Ceillac
1,644 mVillage altitude
2,460 mTop of the ski area
8 kmAlpine pistes
8Ski lifts
Not published by any source: adult day pass.
Ceillac is a French commune located in the département of Hautes-Alpes, in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Part of the Queyras Regional Natural Park, it is located approximately 80 km from Gap, prefecture of the département. The village is situated at an altitude of 1,640 m. Its inhabitants are called the Ceillaquins.
Ceillac webcams
Ceillac 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.
Avalanche danger
Snow cover varies from one winter to the next — the best time runs from mid-January to late February. 50 days a winter at 30 cm or more on average, and 227 cm of fresh snow, measured over 33 winters at the Météo-France “CEILLAC” station. Fortnight by fortnight, over 33 measured winters →
3-day forecast
Village 1,644 m · top 2,460 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?3.5 / 5
Top of the ski area: 2,460 m · Bottom of the pistes: 1,644 m · Days above 30 cm per winter, measured: 50 days · Days above 30 cm, December to March, model: 96%
- Ski areaIs there enough to ski all week?2 / 5
Km of pistes at the resort: 8 km · Lifts: 8 · Balance between piste levels: 79%
- 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?3 / 5
Share of green and blue pistes: 71% · Magic carpets: 1 · Sledging runs: 2 · ESF ski school · Ice rink, pool, rail sledge…: 0
- AccessIs it easy to get to?2 / 5
Average drive time from 20 major cities: 5 hr 40 · Nearest railway station: 21 min · Station-to-resort shuttles per day: 0 · Nearest airport: 2 hr 43
- Atmosphere and après-skiIs there life in the evening and off the slopes?2.5 / 5
Bars and pubs: 1 · Nightclubs: 0 · Restaurants: 6 · Upcoming events: 0 · Collective tourist beds: 289 — 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).
14 pistes, by level
5 green5 blue4 red0 black
- Skiable vertical
- 816 m
- Cross-country skiing
- 2 named trails — 11 km of marked loops (10 km of distinct track: the loops overlap), right by the resort
Ski-area figures — top, lifts: STRMTG — French national lift register (1 Jan); km of pistes, pistes by level: OpenStreetMap (1 Oct) .
The ski area in figures
n/aLongest piste
n/aBiggest vertical without changing piste
2,460 mHighest lift top — Sainte Anne (platter lift), national lift register
5,340Total lift capacity, people per hour — 8 installations: 1 chairlift, 6 drag lifts, 1 magic carpet
27 yrsAverage age of the lift fleet — oldest 1966, newest 2013
1,500Biggest lift, people per hour — Pre Girardin (detachable chairlift, 2005)
n/aTotal length of lifts
n/aSki area boundary (OSM)
n/aInhabitants
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.
Source: national register of mechanical lifts (STRMTG, CAIRN), fleet as of 1 January 2025 — lifts attributed to Ceillac only (“CEILLAC”), magic carpets included.
Staying and hiring gear in Ceillac
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Collective accommodation
289 bed spaces in tourist residences, holiday villages and hostels
- 1 hotel · 21 rooms (1 × 2★)
- 1 holiday village or family centre · 289 bed spaces
- 2 campsites · 162 pitches
Commune: Ceillac · 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.
Ski hire
Skiset UK
Skiset’s UK site: ski hire in the resort shops, booked in English, paid in pounds.
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 Ceillac
Without skis on — 2 sledging runs
Spa and thermal baths
- Spa l'Alta Peyra · Saint-Véran · 8.2 km away
Paragliding
- "Tête en l'Air" Ecole de Parapente Du Queyras · Ceillac · 0.3 km away
Museum
- Exposition sur l'Ancienne Mine de Cuivre · Saint-Véran · 8.2 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
Ski school
ESF Ceillac
21 instructors
🇬🇧 11 English-speaking instructors — lessons in English available
🗓️ This school sells its lessons online — book ↗
Source: esf.net
Tourist office
Office de tourisme
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 Ceillac — up to 1,630 m of climb.
