Col de Porte
Off season1,306 mVillage altitude
1,701 mTop of the ski area
2 kmAlpine pistes
4Ski lifts
€17Adult day pass · 2025-2026
Col de Porte is a ski resort in the Northern Alps (Isère), in the commune of Sarcenas. The village sits at 1,306 m and the ski area rises to 1,701 m.
Live webcams
All webcams (2) →Ski AlpinSkaping
Each player is the camera operator’s own, loaded only when you ask for it — it may set its own trackers.
Official players of the resort, live image.
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 COL DE PORTE-NIVOSE station (1,325 m)
Source: Météo-France, COL DE PORTE-NIVOSE weather station, 0 km away. Hourly measurement — not the resort’s own snow report.
Avalanche danger
Good snow from mid-January to mid-March. 91 days a winter at 30 cm or more on average, measured over 16 winters at the Météo-France “COL DE PORTE-NIVOSE” station. Fortnight by fortnight, over 16 measured winters →
3-day forecast
Village 1,306 m · top 1,701 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?2.5 / 5
Top of the ski area: 1,701 m · Bottom of the pistes: 1,306 m · Days above 30 cm per winter, measured: 91 days · Days above 30 cm, December to March, model: 28%
- Ski areaIs there enough to ski all week?1.5 / 5
Km of pistes at the resort: 2 km · Lifts: 4 · Balance between piste levels: 69%
- ValueIs the lift pass reasonable for what you get?3 / 5
Adult day pass: €17 · Day pass price per km of pistes: €8.5/km
- Families and beginnersIs it right for children and beginners?3 / 5
Share of green and blue pistes: 86% · Magic carpets: 1 · 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?4 / 5
Average drive time from 20 major cities: 3 hr 50 · Nearest railway station: 22 min · Station-to-resort shuttles per day: 0 · Nearest airport: 51 min
- Atmosphere and après-skiIs there life in the evening and off the slopes?1 / 5
Bars and pubs: 0 · Nightclubs: 0 · Restaurants: 2 · Upcoming events: 0 · Collective tourist beds: 0 — 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: €17 — 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).
Lift passes 2025-2026
All prices (child, family, season) →€180 Season€15.50 Child, 1 day€9.50 Beginner, 1 day€9.50 Pedestrian, 1 day
Read on the official price list, full price, excluding promotions. 2025-2026 season, the latest price list published. Official price list ↗
7 pistes, by level
2 green4 blue1 red0 black
- Skiable vertical
- 395 m
- Cross-country skiing
- 14 km of nordic trails
- Snowpark
- Yes
Ski-area figures — top, lifts: STRMTG — French national lift register (1 Jan); km of pistes, pistes by level: OpenStreetMap .
The ski area in figures
Measured on 9 September 20261 kmLongest piste — unnamed on the map (blue), 100 m of vertical
100 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 1,326 → 1,226 m, 1 km
1,701 mHighest lift top — Charmant Som (chairlift), national lift register
2,450Total lift capacity, people per hour — 4 installations: 1 chairlift, 2 drag lifts, 1 magic carpet
46 yrsAverage age of the lift fleet — oldest 1958, newest 2017
800Biggest lift, people per hour — Zouzous (magic carpet, 2017)
4 kmTotal length of lifts — 5 lifts mapped
90 haSki area boundary (OSM)
261Inhabitants — Sarcenas (INSEE 38472)
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. 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 Col de Porte only (“COL DE PORTE”), magic carpets included.
Staying and hiring gear in Col de Porte
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Collective accommodation
- 1 hotel · 21 rooms
Commune: Sarcenas · 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 Col de Porte
Without skis on — 1 sledging run
Swimming pool
- Piscine municipale · Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse · 5.8 km away
- Piscine des Buclos · Meylan · 9.6 km away
- Piscine Intercommunale du Néron · Saint-Égrève · 9.9 km away
Spa and thermal baths
- Millésime Spa · Saint-Ismier · 7.5 km away
Paragliding
- Ecole de Parapente les Gens d'air · Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse · 6.5 km away
- Site d'atterissage parapente · Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse · 7.6 km away
- Site de Chalais - Parapente FFVL · Voreppe · 8.1 km away
- Site de décollage parapente · Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse · 8.5 km away
Museum
- Musée Arcabas en Chartreuse · Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse · 4.5 km away
- Musée de la Grande Chartreuse · Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse · 6.5 km away
Cinema
- La Vence Scène · Saint-Égrève · 9.8 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 → 0 Marked off-piste itineraries
2 km Ski touring routes
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
12 ski touring routes documented within 10 km of Col de Porte — up to 4,000 m of climb.
