Domaine de Praz sur Arly
Domaine de Praz sur Arly is a ski resort in the Northern Alps (Haute-Savoie), in the commune of Praz-sur-Arly. The village sits at 1,005 m and the ski area rises to 2,039 m, a skiable vertical of 1,090 m.
The area offers 78 km of alpine pistes, 104 marked pistes (29 green, 44 blue, 23 red, 8 black), 30 ski lifts. Green and blue runs dominate: terrain suited to beginners and families.
Domaine de Praz sur Arly belongs to the linked Espace Diamant area: one lift pass covers the neighbouring resorts.
Measured on the OpenStreetMap map: the longest piste runs 6 km (Sangliers) and the highest lift tops out at 2,039 m.
The resort holds the Station classée de tourisme label.
Access: 1 h 06 by road from Annecy and 24 min from Sallanches - Combloux - Megève railway station.
3 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?2 / 5
Top of the ski area: 2,039 m · Bottom of the pistes: 949 m · Days above 30 cm per winter, measured: 47 days · Days above 30 cm, December to March, model: 73%
- Ski areaIs there enough to ski all week?4 / 5
Km of pistes at the resort: 78 km · Km of pistes across the linked area: 129 km · Lifts: 30 · Balance between piste levels: 90%
- ValueIs the lift pass reasonable for what you get?2.5 / 5
Adult day pass: €52 · Day pass price per km of pistes: €0.67/km · Adult 6-day pass: €312
- Families and beginnersIs it right for children and beginners?2.5 / 5
Share of green and blue pistes: 70% · Magic carpets: 2 · Sledging runs: 1 · Special prices out of 4 (beginner, child, family, free age): 2 · ESF ski school · Ice rink, pool, rail sledge…: 0
- AccessIs it easy to get to?4 / 5
Average drive time from 20 major cities: 4 hr 20 · Nearest railway station: 24 min · Station-to-resort shuttles per day: 11 · Nearest airport: 1 hr 19
- Atmosphere and après-skiIs there life in the evening and off the slopes?4 / 5
Bars and pubs: 1 · Nightclubs: 1 · Restaurants: 15 · Upcoming events: 2 · Collective tourist beds: 1,099 — 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 · 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 (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).
The domain is due to open on 19 December 2026 and close on 10 April 2027. Open pistes and lifts will appear here as soon as the resort publishes its daily report.
Right now at the MONT ARBOIS station (1,833 m)
Avalanche danger
7-day forecast
Village 1,005 m · top 2,039 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 January to March.
☀️ Average daily sunshine : Nov 6.3 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).
- November—no record
- December—no record
- January82 cmGood skiing · 100%
- February70 cmGood skiing · 100%
- March73 cmGood skiing · 92%
- April—no record
- 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
27 complete winters measured, from 1993-1994 to 2022-2023 — on average 47 days a winter with at least 30 cm on the ground.
