Foncine-le-Haut
Foncine-le-Haut refers to the small ski resort located on the territory of the French commune of Foncine-le-Haut, in the département of Jura and the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region.
Translated from the French Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), machine translation.
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?n/a
Not rated: “top of the ski area” is missing from this page.
- Ski areaIs there enough to ski all week?1.5 / 5
Km of pistes at the resort: 2 km · Km of pistes across the linked area: 2 km · Lifts: 3 · Balance between piste levels: 79%
- ValueIs the lift pass reasonable for what you get?n/a
Not rated: “adult day pass” is missing from this page.
- Families and beginnersIs it right for children and beginners?2 / 5
Share of green and blue pistes: 67% · Magic carpets: 0 · Sledging runs: 0 · ESF ski school · Ice rink, pool, rail sledge…: 0
- AccessIs it easy to get to?3 / 5
Average drive time from 20 major cities: 4 hr 32 · Nearest railway station: 18 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?1.5 / 5
Bars and pubs: 0 · Nightclubs: 0 · Restaurants: 2 · Upcoming events: 2 · 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 (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.
7-day forecast
Village 919 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.
Snow actually measured, winter by winter
66 complete winters measured, from 1960-1961 to 2025-2026 — on average 27 days a winter with at least 30 cm on the ground.
- 1-15 Dec10 cmInsufficient · 13 %
- 16-31 Dec13 cmInsufficient · 17 %
- 1-15 Jan15 cmInsufficient · 19 %
- 16-31 Jan20 cmInsufficient · 25 %
- 1-15 Feb23 cmInsufficient · 32 %
- 16-29 Feb24 cmInsufficient · 34 %
- 1-15 Mar19 cmInsufficient · 23 %
- 16-31 Mar10 cmInsufficient · 12 %
- 1-15 Apr5 cmInsufficient · 4 %
- Best winter of the series
- 1980-1981 — 108 days at 30 cm or more
- Worst winter of the series
- 1974-1975 — 0 day at 30 cm or more
How much snow actually falls — 211 cm a winter on average, spread over 29 days of snowfall. Measured over 64 complete winters.
- Biggest 24-hour snowfall
- 65 cm — 1961-1962
- Snowiest winter
- 1969-1970 — 462 cm
- Leanest winter
- 1996-1997 — 43 cm
The ski area
Compare with another resort →3 pistes, by level — 2 km
- Lifts
- 3 drag lifts
- Cross-country skiing
- 33 named trails — 293 km of marked loops (117 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(24)
Trail Level Length Sylvain Guillaume red 42 km Combe David red 30 km Les Prés d'Haut red 19 km La Norbiére blue 18 km Greffier black 15 km La Citadelle red 12 km Chalet Pin red 11 km La Grande Combe black 10 km La petite Verrière green 10 km Combe des Cives blue 9.8 km Chaumoz blue 9.2 km Elodie Bourgeois Pin red 8.8 km La Faîvre red 8.4 km Combe Verte blue 8.4 km Le Griffond blue 8.3 km liaison rouges truites n/a 7.2 km Nondance blue 6.9 km La Thieulette blue 6.4 km Sur Les Cotes blue 6 km Le Verdet blue 5.8 km La Loge green 5.4 km Jobez blue 5.4 km La Sauge blue 4.8 km Chauchoulet green 4.2 km
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 detail →
The price list for this resort is being collected: most resorts publish winter prices between September and November.
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 Foncine-le-Haut only (“FONCINE LE HAUT”), magic carpets included.
Staying and hiring gear in Foncine-le-Haut
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Stay & accommodation
Live webcams
All webcams (1) →Official players of the resort, live image.
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 Foncine-le-Haut
From Paris: 5 hr 06 (449 km) by road.
By road
- From Genève: 1 hr 28 · 81 km
- From Besançon: 1 hr 42 · 89 km
- From Dijon: 1 hr 52 · 131 km
- From Annecy: 1 hr 58 · 125 km
- From Chambéry: 2 hr 25 · 166 km
From other major cities (15)
- From Lyon: 2 hr 28 · 167 km
- From Grenoble: 2 hr 59 · 222 km
- From Saint-Étienne: 3 hr 17 · 226 km
- From Valence: 3 hr 34 · 266 km
- From Nancy: 3 hr 54 · 334 km
- From Strasbourg: 4 hr 08 · 304 km
- From Clermont-Ferrand: 4 hr 11 · 337 km
- From Paris: 5 hr 06 · 449 km
- From Montpellier: 5 hr 37 · 468 km
- From Marseille: 5 hr 42 · 477 km
- From Perpignan: 6 hr 59 · 616 km
- From Nice: 7 hr 20 · 635 km
- From Toulouse: 7 hr 55 · 702 km
- From Bordeaux: 8 hr 09 · 724 km
- From Pau: 9 hr 49 · 892 km
Excluding traffic and winter conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.
By train
Chaux-des-Crotenay station
halt · then 18 min drive (14 km)
Nearest main station: Bellegarde-sur-Valserine, 1 hr 39 by road.
