Font d'Urle
Font d'Urle is a ski resort in the Southern Alps (Drôme), in the commune of Bouvante. The village sits at 1,389 m and the ski area rises to 1,541 m, a skiable vertical of 268 m.
The area offers 16 km of alpine pistes, 49 marked pistes (29 green, 10 blue, 8 red, 2 black), 12 ski lifts. Green and blue runs dominate: terrain suited to beginners and families.
Measured on the OpenStreetMap map: the longest piste runs 1 km (Brudour) and the highest lift tops out at 1,541 m.
Access: 1 h 10 by road from Valence and 37 min from Die railway station.
12 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 / 5
Top of the ski area: 1,541 m · Bottom of the pistes: 1,273 m · Days above 30 cm per winter, measured: 93 days · Days above 30 cm, December to March, model: 1%
- Ski areaIs there enough to ski all week?2 / 5
Km of pistes at the resort: 16 km · Km of pistes across the linked area: 16 km · Lifts: 12 · Balance between piste levels: 77%
- 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?3 / 5
Share of green and blue pistes: 80% · Magic carpets: 2 · Sledging runs: 2 · 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 16 · Nearest railway station: 37 min · Station-to-resort shuttles per day: 0 · Nearest airport: 1 hr 27
- 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: 0 · Collective tourist beds: 165 — 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 · 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).
The domain is due to open on 19 December 2026 and close on 14 March 2027. Open pistes and lifts will appear here as soon as the resort publishes its daily report.
Avalanche danger
7-day forecast
Village 1,389 m · top 1,541 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
13 complete winters measured, from 2003-2004 to 2015-2016 — on average 93 days a winter with at least 30 cm on the ground.
- 1-15 Dec25 cmInsufficient · 38 %
- 16-31 Dec31 cmVariable · 54 %
- 1-15 Jan38 cmVariable · 57 %
- 16-31 Jan56 cmVariable · 79 %
- 1-15 Feb74 cmGood skiing · 82 %
- 16-29 Feb78 cmGood skiing · 87 %
- 1-15 Mar84 cmGood skiing · 91 %
- 16-31 Mar61 cmVariable · 78 %
- 1-15 Apr33 cmInsufficient · 49 %
- Best winter of the series
- 2005-2006 — 136 days at 30 cm or more
- Worst winter of the series
- 2015-2016 — 32 days at 30 cm or more
How much snow actually falls — 389 cm a winter on average, spread over 32 days of snowfall. Measured over 14 complete winters, from 2002-2003 to 2015-2016.
- Biggest 24-hour snowfall
- 80 cm — 2004-2005
- Snowiest winter
- 2004-2005 — 670 cm
- Leanest winter
- 2010-2011 — 179 cm
The ski area
Compare with another resort →49 pistes, by level — 16 km
- Skiable vertical
- 268 m (1,273 m → 1,541 m)
- Lifts
- 10 drag lifts, 2 magic carpets
- Cross-country skiing
- 16 named trails — 198 km of marked loops (51 km of distinct track: the loops overlap), 500 m 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(16)
Trail Level Length Pré Bellet black 29 km Fourneaux black 25 km Bournette red 21 km La Grosse Sapine black 19 km Lièvre Blanc black 19 km Caramentran red 16 km La Croix de Bournillon blue 14 km Grand Jujufrey red 13 km Moyenne Jujufrey blue 12 km Petite Jujufrey blue 8.3 km Vauneyre red 8.2 km La Baume blue 5.6 km Les Serpents blue 3.2 km La Corna green 3.2 km liaison n/a 2 km Doline green 1.8 km - Without skis
- 2 sledging runs
- Piste aspect
- N 35% · E 52% · S 8% · W 4% (descent direction of 23 OSM pistes, terrain model)
- Season 2026-2027
- opens on 19 December 2026, closes on 14 March 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 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 Font d'Urle only (“FONT D'URLE”), magic carpets included.
Staying and hiring gear in Font d'Urle
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Stay & accommodation
Live webcams
All webcams (12) →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 Font d'Urle
From Paris: 6 hr 55 (636 km) by road.
