Courchevel 1850
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.
The area offers 317 km of alpine pistes, 424 marked pistes (148 green, 145 blue, 92 red, 39 black), 55 ski lifts, plus a snowpark. Green and blue runs dominate: terrain suited to beginners and families.
Courchevel 1850 belongs to the linked Les 3 Vallées area: one lift pass covers the neighbouring resorts.
Measured on the OpenStreetMap map: the longest piste runs 7 km (Biolley) and the highest lift tops out at 2,916 m.
The resort holds the Famille Plus and Station Verte and Station classée de tourisme labels.
Access: 1 h 25 by road from Chambéry and 28 min from Moûtiers - Salins - Brides-les-Bains railway station.
4 official webcams show the pistes live (on the French page).
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?4 / 5
Top of the ski area: 2,700 m · Bottom of the pistes: 1,350 m · Days above 30 cm per winter, measured: 127 days · Days above 30 cm, December to March, model: 95%
- Ski areaIs there enough to ski all week?5 / 5
Km of pistes at the resort: 317 km · Km of pistes across the linked area: 425 km · Lifts: 55 · Balance between piste levels: 93%
- ValueIs the lift pass reasonable for what you get?3 / 5
Adult day pass: €70 · Day pass price per km of pistes: €0.16/km · Adult 6-day pass: €350 · Price read at a neighbouring resort of the same area
- Families and beginnersIs it right for children and beginners?3.5 / 5
Share of green and blue pistes: 69% · Magic carpets: 10 · Sledging runs: 7 · Special prices out of 4 (beginner, child, family, free age): 0 · ESF ski school · Ice rink, pool, rail sledge…: 2 · Famille Plus label
- AccessIs it easy to get to?3 / 5
Average drive time from 20 major cities: 4 hr 50 · Nearest railway station: 28 min · Station-to-resort shuttles per day: 1 · Nearest airport: 1 hr 36
- Atmosphere and après-skiIs there life in the evening and off the slopes?3 / 5
Bars and pubs: 6 · Nightclubs: 0 · Restaurants: 47 · Upcoming events: 0 · Collective tourist beds: 1,014 — index: what the map and the listings publish
- Luxury and comfortHow upmarket is the resort?4.5 / 5
5-star hotels: 3 · 4-star hotels: 1 · Share of hotel rooms in 4 and 5 stars: 79% · Spas and saunas: 0 · Jewellers, watchmakers, fashion boutiques: 6 · Adult day pass: €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 (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 1,760 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.
Average snow depth by month
Good snow from December to April: a long, reliable season.
☀️ Average daily sunshine : Nov 6.4 h · Dec 5.6 h · Jan 6.1 h · Feb 7.2 h · Mar 8.2 h · Apr 9.9 h — 25 bright days in April (Open-Meteo estimate, 2015-2025).
- November15 cmInsufficient · 15%
- December63 cmGood skiing · 84%
- January96 cmGood skiing · 95%
- February120 cmGood skiing · 100%
- March136 cmGood skiing · 100%
- April98 cmGood skiing · 94%
- May—no record
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
41 complete winters measured, from 1981-1982 to 2025-2026 — on average 127 days a winter with at least 30 cm on the ground.
- 1-15 Dec45 cmVariable · 66 %
- 16-31 Dec67 cmGood skiing · 84 %
- 1-15 Jan87 cmGood skiing · 95 %
- 16-31 Jan105 cmGood skiing · 98 %
- 1-15 Feb121 cmGood skiing · 100 %
- 16-29 Feb133 cmGood skiing · 100 %
- 1-15 Mar143 cmGood skiing · 100 %
- 16-31 Mar136 cmGood skiing · 100 %
- 1-15 Apr122 cmGood skiing · 98 %
- Best winter of the series
- 1987-1988 — 137 days at 30 cm or more
- Worst winter of the series
- 1989-1990 — 80 days at 30 cm or more
How much snow actually falls — 481 cm a winter on average, spread over 56 days of snowfall. Measured over 31 complete winters, from 1994-1995 to 2024-2025.
- Biggest 24-hour snowfall
- 85 cm — 1994-1995
- Snowiest winter
- 1994-1995 — 844 cm
- Leanest winter
- 2010-2011 — 197 cm
The ski area
Compare with another resort →424 pistes, by level — 317 km
- Skiable vertical
- 1,350 m (1,350 m → 2,700 m)
- Lifts
- 2 cable cars, 2 funiculars, 8 gondolas, 17 chairlifts, 18 drag lifts, 10 magic carpets
- Cross-country skiing
- 7 named trails — 69 km of marked loops (21 km of distinct track: the loops overlap), right by the resortOpenStreetMap, lengths measured on the geometry, surveyed on 12 September 2026. A trail with no difficulty tag is shown as "n/a" — never guessed.
