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Frère-Joseph

Vosges Checked on 18 September 2026
871 mVillage altitude
—Top of the ski area
12 kmAlpine pistes
13Ski lifts
—Adult day pass

Frère-Joseph is a winter sports resort in the Vosges located in the commune of Ventron, in the département of Vosges, canton of Saulxures-sur-Moselotte, urban unit of La Bresse and the communauté de communes of Haute Moselotte.

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Frère-Joseph — view of the resort
Photo: Wikimedia Commons

Translated from the French Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), machine translation.

SkiRadar ratings

How ratings are computed →Computed on 18 September 2026

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.

  1. SnowCan you count on the snow?
    n/a

    Not rated: “top of the ski area” is missing from this page.

  2. Ski areaIs there enough to ski all week?
    2.5 / 5

    Km of pistes at the resort: 12 km · Km of pistes across the linked area: 12 km · Lifts: 13 · Balance between piste levels: 88%

  3. ValueIs the lift pass reasonable for what you get?
    n/a

    Not rated: “adult day pass” is missing from this page.

  4. Families and beginnersIs it right for children and beginners?
    2.5 / 5

    Share of green and blue pistes: 72% · Magic carpets: 0 · Sledging runs: 2 · ESF ski school · Ice rink, pool, rail sledge…: 0

  5. AccessIs it easy to get to?
    2.5 / 5

    Average drive time from 20 major cities: 6 hr 02 · Nearest railway station: 17 min · Station-to-resort shuttles per day: 0 · Nearest airport: 1 hr 17

  6. Atmosphere and après-skiIs there life in the evening and off the slopes?
    2 / 5

    Bars and pubs: 0 · Nightclubs: 0 · Restaurants: 4 · Upcoming events: 4 · Collective tourist beds: 0 — index: what the map and the listings publish

  7. Luxury and comfortHow upmarket is the resort?
    3 / 5

    5-star hotels: 1 · 4-star hotels: 0 · Share of hotel rooms in 4 and 5 stars: 100% · 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).

Snow and opening

7-day forecast → Snow report →
Status unknown

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 871 m

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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

10 complete winters measured, from 2016-2017 to 2025-2026 — on average 8 days a winter with at least 30 cm on the ground.

Météo-France — “LA_BRESSE_SAPC” station (772 m, 10.9 km away) · 12 Sept 2026
  1. 1-15 Dec7 cmInsufficient · 5 %
  2. 16-31 Dec6 cmInsufficient · 8 %
  3. 1-15 Jan10 cmInsufficient · 13 %
  4. 16-31 Jan17 cmInsufficient · 21 %
  5. 1-15 Feb9 cmInsufficient · 9 %
  6. 16-29 Feb3 cmInsufficient · 0 %
  7. 1-15 Mar1 cmInsufficient · 0 %
  8. 16-31 Mar2 cmInsufficient · 0 %
  9. 1-15 Apr0 cmInsufficient · 0 %
Best winter of the series
2020-2021 — 25 days at 30 cm or more
Worst winter of the series
2019-2020 — 0 day at 30 cm or more

Snowfall: no long enough record of fresh snow at this station. Rather than an estimate, we show nothing.

Total snow depth on the ground measured at 06:00 at the Météo-France “LA_BRESSE_SAPC” station (772 m, 10.9 km away), from the open “Daily climatological data” dataset (Open Licence 2.0). The season is counted from 1 December to 15 April; only winters with at least 95 % of those 136 days measured are kept, so no figure here rests on a handful of readings. The reading is taken at 772 m. In season, the resort’s daily report prevails.

The ski area

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32 pistes, by level — 12 km

14 green9 blue7 red2 black
Lifts
1 chairlift, 12 drag lifts
Cross-country skiing
6 km of nordic trails
Without skis
0 km of snowshoe and walking trails · 2 sledging runs
Piste aspect
N 46% · E 36% · S 5% · W 14% (descent direction of 25 OSM pistes, terrain model)

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.

Staying and hiring gear in Frère-Joseph

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Stay & accommodation

Ski Planet
Self-catering flats and all-inclusive ski holidays at the foot of the slopes, since 1999.
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Montagne Vacances
Flats and chalets in the resort, at direct prices.
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VVF
Family holiday villages, kids’ clubs included.
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Ski hire

Sport 2000 Location
Skis, boots and helmets booked online, collected in a resort shop.
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Skiset
Network of ski-hire shops in the resorts.
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Live webcams

Frère-Joseph publishes no public webcam (checked on 12 September 2026 on its website, its tourist office and the operators’ directories). Know of one? Tell us.

