Bussang
568 mVillage altitude
1,110 mTop of the ski area
5 kmAlpine pistes
6Ski lifts
Not published by any source: adult day pass.
Bussang is a French mountain commune located in the département of Vosges, in the Grand Est region. It is the highest commune in the Haute Moselle valley, where the river takes its source. It is part of the massif des Vosges.
Bussang webcams
▶ Watch at the operator ↗
Webcams de la stationimages en direct sur la page officielle de la station
Bussang broadcasts its images on its own page: the link takes you there. Checked on 12 September 2026.
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 BALLON DE SERVANCE station (1,213 m)
Source: Météo-France, BALLON DE SERVANCE weather station, 7.7 km away. Hourly measurement — not the resort’s own snow report.
Natural snow is low on average: skiing depends on snowmaking and good years. 10 days a winter at 30 cm or more on average, measured over 32 winters at the Météo-France “LE MENIL” station. Fortnight by fortnight, over 32 measured winters →
3-day forecast
Village 568 m · top 1,110 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?1 / 5
Top of the ski area: 1,110 m · Bottom of the pistes: 826 m · Days above 30 cm per winter, measured: 10 days · Days above 30 cm, December to March, model: 3%
- Ski areaIs there enough to ski all week?2 / 5
Km of pistes at the resort: 5 km · Lifts: 6 · Balance between piste levels: 87%
- 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?2.5 / 5
Share of green and blue pistes: 77% · Magic carpets: 0 · Sledging runs: 1 · ESF ski school · Ice rink, pool, rail sledge…: 0
- AccessIs it easy to get to?3 / 5
Average drive time from 20 major cities: 5 hr 52 · Nearest railway station: 16 min · Station-to-resort shuttles per day: 0 · Nearest airport: 1 hr 09
- Atmosphere and après-skiIs there life in the evening and off the slopes?3 / 5
Bars and pubs: 3 · Nightclubs: 0 · Restaurants: 7 · Upcoming events: 3 · Collective tourist beds: 405 — 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 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).
13 pistes, by level
4 green6 blue2 red1 black
- Skiable vertical
- 284 m
- Lifts
- 6 drag lifts
- Cross-country skiing
- 1 km of nordic trails
Ski-area figures — bottom, top, km of pistes, lifts, pistes by level: OpenStreetMap (1 Oct) .
Staying and hiring gear in Bussang
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
405 bed spaces in tourist residences, holiday villages and hostels
- 2 hotels · 24 rooms
- 1 holiday village or family centre · 405 bed spaces
- 2 campsites · 151 pitches
Commune: Bussang · 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
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 Bussang
Without skis on — 1 km of snowshoe and walking trails · 1 sledging run
Toboggan runs
- Piste de luge - Col des Démineurs · Sewen · 7.4 km away
- Piste de luge - au Langenberg · Sewen · 8.8 km away
Swimming pool
- Piscine de plein air de Saint-Maurice sur Moselle · Saint-Maurice-sur-Moselle · 4.6 km away
- Piscine de Le Thillot - Complexe aquatique et espace bien-être · Le Thillot · 7.3 km away
Dog sledding
- Canirando avec Chiens de Traîneau Vosges · Cornimont · 9.6 km away
Paragliding
- Ascension'aile Cumulus parapente · Bussang · 0.2 km away
Museum
- Musée départemental de la Montagne · Haut-du-Them-Château-Lambert · 7.9 km away
- Maison de la nature des vosges saônoises · Haut-du-Them-Château-Lambert · 8 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
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
10 ski touring routes documented within 10 km of Bussang — up to 3,800 m of climb.
| Summit and route | Ski grade | Climb | Altitude | Aspect | From resort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vosges du Sud (Traversée) · De St Maurice à Gérardmer | n/a | 3,800 m | 600 → 1,305 m | n/a | 2.8 km |
| Tête des Russiers · Couloir S et Carrière | n/a · AD | 585 m | 650 → 1,187 m | S | 4.4 km |
| Ermitage Frère Joseph à Ventron · Tricotage à Frère Jo | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 4.4 km |
| Tête des Neufs Bois · Par l'épaulement NE, et le col des Allemands | n/a · E1 | 600 m | 650 → 1,230 m | N | 4.6 km |
The other 6 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 Bussang
From Paris: 5 hr 16 (451 km) by road.
By road
- From Nancy: 1 hr 46 · 129 km
- From Strasbourg: 2 hr 03 · 147 km
- From Besançon: 2 hr 03 · 143 km
- From Dijon: 2 hr 49 · 224 km
- From Genève: 4 hr 08 · 274 km
From other major cities (15)
- From Lyon: 4 hr 26 · 383 km
- From Annecy: 4 hr 38 · 318 km
- From Chambéry: 5 hr 06 · 359 km
- From Grenoble: 5 hr 12 · 469 km
- From Saint-Étienne: 5 hr 15 · 442 km
- From Paris: 5 hr 16 · 451 km
- From Valence: 5 hr 32 · 482 km
- From Clermont-Ferrand: 5 hr 52 · 522 km
- From Montpellier: 7 hr 35 · 684 km
- From Marseille: 7 hr 40 · 693 km
- From Nice: 8 hr 46 · 730 km
- From Perpignan: 8 hr 56 · 832 km
- From Bordeaux: 9 hr 24 · 863 km
- From Toulouse: 9 hr 28 · 866 km
- From Pau: 11 hr 25 · 1058 km
Excluding traffic and winter conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.
By train
Wesserling station
halt · then 16 min drive (13 km)
Nearest main station: Mulhouse, 54 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
- Bâle-Mulhouse (BSL): 1 hr 09 by road · 75 km
- Strasbourg-Entzheim (SXB): 1 hr 56 by road · 137 km
Take me there
These links open the app with Bussang as the destination. Your starting point is never sent by us — the app asks you for it, if you agree.
Charging an electric car
1 charging station within 2 km
4 charging points · up to 22 kW
- VIKINGS CASINOS - Casino Bussang · TotalEnergies Marketing France · 4 points · 22 kW · 0.3 km
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.
What's on around Bussang
All events →-
4 November 2026 · 18:00
Ma vie de valise
Bibliothèque Le Thillot · Le Thillot
Théâtre d'objets
Source: OpenAgenda, agenda “Rencontre avec... La France entre monts et merveilles” · View on OpenAgenda ↗
Also near: Larcenaire (7.9 km), Frère-Joseph (8.9 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.
Translated from the French Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), machine translation.
Frequently asked questions
How high is Bussang?
Bussang sits at 568 m at village level, and its ski area rises to 1,110 m.
How many kilometres of pistes does Bussang have?
Bussang has 5 km of slopes, 6 lifts.
How do I get to Bussang?
By road, Bussang is 1 hr 46 from Nancy (129 km), excluding traffic and winter conditions. By train, the nearest station is Wesserling, 16 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 Bâle-Mulhouse, 1 hr 09 away.
How long is the drive from Paris to Bussang?
5 hr 16 for 451 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 Bussang?
Natural snow is low on average: skiing depends on snowmaking and good years. 10 days a winter at 30 cm or more on average, measured over 32 winters at the Météo-France “LE MENIL” station. This verdict rests on 32 winters of Météo-France measurements (1990-2022); in season the daily report prevails.
Is Bussang good for beginners and families?
77% of the pistes are green or blue: a very accessible area.
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