Hauteluce Val Joly
Hauteluce Val Joly is a winter sports resort in France located in Savoie, on the communal territory of Hauteluce. Directly linked to the resort of Les Contamines located to the north-east on the other side of the col du Joly, it is part of the Évasion Mont-Blanc ski area.
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?3.5 / 5
Top of the ski area: 2,042 m · Bottom of the pistes: 1,622 m · Days above 30 cm per winter, measured: 121 days · Days above 30 cm, December to March, model: 96%
- Ski areaIs there enough to ski all week?3.5 / 5
Km of pistes at the resort: 59 km · Km of pistes across the linked area: 123 km · Lifts: 14 · Balance between piste levels: 89%
- ValueIs the lift pass reasonable for what you get?4 / 5
Adult day pass: €30 · Day pass price per km of pistes: €0.24/km · Price read at a neighbouring resort of the same area
- Families and beginnersIs it right for children and beginners?1 / 5
Share of green and blue pistes: 44% · Magic carpets: 0 · Sledging runs: 0 · Special prices out of 4 (beginner, child, family, free age): 1 · Ice rink, pool, rail sledge…: 0
- AccessIs it easy to get to?2.5 / 5
Average drive time from 20 major cities: 4 hr 38 · Nearest railway station: 1 hr 01 · Station-to-resort shuttles per day: 0 · Nearest airport: 1 hr 28
- 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: 1 · Collective tourist beds: 3,196 — index: what the map and the listings publish
- Luxury and comfortHow upmarket is the resort?1.5 / 5
5-star hotels: 0 · 4-star hotels: 0 · Share of hotel rooms in 4 and 5 stars: 13% · Spas and saunas: 0 · Jewellers, watchmakers, fashion boutiques: 0 · Adult day pass: €30 — 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.
Right now at the MONT ARBOIS station (1,833 m)
Avalanche danger
7-day forecast
Village 1,239 m · top 2,042 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.
Average snow depth by month
Good snow from December to March: a long, reliable season.
☀️ Average daily sunshine : Nov 6.3 h · Dec 5.5 h · Jan 5.8 h · Feb 7.1 h · Mar 8.2 h · Apr 10 h — 25 bright days in April (Open-Meteo estimate, 2015-2025).
- November—no record
- December75 cmGood skiing · 89%
- January106 cmGood skiing · 93%
- February135 cmGood skiing · 100%
- March156 cmGood skiing · 100%
- April—no record
- May—no record
30 cm on the ground: the benchmark for groomed-piste skiing. Bar = monthly average depth; percentage = share of time above 30 cm.
- Good skiing: 30 cm on more than 8 days in 10
- Variable: 30 cm on 5 to 8 days in 10
- Insufficient: 30 cm less than one day in two
Snow actually measured, winter by winter
19 complete winters measured, from 1996-1997 to 2025-2026 — on average 121 days a winter with at least 30 cm on the ground.
- 1-15 Dec43 cmVariable · 53 %
- 16-31 Dec59 cmVariable · 78 %
- 1-15 Jan76 cmGood skiing · 89 %
- 16-31 Jan100 cmGood skiing · 100 %
- 1-15 Feb115 cmGood skiing · 100 %
- 16-29 Feb120 cmGood skiing · 100 %
- 1-15 Mar122 cmGood skiing · 100 %
- 16-31 Mar108 cmGood skiing · 97 %
- 1-15 Apr79 cmGood skiing · 85 %
- Best winter of the series
- 2019-2020 — 137 days at 30 cm or more
- Worst winter of the series
- 2016-2017 — 85 days at 30 cm or more
Snowfall: no long enough record of fresh snow at this station. Rather than an estimate, we show nothing.
The ski area
Compare with another resort →57 pistes, by level — 59 km
- Skiable vertical
- 420 m (1,622 m → 2,042 m)
- Lifts
- 1 gondola, 7 chairlifts, 6 drag lifts
- Cross-country skiing
- 11 named trails — 43 km of marked loops (32 km of distinct track: the loops overlap) · Megeve Mont Arbois area, 5 km 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(11)
Trail Level Length Megeve-Bettex-St.Nicolas intermediate 20 km Livraz - Cote2000 black 4.5 km Planellet red 3.6 km Javen black 2.5 km Livraz green 2.5 km Planay black 2 km La Croix blue 1.8 km Le Lait blue 1.7 km Odier n/a 1.6 km Le Maz red 1.5 km Petit Vorasset · Megeve Mont Arbois easy 1.3 km - Snowpark
- Yes
- Piste aspect
- N 25% · E 40% · S 13% · W 22% (descent direction of 55 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 (2026-2027) detail →
| Adult pass | Price |
|---|---|
| 1 day | €30 |
| Child, 1 day | €25 |
Read on the official price list, full price, excluding promotions. Price list of the linked area, read on Portes du Mont-Blanc. Official price list ↗
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 Hauteluce Val Joly only (“HAUTELUCE”), magic carpets included.