| Summit and route | Ski grade | Climb | Altitude | Aspect | From resort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ceillac · Montagne de la Riche - Couloir nord | 3.3 · E2 · PD | 1,000 m | 1,700 → 2,718 m | N | 0.2 km |
| Brunet · Versant S par le Col de Bramousse | 3.1 · E1 · PD | 890 m | 1,650 → 2,561 m | S | 1.6 km |
| Col Fromage · Traversée Ceillac >> Molines la Rua | n/a · PD | 650 m | 1,650 → 2,301 m | n/a | 1.6 km |
| Crête des Eysselières · en boucle SW / NW depuis Ceillac | n/a · PD+ | 725 m | n/a | n/a | 2 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 Ceillac
From Paris: 8 hr 41 (735 km) by road.
By road
- From Grenoble: 2 hr 52 · 162 km
- From Chambéry: 3 hr 02 · 208 km
- From Marseille: 3 hr 14 · 246 km
- From Annecy: 3 hr 32 · 255 km
- From Valence: 3 hr 49 · 251 km
From other major cities (14)
- From Genève: 4 hr 01 · 293 km
- From Lyon: 4 hr 04 · 264 km
- From Montpellier: 4 hr 33 · 369 km
- From Saint-Étienne: 4 hr 38 · 313 km
- From Perpignan: 5 hr 54 · 517 km
- From Dijon: 5 hr 56 · 465 km
- From Clermont-Ferrand: 5 hr 57 · 430 km
- From Besançon: 6 hr 15 · 495 km
- From Toulouse: 6 hr 50 · 603 km
- From Nancy: 8 hr 03 · 676 km
- From Strasbourg: 8 hr 16 · 682 km
- From Paris: 8 hr 41 · 735 km
- From Pau: 8 hr 45 · 793 km
- From Bordeaux: 9 hr 14 · 845 km
Excluding traffic and winter conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.
By train
Mont-Dauphin - Guillestre station
halt · then 21 min drive (18 km)
Nearest main station: Grenoble, 2 hr 52 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
- Cuneo (CUF): 2 hr 54 by road · 158 km
- Turin-Caselle (TRN): 2 hr 43 by road · 168 km
Take me there
These links open the app with Ceillac 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
2 charging points · up to 22 kW
- CEILLAC - Route des Oches · EASYCHARGE · 2 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.
Translated from the French Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), machine translation.
Frequently asked questions
How high is Ceillac?
Ceillac sits at 1,644 m at village level, and its ski area rises to 2,460 m.
How many kilometres of pistes does Ceillac have?
Ceillac has 8 km of slopes, 8 lifts.
How high do the lifts go in Ceillac?
The highest lift, Sainte Anne (platter lift), tops out at 2,460 m. Source: STRMTG, French national register of mechanical lifts (CAIRN database), file dated 1 January 2025.
How many lifts does Ceillac have, and what is their capacity?
The French national register of mechanical lifts records 8 installations at Ceillac (1 chairlift, 6 drag lifts, 1 magic carpet), for an authorised capacity of 5,340 people per hour, of which 1,500 for Pre Girardin alone. The fleet spans 1966 to 2013, an average age of 27 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 Ceillac?
By road, Ceillac is 2 hr 52 from Grenoble (162 km), excluding traffic and winter conditions. By train, the nearest station is Mont-Dauphin - Guillestre, 21 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 Cuneo, 2 hr 54 away.
How long is the drive from Paris to Ceillac?
8 hr 41 for 735 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 Ceillac?
Snow cover varies from one winter to the next — the best time runs from mid-January to late February. 50 days a winter at 30 cm or more on average, and 227 cm of fresh snow, measured over 33 winters at the Météo-France “CEILLAC” station. This verdict rests on 33 winters of Météo-France measurements (1992-2026); in season the daily report prevails.
Is Ceillac good for beginners and families?
71% of the pistes are green or blue: a rather easy area.
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