Chamrousse
Chamrousse is a commune and a ski resort in the Isère department in Southeastern France. It is located in the Belledonne mountain range southeast of Grenoble. The commune was created in 1989 from parts of the communes Saint-Martin-d'Uriage, Vaulnaveys-le-Haut and Séchilienne. The ski resort is situated on the Recoin at 1,650 m (5,413 ft) and the Roche Béranger at 1,750 m (5,741 ft). The ski-lifts reach the Croix de Chamrousse at 2,253 m (7,392 ft).
Introduction from the English Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).
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?n/a
Not rated: “top of the ski area” is missing from this page.
- Ski areaIs there enough to ski all week?3.5 / 5
Km of pistes at the resort: 51 km · Km of pistes across the linked area: 52 km · Lifts: 21 · Balance between piste levels: 91%
- 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?3 / 5
Share of green and blue pistes: 58% · Magic carpets: 2 · Sledging runs: 0 · ESF ski school · Ice rink, pool, rail sledge…: 1 · Famille Plus label
- AccessIs it easy to get to?3.5 / 5
Average drive time from 20 major cities: 4 hr 08 · Nearest railway station: 32 min · Station-to-resort shuttles per day: 0 · Nearest airport: 1 hr 10
- Atmosphere and après-skiIs there life in the evening and off the slopes?3.5 / 5
Bars and pubs: 2 · Nightclubs: 0 · Restaurants: 24 · Upcoming events: 3 · Collective tourist beds: 828 — index: what the map and the listings publish
- Luxury and comfortHow upmarket is the resort?1.5 / 5
5-star hotels: 0 · 4-star hotels: 0 · Share of hotel rooms in 4 and 5 stars: 0% · Spas and saunas: 2 · 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.
Avalanche danger
7-day forecast
Village 1,384 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 April: a long, reliable season.
☀️ Average daily sunshine : Nov 6.4 h · Dec 5.7 h · Jan 6.1 h · Feb 7.6 h · Mar 8.7 h · Apr 10.2 h — 26 bright days in April (Open-Meteo estimate, 2015-2025).
- November16 cmInsufficient · 20%
- December63 cmGood skiing · 82%
- January96 cmGood skiing · 99%
- February120 cmGood skiing · 100%
- March129 cmGood skiing · 100%
- April91 cmGood skiing · 93%
- May25 cmInsufficient · 35%
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
16 complete winters measured, from 2007-2008 to 2025-2026 — on average 91 days a winter with at least 30 cm on the ground.
- 1-15 Dec30 cmInsufficient · 35 %
- 16-31 Dec37 cmVariable · 52 %
- 1-15 Jan42 cmVariable · 63 %
- 16-31 Jan60 cmGood skiing · 90 %
- 1-15 Feb75 cmGood skiing · 83 %
- 16-29 Feb74 cmGood skiing · 84 %
- 1-15 Mar76 cmGood skiing · 84 %
- 16-31 Mar63 cmVariable · 69 %
- 1-15 Apr39 cmVariable · 50 %
- Best winter of the series
- 2017-2018 — 136 days at 30 cm or more
- Worst winter of the series
- 2023-2024 — 19 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 →86 pistes, by level — 51 km
- Lifts
- 1 gondola, 7 chairlifts, 10 drag lifts, 2 magic carpets
- Cross-country skiing
- 4 named trails — 3.8 km of marked loops, 700 m from the resortOpenStreetMap, lengths measured on the geometry, surveyed on 13 September 2026. A trail with no difficulty tag is shown as "n/a" — never guessed.
See the trails(4)
Trail Level Length Astragale difficult 1.9 km Retour Chamrousse 1750 easy 0.7 km Brimbelles intermediate 0.6 km Salinière et Lièvre intermediate 0.6 km - Snowpark
- Yes
- Night skiing
- 11 floodlit pistes (OSM)
- Without skis
- 5 km of snowshoe and walking trails
- Piste aspect
- N 17% · E 1% · S 16% · W 66% (descent direction of 84 OSM pistes, terrain model)
- Mountain restaurants
- Restaurant de la Croix (2243 m) · Le Malamute (1803 m) · La Bérangère (1781 m) · La Taverne de l'Ours (1749 m) · Easy Rider (1747 m) · Le Ch'ti Chamroussien (1747 m) · Hue cocotte (1746 m) · La Taverne du Gaulois (1746 m)
- Tourist office
- OFFICE DE TOURISME · 42 place de Belledonne, 38410 · 04 76 89 92 65 · [email protected] (declared by the resort, ANMSM)
- Piste map (PDF)
- Plan pistes Chamrousse hiver 2024-2025 (declared by the resort, ANMSM)
- Resort app
- Android (declared by the resort, ANMSM)
- Famille Plus
- The resort’s family page (declared by the resort, ANMSM)
Resort data: declared by OFFICE DE TOURISME and distributed by ANMSM · read on 18 September
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.
