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Combloux

Northern Alps Altitude 720 – 2,373 m Linked area Évasion Mont-Blanc Checked on 18 September 2026
720 mVillage altitude
2,373 mTop of the ski area
43 kmAlpine pistes
14Ski lifts
€30Adult day pass · 2026-2027

Combloux is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Southeastern France. A mountain village in the French Alps, it is also popular as a ski resort. Combloux is located 4 km (2.5 mi) from Megève and 30 km (19 mi) from Chamonix-Mont-Blanc.

Famille PlusOfficially classified tourist resort (France) Full page in French →
Combloux — view of the resort
Photo: Wikimedia Commons

Introduction from the English Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

SkiRadar ratings

How ratings are computed →Computed on 18 September 2026

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.

  1. SnowCan you count on the snow?
    2.5 / 5

    Top of the ski area: 2,373 m · Bottom of the pistes: 819 m · Days above 30 cm per winter, measured: 47 days · Days above 30 cm, December to March, model: 99%

  2. Ski areaIs there enough to ski all week?
    3 / 5

    Km of pistes at the resort: 43 km · Km of pistes across the linked area: 123 km · Lifts: 14 · Balance between piste levels: 83%

  3. ValueIs the lift pass reasonable for what you get?
    4 / 5

    Adult day pass: €30 · Day pass price per km of pistes: €0.24/km · Price read at a neighbouring resort of the same area

  4. Families and beginnersIs it right for children and beginners?
    3 / 5

    Share of green and blue pistes: 70% · Magic carpets: 1 · Sledging runs: 1 · Special prices out of 4 (beginner, child, family, free age): 1 · ESF ski school · Ice rink, pool, rail sledge…: 0 · Famille Plus label

  5. AccessIs it easy to get to?
    4.5 / 5

    Average drive time from 20 major cities: 4 hr 22 · Nearest railway station: 11 min · Station-to-resort shuttles per day: 11 · Nearest airport: 1 hr 20

  6. Atmosphere and après-skiIs there life in the evening and off the slopes?
    2.5 / 5

    Bars and pubs: 0 · Nightclubs: 0 · Restaurants: 14 · Upcoming events: 5 · Collective tourist beds: 1,016 — index: what the map and the listings publish

  7. Luxury and comfortHow upmarket is the resort?
    2 / 5

    5-star hotels: 0 · 4-star hotels: 0 · Share of hotel rooms in 4 and 5 stars: 67% · Spas and saunas: 0 · Jewellers, watchmakers, fashion boutiques: 1 · Adult day pass: €30 — 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).

Snow and opening

7-day forecast → Snow report →
Status unknown

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.

7-day forecast

Village 720 m · top 2,373 m

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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.

Estimate · 10-winter average (2015-2025)

☀️ Average daily sunshine : Nov 6.2 h · Dec 5.6 h · Jan 5.9 h · Feb 7.2 h · Mar 8.5 h · Apr 10.2 h — 26 bright days in April (Open-Meteo estimate, 2015-2025).

  1. November21 cmInsufficient · 32%
  2. December79 cmGood skiing · 94%
  3. January125 cmGood skiing · 100%
  4. February152 cmGood skiing · 100%
  5. March162 cmGood skiing · 100%
  6. April126 cmGood skiing · 96%
  7. May57 cmVariable · 67%

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
Estimate from the ERA5-Land reanalysis (Open-Meteo), about 9 km grid at 993 m. Not a resort measurement: during the season the daily report prevails. The percentage is the share of time with at least 30 cm on the ground.

Snow actually measured, winter by winter

27 complete winters measured, from 1993-1994 to 2022-2023 — on average 47 days a winter with at least 30 cm on the ground.

Météo-France — “COMBLOUX” station (1183 m, 1.2 km away) · 12 Sept 2026
  1. 1-15 Dec15 cmInsufficient · 18 %
  2. 16-31 Dec19 cmInsufficient · 32 %
  3. 1-15 Jan23 cmInsufficient · 31 %
  4. 16-31 Jan35 cmVariable · 53 %
  5. 1-15 Feb39 cmVariable · 59 %
  6. 16-29 Feb38 cmVariable · 53 %
  7. 1-15 Mar30 cmInsufficient · 43 %
  8. 16-31 Mar14 cmInsufficient · 24 %
  9. 1-15 Apr4 cmInsufficient · 3 %
Best winter of the series
2012-2013 — 119 days at 30 cm or more
Worst winter of the series
2000-2001 — 1 day at 30 cm or more

How much snow actually falls — 292 cm a winter on average, spread over 29 days of snowfall. Measured over 27 complete winters.

