Poli
850 mVillage altitude
1,133 mTop of the ski area
28 kmAlpine pistes
24Ski lifts
Not published by any source: adult day pass.
Poli is a ski resort in the Vosges (Vosges), in the commune of Xonrupt-Longemer. The village sits at 850 m and the ski area rises to 1,133 m, a skiable vertical of 351 m.
Poli webcams
▶ Watch at the operator ↗
Webcams de la stationimages en direct sur la page officielle de la station
Poli broadcasts its images on its own page: the link takes you there. Checked on 12 September 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.
Natural snow is low on average: skiing depends on snowmaking and good years. 16 days a winter at 30 cm or more on average, measured over 22 winters at the Météo-France “LONGEMER” station. Fortnight by fortnight, over 22 measured winters →
3-day forecast
Village 850 m · top 1,133 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?1 / 5
Top of the ski area: 1,133 m · Bottom of the pistes: 782 m · Days above 30 cm per winter, measured: 16 days · Days above 30 cm, December to March, model: 1%
- Ski areaIs there enough to ski all week?3.5 / 5
Km of pistes at the resort: 28 km · Lifts: 24 · Balance between piste levels: 87%
- 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?3 / 5
Share of green and blue pistes: 67% · Magic carpets: 0 · Sledging runs: 1 · ESF ski school · Ice rink, pool, rail sledge…: 1 · Famille Plus label
- AccessIs it easy to get to?2 / 5
Average drive time from 20 major cities: 6 hr 11 · Nearest railway station: 36 min · Station-to-resort shuttles per day: 0 · Nearest airport: 1 hr 35
- Atmosphere and après-skiIs there life in the evening and off the slopes?2.5 / 5
Bars and pubs: 4 · Nightclubs: 0 · Restaurants: 11 · Upcoming events: 0 · Collective tourist beds: 258 — index: what the map and the listings publish
- Luxury and comfortHow upmarket is the resort?2 / 5
5-star hotels: 0 · 4-star hotels: 0 · Share of hotel rooms in 4 and 5 stars: 22% · Spas and saunas: 0 · Jewellers, watchmakers, fashion boutiques: 1 — 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).
39 pistes, by level
19 green7 blue10 red3 black
- Skiable vertical
- 351 m
- Lifts
- 1 chairlift, 23 drag lifts
- Cross-country skiing
- 13 km of nordic trails
- Snowpark
- Yes
Ski-area figures — bottom, top, km of pistes, lifts, pistes by level: OpenStreetMap (1 Oct) .
Staying and hiring gear in Poli
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Collective accommodation
258 bed spaces in tourist residences, holiday villages and hostels
- 8 hotels · 159 rooms (1 × 4★, 2 × 3★, 2 × 2★)
- 1 holiday village or family centre · 258 bed spaces
- 8 campsites · 982 pitches
Commune: Xonrupt-Longemer · 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 Poli
Without skis on — 7 km of snowshoe and walking trails · 1 sledging run
Toboggan runs
- Luge d'été · Soultzeren · 8.1 km away
Ice rink
- Centre Aquatique et de Bien-Être - Patinoire · Gérardmer · 3.7 km away
- Patinoire · La Bresse · 8.7 km away
Swimming pool
- Centre Aquatique et de Bien-Être - Piscine · Gérardmer · 3.7 km away
- Spa les sources de la Meurthe · Xonrupt-Longemer · 7.2 km away
- Bien-être à l'hôtel les vallées · La Bresse · 7.8 km away
- Complexe piscine loisirs · La Bresse · 8.6 km away
Paragliding
- Vosges dans l'Vent - Parapente · Gérardmer · 3.2 km away
- Cumulus parapente · Gérardmer · 4.2 km away
- Couleur vent manu tremsal vols biplace parapente · La Bresse · 7.8 km away
- Benoît perrin parapente · La Bresse · 7.8 km away
Cinema
- Cinéma de la Maison de la Culture et des Loisirs · Gérardmer · 2.4 km away
- Cinéma du Casino Joa · Gérardmer · 3.5 km away
- Cinéma grand écran · La Bresse · 8.3 km away
- Salle André Bourvil · 2.4 km away · 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 Gerardmer
73 instructors
🇬🇧 44 English-speaking instructors — lessons in English available
🗓️ This school sells its lessons online — book ↗
Source: esf.net
Tourist office
Office de Tourisme de Gérardmer-Xonrupt
📍 3 Place du 22 Octobre 1919, 88400 Xonrupt Longemer
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 →Ski touring routes described
12 ski touring routes documented within 10 km of Poli — up to 1,250 m of climb.
