Combelouvière
Off season · opens 18 December 20261,255 mVillage altitude
2,516 mTop of the ski area
€59.70Adult day pass · Valmorel - Le Grand Domaine · 2026-2027
Not retained (conflicting sources): km of alpine pistes, ski lifts.
Doucy-Combelouvière is a small winter sports resort in the Tarentaise, located in the communal territory of La Léchère, in the département of Savoie in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. The ski area is linked to that of Valmorel - Le Grand Domaine.
Live webcams
All webcams (8) →Le FreneLongchamp 1650
Saint Francois Longchamp TSF Lauziere G1Longchamp 1650
Saint Francois Longchamp TSF Soleil RougeLongchamp 1650
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. 4 more cameras on the webcam page. Checked on 16 October 2026.
Snow, opening and weather
Snow report →The domain is due to open on 18 December 2026 and close on 10 April 2027. Open pistes and lifts will appear here as soon as the resort publishes its daily report.
Right now at the LA LECHERE_SAPC station (1,195 m)
Source: Météo-France, LA LECHERE_SAPC weather station, 6.7 km away. Hourly measurement — not the resort’s own snow report.
Avalanche danger
Good snow from early January to mid-April. 115 days a winter at 30 cm or more on average, and 344 cm of fresh snow, measured over 27 winters at the Météo-France “Meribel Mottaret” station. Fortnight by fortnight, over 27 measured winters →
3-day forecast
Village 1,255 m · top 2,516 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: 2,516 m · Bottom of the pistes: 1,219 m · Days above 30 cm per winter, measured: 115 days · Days above 30 cm, December to March, model: 97%
- Ski areaIs there enough to ski all week?3.5 / 5
Km skiable from the resort, linked area included: 165 km
- ValueIs the lift pass reasonable for what you get?2.5 / 5
Adult day pass: €59.70 · Day pass price per km of pistes: €0.36/km · Adult 6-day pass: €299.90 · Price read at a neighbouring resort of the same area
- Families and beginnersIs it right for children and beginners?3 / 5
Share of green and blue pistes: 100% · Ice rink, pool, rail sledge…: 0
- AccessIs it easy to get to?3 / 5
Average drive time from 20 major cities: 4 hr 40 · Nearest railway station: 24 min · Station-to-resort shuttles per day: 0 · Nearest airport: 1 hr 27
- Atmosphere and après-skiIs there life in the evening and off the slopes?2 / 5
Bars and pubs: 1 · Nightclubs: 0 · Restaurants: 2 · Upcoming events: 0 · Collective tourist beds: 1,177 — 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: 0 · Jewellers, watchmakers, fashion boutiques: 0 · Adult day pass: €59.70 — 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 2026-2027
All prices (child, family, season) →€299.90 6 days
Read on the official price list, full price, excluding promotions. Valmorel - Le Grand Domaine pass, covering the whole linked area, read on the list of Valmorel. 2026-2027 season. Official price list ↗
- Skiable vertical
- 1,297 m
- Snowpark
- Yes
Ski-area figures — bottom, top: OpenStreetMap (1 Oct) . In a linked ski area the map cannot tell where the resort ends: its own km stay “n/a” until the resort declares them.
The ski area in figures
Measured on 7 October 20267 kmLongest piste — Les Traverses (blue), 425 m of vertical
573 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 2,177 → 1,604 m, 3 km
2,516 mHighest lift top — Lauzière (chairlift)
33 kmTotal length of lifts — 31 lifts mapped
4,581 haSki area boundary (OSM)
2,538Inhabitants — La Léchère (INSEE 73187)
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.
Staying and hiring gear in Combelouvière
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Collective accommodation
1,177 bed spaces in tourist residences, holiday villages and hostels
- 3 hotels · 151 rooms (1 × 3★, 2 × 2★)
- 2 holiday villages and family centres · 568 bed spaces
- 3 tourist residences and apartment hotels · 609 bed spaces
Commune: La Léchère · 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 Combelouvière
Swimming pool
- Piscine de Doucy · La Léchère · 0.1 km away
- Espace aquatique de Valmorel - Kanopé · Les Avanchers-Valmorel · 4.1 km away
Spa and thermal baths
- Thermes de La Léchère · La Léchère · 3 km away
Paragliding
- Aire de décollage parapente des Bachals · Les Avanchers-Valmorel · 3.6 km away
- Aire de décollage parapente des Lanchettes · Les Avanchers-Valmorel · 4.7 km away
- Aire de décollage parapente de Crève-Tête · Les Avanchers-Valmorel · 5.4 km away
- Aire de décollage parapente du Gollet · Les Avanchers-Valmorel · 5.7 km away
Museum
- Musée d'antan de Raclaz · La Léchère · 0.7 km away
- Galerie d'exposition / Patio au Centre Culturel Marius Hudry · Moûtiers · 6.3 km away
- Centre Culturel Marius Hudry · Moûtiers · 6.3 km away
- Musée des Traditions Populaires · Moûtiers · 6.3 km away
Cinema
- Le Studio - cinéma · Les Avanchers-Valmorel · 4.1 km away
- Cinéma "Le Rex" · Moûtiers · 5.9 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
3 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 Combelouvière — up to 1,345 m of climb.
