Crest-Voland Cohennoz

Northern Alps Linked area Espace Diamant Updated on 23 September 2026
1,230 mVillage altitude
2,069 mTop of the ski area
192 kmLinked pistes · Espace Diamant
17Ski lifts
€52Adult day pass · Domaine Espace Diamant · 2025-2026

Crest-Voland Cohennoz is a winter sports resort in the Val d'Arly, located in the communes of Crest-Voland and Cohennoz in the département of Savoie, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. It is part of the Espace Diamant ski area.

Crest-Voland Cohennoz — view of the resort
Photo: Wikimedia Commons

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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-DES-SAISIES station (1,614 m)

Source: Météo-France, COL-DES-SAISIES weather station, 5 km away. Hourly measurement — not the resort’s own snow report.

Good snow from early January to mid-April. 121 days a winter at 30 cm or more on average, measured over 19 winters at the Météo-France “COL-DES-SAISIES” station. Fortnight by fortnight, over 19 measured winters →

3-day forecast

Village 1,230 m · top 2,069 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.

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SkiRadar ratings

How ratings are computed →Computed on 16 October 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 315 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?
    3 / 5

    Top of the ski area: 2,069 m · Bottom of the pistes: 1,230 m · Days above 30 cm per winter, measured: 121 days · Days above 30 cm, December to March, model: 94%

  2. Ski areaIs there enough to ski all week?
    4 / 5

    Km skiable from the resort, linked area included: 192 km · Lifts: 17

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

    Adult day pass: €52 · Day pass price per km of pistes: €0.27/km · Adult 6-day pass: €260 · Price read at a neighbouring resort of the same area

  4. Families and beginnersIs it right for children and beginners?
    3.5 / 5

    Share of green and blue pistes: 71% · Magic carpets: 2 · Special prices out of 4 (beginner, child, family, free age): 2 · ESF ski school · Ice rink, pool, rail sledge…: 1 · Famille Plus label

  5. AccessIs it easy to get to?
    3 / 5

    Average drive time from 20 major cities: 4 hr 22 · Nearest railway station: 28 min · Station-to-resort shuttles per day: 0 · Nearest airport: 1 hr 16

  6. Atmosphere and après-skiIs there life in the evening and off the slopes?
    3.5 / 5

    Bars and pubs: 4 · Nightclubs: 0 · Restaurants: 19 · Upcoming events: 1 · Collective tourist beds: 105 — index: what the map and the listings publish

  7. 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: €52 — 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).

€312 6 days

Read on the official price list, full price, excluding promotions. Domaine Espace Diamant pass, covering the whole linked area, read on the list of Domaine de Praz sur Arly. 2025-2026 season, the latest price list published. Official price list ↗

Skiable vertical
839 m
Cross-country skiing
13 named trails — 104 km of marked loops (35 km of distinct track: the loops overlap) · Les Saisies area, 1.9 km from the resort

Ski-area figures — village, bottom, top, km of the linked area: ANMSM — figures declared by the resort (16 Oct); lifts: STRMTG — French national lift register (1 Jan) . 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 2026
6 kmLongest piste — Sangliers (red), 357 m of vertical
445 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 1,765 → 1,320 m, 2 km
1,608 mHighest lift top — Cernix (detachable chairlift), national lift register
14,767Total lift capacity, people per hour — 17 installations: 4 chairlifts, 11 drag lifts, 2 magic carpets
36 yrsAverage age of the lift fleet — oldest 1963, newest 2013
2,200Biggest lift, people per hour — Logere (detachable chairlift, 1987)
64 kmTotal length of lifts — 81 lifts mapped
7,208 haSki area boundary (OSM)
346Inhabitants — Crest-Voland (INSEE 73094)

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 Crest-Voland Cohennoz only (“CREST VOLAND COHENNOZ”), magic carpets included.

Staying and hiring gear in Crest-Voland Cohennoz

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Collective accommodation

105 bed spaces in tourist residences, holiday villages and hostels

  • 2 hotels · 30 rooms (1 × 3★)
  • 1 youth hostel or sports centre · 105 bed spaces

Commune: Crest-Voland · 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.
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Ski hire

Skiset UK
Skiset’s UK site: ski hire in the resort shops, booked in English, paid in pounds.
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Gear & equipment

Absolute Snow
UK ski and snowboard shop — delivers to UK addresses only.
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Hardloop
Mountain gear shop: ski touring, avalanche safety, winter clothing.
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Picture
Ski and snowboard jackets, pants and accessories — a French brand.
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Beyond skiing at Crest-Voland Cohennoz

Without skis on — 8 km of snowshoe and walking trails

Ice rink

  • Patinoire · Notre-Dame-de-Bellecombe · 1.9 km away

Swimming pool

Paragliding

  • Megève Aventure Parapente · Praz-sur-Arly · 7 km away
  • Aravis Parapente · La Clusaz · 9.3 km away

Museum

  • Musée "La Maison des Contes de Fées" · Notre-Dame-de-Bellecombe · 2.3 km away
  • Musée de la Maison du Meunier et Moulin à Tienne · Flumet · 2.7 km away
  • Musée digital - L'agriculture de montagne et nos savoir-faire fromagers · Flumet · 3.6 km away
  • Ecomusée de Hauteluce · Hauteluce · 8 km away

Cinema

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

Ski school

ESF Crest Voland

📞 04 79 31 60 03

🌐 esf-crest-voland.com

66 instructors

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

🗓️ This school sells its lessons online — book ↗

Source: esf.net

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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 OFFICE DE TOURISME DU VAL D'ARLY and distributed by ANMSM · read on 16 October

Off the pistes: off-piste and ski touring

The resorts for off-piste skiing →
7 Marked off-piste itineraries · 4 km
— Ski touring routes

Named itineraries: Chemin de la Palettaz · Ancienne piste noire Aigle · Piste ancienne bleue Lievre · Piste ancienne rouge Epervier · Piste ancienne rouge GBU · Ancienne Liaison Saisie - Crest Voland/Cohennoz

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 Crest-Voland Cohennoz — up to 1,900 m of climb.

