Bussang
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.
Translated from the French Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), machine translation.
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?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 · Km of pistes across the linked area: 5 km · Lifts: 6 · 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?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 (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 BALLON DE SERVANCE station (1,213 m)
7-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.
Snow actually measured, winter by winter
32 complete winters measured, from 1990-1991 to 2021-2022 — on average 10 days a winter with at least 30 cm on the ground.
- 1-15 Dec6 cmInsufficient · 7 %
- 16-31 Dec7 cmInsufficient · 7 %
- 1-15 Jan6 cmInsufficient · 5 %
- 16-31 Jan9 cmInsufficient · 8 %
- 1-15 Feb11 cmInsufficient · 15 %
- 16-29 Feb10 cmInsufficient · 15 %
- 1-15 Mar6 cmInsufficient · 5 %
- 16-31 Mar3 cmInsufficient · 3 %
- 1-15 Apr0 cmInsufficient · 0 %
- Best winter of the series
- 1990-1991 — 31 days at 30 cm or more
- Worst winter of the series
- 1991-1992 — 0 day 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 →13 pistes, by level — 5 km
- Skiable vertical
- 284 m (826 m → 1,110 m)
- Lifts
- 6 drag lifts
- Cross-country skiing
- 1 km of nordic trails
- Without skis
- 1 km of snowshoe and walking trails · 1 sledging run
- Piste aspect
- N 38% · E 43% · S 0% · W 19% (descent direction of 17 OSM pistes, terrain model)
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.
Staying and hiring gear in Bussang
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Stay & accommodation
Live webcams
All webcams (1) →Bussang broadcasts its images on its own page: the link takes you there. Checked on 12 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 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 · 525 km
- From Montpellier: 7 hr 35 · 684 km
- From Marseille: 7 hr 40 · 693 km
- From Nice: 8 hr 47 · 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 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
- Bâle-Mulhouse (BSL): 1 hr 09 by road · 75 km
- Strasbourg-Entzheim (SXB): 1 hr 56 by road · 137 km
Take me there
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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 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.
Ski touring routes described
Resorts for ski touring →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 |
| Tête des Neufs Bois · Par le Steingraben | n/a · E2 | 600 m | 650 → 1,230 m | N | 4.9 km |
| Drumont · Par la Combe | n/a · PD+ | 500 m | 700 → 1,200 m | E | 5.1 km |
| Tête des Perches · par le lac des Perches | 2.1 · E1 · PD- | 612 m | 610 → 1,222 m | S | 6.3 km |
| Ballon d'Alsace · Danielus Road | n/a · PD+ | 1,600 m | 600 → 1,247 m | n/a | 7 km |
| Ballon d'Alsace · Tricotage au Ballon d'Alsace | 2.3 · F+ | 820 m | 850 → 1,247 m | NW · N | 7 km |
| Ballon d'Alsace · "Marcus Road" | 2.3 · PD+ | 820 m | 780 → 1,247 m | W | 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 Bussang
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.
Practical information
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 ↗
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 Bussang
All events →-
27 September 2026 · 10:00
La montagne Vosgienne en fête
Fresse-sur-Moselle (88) · Fresse-sur-Moselle
Le dimanche 27 septembre, la Chapelle des Vés à Fresse sur Moselle accueillera La Montagne Vosgienne en Fête, une journée placée sous le signe de l'agriculture de montagne et de la convivialité.
Source: OpenAgenda, agenda “Chambre d'Agriculture des Vosges” · View on OpenAgenda ↗
Also near: Larcenaire (6.3 km), Ventron (7.6 km), Frère-Joseph (7.7 km), Ballon d'Alsace (9.1 km)
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21 October 2026 · 14:00
Ludovic Füschtelkeit
Bibliothèque de Ventron · Ventron
Conférence-spectacle
Source: OpenAgenda, agenda “Rencontre avec... La France entre monts et merveilles” · View on OpenAgenda ↗
Also near: Frère-Joseph (2 km), Ventron (2 km), Larcenaire (4.6 km), La Bresse Brabant (5.1 km)
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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), Ventron (8.7 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.
Nearby resorts
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 pistes served by 6 lifts (OpenStreetMap survey).
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 Bussang good for beginners and families?
77% of the pistes are green or blue: a very accessible area.
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