Crévoux
1,615 mBottom of the pistes
2,393 mTop of the ski area
26 kmAlpine pistes
6Ski lifts
Not published by any source: adult day pass.
Crévoux is a French commune located in the département of Hautes-Alpes, in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region.
Live webcams
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Official players of the resort, live image. 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.
Right now at the PARPAILLON-NIVOSE station (2,545 m)
Source: Météo-France, PARPAILLON-NIVOSE weather station, 6.3 km away. Hourly measurement — not the resort’s own snow report.
Avalanche danger
Snow cover varies from one winter to the next — the best time runs from mid-January to mid-March. 53 days a winter at 30 cm or more on average, and 186 cm of fresh snow, measured over 52 winters at the Météo-France “LES ORRES” station. Fortnight by fortnight, over 52 measured winters →
3-day forecast
Village 1,615 m · top 2,393 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
Top of the ski area: 2,393 m · Bottom of the pistes: 1,615 m · Days above 30 cm per winter, measured: 53 days · Days above 30 cm, December to March, model: 94%
- Ski areaIs there enough to ski all week?3 / 5
Km of pistes at the resort: 26 km · Lifts: 6 · Balance between piste levels: 93%
- ValueIs the lift pass reasonable for what you get?n/a
Not rated: no official price list could be found.
- Families and beginnersIs it right for children and beginners?2 / 5
Share of green and blue pistes: 50% · Magic carpets: 0 · Sledging runs: 1 · ESF ski school · Ice rink, pool, rail sledge…: 0
- AccessIs it easy to get to?2 / 5
Average drive time from 20 major cities: 5 hr 28 · Nearest railway station: 19 min · Station-to-resort shuttles per day: 0 · Nearest airport: 2 hr 50
- Atmosphere and après-skiIs there life in the evening and off the slopes?1.5 / 5
Bars and pubs: 0 · Nightclubs: 0 · Restaurants: 7 · Upcoming events: 0 · Collective tourist beds: 0 — index: what the map and the listings publish
- 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 — 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).
24 pistes, by level
3 green9 blue8 red4 black
- Skiable vertical
- 778 m
- Cross-country skiing
- 2 named trails — 11 km of marked loops (9.1 km of distinct track: the loops overlap), 1 km from the resort
Ski-area figures — bottom, km of pistes, pistes by level: OpenStreetMap (1 Oct); top, lifts: STRMTG — French national lift register (1 Jan) .
The ski area in figures
Measured on 7 October 20263 kmLongest piste — L'Ancolie (blue), 697 m of vertical
697 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 2,320 → 1,622 m, 3 km
2,393 mHighest lift top — Pic Du Ratel (platter lift), national lift register
3,892Total lift capacity, people per hour — 6 installations: 6 drag lifts
42 yrsAverage age of the lift fleet — oldest 1960, newest 2010
800Biggest lift, people per hour — Pic Du Ratel (platter lift, 1995)
4 kmTotal length of lifts — 5 lifts mapped
402 haSki area boundary (OSM)
122Inhabitants — Crévoux (INSEE 05044)
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 Crévoux only (“CREVOUX”), magic carpets included.
Staying and hiring gear in Crévoux
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Collective accommodation
- 1 hotel · 14 rooms
Commune: Crévoux · 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 Crévoux
Without skis on — 2 km of snowshoe and walking trails · 1 sledging run
Toboggan runs
- Luge sur rail L'Orrian Express · Les Orres · 7.3 km away
Ice rink
- Patinoire · Les Orres · 7.4 km away
- Patinoire · Risoul · 8.2 km away
Swimming pool
- Piscine · Vars · 6.4 km away
- SKISEO - Centre aqualudique et de détente · Risoul · 8.5 km away
- Centre aquatique Aqua Viva · Embrun · 10 km away
Spa and thermal baths
- Saï mithra · Risoul · 8.5 km away
- Chalet Détente - Les Peupliers · Baratier · 9.3 km away
- Nuxe Spa La Robéyère · Embrun · 9.6 km away
Dog sledding
- Wild Expériences chiens de traineau · Crévoux · 0.2 km away
Paragliding
- Parapente et multi-activités aériennes - Jennif'Air · Les Orres · 8.2 km away
- S'Air-Ponçon Parapente · Embrun · 9 km away
Museum
- Musée traditionnel des Orres · Les Orres · 5.9 km away
- Les Capucins, centre d'art contemporain · Embrun · 8.8 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
Tourist office
Office de tourisme
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 → 7 Marked off-piste itineraries · 8 km
— Ski touring routes
Named itineraries: Coni · Evasion · Barres · L'entonnoir · La Banane
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 Crévoux — up to 1,320 m of climb.