No direct bus line from the station to the resort appears in the open-data timetables (checked on 13 September 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
- Genève (GVA): 1 hr 35 by road · 79 km
- Lyon-Saint-Exupéry (LYS): 2 hr 19 by road · 162 km
Take me there
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Charging an electric car
1 charging station within 2 km
2 charging points · up to 25 kW
- MAXIMARCHE - FONCINE LE HAUT · STATIONS-E · 2 points · 25 kW · 0.8 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.
Ski touring routes described
Resorts for ski touring →4 ski touring routes documented within 10 km of Foncine-le-Haut — up to 1,450 m of climb.
| Summit and route | Ski grade | Climb | Altitude | Aspect | From resort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Citadelle · Traversée La Cure - Les Charbonnières (par GTJ + variantes) | n/a · F | 1,450 m | 940 → 1,280 m | n/a | 4.1 km |
| La Citadelle · etapa 5 de la GTJ amb esquís de fons: de Mouthe a la Chapelle des Bois | n/a · E1 | 420 m | 940 → 1,280 m | N · NE · E · SE · SW · W · NW · S | 6 km |
| Roche Champion · Depuis La Thomassette | 1.1 · E1 · F | 260 m | 1,068 → 1,328 m | n/a | 8 km |
| Gy de l'Echelle · Depuis la Thomassette | 1.1 · E1 · F | 300 m | 1,068 → 1,329 m | n/a | 8.9 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 Foncine-le-Haut
Toboggan runs
- Piste de luge au Lac-des-Rouges-Truites · Lac-des-Rouges-Truites · 8.6 km away
Swimming pool
- Piscine · Chaux-des-Crotenay · 9.4 km away
Spa and thermal baths
- Terra Fiurita · Lac-des-Rouges-Truites · 6.5 km away
Dog sledding
- Piste de chiens de traîneaux · Les Pontets · 4.5 km away
Museum
- Écomusée Maison Michaud · Chapelle-des-Bois · 5.2 km away
- ArchéoJuraSites · Chaux-des-Crotenay · 8.7 km away
- Ancienne fromagerie - Le Chalet du Coin d'aval · Fort-du-Plasne · 9.7 km away
Cinema
- Cinéma Le Fonciné · Foncine-le-Haut · 1 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 hotel · 12 rooms
- 2 campsites · 68 pitches
Commune: Foncine-le-Haut · 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
Maison du 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.
What's on around Foncine-le-Haut
All events →-
17 October 2026 · 14:30
Visite guidée : réhabilitation d’une ancienne grange en habitation
Mairie Lac-des-Rouges-Truites · Lac-des-Rouges-Truites
Les animaux ont quitté la ferme depuis longtemps, mais la grange conserve encore les traces d'une activité agricole autrefois intense. La charpente, le système d'engrangement du foin et des espaces…
Source: OpenAgenda, agenda “Plan Libre, la gazette” · View on OpenAgenda ↗
Also near: Les Gentianes (5.3 km)
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17 October 2026 · 16:15
Visite guidée : transformation d’une ancienne scierie en pôle multiservice et microcentrale hydroélectrique
Pôle multiservice et microcentrale hydroélectrique · Foncine-le-Haut
Ancienne scierie au cœur du village, ce bâtiment a retrouvé une nouvelle vocation en accueillant une médiathèque, un office de tourisme et une école de musique. La réhabilitation a permis de les du à…
Source: OpenAgenda, agenda “Plan Libre, la gazette” · View on OpenAgenda ↗
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.
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Frequently asked questions
How high is Foncine-le-Haut?
Foncine-le-Haut sits at 919 m at village level.
How many kilometres of pistes does Foncine-le-Haut have?
Foncine-le-Haut has 2 km of pistes served by 3 lifts (OpenStreetMap survey).
What is the longest piste in Foncine-le-Haut?
The longest single descent: 1 km (blue run), for 118 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 Foncine-le-Haut?
The highest lift, Grandes Côtes (platter lift), tops out at 1,010 m. Source: STRMTG, French national register of mechanical lifts (CAIRN database), file dated 1 January 2025.
How many lifts does Foncine-le-Haut have, and what is their capacity?
The French national register of mechanical lifts records 3 installations at Foncine-le-Haut (3 drag lifts), for an authorised capacity of 1,820 people per hour, of which 720 for Le Voisiney (Lièvre) alone. The fleet spans 1972 to 2003, 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 do I get to Foncine-le-Haut?
By road, Foncine-le-Haut is 1 hr 28 from Genève (81 km), excluding traffic and winter conditions. By train, the nearest station is Chaux-des-Crotenay, 18 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 Genève, 1 hr 35 away.
How long is the drive from Paris to Foncine-le-Haut?
5 hr 06 for 449 km from central Paris, excluding traffic and winter conditions. Computed on the real road network (OpenStreetMap): allow more on a school-holiday Saturday.
Is Foncine-le-Haut good for beginners and families?
67% of the pistes are green or blue: a rather easy area.
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