La Bresse Hohneck
Located in the commune of La Bresse, the ski area of La Bresse Hohneck is the largest in the massif des Vosges and North-East France, by its size and visitor numbers. It is operated by the company Labellemontagne.
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?1.5 / 5
Top of the ski area: 1,346 m · Bottom of the pistes: 876 m · Days above 30 cm per winter, measured: 51 days · Days above 30 cm, December to March, model: 1%
- Ski areaIs there enough to ski all week?3 / 5
Km of pistes at the resort: 31 km · Km of pistes across the linked area: 31 km · Lifts: 20 · Balance between piste levels: 84%
- ValueIs the lift pass reasonable for what you get?3 / 5
Adult day pass: €41.5 · Day pass price per km of pistes: €1.34/km · Adult 6-day pass: €249
- Families and beginnersIs it right for children and beginners?3.5 / 5
Share of green and blue pistes: 63% · Magic carpets: 2 · Sledging runs: 2 · Special prices out of 4 (beginner, child, family, free age): 3 · ESF ski school · Ice rink, pool, rail sledge…: 0 · Famille Plus label
- AccessIs it easy to get to?2.5 / 5
Average drive time from 20 major cities: 6 hr 06 · Nearest railway station: 21 min · Station-to-resort shuttles per day: 0 · Nearest airport: 1 hr 22
- Atmosphere and après-skiIs there life in the evening and off the slopes?1.5 / 5
Bars and pubs: 0 · Nightclubs: 0 · Restaurants: 4 · Upcoming events: 0 · Collective tourist beds: 934 — 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: 34% · Spas and saunas: 0 · Jewellers, watchmakers, fashion boutiques: 0 · Adult day pass: €41.5 — 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.
7-day forecast
Village 913 m · top 1,346 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
31 complete winters measured, from 1989-1990 to 2025-2026 — on average 51 days a winter with at least 30 cm on the ground.
- 1-15 Dec16 cmInsufficient · 22 %
- 16-31 Dec24 cmInsufficient · 31 %
- 1-15 Jan29 cmInsufficient · 40 %
- 16-31 Jan39 cmVariable · 51 %
- 1-15 Feb45 cmVariable · 54 %
- 16-29 Feb50 cmVariable · 58 %
- 1-15 Mar43 cmInsufficient · 46 %
- 16-31 Mar25 cmInsufficient · 29 %
- 1-15 Apr9 cmInsufficient · 11 %
- Best winter of the series
- 2005-2006 — 136 days at 30 cm or more
- Worst winter of the series
- 1989-1990 — 1 day 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 →40 pistes, by level — 31 km
- Skiable vertical
- 470 m (876 m → 1,346 m)
- Lifts
- 6 chairlifts, 12 drag lifts, 2 magic carpets
- Cross-country skiing
- 31 km of nordic trails
- Without skis
- 5 km of snowshoe and walking trails · 2 sledging runs
- Piste aspect
- N 50% · E 8% · S 0% · W 41% (descent direction of 39 OSM pistes, terrain model)
- Mountain restaurants
- Ferme Auberge Schmargült (1202 m)
- Tourist office
- Office de Tourisme La Bresse Hautes Vosges · 2A rue des Proyes, 88250 · 0329254129 · [email protected] (declared by the resort, ANMSM)
- Piste map (PDF)
- Plan des pistes La Bresse Hohenck (declared by the resort, ANMSM)
- Shuttle timetable (PDF)
- Depliant bus hivernal 2025 2026 (declared by the resort, ANMSM)
- Resort app
- Android (declared by the resort, ANMSM)
- Famille Plus
- The resort’s family page (declared by the resort, ANMSM)
Resort data: declared by Office de Tourisme La Bresse Hautes Vosges and distributed by ANMSM · read on 18 September
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 | €41.50 |
| 6 days | €249 |
| Season | €579.60 |
| Child, 1 day | €35.30 |
| Beginner, 1 day | €16 |
| Pedestrian, 1 day | €12.70 |
| Free | Free under 5 · free from 75 years |
Read on the official price list, full price, excluding promotions. Official price list ↗
Official piste map
Open the piste map (PDF, 2 MB) ↗
Link to the resort’s own file — a piste map is a copyrighted artwork, we host no copy.