Staying and hiring gear in Hauteluce Val Joly
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Stay & accommodation
Live webcams
All webcams (8) →Official players of the resort, live image. Checked on 18 September 2026.
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 Hauteluce Val Joly
From Paris: 7 hr 04 (653 km) by road.
By road
- From Chambéry: 1 hr 17 · 85 km
- From Annecy: 1 hr 29 · 75 km
- From Grenoble: 1 hr 33 · 114 km
- From Genève: 1 hr 45 · 105 km
- From Lyon: 2 hr 27 · 183 km
From other major cities (15)
- From Valence: 2 hr 37 · 207 km
- From Saint-Étienne: 3 hr 01 · 232 km
- From Besançon: 4 hr 14 · 279 km
- From Dijon: 4 hr 19 · 384 km
- From Clermont-Ferrand: 4 hr 20 · 352 km
- From Montpellier: 4 hr 44 · 411 km
- From Marseille: 4 hr 49 · 420 km
- From Perpignan: 6 hr 05 · 559 km
- From Strasbourg: 6 hr 09 · 497 km
- From Nice: 6 hr 10 · 498 km
- From Nancy: 6 hr 23 · 564 km
- From Toulouse: 7 hr 01 · 645 km
- From Paris: 7 hr 04 · 653 km
- From Bordeaux: 8 hr 18 · 738 km
- From Pau: 8 hr 56 · 835 km
Excluding traffic and winter conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.
By train
Sallanches - Combloux - Megève station
regional station · then 1 hr 01 drive (49 km)
Nearest main station: Chambéry - Challes-les-Eaux, 1 hr 15 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
- Chambéry-Savoie (CMF): 1 hr 28 by road · 92 km
- Grenoble-Alpes-Isère (GNB): 2 hr 07 by road · 160 km
Take me there
These links open the app with Hauteluce Val Joly 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.
Off-piste & ski touring
The resorts for off-piste skiing →Named itineraries: Croche
Itineraries surveyed on OpenStreetMap within a 4 km radius (7 September 2026): “marked” means an itinerary exists on the map, not that it is open or safe on the day.
Ski touring routes described
Resorts for ski touring →12 ski touring routes documented within 10 km of Hauteluce Val Joly — up to 2,100 m of climb.
| Summit and route | Ski grade | Climb | Altitude | Aspect | From resort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dôme de la Girotte · Versant SW | 2.2 · E1 · PD- | 780 m | 1,150 → 1,926 m | SW | 1.5 km |
| Dôme de la Girotte · Voie normale par la Montaz et la Commanderie | 1.3 · E1 · F+ | 776 m | 1,150 m | W · SW · S | 1.5 km |
| Rochers des Enclaves · Tour depuis les Contamines | n/a · F | 360 m | 2,100 → 2,467 m | N | 2.2 km |
| Tête de la Cicle · Tour par le Col de la Cicle et le col de la Fenêtre depuis Hauteluce | 2.2 · E1 · PD | 1,340 m | 1,220 → 2,390 m | NW | 2.4 km |
| Rochers des Enclaves · Versant NW - depuis les Granges | 2.2 · E1 · PD- | 1,315 m | 1,150 → 2,467 m | NW | 3.2 km |
| Col de la Fenêtre · Versant W | 2.2 · E1 · PD- | 1,025 m | 1,220 → 2,245 m | W | 3.2 km |
| Aiguille de Roselette · Couloir N en Z | 4.1 · E2 · D- | 284 m | 2,000 → 2,384 m | N | 3.3 km |
| Aiguille Croche · Face SW | 2.3 | 1,300 m | 1,250 → 2,487 m | S · SW | 3.4 km |
| Montagne d'Outray - Sommet NE · Par le Col du Sallestet - depuis les Granges | 2.3 · E1 · PD | 1,150 m | 1,160 → 2,307 m | N | 3.5 km |
| Refuge du Col de la Croix du Bonhomme · Col du Bonhomme > La Gitte > Col de la Cicle | 2.3 · E1 · PD+ | 2,100 m | 1,210 → 2,479 m | n/a | 3.9 km |
| Tête de la Cicle · Col N (2470 m), couloir NW | 3.3 · E1 · AD+ | 1,480 m | 1,210 → 2,470 m | NW · E | 3.9 km |
| Aiguille de Roselette · Couloir de la ''banane'' | 4.1 · E2 · D- | 1,106 m | 1,210 → 2,316 m | N | 3.9 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 Hauteluce Val Joly
Ice rink
- Patinoire de plein air · Megève · 9.6 km away
- Patinoire olympique · Megève · 9.9 km away
Swimming pool
- Piscines intérieures · Megève · 9.9 km away
- Piscine olympique extérieure · Megève · 9.9 km away
- Pataugeoire intérieure · Megève · 9.9 km away