Biggest 24-hour snowfall
62 cm — 1995-1996
Snowiest winter
1998-1999 — 585 cm
Leanest winter
2010-2011 — 96 cm
Total snow depth on the ground measured at 06:00 at the Météo-France “COMBLOUX” station (1183 m, 1.2 km away), from the open “Daily climatological data” dataset (Open Licence 2.0). The season is counted from 1 December to 15 April; only winters with at least 95 % of those 136 days measured are kept, so no figure here rests on a handful of readings. The reading is taken at 1183 m, well below the top of the ski area (2373 m), where snow lies deeper. In season, the resort’s daily report prevails. Snowfall figures are the fresh snow depth over 24 hours recorded at the same station (the HNEIGEF column): a day of snowfall is a day with 1 cm or more, and only winters measured 95 % of the time on that column are counted — which is why the record can be longer or shorter than the one for snow on the ground. More snow always falls than remains: some melts, settles or blows away.

The ski area

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54 pistes, by level — 43 km

16 green22 blue15 red1 black
Skiable vertical
1,554 m (819 m → 2,373 m)
Lifts
2 gondolas, 3 chairlifts, 8 drag lifts, 1 magic carpet
Cross-country skiing
11 named trails — 43 km of marked loops (32 km of distinct track: the loops overlap) · Megeve Mont Arbois area, 2.1 km from the resort
See the trails(11)
TrailLevelLength
Megeve-Bettex-St.Nicolasintermediate20 km
Livraz - Cote2000black4.5 km
Planelletred3.6 km
Javenblack2.5 km
Livrazgreen2.5 km
Planayblack2 km
La Croixblue1.8 km
Le Laitblue1.7 km
Odiern/a1.6 km
Le Mazred1.5 km
Petit Vorasset · Megeve Mont Arboiseasy1.3 km
OpenStreetMap, lengths measured on the geometry, surveyed on 12 September 2026. A trail with no difficulty tag is shown as "n/a" — never guessed.
Snowpark
Yes
Without skis
1 km of snowshoe and walking trails · 1 sledging run
Piste aspect
N 24% · E 59% · S 0% · W 17% (descent direction of 64 OSM pistes, terrain model)
Mountain restaurants
Le Cœur d'Or (1519 m) · Chez Albert (1196 m) · 540 Café (1124 m)
Piste map (PDF)
plan-piste-portes-mont-blanc-web (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 de Combloux 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 (2026-2027) detail →

Adult passPrice
1 day€30
Child, 1 day€25

Read on the official price list, full price, excluding promotions. Price list of the linked area, read on Portes du Mont-Blanc. Official price list ↗

The ski area in figures

Measured on 9 September 2026
3 kmLongest piste — Mandarines (green), 530 m of vertical
548 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 1,755 → 1,207 m, 2 km
1,754 mHighest lift top — TSD du Pertuis (detachable chairlift), national lift register
14,156Total lift capacity, people per hour — 12 installations: 3 chairlifts, 8 drag lifts, 1 magic carpet
29 yrsAverage age of the lift fleet — oldest 1960, newest 2022
3,000Biggest lift, people per hour — TSD du Pertuis (detachable chairlift, 2007)
77 kmTotal length of lifts — 85 lifts mapped
9,335 haSki area boundary (OSM)
2,093Inhabitants — Combloux (INSEE 74083)

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 Combloux only (“COMBLOUX”), magic carpets included.