See the trails(7)
Trail Level Length Méribel Altiport - Courchevel La Tania n/a 15 km Méribel Altiport - Courchevel 1850 n/a 15 km Le Plantin - Méribel Altiport n/a 12 km Courchevel 1850 - La Tania n/a 12 km Le Fontany - Méribel Altiport n/a 8.1 km Le Bouc Blanc n/a 5.3 km L’Altiport - Méribel Altiport n/a 1.4 km - Snowpark
- 1 mapped zone, 1.5 km from the resort — Family Park
OpenStreetMap, surveyed on 12 September 2026. OpenStreetMap does not map individual features (kickers, rails): what is counted here are the named zones. - Night skiing
- 1 floodlit pistes (OSM)
- Without skis
- 6 km of snowshoe and walking trails · 7 sledging runs
- Piste aspect
- N 63% · E 23% · S 5% · W 9% (descent direction of 182 OSM pistes, terrain model)
- Mountain restaurants
- Le Panoramic (2698 m) · Bagatelle (2239 m) · La Soucoupe (2181 m) · Cave des Creux (2113 m) · Les Verdons (2076 m) · Bel Air (2046 m) · Le Pilatus (2019 m)
- Tourist office
- COURCHEVEL TOURISME · 9 rue de l'église, 73120 · 0479080029 · [email protected] (declared by the resort, ANMSM)
- Piste map (PDF)
- Panorama Courchevel 2015 2016 V8 (BAT5) (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 COURCHEVEL 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 (2026-2027) detail →
| Adult pass | Price |
|---|---|
| 1 day | €70 |
| 6 days | €350 |
Read on the official price list, full price, excluding promotions. Price list of the linked area, read on Les Menuires. Official price list ↗
The ski area in figures
Measured on 9 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.
Staying and hiring gear in Courchevel 1850
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Stay & accommodation
Live webcams
All webcams (8) →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 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 · 368 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 17 · 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.
- From Moûtiers - Salins - Brides-les-Bains station (stop “Gare Routiere”): line S65 — COURCHEVEL ↔ MOUTIERS (REGION - cars Région Savoie), 42 min to the “La Chouliere” stop — 1 departure a day on weekdays · first 13:00, last 17:45 · 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
- 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 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: Tétras · Bouc Blanc · Couloir Tournier · Grand Couloir · Couloir « Émile Allais » · Couloir « Sous le téléphérique »
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 Courchevel 1850 — up to 1,510 m of climb.
| Summit and route | Ski grade | Climb | Altitude | Aspect | From resort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aiguille du Fruit · Couloir N | 3.3 · E1 · AD+ | 550 m | 1,850 → 2,926 m | N | 1.6 km |
| Croix des Verdons / Dent de Burgin · Couloir Ouest | 4.1 · E1 · PD | 1,240 m | 1,440 → 2,650 m | W | 3.6 km |
| La Saulire · Par les pistes de Courchevel | 2.1 · E1 · PD | 900 m | 1,850 → 2,740 m | N | 4 km |
| Rocher de Plassa · Tour de la Grande Val par le Rocher de la Plassa | 2.2 · E3 · PD | 1,510 m | 1,760 → 2,867 m | n/a | 4.3 km |
| Rocher de Plassa · Versant S | n/a · F | 1,135 m | 1,700 → 2,835 m | S | 4.3 km |
| Roc Merlet · Par le Mont Bel-Air | n/a · AD- | 1,012 m | 1,722 → 2,734 m | SE | 4.4 km |
| Col de la Grande Pierre · Combe N | 2.3 · E1 · PD+ | 1,000 m | 1,450 → 2,450 m | N | 5.1 km |
| Petit Mont Blanc · Versant W | n/a · PD+ | 1,200 m | 1,784 → 2,677 m | W | 5.2 km |
| Col du Fruit · Versant NE (Courchevel) | n/a · E1 | n/a | 2,516 m | N | 5.2 km |
| Roche Nue · Couloir N | 4.2 · E2 | 1,382 m | 1,600 → 2,982 m | N | 5.6 km |
| Mont de la Guerre · Versant SW | 2.1 · E1 · F | 1,000 m | 1,300 → 2,293 m | SW | 5.6 km |
| Aiguille de Chanrossa · Versant N | 4.3 · E1 · AD+ | 1,220 m | 1,730 → 2,950 m | N | 5.8 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 Courchevel 1850
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
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
1,014 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 ↗
Tourist office
Courchevel Tourisme
📍 110, 73120 Courchevel
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
Days without skiing
- Cinema · Megarama Le Tremplin
- Ice rink · Patinoire de Courchevel
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.
Nearby resorts
Frequently asked questions
How high is Courchevel 1850?
Courchevel 1850 sits at 1,760 m at village level, and its ski area rises to 2,700 m.
How many kilometres of pistes does Courchevel 1850 have?
Courchevel 1850 has 317 km of pistes served by 55 lifts, within the linked Les 3 Vallées area (OpenStreetMap survey).
What is the longest piste in Courchevel 1850?
The longest piste is Biolley: 7 km (blue run), for 334 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 Courchevel 1850?
The highest lift, Mont Vallon, tops out at 2,916 m (IGN RGE ALTI terrain model). The 90 lifts mapped on OpenStreetMap total 104 km.
How much is a lift pass in Courchevel 1850?
The adult day pass costs €70 and the 6-day pass €350 (2026-2027, read on the official price list, shared with Les Menuires).
How do I get to Courchevel 1850?
By road, Courchevel 1850 is 1 hr 25 from Chambéry (101 km), excluding traffic and winter conditions. By train, the nearest station is Moûtiers - Salins - Brides-les-Bains, 28 min by road from the resort. From Moûtiers - Salins - Brides-les-Bains station, line S65 — COURCHEVEL ↔ MOUTIERS (REGION - cars Région Savoie) reaches the “La Chouliere” stop in 42 min, 1 departure a day on weekdays. The nearest airport is Chambéry-Savoie, 1 hr 36 away.
How long is the drive from Paris to Courchevel 1850?
7 hr 12 for 670 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 Courchevel 1850?
Yes: good snow through most of the winter according to twenty winters of Météo-France measurements; in season the daily report prevails.
Is Courchevel 1850 good for beginners and families?
69% of the pistes are green or blue: a rather easy area. The resort holds the Famille Plus family label.
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