Bisanne 1500
Bisanne 1500 is a ski resort in the Northern Alps (Savoie), in the commune of Villard-sur-Doron. The village sits at 1,500 m and the ski area rises to 1,930 m, a skiable vertical of 424 m.
The area offers 56 km of alpine pistes, 75 marked pistes (18 green, 46 blue, 8 red, 3 black), 19 ski lifts. Green and blue runs dominate: terrain suited to beginners and families.
Bisanne 1500 belongs to the linked Espace Diamant area: one lift pass covers the neighbouring resorts.
Measured on the OpenStreetMap map: the longest piste runs 6 km (Sangliers) and the highest lift tops out at 2,039 m.
Access: 1 h 12 by road from Chambéry and 35 min from Albertville railway station.
6 official webcams show the pistes live (on the French page).
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: 1,930 m · Bottom of the pistes: 1,506 m · Days above 30 cm per winter, measured: 121 days · Days above 30 cm, December to March, model: 98%
- Ski areaIs there enough to ski all week?3.5 / 5
Km of pistes at the resort: 56 km · Km of pistes across the linked area: 129 km · Lifts: 19 · Balance between piste levels: 73%
- ValueIs the lift pass reasonable for what you get?3 / 5
Adult day pass: €52 · Day pass price per km of pistes: €0.4/km · Adult 6-day pass: €260 · Price read at a neighbouring resort of the same area
- Families and beginnersIs it right for children and beginners?3 / 5
Share of green and blue pistes: 85% · Magic carpets: 2 · Sledging runs: 1 · Special prices out of 4 (beginner, child, family, free age): 2 · Ice rink, pool, rail sledge…: 0
- AccessIs it easy to get to?3 / 5
Average drive time from 20 major cities: 4 hr 32 · Nearest railway station: 35 min · Station-to-resort shuttles per day: 0 · Nearest airport: 1 hr 23
- Atmosphere and après-skiIs there life in the evening and off the slopes?1.5 / 5
Bars and pubs: 0 · Nightclubs: 0 · Restaurants: 3 · Upcoming events: 0 · Collective tourist beds: 1,288 — 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 · Adult day pass: €52 — 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 COL-DES-SAISIES station (1,614 m)
Avalanche danger
7-day forecast
Village 1,500 m · top 1,930 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 March: a long, reliable season.
☀️ Average daily sunshine : Nov 6.3 h · Dec 5.5 h · Jan 5.8 h · Feb 7.1 h · Mar 8.2 h · Apr 10 h — 25 bright days in April (Open-Meteo estimate, 2015-2025).
- November—no record
- December69 cmGood skiing · 94%
- January92 cmGood skiing · 97%
- February106 cmGood skiing · 100%
- March118 cmGood skiing · 100%
- 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
19 complete winters measured, from 1996-1997 to 2025-2026 — on average 121 days a winter with at least 30 cm on the ground.
- 1-15 Dec43 cmVariable · 53 %
- 16-31 Dec59 cmVariable · 78 %
- 1-15 Jan76 cmGood skiing · 89 %
- 16-31 Jan100 cmGood skiing · 100 %
- 1-15 Feb115 cmGood skiing · 100 %
- 16-29 Feb120 cmGood skiing · 100 %
- 1-15 Mar122 cmGood skiing · 100 %
- 16-31 Mar108 cmGood skiing · 97 %
- 1-15 Apr79 cmGood skiing · 85 %
- Best winter of the series
- 2019-2020 — 137 days at 30 cm or more
- Worst winter of the series
- 2016-2017 — 85 days at 30 cm or more
Snowfall: no long enough record of fresh snow at this station. Rather than an estimate, we show nothing.
