Frère-Joseph

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.

Snow cover varies from one winter to the next — the best time runs from mid-February to mid-March. 43 days a winter at 30 cm or more on average, and 282 cm of fresh snow, measured over 10 winters at the Météo-France “LA PLANCHE” station. Fortnight by fortnight, over 10 measured winters →

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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.

1. SnowCan you count on the snow?
   1.5 / 5

   Top of the ski area: 1,110 m · Bottom of the pistes: 870 m · Days above 30 cm per winter, measured: 43 days · Days above 30 cm, December to March, model: 3%

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

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

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

   Not rated: no official price list could be found.

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: 3 · 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 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).

32 pistes, by level

Skiable vertical

240 m

Lifts

1 chairlift, 12 drag lifts

Cross-country skiing

6 km of nordic trails

Ski-area figures — village, bottom, top: ANMSM — figures declared by the resort (16 Oct); km of pistes, lifts, pistes by level: OpenStreetMap (1 Oct) .

Without skis on — 0 km of snowshoe and walking trails · 2 sledging runs

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.

Resort data: declared by Bureau d'Information Touristique de Ventron and distributed by ANMSM · read on 16 October

Base map © OpenTopoMap (CC-BY-SA) · pistes © OpenSnowMap (CC-BY-SA) · data ©OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

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

Driving times computed on the OpenStreetMap road network (OSRM), SNCF stations (open data), airports (Wikidata). Indicative, not a timetable: allow extra time in snow.

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  4 November 2026 · 18:00

  Ma vie de valise

  Bibliothèque Le Thillot · Le Thillot

  Théâtre d'objets

  Source: OpenAgenda, agenda “Rencontre avec... La France entre monts et merveilles” · View on OpenAgenda ↗

  Also near: Bussang (6.8 km), Larcenaire (7.9 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.

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