- 1-15 Dec15 cmInsufficient · 18 %
- 16-31 Dec19 cmInsufficient · 32 %
- 1-15 Jan23 cmInsufficient · 31 %
- 16-31 Jan35 cmVariable · 53 %
- 1-15 Feb39 cmVariable · 59 %
- 16-29 Feb38 cmVariable · 53 %
- 1-15 Mar30 cmInsufficient · 43 %
- 16-31 Mar14 cmInsufficient · 24 %
- 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
The ski area
Compare with another resort →104 pistes, by level — 78 km
- Skiable vertical
- 1,090 m (949 m → 2,039 m)
- Lifts
- 1 cable car, 1 gondola, 8 chairlifts, 18 drag lifts, 2 magic carpets
- Cross-country skiing
- 12 named trails — 103 km of marked loops (34 km of distinct track: the loops overlap) · Les Saisies area, 6.9 km from 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(12)
Trail Level Length 13 - Justine Braisaz · Les Saisies expert 22 km 11 - Endurance · Les Saisies difficult 17 km 10 - Julia Simon · Les Saisies difficult 11 km 9 - Grande Aventure · Les Saisies intermediate 10 km 8 - Evasion · Les Saisies intermediate 8.2 km 6 - Explorer · Les Saisies intermediate 7.8 km 12 - Olympique · Les Saisies expert 6.5 km 3 - Découverte · Les Saisies easy 6 km 7 - Aventure · Les Saisies intermediate 5.8 km 2 - Marmottons · Les Saisies easy 3.3 km 5 - Mont Blanc · Les Saisies intermediate 2.7 km 4 - Panoramique · Les Saisies intermediate 2.4 km - Without skis
- 6 km of snowshoe and walking trails · 1 sledging run
- Piste aspect
- N 60% · E 21% · S 5% · W 15% (descent direction of 110 OSM pistes, terrain model)
- Mountain restaurants
- Super Megeve (1755 m) · Auberge bonjournal (1732 m) · Chez Maryse (1465 m) · La Ferme de Victorine (1320 m) · Le Bistrot de Julien (1316 m)
- Season 2026-2027
- opens on 19 December 2026, closes on 10 April 2027
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 (2025-2026) detail →
| Adult pass | Price |
|---|---|
| 1 day | €52 |
| 6 days | €312 |
| Child, 1 day | €41.60 |
| Free | Free under 5 years |
Read on the official price list, full price, excluding promotions. 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.
Source: national register of mechanical lifts (STRMTG, CAIRN), fleet as of 1 January 2025 — lifts attributed to Domaine de Praz sur Arly only (“PRAZ SUR ARLY”), magic carpets included.
Staying and hiring gear in Domaine de Praz sur Arly
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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 Domaine de Praz sur Arly
From Paris: 6 hr 35 (609 km) by road.
By road
- From Annecy: 1 hr 06 · 55 km
- From Chambéry: 1 hr 08 · 81 km
- From Genève: 1 hr 08 · 74 km
- From Grenoble: 1 hr 24 · 110 km
- From Lyon: 2 hr 18 · 179 km
From other major cities (15)
- From Valence: 2 hr 27 · 203 km
- From Saint-Étienne: 2 hr 52 · 228 km
- From Besançon: 3 hr 37 · 248 km
- From Dijon: 3 hr 43 · 330 km
- From Clermont-Ferrand: 4 hr 11 · 348 km
- From Montpellier: 4 hr 34 · 407 km
- From Marseille: 4 hr 40 · 417 km
- From Strasbourg: 5 hr 32 · 466 km
- From Nancy: 5 hr 46 · 533 km
- From Perpignan: 5 hr 56 · 555 km
- From Nice: 5 hr 58 · 492 km
- From Paris: 6 hr 35 · 609 km
- From Toulouse: 6 hr 52 · 641 km
- From Bordeaux: 8 hr 09 · 734 km
- From Pau: 8 hr 47 · 831 km
Excluding traffic and winter conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.
By train
Sallanches - Combloux - Megève station
regional station · then 24 min drive (18 km)
Nearest main station: Chambéry - Challes-les-Eaux, 1 hr 06 by road.
- From Sallanches - Combloux - Megève station (stop “Gare”): line Y83 — SALLANCHES → PRAZ → FLUMET (REGION - cars Région Haute-Savoie), 40 min to the “Moulin Neuf” 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
- Chambéry-Savoie (CMF): 1 hr 19 by road · 88 km
- Genève (GVA): 1 hr 33 by road · 83 km
Take me there
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Charging an electric car
2 charging stations within 2 km
4 charging points · up to 24 kW
- PRAZ SUR ARLY - Plan Meuret · EASYCHARGE · 2 points · 22 kW · 0.4 km
- PRAZ SUR ARLY - Route de la Tonnaz · EASYCHARGE · 2 points · 24 kW · 0.5 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: Piste Emile Allais · Charmots · Ancienne piste noire Aigle · Piste ancienne rouge Petite Caste · Piste ancienne verte · Piste ancienne bleue Chamois
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 Domaine de Praz sur Arly — up to 1,200 m of climb.