| Summit and route | Ski grade | Climb | Altitude | Aspect | From resort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hohneck · tour des roches | n/a | 200 m | 909 → 1,177 m | N | 4.4 km |
| Cabane du Lac de Blanchemer · Blanchemer- Honeck - Kastelberg - Blanchemer | 1.3 · E1 · F+ | 1,000 m | 900 → 1,350 m | NE | 6.4 km |
| Haut Rouan · depuis la Vallée du Chajoux | n/a · PD- | 750 m | 710 m | SW · W | 7.2 km |
| Hohneck : Par la piste de Retournemer | 1.3 · E1 · F | 580 m | 780 → 1,363 m | NW · W | 7.3 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 Poli
From Paris: 5 hr 08 (434 km) by road.
By road
- From Nancy: 1 hr 38 · 114 km
- From Strasbourg: 1 hr 45 · 115 km
- From Besançon: 2 hr 23 · 152 km
- From Dijon: 3 hr 02 · 243 km
- From Genève: 4 hr 36 · 364 km
From other major cities (15)
- From Lyon: 4 hr 50 · 394 km
- From Annecy: 5 hr 07 · 408 km
- From Paris: 5 hr 08 · 434 km
- From Chambéry: 5 hr 34 · 450 km
- From Grenoble: 5 hr 37 · 481 km
- From Saint-Étienne: 5 hr 39 · 454 km
- From Valence: 5 hr 56 · 494 km
- From Clermont-Ferrand: 6 hr 16 · 534 km
- From Montpellier: 7 hr 59 · 695 km
- From Marseille: 8 hr 04 · 705 km
- From Nice: 9 hr 12 · 761 km
- From Perpignan: 9 hr 21 · 843 km
- From Bordeaux: 9 hr 47 · 927 km
- From Toulouse: 9 hr 53 · 878 km
- From Pau: 11 hr 50 · 1070 km
Excluding traffic and winter conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.
By train
Kruth station
halt · then 36 min drive (31 km)
Nearest main station: Colmar, 57 min 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
- Bâle-Mulhouse (BSL): 1 hr 35 by road · 105 km
- Strasbourg-Entzheim (SXB): 1 hr 38 by road · 105 km
Take me there
These links open the app with Poli as the destination. Your starting point is never sent by us — the app asks you for it, if you agree.
Charging an electric car
No freely accessible charge point is declared within 2 km of the resort (checked on 9 October 2026). Covered car parks in the resort may offer chargers reserved for their customers: those are not listed here.
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.
The area offers 28 km of alpine pistes, 39 marked pistes (19 green, 7 blue, 10 red, 3 black), 24 ski lifts, plus a snowpark. Green and blue runs dominate: terrain suited to beginners and families.
The resort holds the Famille Plus label.
Access: 1 h 38 by road from Nancy and 36 min from Kruth railway station.
1 official webcam shows the pistes live (on the French page).
Frequently asked questions
How high is Poli?
Poli sits at 850 m at village level, and its ski area rises to 1,133 m.
How many kilometres of pistes does Poli have?
Poli has 28 km of slopes, 24 lifts.
How do I get to Poli?
By road, Poli is 1 hr 38 from Nancy (114 km), excluding traffic and winter conditions. By train, the nearest station is Kruth, 36 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 Bâle-Mulhouse, 1 hr 35 away.
How long is the drive from Paris to Poli?
5 hr 08 for 434 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 Poli?
Natural snow is low on average: skiing depends on snowmaking and good years. 16 days a winter at 30 cm or more on average, measured over 22 winters at the Météo-France “LONGEMER” station. This verdict rests on 22 winters of Météo-France measurements (1991-2022); in season the daily report prevails.
Is Poli good for beginners and families?
67% of the pistes are green or blue: a rather easy area. The resort holds the Famille Plus family label.
Nearby resorts
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