The ski area
Compare with another resort →75 pistes, by level — 56 km
- Skiable vertical
- 424 m (1,506 m → 1,930 m)
- Lifts
- 1 gondola, 6 chairlifts, 9 drag lifts, 2 magic carpets
- Cross-country skiing
- 12 named trails — 103 km of marked loops (34 km of distinct track: the loops overlap) · Les Saisies area, 1.8 km 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(12)
Trail Level Length 13 - Justine Braisaz · Les Saisies expert 22 km 11 - Endurance · Les Saisies difficult 17 km 10 - Julia Simon · Les Saisies difficult 11 km 9 - Grande Aventure · Les Saisies intermediate 10 km 8 - Evasion · Les Saisies intermediate 8.2 km 6 - Explorer · Les Saisies intermediate 7.8 km 12 - Olympique · Les Saisies expert 6.5 km 3 - Découverte · Les Saisies easy 6 km 7 - Aventure · Les Saisies intermediate 5.8 km 2 - Marmottons · Les Saisies easy 3.3 km 5 - Mont Blanc · Les Saisies intermediate 2.7 km 4 - Panoramique · Les Saisies intermediate 2.4 km - Without skis
- 1 km of snowshoe and walking trails · 1 sledging run
- Piste aspect
- N 26% · E 38% · S 9% · W 27% (descent direction of 61 OSM pistes, terrain model)
- Mountain restaurants
- Le Panoramique 2000 (1938 m) · Chalet Mignod (1709 m) · La Cavale (1663 m) · Malabar Princess (1653 m) · La Boccca (1653 m)
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 (2026-2027) detail →
| Adult pass | Price |
|---|---|
| 1 day | €52 |
| 6 days | €260 |
| Child, 1 day | €41.60 |
| Free | Free under 5 · free from 75 years |
Read on the official price list, full price, excluding promotions. Price list of the linked area, read on Les Saisies. Official price list ↗
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.
Staying and hiring gear in Bisanne 1500
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Stay & accommodation
Live webcams
All webcams (8) →Official players of the resort, live image. Checked on 18 September 2026.
Webcams provided by windy.com — add a webcam.
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 Bisanne 1500
From Paris: 6 hr 59 (647 km) by road.
By road
- From Chambéry: 1 hr 12 · 78 km
- From Annecy: 1 hr 19 · 53 km
- From Grenoble: 1 hr 28 · 107 km
- From Genève: 1 hr 37 · 98 km
- From Lyon: 2 hr 22 · 176 km
From other major cities (15)
- From Valence: 2 hr 31 · 200 km
- From Saint-Étienne: 2 hr 56 · 225 km
- From Besançon: 4 hr 05 · 272 km
- From Dijon: 4 hr 12 · 353 km
- From Clermont-Ferrand: 4 hr 15 · 345 km
- From Montpellier: 4 hr 38 · 404 km
- From Marseille: 4 hr 44 · 414 km
- From Strasbourg: 6 hr 00 · 489 km
- From Perpignan: 6 hr 00 · 552 km
- From Nice: 6 hr 05 · 491 km
- From Nancy: 6 hr 14 · 557 km
- From Toulouse: 6 hr 56 · 638 km
- From Paris: 6 hr 59 · 647 km
- From Bordeaux: 8 hr 13 · 732 km
- From Pau: 8 hr 51 · 828 km
Excluding traffic and winter conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.
By train
Albertville station
regional station · then 35 min drive (26 km)
Nearest main station: Chambéry - Challes-les-Eaux, 1 hr 10 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
- Chambéry-Savoie (CMF): 1 hr 23 by road · 85 km
- Genève (GVA): 2 hr 01 by road · 106 km
Take me there
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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: Ancienne piste noire Cuberotte · Chemin de la Palettaz · Ancienne Liaison Saisie - Crest Voland/Cohennoz
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 Bisanne 1500 — up to 2,250 m of climb.