Summit and routeSki gradeClimbAltitudeAspectFrom resort
Praz Vechin · Par Hery-sur-Uginen/a · F543 m1,200 → 1,743 mSE4.7 km
La Croix Cartier · Arête SE par Nanchard2.3 · PD854 m980 → 1,834 mE5.1 km
La Croix Cartier · Par Nanchard et Chaucisse2.2 · PD-800 m1,000 → 1,804 mS5.1 km
La Croix Cartier · Par le Plan Dessus2.2 · E1 · PD600 m1,320 → 1,834 mn/a5.1 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 ↗

Official piste map

No downloadable piste map published by the resort.

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 Crest-Voland Cohennoz

From Paris: 6 hr 45 (618 km) by road.

By road

  • From Annecy: 1 hr 04 · 51 km
  • From Chambéry: 1 hr 05 · 77 km
  • From Genève: 1 hr 18 · 83 km
  • From Grenoble: 1 hr 22 · 106 km
  • From Lyon: 2 hr 15 · 176 km
From other major cities (15)
  • From Valence: 2 hr 25 · 199 km
  • From Saint-Étienne: 2 hr 49 · 224 km
  • From Besançon: 3 hr 47 · 257 km
  • From Dijon: 3 hr 54 · 339 km
  • From Clermont-Ferrand: 4 hr 08 · 341 km
  • From Montpellier: 4 hr 32 · 404 km
  • From Marseille: 4 hr 37 · 413 km
  • From Strasbourg: 5 hr 42 · 474 km
  • From Perpignan: 5 hr 53 · 551 km
  • From Nancy: 5 hr 56 · 542 km
  • From Nice: 5 hr 59 · 491 km
  • From Paris: 6 hr 45 · 618 km
  • From Toulouse: 6 hr 49 · 638 km
  • From Bordeaux: 8 hr 07 · 731 km
  • From Pau: 8 hr 44 · 828 km

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

By train

Albertville station

regional station · then 28 min drive (25 km)

Nearest main station: Chambéry - Challes-les-Eaux, 1 hr 04 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 16 by road · 85 km
  • Genève (GVA): 1 hr 43 by road · 91 km

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Charging an electric car

4 charging stations within 2 km

8 charging points · up to 44 kW

  • Mairie de Crest Voland · RAIDEN · 2 points · 44 kW · 0.1 km
  • QOWATT 22KW |CHALET DE MONT CHARVIN · DREAM ENERGY · 2 points · 22 kW · 1.7 km
  • QOWATT 22KW |CHALET DE MONT CHARVIN · QoWatt · 2 points · 22 kW · 1.7 km
  • NOTRE DAME DE BELLECOMBE - 160 route de la Cour · EASYCHARGE · 2 points · 24 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.

What's on around Crest-Voland Cohennoz

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  • 3 November 2026 · 18:00

    Sorda

    Cinéma Chantecler · Ugine

    Version st-sme - Angela est sourde, Hector est entendant. Ils forment un couple épanoui et heureux malgré leur différence. Mais la naissance de leur premier enfant inquiète Angela : saura-t-elle cr...

    Source: OpenAgenda, agenda “Les Amis du Cinéma” · View on OpenAgenda ↗

    Also near: Les Rafforts (6.5 km), Bisanne 1500 (6.6 km), Le Cernix (7.3 km), Les Saisies (9.2 km)

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.

Translated from the French Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), machine translation.

Frequently asked questions

How high is Crest-Voland Cohennoz?

Crest-Voland Cohennoz sits at 1,230 m at village level, and its ski area rises to 2,069 m.

How many kilometres of pistes does Crest-Voland Cohennoz have?

From Crest-Voland Cohennoz you can ski 192 km of slopes across Espace Diamant, 17 lifts.

What is the longest piste in Crest-Voland Cohennoz?

The longest piste is Sangliers: 6 km (red run), for 357 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 Crest-Voland Cohennoz?

The highest lift, Cernix (detachable chairlift), tops out at 1,608 m. Source: STRMTG, French national register of mechanical lifts (CAIRN database), file dated 1 January 2025.

How many lifts does Crest-Voland Cohennoz have, and what is their capacity?

The French national register of mechanical lifts records 17 installations at Crest-Voland Cohennoz (4 chairlifts, 11 drag lifts, 2 magic carpets), for an authorised capacity of 14,767 people per hour, of which 2,200 for Logere alone. The fleet spans 1963 to 2013, an average age of 36 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 Crest-Voland Cohennoz?

The adult day pass for the Domaine Espace Diamant linked area costs €52 and the 6-day pass €312 (2025-2026 season, the latest price list published, read on the official price list of Domaine de Praz sur Arly).

How do I get to Crest-Voland Cohennoz?

By road, Crest-Voland Cohennoz is 1 hr 04 from Annecy (51 km), excluding traffic and winter conditions. By train, the nearest station is Albertville, 28 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 16 away.

How long is the drive from Paris to Crest-Voland Cohennoz?

6 hr 45 for 618 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 Crest-Voland Cohennoz?

Good snow from early January to mid-April. 121 days a winter at 30 cm or more on average, measured over 19 winters at the Météo-France “COL-DES-SAISIES” station. This verdict rests on 19 winters of Météo-France measurements (1996-2026); in season the daily report prevails.

Is Crest-Voland Cohennoz good for beginners and families?

The resort holds the Famille Plus family label.

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