Hirmentaz
Off season1,088 mVillage altitude
1,604 mTop of the ski area
25 kmAlpine pistes
20Ski lifts
Not published by any source: adult day pass.
Hirmentaz is a ski resort in the Northern Alps (Haute-Savoie), in the commune of Bellevaux. The village sits at 1,088 m and the ski area rises to 1,604 m, a skiable vertical of 525 m.
Live webcams
All webcams (4) →Hirmentaz Sommet de la Station 1610mWebcam-HD
Les Habères Bois Noir 930mWebcam-HD
Plateau des MouillesWebcam-HD
Each player is the camera operator’s own, loaded only when you ask for it — it may set its own trackers.
Official players of the resort, live image. Checked on 12 September 2026.
Snow, opening and weather
Snow report →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.
Avalanche danger
Snow cover varies from one winter to the next — the best time runs from early January to late March. 78 days a winter at 30 cm or more on average, and 404 cm of fresh snow, measured over 57 winters at the Météo-France “GETS (LES)” station. Fortnight by fortnight, over 57 measured winters →
3-day forecast
Village 1,088 m · top 1,604 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.
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.
- SnowCan you count on the snow?2 / 5
Top of the ski area: 1,604 m · Bottom of the pistes: 1,079 m · Days above 30 cm per winter, measured: 78 days · Days above 30 cm, December to March, model: 38%
- Ski areaIs there enough to ski all week?3 / 5
Km of pistes at the resort: 25 km · Lifts: 20 · Balance between piste levels: 79%
- ValueIs the lift pass reasonable for what you get?n/a
Not rated: no official price list could be found.
- Families and beginnersIs it right for children and beginners?2.5 / 5
Share of green and blue pistes: 63% · Magic carpets: 0 · Sledging runs: 2 · ESF ski school · Ice rink, pool, rail sledge…: 0
- AccessIs it easy to get to?3.5 / 5
Average drive time from 20 major cities: 4 hr 26 · Nearest railway station: 22 min · Station-to-resort shuttles per day: 0 · Nearest airport: 1 hr 09
- Atmosphere and après-skiIs there life in the evening and off the slopes?2 / 5
Bars and pubs: 1 · Nightclubs: 0 · Restaurants: 5 · Upcoming events: 0 · Collective tourist beds: 108 — 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 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).
43 pistes, by level
5 green22 blue14 red2 black
- Skiable vertical
- 525 m
- Lifts
- 5 chairlifts, 14 drag lifts
- Cross-country skiing
- 14 named trails — 102 km of marked loops (48 km of distinct track: the loops overlap), right by the resort
- Snowpark
- 2 mapped zones, 1.6 km from the resort — Border Cross (intermediate) · Snowpark (intermediate)
Ski-area figures — bottom, top, km of pistes, lifts, pistes by level: OpenStreetMap .
The ski area in figures
Measured on 9 September 20261 kmLongest piste — Les Brettaz (red), 213 m of vertical
405 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 1,517 → 1,112 m, 2 km
1,604 mHighest lift top — Rhodos (chairlift)
9 kmTotal length of lifts — 17 lifts mapped
919 haSki area boundary (OSM)
1,488Inhabitants — Habère-Poche (INSEE 74140)
Measured 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.
Staying and hiring gear in Hirmentaz
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Collective accommodation
108 bed spaces in tourist residences, holiday villages and hostels
- 1 holiday village or family centre · 108 bed spaces
Commune: Habère-Poche · INSEE tourist accommodation survey, 2026, read on 12 September 2026. Collective accommodation only — privately let flats and second homes are not counted. INSEE dataset ↗
Stay & accommodation
Holidu
Holiday-rental comparison site.
Ski hire
Skiset UK
Skiset’s UK site: ski hire in the resort shops, booked in English, paid in pounds.
Gear & equipment
Absolute Snow
UK ski and snowboard shop — delivers to UK addresses only.
Hardloop
Mountain gear shop: ski touring, avalanche safety, winter clothing.
Beyond skiing at Hirmentaz
Without skis on — 19 km of snowshoe and walking trails · 2 sledging runs
Paragliding
- Aires de départ parapente et delta de Très le Mont · Lullin · 4.7 km away
- Aire de départ parapente et delta des Couteaux · Lullin · 5.8 km away
- Aire de départ parapente et delta des Hermones · Vailly · 7.4 km away
Museum
- Maison de la Belle Vallée · Bellevaux · 3.7 km away
- Musée de la Faune · Bellevaux · 3.8 km away
- Musée d'art et de folklore régional (Muséâm) · Fessy · 6.8 km away
Cinema
- Cinéma La Trace · Villard · 4.4 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.