| Summit and route | Ski grade | Climb | Altitude | Aspect | From resort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mont Bisanne · La Légette | 1.1 · E1 · F | 500 m | 1,500 → 2,000 m | E | 1.1 km |
| Mont Mirantin · Traversée Mirantin >> Nid d'Aigle par le Nant Bruyant | 5.1 · E2 · D | 2,250 m | 1,225 → 2,460 m | N | 5.3 km |
| Roche Plane · Boucle E > SE | 2.1 · E1 · PD | 1,139 m | 1,027 → 2,166 m | E | 5.4 km |
| Roche Plane · Couloir N de l'épaule NE - depuis les Maisonnettes | 3.3 · E1 · AD | 1,050 m | 1,150 → 2,166 m | N | 5.4 km |
| Roche Plane · Versant E | 2.2 · E1 · PD | 1,010 m | 1,150 → 2,166 m | E | 5.4 km |
| Mont Mirantin · Couloir de Cussambon | 5.2 · E3 · TD+ | 900 m | 1,600 → 2,460 m | N | 5.4 km |
| Pas de l'Âne · Versant NW - depuis la route de la Motte | 2.3 · E2 · PD+ | 750 m | 1,630 → 2,371 m | NW | 5.4 km |
| Les Croix · Molliesoulaz | 1.2 · E1 · F | 231 m | 950 → 1,181 m | N | 5.5 km |
| Pointe de la Grande Journée · Traversée E >> W - depuis Molliessoulaz | 4.3 · E2 · D+ | 2,100 m | 1,200 → 2,460 m | W | 5.6 km |
| Col de Roche Plane · Par Plan Villard | 2.2 · E1 · PD | 1,200 m | 1,100 → 2,094 m | E · SE | 5.7 km |
| Légette du Mirantin · Versant E - depuis les Maisonnettes | 3.2 · E2 · AD- | 1,200 m | 1,153 → 2,353 m | NE | 5.7 km |
| Roche Plane · Traversée Arête SW >> Versant SE - depuis les Carroz | n/a · PD | 1,150 m | 1,100 → 2,166 m | SE | 5.7 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 Bisanne 1500
Ice rink
- Patinoire · Notre-Dame-de-Bellecombe · 8 km away
Swimming pool
- Spa des Cîmes - Hôtel Mont Charvin · Cohennoz · 5.2 km away
- Centre Atlantis - Piscine · Ugine · 7.8 km away
- Centre Atlantis - Espace Balnéothérapie · Ugine · 7.8 km away
Museum
- Ecomusée de Hauteluce · Hauteluce · 6.4 km away
- Musée "La Maison des Contes de Fées" · Notre-Dame-de-Bellecombe · 7.7 km away
- Musée de la Taillanderie Busillet · Marthod · 8 km away
- Musée de la Maison du Meunier et Moulin à Tienne · Flumet · 9 km away
Cinema
- Cinéma Chantecler · Ugine · 7 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
1,288 bed spaces in tourist residences, holiday villages and hostels
- 1 hotel · 14 rooms (1 × 2★)
- 2 tourist residences and apartment hotels · 1,288 bed spaces
Commune: Villard-sur-Doron · 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
Point d'information touristique Bisanne 1500
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.
Nearby resorts
Frequently asked questions
How high is Bisanne 1500?
Bisanne 1500 sits at 1,500 m at village level, and its ski area rises to 1,930 m.
How many kilometres of pistes does Bisanne 1500 have?
Bisanne 1500 has 56 km of pistes served by 19 lifts, within the linked Espace Diamant area (OpenStreetMap survey).
What is the longest piste in Bisanne 1500?
The longest piste is Sangliers: 6 km (red run), for 357 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 Bisanne 1500?
The highest lift, Douce, tops out at 2,039 m (IGN RGE ALTI terrain model). The 67 lifts mapped on OpenStreetMap total 52 km.
How much is a lift pass in Bisanne 1500?
The adult day pass costs €52 and the 6-day pass €260 (2026-2027, read on the official price list, shared with Les Saisies).
How do I get to Bisanne 1500?
By road, Bisanne 1500 is 1 hr 12 from Chambéry (78 km), excluding traffic and winter conditions. By train, the nearest station is Albertville, 35 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, 1 hr 23 away.
How long is the drive from Paris to Bisanne 1500?
6 hr 59 for 647 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 Bisanne 1500?
Yes: good snow through most of the winter according to twenty winters of Météo-France measurements; in season the daily report prevails.
Is Bisanne 1500 good for beginners and families?
85% of the pistes are green or blue: a very accessible area.
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