| Summit and route | Ski grade | Climb | Altitude | Aspect | From resort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Combelouvière · par Saint Oyen | 1.2 · E1 · PD- | 594 m | 630 → 1,230 m | NE | 0.1 km |
| Combelouvière · Par Raclaz | 1.1 · E1 · F | 270 m | 1,000 → 1,270 m | E | 0.1 km |
| Chalet Bachal (Pierre Larron) · Par les Avanchers | 1.3 · E1 · F | 680 m | 1,160 → 1,830 m | NW | 2.7 km |
| Col du Loup · Depuis Villard Benoît par le Plan du Fruit et La Pautaz | 2.1 · E1 · F | 1,100 m | 1,000 → 2,093 m | NE | 3.1 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 Combelouvière
From Paris: 7 hr 03 (654 km) by road.
By road
- From Chambéry: 1 hr 16 · 85 km
- From Annecy: 1 hr 31 · 79 km
- From Grenoble: 1 hr 32 · 114 km
- From Genève: 2 hr 13 · 125 km
- From Lyon: 2 hr 26 · 184 km
From other major cities (15)
- From Valence: 2 hr 35 · 207 km
- From Saint-Étienne: 2 hr 59 · 232 km
- From Dijon: 4 hr 18 · 384 km
- From Clermont-Ferrand: 4 hr 19 · 349 km
- From Besançon: 4 hr 32 · 297 km
- From Montpellier: 4 hr 42 · 412 km
- From Marseille: 4 hr 47 · 421 km
- From Perpignan: 6 hr 04 · 559 km
- From Nice: 6 hr 09 · 499 km
- From Nancy: 6 hr 25 · 595 km
- From Strasbourg: 6 hr 27 · 515 km
- From Toulouse: 7 hr 00 · 646 km
- From Paris: 7 hr 03 · 654 km
- From Bordeaux: 8 hr 17 · 739 km
- From Pau: 8 hr 54 · 836 km
Excluding traffic and winter conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.
By train
Moûtiers - Salins - Brides-les-Bains station
regional station · then 24 min drive (16 km)
Nearest main station: Chambéry - Challes-les-Eaux, 1 hr 14 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
- Chambéry-Savoie (CMF): 1 hr 27 by road · 93 km
- Grenoble-Alpes-Isère (GNB): 2 hr 05 by road · 160 km
Take me there
These links open the app with Combelouvière as the destination. Your starting point is never sent by us — the app asks you for it, if you agree.
Charging an electric car
No freely accessible charge point is declared within 2 km of the resort (checked on 9 October 2026). Covered car parks in the resort may offer chargers reserved for their customers: those are not listed here.
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 Combelouvière?
Combelouvière sits at 1,255 m at village level, and its ski area rises to 2,516 m.
What is the longest piste in Combelouvière?
The longest piste is Les Traverses: 7 km (blue run), for 425 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 Combelouvière?
The highest lift, Lauzière, tops out at 2,516 m (IGN RGE ALTI terrain model). The 31 lifts mapped on OpenStreetMap total 33 km.
How much is a lift pass in Combelouvière?
The adult day pass for the Valmorel - Le Grand Domaine linked area costs €59.70 and the 6-day pass €299.90 (2026-2027 season, read on the official price list of Valmorel).
How do I get to Combelouvière?
By road, Combelouvière is 1 hr 16 from Chambéry (85 km), excluding traffic and winter conditions. By train, the nearest station is Moûtiers - Salins - Brides-les-Bains, 24 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 Chambéry-Savoie, 1 hr 27 away.
How long is the drive from Paris to Combelouvière?
7 hr 03 for 654 km from central Paris, excluding traffic and winter conditions. Computed on the real road network (OpenStreetMap): allow more on a school-holiday Saturday.
When does Combelouvière open?
According to the official website, the resort opens on 18 December 2026 and closes on 10 April 2027 (2026-2027 season).
Is the snow reliable in Combelouvière?
Good snow from early January to mid-April. 115 days a winter at 30 cm or more on average, and 344 cm of fresh snow, measured over 27 winters at the Météo-France “Meribel Mottaret” station. This verdict rests on 27 winters of Météo-France measurements (1991-2026); in season the daily report prevails.
Nearby resorts
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