| Summit and route | Ski grade | Climb | Altitude | Aspect | From resort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charmant Som · Couloir NW en boucle | 3.3 · E3 · AD+ | 1,200 m | 1,080 → 1,867 m | NW | 0.6 km |
| Chamechaude · Directe du Grand Ravin en boucle | 4.2 · E2 · D | 756 m | 1,326 → 2,082 m | W | 1.2 km |
| Charmant Som · Par Canaple (ancienne piste) | 1.3 · E1 · F | 757 m | 1,110 → 1,867 m | S | 1.4 km |
| Mont Fromage - Balme de l'Air · Traversée par le Montvernet et par le Routin | n/a · F | 400 m | 1,326 → 1,662 m | n/a | 1.6 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 September 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
Open the piste map (PDF, 4.9 MB) ↗
Link to the resort’s own file — a piste map is a copyrighted artwork, we host no copy.
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 Col de Porte
From Paris: 6 hr 14 (592 km) by road.
By road
- From Grenoble: 22 min · 19 km
- From Chambéry: 55 min · 47 km
- From Valence: 1 hr 22 · 108 km
- From Annecy: 1 hr 28 · 95 km
- From Lyon: 1 hr 37 · 121 km
From other major cities (15)
- From Genève: 1 hr 57 · 133 km
- From Saint-Étienne: 2 hr 11 · 170 km
- From Montpellier: 3 hr 29 · 313 km
- From Dijon: 3 hr 29 · 322 km
- From Clermont-Ferrand: 3 hr 30 · 290 km
- From Marseille: 3 hr 34 · 322 km
- From Besançon: 3 hr 48 · 352 km
- From Perpignan: 4 hr 50 · 460 km
- From Nice: 5 hr 11 · 480 km
- From Nancy: 5 hr 37 · 533 km
- From Toulouse: 5 hr 46 · 547 km
- From Strasbourg: 6 hr 12 · 590 km
- From Paris: 6 hr 14 · 592 km
- From Bordeaux: 7 hr 28 · 677 km
- From Pau: 7 hr 41 · 737 km
Excluding traffic and winter conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.
By train
Grenoble station
main station, high-speed trains · then 22 min drive (19 km)
No direct bus line from the station to the resort appears in the open-data timetables (checked on 20 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): 51 min by road · 61 km
- Chambéry-Savoie (CMF): 1 hr 10 by road · 55 km
Take me there
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Charging an electric car
1 charging station within 2 km
2 charging points · up to 22 kW
- SARCENAS - Parking Route du Charmant Som · Bouygues Energies & Services · 2 points · 22 kW · 0.5 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.
The area offers 2 km of alpine pistes, 7 marked pistes (2 green, 4 blue, 1 red), 4 ski lifts, plus a snowpark. Green and blue runs dominate: terrain suited to beginners and families.
Measured on the OpenStreetMap map: the longest piste runs 1 km and the highest lift tops out at 1,660 m.
Access: 22 min by road from Grenoble and 22 min from Grenoble railway station.
2 official webcams show the pistes live (on the French page).
Frequently asked questions
How high is Col de Porte?
Col de Porte sits at 1,306 m at village level, and its ski area rises to 1,701 m.
How many kilometres of pistes does Col de Porte have?
Col de Porte has 2 km of slopes, 4 lifts.
What is the longest piste in Col de Porte?
The longest single descent: 1 km (blue run), for 100 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 Col de Porte?
The highest lift, Charmant Som (chairlift), tops out at 1,701 m. Source: STRMTG, French national register of mechanical lifts (CAIRN database), file dated 1 January 2025.
How many lifts does Col de Porte have, and what is their capacity?
The French national register of mechanical lifts records 4 installations at Col de Porte (1 chairlift, 2 drag lifts, 1 magic carpet), for an authorised capacity of 2,450 people per hour, of which 800 for Zouzous alone. The fleet spans 1958 to 2017, an average age of 46 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 much is a lift pass in Col de Porte?
The adult day pass costs €17 (2025-2026 season, the latest price list published, read on the official price list).
How do I get to Col de Porte?
By road, Col de Porte is 22 min from Grenoble (19 km), excluding traffic and winter conditions. By train, the nearest station is Grenoble (main station, high-speed trains), 22 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, 51 min away.
How long is the drive from Paris to Col de Porte?
6 hr 14 for 592 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 Col de Porte?
Good snow from mid-January to mid-March. 91 days a winter at 30 cm or more on average, measured over 16 winters at the Météo-France “COL DE PORTE-NIVOSE” station. This verdict rests on 16 winters of Météo-France measurements (2007-2026); in season the daily report prevails.
Is Col de Porte good for beginners and families?
86% of the pistes are green or blue: a very accessible area.
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