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 La Bresse Hohneck only (“BRESSE (LA) HOHNECK”), magic carpets included.
Staying and hiring gear in La Bresse Hohneck
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Stay & accommodation
Live webcams
All webcams (9) →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 La Bresse Hohneck
From Paris: 5 hr 16 (446 km) by road.
By road
- From Strasbourg: 1 hr 43 · 115 km
- From Nancy: 1 hr 45 · 123 km
- From Besançon: 2 hr 22 · 173 km
- From Dijon: 3 hr 09 · 254 km
- From Genève: 4 hr 24 · 344 km
From other major cities (15)
- From Lyon: 4 hr 45 · 413 km
- From Annecy: 4 hr 54 · 388 km
- From Paris: 5 hr 16 · 446 km
- From Chambéry: 5 hr 21 · 429 km
- From Grenoble: 5 hr 31 · 499 km
- From Saint-Étienne: 5 hr 34 · 472 km
- From Valence: 5 hr 51 · 512 km
- From Clermont-Ferrand: 6 hr 11 · 555 km
- From Montpellier: 7 hr 54 · 714 km
- From Marseille: 7 hr 59 · 723 km
- From Nice: 9 hr 00 · 740 km
- From Perpignan: 9 hr 15 · 861 km
- From Bordeaux: 9 hr 43 · 892 km
- From Toulouse: 9 hr 47 · 896 km
- From Pau: 11 hr 44 · 1088 km
Excluding traffic and winter conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.
By train
Kruth station
halt · then 21 min drive (19 km)
Nearest main station: Colmar, 49 min 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 22 by road · 85 km
- Strasbourg-Entzheim (SXB): 1 hr 36 by road · 105 km
Take me there
These links open the app with La Bresse Hohneck 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: Noire
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 La Bresse Hohneck — up to 1,600 m of climb.
| Summit and route | Ski grade | Climb | Altitude | Aspect | From resort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cabane du Lac de Blanchemer · Blanchemer- Honeck - Kastelberg - Blanchemer | 1.3 · E1 · F+ | 1,000 m | 900 → 1,350 m | NE | 1.6 km |
| Hohneck · tour des roches | n/a | 200 m | 909 → 1,177 m | N | 1.8 km |
| Kastelberg · Depuis Mittlach par le Rainkopf et Blanchemer | n/a · PD+ | 1,600 m | 529 → 1,350 m | SE | 2.8 km |
| Kastelberg · Tricotage | n/a · E2 · AD | 1,000 m | 850 → 1,350 m | n/a | 2.8 km |
| Kastelberg · Boucle Kastelberg | n/a · PD- | 836 m | 514 → 1,350 m | SW | 2.8 km |
| Hohneck : Par la piste de Retournemer | 1.3 · E1 · F | 580 m | 780 → 1,363 m | NW · W | 2.8 km |
| Kastelberg · Breitzhouse-Koepfle en aller retour | n/a · PD | 550 m | 900 → 1,350 m | SE | 2.8 km |
| Hohneck · Gaschney - Col du Falimont - Col du Schaeferthal | 3.3 · E1 · PD | 637 m | 985 → 1,363 m | n/a | 3.1 km |
| Hohneck · Couloir du Falimont | 2.3 · E1 · AD | 200 m | 1,100 → 1,300 m | NE | 3.1 km |
| Rainkopf · Par le Vallon de la Thur | n/a · PD+ | 1,295 m | 571 → 1,305 m | SW | 3.2 km |
| Les Vosges (Grande Traversée) · 13x13 | n/a · F | 1,250 m | 1,000 → 1,424 m | S | 3.2 km |
| Rainkopf · Depuis Mittlach par l'Altenweiher | n/a · PD+ | 1,130 m | 580 → 1,305 m | n/a | 3.2 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 La Bresse Hohneck
Toboggan runs
- Luge d'été · Soultzeren · 4.6 km away
- Tuby Gliss · Sondernach · 8.1 km away
Ice rink
- Patinoire · La Bresse · 8.5 km away
- Centre Aquatique et de Bien-Être - Patinoire · Gérardmer · 8.6 km away
Swimming pool
- Spa les sources de la Meurthe · Xonrupt-Longemer · 3.1 km away
- Bien-être à l'hôtel les vallées · La Bresse · 7.5 km away