| Summit and route | Ski grade | Climb | Altitude | Aspect | From resort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ban Rouge · Depuis Praz sur Arly | 2.1 · E1 · F | 983 m | 1,000 → 1,983 m | n/a | 1.8 km |
| Crêt de Véry · Combe NW | 2.3 · E1 · PD+ | 719 m | 1,320 → 2,039 m | NW | 2.3 km |
| Le Christomet · versant S, par le mont du Villard | 2.3 · E2 · PD | 823 m | 1,030 → 1,853 m | S | 3.1 km |
| Rochebrune · Par les pistes | n/a · F | 603 m | 1,150 → 1,754 m | NE | 3.2 km |
| Le Sangle · Arête NE et face N | 4.3 · D- | 673 m | 1,320 → 1,993 m | n/a | 3.4 km |
| Le Sangle · Face E | n/a | 673 m | 1,320 → 1,993 m | E | 3.4 km |
| Le Sangle · Face N | 4.2 · E3 · D- | 673 m | 1,320 → 1,993 m | N | 3.4 km |
| Le Christomet · Versant NE par les pistes | 2.1 · E1 · F | 473 m | 1,380 → 1,853 m | NE | 3.6 km |
| L'Alpette · Par la Piste Emile Allais, depuis Cassioz | 2.3 · E1 · PD | 840 m | 1,030 → 1,871 m | NW | 3.8 km |
| Crêt de Véry · Voie normale | 1.3 · E1 · F | 719 m | 1,300 → 2,039 m | S | 3.8 km |
| Mont de Vorès (Tête des 3 Coins) · Par Basse Combe | 2.1 · E1 · PD- | 750 m | 1,320 → 2,067 m | N | 3.9 km |
| Tête du Torraz · depuis le hameau du Plan, sur les crêtes par le Petit Croisse Baulet | 2.2 · E1 · PD | 1,200 m | 1,224 → 2,009 m | SE · S · SW · W · NW · N | 4.3 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 Domaine de Praz sur Arly
Toboggan runs
- Piste sur neige "La Luge" · Demi-Quartier · 7.5 km away
Ice rink
- Patinoire de plein air · Megève · 4.6 km away
- Patinoire olympique · Megève · 4.7 km away
- Patinoire · Notre-Dame-de-Bellecombe · 5 km away
Swimming pool
- Piscines intérieures · Megève · 4.6 km away
- Piscine olympique extérieure · Megève · 4.6 km away
- Pataugeoire intérieure · Megève · 4.6 km away
- Spa des Cîmes - Hôtel Mont Charvin · Cohennoz · 7.9 km away
Spa and thermal baths
- Pure Altitude Longevity Spa du Lodge Park · Megève · 4.5 km away
- Saunas · Megève · 4.7 km away
- Hammam · Megève · 4.7 km away
Paragliding
- Megève Aventure Parapente · Praz-sur-Arly · 0.4 km away
- Megève Parapente · Megève · 4.4 km away
- Aravis Parapente · La Clusaz · 7 km away
Museum
- Musée digital - L'agriculture de montagne et nos savoir-faire fromagers · Flumet · 3.4 km away
- Musée "La Maison des Contes de Fées" · Notre-Dame-de-Bellecombe · 4.5 km away
- Musée de la Maison du Meunier et Moulin à Tienne · Flumet · 4.7 km away
- Musée de l'Ermitage du Calvaire · Megève · 4.8 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.