| Summit and route | Ski grade | Climb | Altitude | Aspect | From resort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pic Haut · Versant N | n/a · PD+ | 200 m | 2,350 → 2,518 m | N | 1.1 km |
| Le Méale · Versant N - depuis Crevoux | 3.1 · E1 · PD | 950 m | 1,476 → 2,426 m | N | 1.3 km |
| Montagne Pellat · Versant NE | 2.2 · E1 · PD+ | 1,015 m | 1,660 → 2,675 m | NE | 2.6 km |
| Croix des Enfers · Versant N | 2.3 · E1 · PD- | 1,050 m | 1,492 → 2,524 m | N | 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 Crévoux
From Paris: 8 hr 32 (722 km) by road.
By road
- From Grenoble: 2 hr 43 · 149 km
- From Marseille: 2 hr 57 · 229 km
- From Chambéry: 3 hr 10 · 217 km
- From Annecy: 3 hr 39 · 264 km
- From Valence: 3 hr 40 · 238 km
From other major cities (15)
- From Lyon: 3 hr 55 · 251 km
- From Genève: 4 hr 09 · 302 km
- From Montpellier: 4 hr 15 · 352 km
- From Nice: 4 hr 16 · 338 km · avoids Col de Restefond, closed in winter
- From Saint-Étienne: 4 hr 29 · 300 km
- From Perpignan: 5 hr 37 · 500 km
- From Dijon: 5 hr 47 · 452 km
- From Clermont-Ferrand: 5 hr 48 · 417 km
- From Besançon: 6 hr 06 · 482 km
- From Toulouse: 6 hr 33 · 586 km
- From Nancy: 7 hr 54 · 663 km
- From Strasbourg: 8 hr 24 · 691 km
- From Pau: 8 hr 28 · 776 km
- From Paris: 8 hr 32 · 722 km
- From Bordeaux: 8 hr 57 · 828 km
Excluding traffic and winter conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.
By train
Embrun station
regional station · then 19 min drive (16 km)
Nearest main station: Grenoble, 2 hr 43 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
- Cuneo (CUF): 2 hr 57 by road · 164 km
- Turin-Caselle (TRN): 2 hr 50 by road · 177 km
Take me there
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Charging an electric car
1 charging station within 2 km
2 charging points · up to 22 kW
- CREVOUX - Pra Vesqua · EASYCHARGE · 2 points · 22 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 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 Crévoux?
The Crévoux pistes start at 1,615 m, and its ski area rises to 2,393 m.
How many kilometres of pistes does Crévoux have?
Crévoux has 26 km of slopes, 6 lifts.
What is the longest piste in Crévoux?
The longest piste is L'Ancolie: 3 km (blue run), for 697 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 Crévoux?
The highest lift, Pic Du Ratel (platter lift), tops out at 2,393 m. Source: STRMTG, French national register of mechanical lifts (CAIRN database), file dated 1 January 2025.
How many lifts does Crévoux have, and what is their capacity?
The French national register of mechanical lifts records 6 installations at Crévoux (6 drag lifts), for an authorised capacity of 3,892 people per hour, of which 800 for Pic Du Ratel alone. The fleet spans 1960 to 2010, an average age of 42 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 do I get to Crévoux?
By road, Crévoux is 2 hr 43 from Grenoble (149 km), excluding traffic and winter conditions. By train, the nearest station is Embrun, 19 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 Cuneo, 2 hr 57 away.
How long is the drive from Paris to Crévoux?
8 hr 32 for 722 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 Crévoux?
Snow cover varies from one winter to the next — the best time runs from mid-January to mid-March. 53 days a winter at 30 cm or more on average, and 186 cm of fresh snow, measured over 52 winters at the Météo-France “LES ORRES” station. This verdict rests on 52 winters of Météo-France measurements (1968-2023); in season the daily report prevails.
Is Crévoux good for beginners and families?
50% of the pistes are green or blue: a rather technical area.
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