Courchevel 1850
1,760 mSector altitude
Courchevel 1850 is a ski resort in the Northern Alps (Savoie), in the commune of Courchevel. The village sits at 1,760 m and the ski area rises to 2,700 m, a skiable vertical of 1,350 m.
A sector of Courchevel
The Courchevel resort page →Courchevel 1850 is one of the ski villages of Courchevel, and shares its ski area (66 lifts). The area, the lift passes, the piste map, the off-piste routes and the SkiRadar ratings are described once, on the Courchevel page — this page keeps what belongs to Courchevel 1850: its own altitude, its webcams, where to stay in the village, how to get there and its ski school.
Live webcams
All webcams (8) →ChenusSkaping · 1.7 km away
Signal d'AriondazSkaping · 4.0 km away
▶ Watch at the operator ↗
Centre station Courchevel 1850e 2panoramic
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 →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
Good snow from mid-December to mid-April: a long, reliable season. 127 days a winter at 30 cm or more on average, and 481 cm of fresh snow, measured over 41 winters at the Météo-France “La Plagne” station. Fortnight by fortnight, over 41 measured winters →
3-day forecast
Village 1,760 m · top 2,700 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.
Staying and hiring gear in Courchevel 1850
The partners covering this resort, shown side by side, and the shop to kit out before you leave. Some links earn us a commission — never at the expense of the price or of the data.
Collective accommodation
1,014 bed spaces in tourist residences, holiday villages and hostels
- 47 hotels · 2,076 rooms (23 × 5★, 12 × 4★, 7 × 3★, 1 × 2★)
- 2 holiday villages and family centres · 386 bed spaces
- 5 tourist residences and apartment hotels · 628 bed spaces
Commune: Courchevel · 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 Planet
Self-catering flats and all-inclusive ski holidays at the foot of the slopes, since 1999.
Montagne Vacances
Flats and chalets in the resort, at direct prices.
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 Courchevel 1850
Without skis on — 6 km of snowshoe and walking trails · 7 sledging runs
Toboggan runs
- Piste de luge (Courchevel 1850 - Courchevel Village) · Courchevel · 0.3 km away
- Piste de luge Moriond Racing · Courchevel · 1.6 km away
Ice rink
- Curling (uniquement en hiver) · Pralognan-la-Vanoise · 8.1 km away
- Patinoire · Pralognan-la-Vanoise · 8.2 km away
Swimming pool
- Aquamotion · Courchevel · 1.1 km away
- Piscine en plein-air de la Tania · Courchevel · 3.4 km away
- Parc Olympique · Les Allues · 5.7 km away
- Piscine municipale · Champagny-en-Vanoise · 6.5 km away
Spa and thermal baths
- Aquamotion - SPA · Courchevel · 1.1 km away
- Le Grand Spa Thermal · Brides-les-Bains · 6.5 km away
- Les Thermes de Brides-Les-Bains · Brides-les-Bains · 6.5 km away
Dog sledding
- Génération Musher - Traîneau à chiens · Champagny-en-Vanoise · 10 km away
Paragliding
- TandemTOP Paragliding · Courchevel · 0.2 km away
- Team FBI Parapente Tandem · Courchevel · 2 km away
- DEJOUY Jean-Jacques - Parapente · Courchevel · 2.3 km away
- Smiles Parapente · Bozel · 3.4 km away
Museum
- Tour Sarrazine, musée · Bozel · 3.3 km away
- Musée des Allues · Les Allues · 6.2 km away
Cinema
- Cinéma Méribel-Mottaret · Les Allues · 6.2 km away
- Cinéma Le Doron · Brides-les-Bains · 6.6 km away
- Megarama Le Tremplin · OpenStreetMap
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. Lines marked OpenStreetMap come from the map, within 3 km — opening times on site. Opening times and prices are the operator’s — check before you go.
Ski schools and practical information
Ski school
ESF Courchevel 1850
453 instructors
🇬🇧 385 English-speaking instructors — lessons in English available
🗓️ This school sells its lessons online — book ↗
Source: esf.net
Resort contacts and documents
- Tourist office
- COURCHEVEL TOURISME · 9 rue de l'église, 73120 · 0479080029 · info@courchevel.com (declared by the resort, ANMSM)
- Resort app
- Android (declared by the resort, ANMSM)
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.
Resort data: declared by COURCHEVEL TOURISME and distributed by ANMSM · read on 16 October
Getting to Courchevel 1850
From Paris: 7 hr 12 (670 km) by road.
By road
- From Chambéry: 1 hr 25 · 101 km
- From Annecy: 1 hr 40 · 95 km
- From Grenoble: 1 hr 41 · 131 km
- From Genève: 2 hr 22 · 141 km
- From Lyon: 2 hr 35 · 200 km
From other major cities (15)
- From Valence: 2 hr 44 · 223 km
- From Saint-Étienne: 3 hr 09 · 249 km
- From Dijon: 4 hr 27 · 401 km
- From Clermont-Ferrand: 4 hr 28 · 366 km
- From Besançon: 4 hr 42 · 314 km
- From Montpellier: 4 hr 51 · 428 km
- From Marseille: 4 hr 57 · 437 km
- From Perpignan: 6 hr 13 · 576 km
- From Nice: 6 hr 18 · 515 km
- From Nancy: 6 hr 34 · 612 km
- From Strasbourg: 6 hr 37 · 531 km
- From Toulouse: 7 hr 09 · 662 km
- From Paris: 7 hr 12 · 670 km
- From Bordeaux: 8 hr 26 · 755 km
- From Pau: 9 hr 04 · 852 km
Excluding traffic and winter conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.
By train
Moûtiers - Salins - Brides-les-Bains station
regional station · then 28 min drive (25 km)
Nearest main station: Chambéry - Challes-les-Eaux, 1 hr 23 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 36 by road · 109 km
- Grenoble-Alpes-Isère (GNB): 2 hr 14 by road · 176 km
Take me there
These links open the app with Courchevel 1850 as the destination. Your starting point is never sent by us — the app asks you for it, if you agree.
Charging an electric car
2 charging stations within 2 km
4 charging points · up to 50 kW
- AVIA VOLT - Courchevel · Bump · 2 points · 50 kW · 0.6 km
- Alpine résidences Courchevel - Manali Lodge - powered by DRIVECO · DRIVECO Partner Network · 2 points · 22 kW · 1.8 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.
Nearby resorts
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. Courchevel 1850 in French →
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