Ski schools and practical information
Ski school
ESF La Vallee Verte
25 instructors
🇬🇧 5 English-speaking instructors — lessons in English available
🗓️ This school sells its lessons online — book ↗
Source: esf.net
Tourist office
Office de tourisme des Alpes du Léman
📍 18 Route du Col, 74420 Habère-Poche
🌐 alpesduleman.com/office-de-tourisme-des-alpes-du-leman-bureau-d-accueil-d-habere-poche-147042.html
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.
Off the pistes: off-piste and ski touring
The resorts for off-piste skiing → 1 Marked off-piste itineraries · 0 km
11 km Ski touring routes
Named itineraries: Tremplin de saut à ski
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
12 ski touring routes documented within 10 km of Hirmentaz — up to 1,200 m of climb.
| Summit and route | Ski grade | Climb | Altitude | Aspect | From resort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montagne d'Hirmentaz · Depuis Habère-Poche | 2.2 · E1 · PD | 660 m | 935 → 1,598 m | W | 0.6 km |
| Pointe de Miribel · Depuis les Granges Meynent | n/a · F | 511 m | 1,070 → 1,581 m | N | 2 km |
| Pointe de Miribel · Par le Martinet et la Tête des Cudres | n/a · PD- | 700 m | 949 → 1,581 m | N | 2.8 km |
| Mont Forchat · Boucle par l'Oratoire des Moises et Très la Paraz | n/a · PD | 550 m | 1,080 → 1,539 m | W | 3.5 km |
The other 8 routes, with grades and vertical →
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 ↗
Piste map
Open on OpenSnowMap ↗Official piste map
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 Hirmentaz
From Paris: 6 hr 11 (573 km) by road.
By road
- From Genève: 45 min · 38 km
- From Annecy: 1 hr 01 · 67 km
- From Chambéry: 1 hr 28 · 109 km
- From Grenoble: 2 hr 02 · 165 km
- From Lyon: 2 hr 19 · 181 km
From other major cities (15)
- From Valence: 3 hr 00 · 267 km
- From Saint-Étienne: 3 hr 01 · 245 km
- From Besançon: 3 hr 13 · 212 km
- From Dijon: 3 hr 20 · 294 km
- From Clermont-Ferrand: 4 hr 02 · 351 km
- From Strasbourg: 4 hr 52 · 390 km
- From Montpellier: 5 hr 07 · 471 km
- From Marseille: 5 hr 12 · 480 km
- From Nancy: 5 hr 23 · 497 km
- From Paris: 6 hr 11 · 573 km
- From Nice: 6 hr 29 · 528 km
- From Perpignan: 6 hr 29 · 619 km
- From Toulouse: 7 hr 25 · 705 km
- From Bordeaux: 8 hr 00 · 738 km
- From Pau: 9 hr 19 · 895 km
Excluding traffic and winter conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.
By train
Perrignier station
halt · then 22 min drive (17 km)
Nearest main station: Annecy, 59 min by road.
No direct bus line from the station to the resort appears in the open-data timetables (checked on 20 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 09 by road · 46 km
- Chambéry-Savoie (CMF): 1 hr 32 by road · 108 km
Take me there
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Charging an electric car
1 charging station within 2 km
2 charging points · up to 22 kW
- HABERE POCHE - Route Vielle verde · EASYCHARGE · 2 points · 22 kW · 1.1 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.
The area offers 25 km of alpine pistes, 43 marked pistes (5 green, 22 blue, 14 red, 2 black), 20 ski lifts, plus a snowpark. Green and blue runs dominate: terrain suited to beginners and families.
Measured on the OpenStreetMap map: the longest piste runs 1 km (Les Brettaz) and the highest lift tops out at 1,604 m.
Access: 45 min by road from Genève and 22 min from Perrignier railway station.
4 official webcams show the pistes live (on the French page).
Frequently asked questions
How high is Hirmentaz?
Hirmentaz sits at 1,088 m at village level, and its ski area rises to 1,604 m.
How many kilometres of pistes does Hirmentaz have?
Hirmentaz has 25 km of slopes, 20 lifts.
What is the longest piste in Hirmentaz?
The longest piste is Les Brettaz: 1 km (red run), for 213 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 Hirmentaz?
The highest lift, Rhodos, tops out at 1,604 m (IGN RGE ALTI terrain model). The 17 lifts mapped on OpenStreetMap total 9 km.
How do I get to Hirmentaz?
By road, Hirmentaz is 45 min from Genève (38 km), excluding traffic and winter conditions. By train, the nearest station is Perrignier, 22 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 09 away.
How long is the drive from Paris to Hirmentaz?
6 hr 11 for 573 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 Hirmentaz?
Snow cover varies from one winter to the next — the best time runs from early January to late March. 78 days a winter at 30 cm or more on average, and 404 cm of fresh snow, measured over 57 winters at the Météo-France “GETS (LES)” station. This verdict rests on 57 winters of Météo-France measurements (1959-2021); in season the daily report prevails.
Is Hirmentaz good for beginners and families?
63% of the pistes are green or blue: a rather easy area.
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