Spa and thermal baths
- Pure Altitude Longevity Spa du Lodge Park · Megève · 9.6 km away
- Saunas · Megève · 9.9 km away
- Hammam · Megève · 9.9 km away
Paragliding
- Aire de décollage parapente · Les Contamines-Montjoie · 4.3 km away
- Parapente en biplace · Les Contamines-Montjoie · 8.6 km away
- Megève Aventure Parapente · Praz-sur-Arly · 9.1 km away
- Megève Parapente · Megève · 9.5 km away
Museum
- Ecomusée de Hauteluce · Hauteluce · 5 km away
- Jardin Samivel · Les Contamines-Montjoie · 8.7 km away
- Musée "La Maison des Contes de Fées" · Notre-Dame-de-Bellecombe · 9.2 km away
- Musée de l'Ermitage du Calvaire · Megève · 9.3 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
3,196 bed spaces in tourist residences, holiday villages and hostels
- 3 hotels · 93 rooms (1 × 4★, 1 × 3★, 1 × 2★)
- 2 holiday villages and family centres · 1,274 bed spaces
- 6 tourist residences and apartment hotels · 1,922 bed spaces
Commune: Hauteluce · INSEE tourist accommodation survey, 2026, read on 12 September 2026. Collective accommodation only — privately let flats and second homes are not counted. INSEE dataset ↗
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 Hauteluce Val Joly
All events →-
17 October 2026 · 10:00
Evolution architecturale de Megève au XXe siècle
Office de tourisme de Megève · Megève
Du paisible village montagnard à la station de ski internationale, le visage de Megève n'a eu de cesse de se transformer depuis le développement du tourisme au début du XXe siècle. Des besoins et de …
Source: OpenAgenda, agenda “Plan Libre, la gazette” · View on OpenAgenda ↗
Also near: Megève (0.1 km), Portes du Mont-Blanc (3.6 km), Domaine de Praz sur Arly (4.3 km), Combloux (4.8 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.
Nearby resorts
Frequently asked questions
How high is Hauteluce Val Joly?
Hauteluce Val Joly sits at 1,239 m at village level, and its ski area rises to 2,042 m.
How many kilometres of pistes does Hauteluce Val Joly have?
Hauteluce Val Joly has 59 km of pistes served by 14 lifts, within the linked Évasion Mont-Blanc area (OpenStreetMap survey).
What is the longest piste in Hauteluce Val Joly?
The longest piste is Mandarines: 3 km (green run), for 530 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 Hauteluce Val Joly?
The highest lift, TSD du Col du Joly (detachable chairlift), tops out at 2,005 m. Source: STRMTG, French national register of mechanical lifts (CAIRN database), file dated 1 January 2025.
How many lifts does Hauteluce Val Joly have, and what is their capacity?
The French national register of mechanical lifts records 6 installations at Hauteluce Val Joly (1 gondola, 1 chairlift, 4 drag lifts), for an authorised capacity of 6,500 people per hour, of which 2,000 for TSD du Col du Joly alone. The fleet spans 1982 to 2023, an average age of 27 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 much is a lift pass in Hauteluce Val Joly?
The adult day pass costs €30 (2026-2027, read on the official price list, shared with Portes du Mont-Blanc).
How do I get to Hauteluce Val Joly?
By road, Hauteluce Val Joly is 1 hr 17 from Chambéry (85 km), excluding traffic and winter conditions. By train, the nearest station is Sallanches - Combloux - Megève, 1 hr 01 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 Chambéry-Savoie, 1 hr 28 away.
How long is the drive from Paris to Hauteluce Val Joly?
7 hr 04 for 653 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 Hauteluce Val Joly?
Yes: good snow through most of the winter according to twenty winters of Météo-France measurements; in season the daily report prevails.
Is Hauteluce Val Joly good for beginners and families?
44% of the pistes are green or blue: a rather technical area.
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