Piste map

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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 Frère-Joseph

From Paris: 5 hr 15 (450 km) by road.

By road

  • From Nancy: 1 hr 45 · 128 km
  • From Strasbourg: 2 hr 11 · 152 km
  • From Besançon: 2 hr 14 · 136 km
  • From Dijon: 3 hr 01 · 217 km
  • From Genève: 4 hr 19 · 339 km
From other major cities (15)
  • From Lyon: 4 hr 37 · 376 km
  • From Annecy: 4 hr 49 · 383 km
  • From Paris: 5 hr 15 · 450 km
  • From Chambéry: 5 hr 17 · 425 km
  • From Grenoble: 5 hr 24 · 462 km
  • From Saint-Étienne: 5 hr 26 · 435 km
  • From Valence: 5 hr 43 · 475 km
  • From Clermont-Ferrand: 6 hr 03 · 518 km
  • From Montpellier: 7 hr 46 · 677 km
  • From Marseille: 7 hr 51 · 686 km
  • From Nice: 8 hr 55 · 736 km
  • From Perpignan: 9 hr 08 · 824 km
  • From Bordeaux: 9 hr 35 · 855 km
  • From Toulouse: 9 hr 40 · 859 km
  • From Pau: 11 hr 36 · 1051 km

Excluding traffic and winter conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.

By train

Kruth station

halt · then 17 min drive (14 km)

Nearest main station: Mulhouse, 1 hr 03 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

  • Bâle-Mulhouse (BSL): 1 hr 17 by road · 80 km
  • Strasbourg-Entzheim (SXB): 2 hr 05 by road · 142 km

Take me there

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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 →

11 ski touring routes documented within 10 km of Frère-Joseph — up to 3,800 m of climb.

Summit and routeSki gradeClimbAltitudeAspectFrom resort
Ermitage Frère Joseph à Ventron · Tricotage à Frère Jon/an/an/an/a0.1 km
Drumont · Par la Comben/a · PD+500 m700 → 1,200 mE4.7 km
Vosges du Sud (Traversée) · De St Maurice à Gérardmern/a3,800 m600 → 1,305 mn/a4.9 km
Tête des Russiers · Couloir S et Carrièren/a · AD585 m650 → 1,187 mS4.9 km
Tête des Neufs Bois · Par le Steingrabenn/a · E2600 m650 → 1,230 mN6.7 km
Tête des Neufs Bois · Par l'épaulement NE, et le col des Allemandsn/a · E1600 m650 → 1,230 mN6.9 km
Tête des Corbeaux · Par les Bouchaux + aller retour sur les Ecorces1.3 · E1 · F880 m623 → 1,086 mNW7.7 km
Les Vosges (Grande Traversée) · Du Ballon d'Alsace au Hohneckn/a · PD+3,400 m560 → 1,305 mn/a8.5 km
Tête des Perches · par le lac des Perches2.1 · E1 · PD-612 m610 → 1,222 mS9.3 km
La Bresse · roche beutyn/a · AD250 m710 → 960 mN9.8 km
Haut Rouan · depuis la Vallée du Chajouxn/a · PD-750 m710 mSW · W10 km
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 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 Frère-Joseph

Ice rink

Swimming pool

Dog sledding

Paragliding

Cinema

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 · 28 rooms (1 × 5★)

Commune: Ventron · 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 Ventron

📞 03 29 24 05 45

🌐 esfventron.net

29 instructors

🇬🇧 28 English-speaking instructors — lessons in English available

Source: esf.net

All about the ski school in Frère-Joseph →

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 Frère-Joseph

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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

Ventron 0 kmLarcenaire 3 kmBussang 4 kmLa Bresse Brabant 7 kmRouge Gazon 9 kmLe Markstein 12 km

Frequently asked questions

How high is Frère-Joseph?

Frère-Joseph sits at 871 m at village level.

How many kilometres of pistes does Frère-Joseph have?

Frère-Joseph has 12 km of pistes served by 13 lifts (OpenStreetMap survey).

How do I get to Frère-Joseph?

By road, Frère-Joseph is 1 hr 45 from Nancy (128 km), excluding traffic and winter conditions. By train, the nearest station is Kruth, 17 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 17 away.

How long is the drive from Paris to Frère-Joseph?

5 hr 15 for 450 km from central Paris, excluding traffic and winter conditions. Computed on the real road network (OpenStreetMap): allow more on a school-holiday Saturday.

Is Frère-Joseph good for beginners and families?

72% of the pistes are green or blue: a rather easy area.

Full page in French. The French page carries the editorial guides and a few extra readings; every figure, webcam and price on this page is the same one. Frère-Joseph in French →

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