By road
- From Valence: 1 hr 10 · 68 km
- From Grenoble: 1 hr 26 · 91 km
- From Chambéry: 2 hr 09 · 135 km
- From Lyon: 2 hr 17 · 165 km
- From Saint-Étienne: 2 hr 32 · 184 km
From other major cities (15)
- From Annecy: 2 hr 36 · 208 km
- From Genève: 3 hr 06 · 246 km
- From Montpellier: 3 hr 16 · 269 km
- From Marseille: 3 hr 21 · 278 km
- From Clermont-Ferrand: 4 hr 03 · 328 km
- From Dijon: 4 hr 10 · 366 km
- From Besançon: 4 hr 29 · 396 km
- From Perpignan: 4 hr 38 · 416 km
- From Nice: 4 hr 59 · 436 km
- From Toulouse: 5 hr 34 · 503 km
- From Nancy: 6 hr 17 · 577 km
- From Strasbourg: 6 hr 52 · 634 km
- From Paris: 6 hr 55 · 636 km
- From Pau: 7 hr 28 · 693 km
- From Bordeaux: 7 hr 57 · 745 km
Excluding traffic and winter conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.
By train
Die station
halt · then 37 min drive (37 km)
Nearest main station: Valence TGV Rhône-Alpes Sud, 1 hr 02 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
- Grenoble-Alpes-Isère (GNB): 1 hr 27 by road · 78 km
- Lyon-Saint-Exupéry (LYS): 2 hr 02 by road · 153 km
Take me there
These links open the app with Font d'Urle 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 September 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 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 →6 ski touring routes documented within 10 km of Font d'Urle — up to 790 m of climb.
| Summit and route | Ski grade | Climb | Altitude | Aspect | From resort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Serre de Montué · Face E depuis Brudour | 2.1 · E1 · PD- | 520 m | 1,187 → 1,706 m | E | 1.6 km |
| Roc de Toulau · versant N - depuis Bouvante-le-Haut | 3.2 · PD | 790 m | 790 → 1,581 m | N | 5.9 km |
| But Saint-Genix · versant N depuis le Pas Bouillanain | 1.3 · E1 · F | 220 m | 1,426 → 1,643 m | N · NE | 9 km |
| But de Nève · Par le Col de Chironne | 1.1 · E1 · F+ | 570 m | 1,100 → 1,656 m | W · SW | 9.1 km |
| Col de Chironne · Depuis le col de Vassieux | n/a · F | 100 m | 1,320 → 1,414 m | N · NW | 9.5 km |
| Grand Veymont · Face W depuis la baraque forestière des Bachassons | 3.3 · E2 · AD- | n/a | 1,300 → 2,341 m | W · S | 9.9 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 Font d'Urle
Dog sledding
- Indalo Mushing · La Chapelle-en-Vercors · 4.9 km away
- Traineaux à chien avec Indalo Mushing · La Chapelle-en-Vercors · 4.9 km away
Museum
- Mémorial de la Résistance en Vercors · Vassieux-en-Vercors · 2.6 km away
- Musée départemental de la Résistance · Vassieux-en-Vercors · 3.9 km away
- Musée de la Préhistoire du Vercors · Vassieux-en-Vercors · 5.7 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
165 bed spaces in tourist residences, holiday villages and hostels
- 1 holiday village or family centre · 165 bed spaces
Commune: Bouvante · 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
Alpage de Font d'Urle
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.
Nearby resorts
Frequently asked questions
How high is Font d'Urle?
Font d'Urle sits at 1,389 m at village level, and its ski area rises to 1,541 m.
How many kilometres of pistes does Font d'Urle have?
Font d'Urle has 16 km of pistes served by 12 lifts (OpenStreetMap survey).
What is the longest piste in Font d'Urle?
The longest piste is Brudour: 1 km (green run), for 100 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 Font d'Urle?
The highest lift, Cairn (platter lift), tops out at 1,542 m. Source: STRMTG, French national register of mechanical lifts (CAIRN database), file dated 1 January 2025.
How many lifts does Font d'Urle have, and what is their capacity?
The French national register of mechanical lifts records 11 installations at Font d'Urle (9 drag lifts, 2 magic carpets), for an authorised capacity of 9,085 people per hour, of which 1,400 for Dahu alone. The fleet spans 1963 to 2017, an average age of 37 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 Font d'Urle?
By road, Font d'Urle is 1 hr 10 from Valence (68 km), excluding traffic and winter conditions. By train, the nearest station is Die, 37 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 Grenoble-Alpes-Isère, 1 hr 27 away.
How long is the drive from Paris to Font d'Urle?
6 hr 55 for 636 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 Font d'Urle open?
According to the official website, the resort opens on 19 December 2026 and closes on 14 March 2027 (2026-2027 season).
Is Font d'Urle good for beginners and families?
80% of the pistes are green or blue: a very accessible area.
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