The ski area in figures
Measured on 13 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.
Source: national register of mechanical lifts (STRMTG, CAIRN), fleet as of 1 January 2025 — lifts attributed to Chamrousse only (“CHAMROUSSE”), magic carpets included.
Staying and hiring gear in Chamrousse
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Stay & accommodation
Live webcams
All webcams (10) →Official players of the resort, live image. Checked on 18 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 Chamrousse
From Paris: 6 hr 33 (608 km) by road.
By road
- From Grenoble: 41 min · 32 km
- From Chambéry: 1 hr 13 · 81 km
- From Valence: 1 hr 40 · 125 km
- From Annecy: 1 hr 42 · 129 km
- From Lyon: 1 hr 56 · 138 km
From other major cities (15)
- From Genève: 2 hr 12 · 166 km
- From Saint-Étienne: 2 hr 29 · 187 km
- From Montpellier: 3 hr 47 · 329 km
- From Dijon: 3 hr 48 · 339 km
- From Clermont-Ferrand: 3 hr 49 · 307 km
- From Marseille: 3 hr 52 · 339 km
- From Besançon: 4 hr 07 · 369 km
- From Perpignan: 5 hr 09 · 477 km
- From Nice: 5 hr 28 · 392 km
- From Nancy: 5 hr 55 · 550 km
- From Toulouse: 6 hr 05 · 564 km
- From Strasbourg: 6 hr 27 · 556 km
- From Paris: 6 hr 33 · 608 km
- From Bordeaux: 7 hr 47 · 693 km
- From Pau: 7 hr 59 · 754 km
Excluding traffic and winter conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.
By train
Jarrie - Vizille station
halt · then 32 min drive (28 km)
Nearest main station: Grenoble, 43 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
- Grenoble-Alpes-Isère (GNB): 1 hr 10 by road · 78 km
- Chambéry-Savoie (CMF): 1 hr 24 by road · 89 km
Take me there
These links open the app with Chamrousse as the destination. Your starting point is never sent by us — the app asks you for it, if you agree.
Charging an electric car
3 charging stations within 2 km
7 charging points · up to 24 kW
- CHAMROUSSE - Place des Trolles · EASYCHARGE · 2 points · 22 kW · 0 km
- CHAMROUSSE - Rue Du Pere Tasse · EASYCHARGE · 3 points · 24 kW · 0.3 km
- CHAMROUSSE - Le recoin · EASYCHARGE · 2 points · 22 kW · 1.4 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.
Off-piste & ski touring
The resorts for off-piste skiing →Named itineraries: Marmottes · Soldanelles · Anthracite · Ours
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 Chamrousse — up to 1,360 m of climb.
| Summit and route | Ski grade | Climb | Altitude | Aspect | From resort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Croix de Chamrousse · Depuis Chamrousse - Roche Béranger | 1.2 · E1 · F | 450 m | 1,750 → 2,250 m | SW | 0.9 km |
| Col de l'Infernet · Sentiers du balcon de Chamrousse | 1.1 · E1 · F | 250 m | 1,750 → 2,000 m | SW | 1 km |
| Cime des Fraches · Versant W en boucle | 1.1 · E1 · F | 350 m | 1,700 → 1,942 m | W | 1.1 km |
| Grand Van · Par les lacs Achard | 2.2 · E1 | 870 m | 1,620 → 2,448 m | S | 1.6 km |
| Croix de Chamrousse · Depuis Chamrousse - Le Recoin | 1.2 · E1 · F | 600 m | 1,650 → 2,250 m | SW | 1.7 km |
| Casse Rousse · Couloir de descente N | n/a | n/a | 1,680 → 2,250 m | W | 2.3 km |
| Croix de Chamrousse · Couloir de l’Agnelier | 3.3 · E1 · AD+ | n/a | 1,650 → 2,253 m | W | 2.5 km |
| Croix de Chamrousse · Couloir du grand Croissant | 3.3 · E1 · D- | n/a | n/a | W | 2.6 km |
| Pointe W de Jasse Bralard · Versant NW | 3.1 · E1 · AD- | 1,360 m | 1,420 → 2,491 m | NW | 2.8 km |
| Croix de Chamrousse · Depuis Casserousse | 2.1 · E1 · F | 900 m | 1,410 → 2,250 m | NW | 2.9 km |
| Grand Eulier · Versant S | 2.3 · E1 · PD- | 850 m | 1,400 → 2,232 m | W | 3 km |
| Casse Rousse · Goulotte du chien | 5.1 · E3 · TD- | 600 m | 1,680 → 2,225 m | NW | 3 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 Chamrousse
Ice rink
- Patinoire extérieure · Chamrousse · 1.4 km away
Swimming pool
- Piscine municipale · Livet-et-Gavet · 4.1 km away
- Spa thermal d'Uriage · Saint-Martin-d'Uriage · 4.9 km away
- Piscine de Vizille · Vizille · 9 km away
Spa and thermal baths
- Etablissement thermal d'Uriage · Saint-Martin-d'Uriage · 4.9 km away
Dog sledding
- SAS Barbot - Chiens de traineaux Chamrousse · Chamrousse · 1.5 km away
- Guillaume - Musher, cani-rando, traineaux · La Morte · 9.5 km away
Paragliding
- Chamrousse Parapente · Chamrousse · 1.6 km away
Museum
- Musée de la Romanche · Livet-et-Gavet · 3.1 km away
- Domaine de Vizille - Musée de la Révolution française · Vizille · 9 km away
- Musée de René Mistral - Exposition d'objets anciens · La Morte · 9.8 km away
Cinema
- Cinéma Le Schuss · Chamrousse · 0.2 km away
- Salle Le Jeu de Paume · Vizille · 9.2 km away
- Cinéma Le Jeu de Paume · Vizille · 9.2 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.