Staying and hiring gear in Combloux

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Stay & accommodation

Ski Planet
Self-catering flats and all-inclusive ski holidays at the foot of the slopes, since 1999.
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Montagne Vacances
Flats and chalets in the resort, at direct prices.
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VVF
Family holiday villages, kids’ clubs included.
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Ski hire

Sport 2000 Location
Skis, boots and helmets booked online, collected in a resort shop.
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Skiset
Network of ski-hire shops in the resorts.
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Live webcams

All webcams (8) →
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Combloux - Sommet du Pertuis : 1757Mthe resort’s operator
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La LivrazMegève
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RochebruneMegève
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AlpetteMegève
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Lac D ArboisMegève
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Cote 2000Megève
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Rochebrune · PanoramiqueMegève

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 Combloux

From Paris: 6 hr 22 (599 km) by road.

By road

  • From Genève: 55 min · 64 km
  • From Annecy: 1 hr 08 · 88 km
  • From Chambéry: 1 hr 20 · 90 km
  • From Grenoble: 1 hr 36 · 120 km
  • From Lyon: 2 hr 30 · 207 km
From other major cities (15)
  • From Valence: 2 hr 39 · 212 km
  • From Saint-Étienne: 3 hr 04 · 238 km
  • From Besançon: 3 hr 23 · 238 km
  • From Dijon: 3 hr 30 · 320 km
  • From Clermont-Ferrand: 4 hr 12 · 378 km
  • From Montpellier: 4 hr 46 · 417 km
  • From Marseille: 4 hr 52 · 426 km
  • From Strasbourg: 5 hr 19 · 456 km
  • From Nancy: 5 hr 33 · 524 km
  • From Nice: 5 hr 46 · 483 km
  • From Perpignan: 6 hr 08 · 565 km
  • From Paris: 6 hr 22 · 599 km
  • From Toulouse: 7 hr 04 · 651 km
  • From Bordeaux: 8 hr 11 · 764 km
  • From Pau: 8 hr 59 · 841 km

Excluding traffic and winter conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.

By train

Sallanches - Combloux - Megève station

regional station · then 11 min drive (8 km)

Nearest main station: Annecy, 1 hr 06 by road.

  • From Sallanches - Combloux - Megève station (stop “Gare”): line Y83 — SALLANCHES → PRAZ → FLUMET (REGION - cars Région Haute-Savoie), 10 min to the “Graniteur” stop — 11 departures a day on weekdays, 13 a day at weekends · first 07:00, last 19:30 · timetable from 15 December 2026 to 15 April 2027 · official timetable ↗

Direct journeys read from the official timetable files published on transport.data.gouv.fr — no connections.

By plane

  • Genève (GVA): 1 hr 20 by road · 73 km
  • Chambéry-Savoie (CMF): 1 hr 31 by road · 98 km

Take me there

These links open the app with Combloux 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

3 charging points · up to 24 kW

  • COMBLOUX - Route de la mairie · EASYCHARGE · 3 points · 24 kW · 0.2 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 →
0 Marked off-piste itineraries
15 km Ski touring routes
1,554 m Skiable vertical · top 2,373 m
Safety. Off-piste terrain is neither marked nor made safe by the resort: a transceiver, a shovel, a probe and reading the avalanche bulletin are the minimum — and going with a mountain guide is better still. Today's avalanche risk (Météo-France scale of 1 to 5) will appear here during the season.

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 Combloux — up to 1,100 m of climb.

Summit and routeSki gradeClimbAltitudeAspectFrom resort
Sommet des Salles · Depuis Ormaret par les pistesn/a · F660 m1,080 → 1,757 mE2.9 km
Col du Jaillet · Par la Croix des Salles1.3 · F500 m1,249 → 1,723 mW3.9 km
Petit Croisse Baulet · Depuis Megève ou Combloux1.3 · E1 · F600 m1,402 → 2,009 mSE4.2 km
Croisse Baulet · Depuis Cordon-Cornillon2.3 · E1 · PD+1,100 m1,150 → 2,236 mSE5.1 km
Croisse Baulet · Traversée face E depuis Cordonn/a · PD+1,000 m1,150 → 2,236 mNE5.2 km
Petit Croisse Baulet · Depuis Cordon par le Col de Jaillet2.1 · E1 · PD-900 m1,125 → 2,009 mE5.3 km
Mont Joux · Depuis Les Communailles1.2 · E1 · PD-541 m1,417 → 1,958 mNE5.4 km
Croisse Baulet · Tour et face W, depuis Cordon4.1 · E2 · AD+1,000 m1,240 → 2,236 mW5.6 km
Cabane du Petit Pâtre · Depuis les Chars2.1650 m1,267 → 1,915 mE5.6 km
Cabane du Petit Pâtre · Depuis le Péray1.3640 m1,276 → 1,915 mn/a5.7 km
Croisse Baulet · Descente par le ruisseau du Dard3.2 · E1 · AD1,100 m1,150 → 2,236 mE5.8 km
Tête Noire (Cordon) · En boucle par la Croix du Planet1.3 · E1 · PD-562 m1,276 → 1,691 mE5.9 km
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 ↗

