PLAGNE_SAPC weather station, 2.7 km away. Hourly measurement — not the resort’s own snow report.

Good snow from early December to mid-April: a long, reliable season. 134 days a winter at 30 cm or more on average, measured over 15 winters at the Météo-France “GRANDE PAREI-NIVOSE” station. Fortnight by fortnight, over 15 measured winters →

3-day forecast

Village 2,050 m · top 2,587 m

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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.

7-day forecast →

Staying and hiring gear in Belle Plagne

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.

Collective accommodation

11,577 bed spaces in tourist residences, holiday villages and hostels

  • 8 hotels · 386 rooms (1 × 4★, 4 × 3★)
  • 4 holiday villages and family centres · 1,977 bed spaces
  • 24 tourist residences and apartment hotels · 8,898 bed spaces
  • 2 youth hostels and sports centres · 702 bed spaces
  • 2 campsites · 74 pitches

Commune: La Plagne Tarentaise · INSEE tourist accommodation survey, 2026, read on 12 September 2026. Collective accommodation only — privately let flats and second homes are not counted. INSEE dataset ↗

Stay & accommodation

Neilson
UK tour operator (ATOL 10794): Neilson chalets and hotels in the resort, flying from UK airports on Sundays.
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Vacances Bleues
Club hotels and holiday villages, often full board.
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Holidu
Holiday-rental comparison site.
See offers

Ski hire

Skiset UK
Skiset’s UK site: ski hire in the resort shops, booked in English, paid in pounds.
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Gear & equipment

Absolute Snow
UK ski and snowboard shop — delivers to UK addresses only.
Snowboard department · New-season skis
Browse the shop
Hardloop
Mountain gear shop: ski touring, avalanche safety, winter clothing.
Ski touring · Avalanche safety
Browse the shop
Picture
Ski and snowboard jackets, pants and accessories — a French brand.
Hiking & touring
Browse the shop

All about staying in Belle Plagne →

Beyond skiing at Belle Plagne

Without skis on — 0 km of snowshoe and walking trails · 1 sledging run

Ice rink

Swimming pool

  • Piscine municipale · Champagny-en-Vanoise · 6.2 km away
  • LA PISCINE · Bourg-Saint-Maurice · 9.1 km away
  • Les Bains de Belle Plagne · OpenStreetMap

Spa and thermal baths

Dog sledding

Paragliding

Museum

Cinema

Bowling

  • Bowling de Belle Plagne · OpenStreetMap
  • Bowling le Holidays · 2.4 km away · OpenStreetMap

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. Lines marked OpenStreetMap come from the map, within 3 km — opening times on site. Opening times and prices are the operator’s — check before you go.

Ski schools and practical information

Ski school

ESF Belle Plagne

📞 04 79 09 06 68

🌐 esf-belleplagne.com

100 instructors

🇬🇧 86 English-speaking instructors — lessons in English available

🗓️ This school sells its lessons online — book ↗

Source: esf.net

All about the ski school in Belle Plagne →

Resort contacts and documents

Resort app
Android (declared by the resort, ANMSM)

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.

Resort data: declared by Office de Tourisme de la Grande Plagne and distributed by ANMSM · read on 16 October

Getting to Belle Plagne

From Paris: 7 hr 23 (681 km) by road.

By road

  • From Chambéry: 1 hr 35 · 113 km
  • From Annecy: 1 hr 51 · 106 km
  • From Grenoble: 1 hr 52 · 142 km
  • From Genève: 2 hr 33 · 152 km
  • From Lyon: 2 hr 46 · 211 km
From other major cities (15)
  • From Valence: 2 hr 55 · 235 km
  • From Saint-Étienne: 3 hr 19 · 260 km
  • From Dijon: 4 hr 38 · 412 km
  • From Clermont-Ferrand: 4 hr 39 · 377 km
  • From Besançon: 4 hr 52 · 325 km
  • From Montpellier: 5 hr 02 · 439 km
  • From Marseille: 5 hr 07 · 448 km
  • From Perpignan: 6 hr 24 · 587 km
  • From Nice: 6 hr 29 · 526 km
  • From Nancy: 6 hr 45 · 623 km
  • From Strasbourg: 6 hr 47 · 542 km
  • From Toulouse: 7 hr 20 · 673 km
  • From Paris: 7 hr 23 · 681 km
  • From Bordeaux: 8 hr 37 · 766 km
  • From Pau: 9 hr 14 · 863 km

Excluding traffic and winter conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.

By train

Aime - La Plagne station

regional station · then 24 min drive (21 km)

Nearest main station: Chambéry - Challes-les-Eaux, 1 hr 34 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): 1 hr 47 by road · 120 km
  • Grenoble-Alpes-Isère (GNB): 2 hr 25 by road · 188 km

Take me there

These links open the app with Belle Plagne 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.

Nearby resorts

Aime 2000 3 kmLa Plagne Montalbert 3 kmPeisey-Vallandry 6 kmMontchavin 6 kmChampagny-en-Vanoise 6 kmLes Arcs 10 km
Full page in French. The French page carries the editorial guides and a few extra readings; every figure, webcam and price on this page is the same one. Belle Plagne in French →

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