- Complexe piscine loisirs · La Bresse · 8.4 km away
- Centre Aquatique et de Bien-Être - Piscine · Gérardmer · 8.6 km away
Spa and thermal baths
- Chalets de la Wormsa : Espace bien-être & spa · Metzeral · 6.7 km away
- Hôtel-Restaurant Perle des Vosges : Espace spa "Vue de l’eau !" · Muhlbach-sur-Munster · 8.1 km away
Dog sledding
- Tribu Vagabonde - chiens de traineau · Cornimont · 9.5 km away
Paragliding
- Bol d'air - parapente · La Bresse · 6.1 km away
- Couleur vent manu tremsal vols biplace parapente · La Bresse · 7.4 km away
- Benoît perrin parapente · La Bresse · 7.4 km away
- Cumulus parapente · Gérardmer · 7.7 km away
Museum
- Musée de la Schlitte et des Métiers du Bois · Muhlbach-sur-Munster · 8.6 km away
Cinema
- Cinéma de la Maison de la Culture et des Loisirs · Gérardmer · 7.8 km away
- Cinéma grand écran · La Bresse · 8.2 km away
- Cinéma du Casino Joa · Gérardmer · 8.6 km away
- Espace Culturel Saint Grégoire : Cinéma et salle de spectacles · Munster · 9.5 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
934 bed spaces in tourist residences, holiday villages and hostels
- 16 hotels · 338 rooms (1 × 4★, 5 × 3★, 3 × 2★)
- 2 tourist residences and apartment hotels · 724 bed spaces
- 1 youth hostel or sports centre · 210 bed spaces
- 3 campsites · 300 pitches
Commune: La Bresse · 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 La Bresse
103 instructors
🇬🇧 60 English-speaking instructors — lessons in English available
🗓️ This school sells its lessons online — book ↗
Source: esf.net
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 La Bresse Hohneck?
La Bresse Hohneck sits at 913 m at village level, and its ski area rises to 1,346 m.
How many kilometres of pistes does La Bresse Hohneck have?
La Bresse Hohneck has 31 km of pistes served by 20 lifts (OpenStreetMap survey).
What is the longest piste in La Bresse Hohneck?
The longest piste is Blanchemer: 2 km (blue run), for 290 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 La Bresse Hohneck?
The highest lift, Kastelberg (gauche) (platter lift), tops out at 1,375 m. Source: STRMTG, French national register of mechanical lifts (CAIRN database), file dated 1 January 2025.
How many lifts does La Bresse Hohneck have, and what is their capacity?
The French national register of mechanical lifts records 19 installations at La Bresse Hohneck (6 chairlifts, 9 drag lifts, 4 magic carpets), for an authorised capacity of 20,430 people per hour, of which 3,000 for Vologne Express alone. The fleet spans 1966 to 2023, an average age of 28 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 La Bresse Hohneck?
The adult day pass costs €41.50 and the 6-day pass €249 (2026-2027, read on the official price list).
How do I get to La Bresse Hohneck?
By road, La Bresse Hohneck is 1 hr 43 from Strasbourg (115 km), excluding traffic and winter conditions. By train, the nearest station is Kruth, 21 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 22 away.
How long is the drive from Paris to La Bresse Hohneck?
5 hr 16 for 446 km from central Paris, excluding traffic and winter conditions. Computed on the real road network (OpenStreetMap): allow more on a school-holiday Saturday.
Is La Bresse Hohneck good for beginners and families?
63% of the pistes are green or blue: a rather easy area. The resort holds the Famille Plus family label.
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