Practical information
Collective accommodation
1,099 bed spaces in tourist residences, holiday villages and hostels
- 2 hotels · 28 rooms (1 × 3★, 1 × 2★)
- 2 holiday villages and family centres · 909 bed spaces
- 2 tourist residences and apartment hotels · 190 bed spaces
- 2 campsites · 130 pitches
Commune: Praz-sur-Arly · 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 de tourisme
Ski school
ESF Praz Sur Arly
50 instructors
🇬🇧 35 English-speaking instructors — lessons in English available
🗓️ This school sells its lessons online — book ↗
Source: esf.net
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 Domaine de Praz sur Arly
All events →-
17 October 2026 · 10:00
Evolution architecturale de Megève au XXe siècle
Office de tourisme de Megève · Megève
Du paisible village montagnard à la station de ski internationale, le visage de Megève n'a eu de cesse de se transformer depuis le développement du tourisme au début du XXe siècle. Des besoins et de …
Source: OpenAgenda, agenda “Plan Libre, la gazette” · View on OpenAgenda ↗
Also near: Megève (0.1 km), Portes du Mont-Blanc (3.6 km), Combloux (4.8 km), Cordon (6.9 km)
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18 October 2026 · 10:45
Pastoralisme toujours, de 1832 à aujourd’hui
Ferme à Isidore · Combloux
Découvrez la ferme à Isidore, bâtisse pastorale emblématique de 1832, témoin précieux de l’architecture et des modes de vie comblorans liés à l’économie rurale. Puis, dans la grange, l’exposition de…
Source: OpenAgenda, agenda “Plan Libre, la gazette” · View on OpenAgenda ↗
Also near: Combloux (0.4 km), Portes du Mont-Blanc (3.6 km), Cordon (3.9 km), Megève (4.8 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.
Nearby resorts
Frequently asked questions
How high is Domaine de Praz sur Arly?
Domaine de Praz sur Arly sits at 1,005 m at village level, and its ski area rises to 2,039 m.
How many kilometres of pistes does Domaine de Praz sur Arly have?
Domaine de Praz sur Arly has 78 km of pistes served by 30 lifts, within the linked Espace Diamant area (OpenStreetMap survey).
What is the longest piste in Domaine de Praz sur Arly?
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 Domaine de Praz sur Arly?
The highest lift, Ban Rouge (chairlift), tops out at 1,981 m. Source: STRMTG, French national register of mechanical lifts (CAIRN database), file dated 1 January 2025.
How many lifts does Domaine de Praz sur Arly have, and what is their capacity?
The French national register of mechanical lifts records 13 installations at Domaine de Praz sur Arly (3 chairlifts, 9 drag lifts, 1 magic carpet), for an authorised capacity of 10,760 people per hour, of which 2,000 for Cret Du Midi alone. The fleet spans 1958 to 2024, an average age of 34 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 Domaine de Praz sur Arly?
The adult day pass costs €52 and the 6-day pass €312 (2025-2026, read on the official price list).
How do I get to Domaine de Praz sur Arly?
By road, Domaine de Praz sur Arly is 1 hr 06 from Annecy (55 km), excluding traffic and winter conditions. By train, the nearest station is Sallanches - Combloux - Megève, 24 min by road from the resort. From Sallanches - Combloux - Megève station, line Y83 — SALLANCHES → PRAZ → FLUMET (REGION - cars Région Haute-Savoie) reaches the “Moulin Neuf” stop in 40 min, 11 departures a day on weekdays, 13 a day at weekends. The nearest airport is Chambéry-Savoie, 1 hr 19 away.
How long is the drive from Paris to Domaine de Praz sur Arly?
6 hr 35 for 609 km from central Paris, excluding traffic and winter conditions. Computed on the real road network (OpenStreetMap): allow more on a school-holiday Saturday.
When does Domaine de Praz sur Arly open?
According to the official website, the resort opens on 19 December 2026 and closes on 10 April 2027 (2026-2027 season).
Is the snow reliable in Domaine de Praz sur Arly?
Yes: good snow through most of the winter according to twenty winters of Météo-France measurements; in season the daily report prevails.
Is Domaine de Praz sur Arly good for beginners and families?
70% of the pistes are green or blue: a rather easy area.
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