Beyond skiing at Combloux

Toboggan runs

Ice rink

Swimming pool

Spa and thermal baths

Paragliding

Museum

  • Musée de l'Ermitage du Calvaire · Megève · 4.6 km away
  • Château des Rubins - Observatoire des Alpes · Sallanches · 4.6 km away
  • Pile Pont Expo · Saint-Gervais-les-Bains · 5.1 km away
  • La Cure · Saint-Gervais-les-Bains · 5.4 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

1,016 bed spaces in tourist residences, holiday villages and hostels

  • 5 hotels · 135 rooms (2 × 4★, 1 × 3★, 1 × 2★)
  • 3 tourist residences and apartment hotels · 1,016 bed spaces

Commune: Combloux · INSEE tourist accommodation survey, 2026, read on 12 September 2026. Collective accommodation only — privately let flats and second homes are not counted. INSEE dataset ↗

Tourist office

Office du Tourisme de Combloux

📍 49 Chemin des Passerands

📞 +33 4 50 58 60 49

🌐 combloux.com

Ski school

ESF Combloux

📞 04 50 58 63 02

🌐 esf-combloux.com

128 instructors

🇬🇧 98 English-speaking instructors — lessons in English available

🗓️ This school sells its lessons online — book ↗

Source: esf.net

All about the ski school in Combloux →

Days without skiing

  • Spa / wellness · Storvatt

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 Combloux

All events →

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

Portes du Mont-Blanc 3 kmCordon 4 kmMegève 5 kmSaint-Gervais-les-Bains 6 kmSaint-Nicolas-de-Véroce 8 kmDomaine de Praz sur Arly 9 km

Frequently asked questions

How high is Combloux?

Combloux sits at 720 m at village level, and its ski area rises to 2,373 m.

How many kilometres of pistes does Combloux have?

Combloux has 43 km of pistes served by 14 lifts, within the linked Évasion Mont-Blanc area (OpenStreetMap survey).

What is the longest piste in Combloux?

The longest piste is Mandarines: 3 km (green run), for 530 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 Combloux?

The highest lift, TSD du Pertuis (detachable chairlift), tops out at 1,754 m. Source: STRMTG, French national register of mechanical lifts (CAIRN database), file dated 1 January 2025.

How many lifts does Combloux have, and what is their capacity?

The French national register of mechanical lifts records 12 installations at Combloux (3 chairlifts, 8 drag lifts, 1 magic carpet), for an authorised capacity of 14,156 people per hour, of which 3,000 for TSD du Pertuis alone. The fleet spans 1960 to 2022, 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 much is a lift pass in Combloux?

The adult day pass costs €30 (2026-2027, read on the official price list, shared with Portes du Mont-Blanc).

How do I get to Combloux?

By road, Combloux is 55 min from Genève (64 km), excluding traffic and winter conditions. By train, the nearest station is Sallanches - Combloux - Megève, 11 min by road from the resort. From Sallanches - Combloux - Megève station, line Y83 — SALLANCHES → PRAZ → FLUMET (REGION - cars Région Haute-Savoie) reaches the “Graniteur” stop in 10 min, 11 departures a day on weekdays, 13 a day at weekends. The nearest airport is Genève, 1 hr 20 away.

How long is the drive from Paris to Combloux?

6 hr 22 for 599 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 Combloux?

Yes: good snow through most of the winter according to ten winters of reanalysis (estimate); in season the daily report prevails.

Is Combloux good for beginners and families?

70% of the pistes are green or blue: a rather easy area. The resort holds the Famille Plus family label.

Full page in French. The French page carries the editorial guides and a few extra readings; every figure, webcam and price on this page is the same one. Combloux in French →

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