Practical information
Collective accommodation
828 bed spaces in tourist residences, holiday villages and hostels
- 1 hotel · 15 rooms
- 3 tourist residences and apartment hotels · 828 bed spaces
- 1 campsite · 47 pitches
Commune: Chamrousse · INSEE tourist accommodation survey, 2026, read on 12 September 2026. Collective accommodation only — privately let flats and second homes are not counted. INSEE dataset ↗
Ski school
ESF Chamrousse
149 instructors
🇬🇧 63 English-speaking instructors — lessons in English available
🗓️ This school sells its lessons online — book ↗
Source: esf.net
Days without skiing
- Cinema · Le Schuss
- Spa / wellness · Spa
- Spa / wellness · Les Bains de Chamrousse
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 Chamrousse
All events →-
19 September 2026 – 20 September 2026
Visite guidée du moulin de Tavernolles
Brié et Angonnes isère · Brié-et-Angonnes
Accueillis par des bénévoles qui font fonctionner le moulin, les visiteurs seront guidés pendant la visite. Ils découvriront la technologie surprenante de ce moulin électrique, le premier en Isère…
Source: OpenAgenda, agenda “Isère Attractivité” · View on OpenAgenda ↗
Also near: Le Recoin (8.6 km), Roche Béranger (8.9 km)
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19 September 2026 – 20 September 2026
D'un château à l'autre
Domaine de Vizille - Musée de la révolution française · Vizille
Une visite guidée à la découverte des vestiges du château du Roi et du célèbre château du duc de Lesdiguières, aujourd’hui Musée de la Révolution française.
Source: OpenAgenda, agenda “Isère Attractivité” · View on OpenAgenda ↗
Also near: Roche Béranger (9.1 km), Alpe du Grand Serre (9.2 km), Le Recoin (9.9 km)
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20 September 2026 · 11:00
Harmonie mécanique
Domaine de Vizille - Musée de la révolution française · Vizille
Orchestre symphonique du réseau des écoles de musique Sud Agglo (Vizille, Pont-de-Claix, Echirolles, Eybens, Saint-Martin-d'Hères, Gières).
Source: OpenAgenda, agenda “Isère Attractivité” · View on OpenAgenda ↗
Also near: Roche Béranger (9.1 km), Alpe du Grand Serre (9.2 km), Le Recoin (9.9 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 Chamrousse?
Chamrousse sits at 1,384 m at village level.
How many kilometres of pistes does Chamrousse have?
Chamrousse has 51 km of pistes served by 21 lifts, within the linked Chamrousse area (OpenStreetMap survey).
What is the longest piste in Chamrousse?
The longest piste is Olympique Dames: 3 km (red run), for 573 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 Chamrousse?
The highest lift, La Croix (gondola), tops out at 2,253 m. Source: STRMTG, French national register of mechanical lifts (CAIRN database), file dated 1 January 2025.
How many lifts does Chamrousse have, and what is their capacity?
The French national register of mechanical lifts records 25 installations at Chamrousse (1 gondola, 7 chairlifts, 13 drag lifts, 4 magic carpets), for an authorised capacity of 30,347 people per hour, of which 3,000 for Bachat-Bouloud (Ecrin) alone. The fleet spans 1962 to 2023, an average age of 29 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 Chamrousse?
By road, Chamrousse is 41 min from Grenoble (32 km), excluding traffic and winter conditions. By train, the nearest station is Jarrie - Vizille, 32 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 Grenoble-Alpes-Isère, 1 hr 10 away.
How long is the drive from Paris to Chamrousse?
6 hr 33 for 608 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 Chamrousse?
Yes: good snow through most of the winter according to ten winters of reanalysis (estimate); in season the daily report prevails.
Is Chamrousse good for beginners and families?
58% of the pistes are green or blue: a rather technical area. The resort holds the Famille Plus family label.
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