La Foux d'Allos
La Foux d'Allos is a ski resort located in the north of the département of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence in the Pelat and Trois-Évêchés massifs.
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?4 / 5
Top of the ski area: 2,576 m · Bottom of the pistes: 2,576 m · Days above 30 cm, December to March, model: 86%
- Ski areaIs there enough to ski all week?4 / 5
Km of pistes at the resort: 126 km · Km of pistes across the linked area: 148 km · Lifts: 17 · Balance between piste levels: 89%
- ValueIs the lift pass reasonable for what you get?3.5 / 5
Adult day pass: €35 · 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?3 / 5
Share of green and blue pistes: 59% · Magic carpets: 2 · Sledging runs: 0 · Special prices out of 4 (beginner, child, family, free age): 2 · ESF ski school · Ice rink, pool, rail sledge…: 3 · Famille Plus label
- AccessIs it easy to get to?1.5 / 5
Average drive time from 20 major cities: 5 hr 57 · Nearest railway station: 1 hr 24 · Station-to-resort shuttles per day: 0 · Nearest airport: 2 hr 25
- Atmosphere and après-skiIs there life in the evening and off the slopes?3 / 5
Bars and pubs: 1 · Nightclubs: 0 · Restaurants: 7 · Upcoming events: 3 · Collective tourist beds: 1,337 — 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 · Share of hotel rooms in 4 and 5 stars: 0% · Spas and saunas: 0 · Jewellers, watchmakers, fashion boutiques: 0 · Adult day pass: €35 — 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).
The domain is due to open on 12 December 2026. Open pistes and lifts will appear here as soon as the resort publishes its daily report.
Avalanche danger
7-day forecast
Village 1,787 m · top 2,576 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 February to April.
☀️ Average daily sunshine : Nov 7.4 h · Dec 7 h · Jan 7.3 h · Feb 8.5 h · Mar 9.7 h · Apr 10.8 h — 27 bright days in April (Open-Meteo estimate, 2015-2025).
- November—no record
- December55 cmVariable · 74%
- January68 cmVariable · 78%
- February92 cmGood skiing · 93%
- March111 cmGood skiing · 98%
- April79 cmGood skiing · 82%
- 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
Measured snow history: not available for this resort. No Météo-France station close enough (the 2 nearby stations sit more than 300 m away from the altitude we aim for (2050 m)). We would rather show nothing than borrow a distant valley’s reading.
The ski area
Compare with another resort →113 pistes, by level — 126 km
- Lifts
- 7 chairlifts, 8 drag lifts, 2 magic carpets
- Cross-country skiing
- 1 named trail — 3.3 km of marked loops, 11 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(1)
Trail Level Length Grande boucle du Golf du Bois Chenu very easy 3.3 km - Snowpark
- Yes
- Piste aspect
- N 44% · E 31% · S 19% · W 6% (descent direction of 106 OSM pistes, terrain model)
- Mountain restaurants
- Bar Restaurant du Refuge du Col d'Allos (2228 m)
- Season 2026-2027
- opens on 12 December 2026 (declared by the resort, ANMSM)
- Tourist office
- Office de tourisme du Val d'Allos · 39-45 Place de la coopérative, 04260 · 0492830281 · [email protected] (declared by the resort, ANMSM)
- Piste map (PDF)
- plan des pistes du val dallos 2025 (1) (declared by the resort, ANMSM)
- Famille Plus
- The resort’s family page (declared by the resort, ANMSM)
Resort data: declared by Office de tourisme du Val d'Allos 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 | €35 |
| Season | €420 |
| Child, 1 day | €32 |
| Pedestrian, 1 day | €9 |
| Free | Free under 5 years |
Read on the official price list, full price, excluding promotions. Price list of the linked area, read on Le Seignus. 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 La Foux d'Allos only (“FOUX D'ALLOS (LA)”), magic carpets included.
Staying and hiring gear in La Foux d'Allos
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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 La Foux d'Allos
From Paris: 9 hr 16 (765 km) by road.
By road
- From Nice: 2 hr 31 · 136 km
- From Marseille: 3 hr 11 · 216 km
- From Grenoble: 3 hr 27 · 193 km
- From Chambéry: 4 hr 06 · 252 km
- From Valence: 4 hr 17 · 250 km
From other major cities (15)
- From Montpellier: 4 hr 30 · 339 km
- From Annecy: 4 hr 35 · 299 km
- From Lyon: 4 hr 39 · 295 km
- From Genève: 5 hr 05 · 336 km
- From Saint-Étienne: 5 hr 13 · 344 km
- From Perpignan: 5 hr 51 · 486 km
- From Dijon: 6 hr 31 · 496 km
- From Clermont-Ferrand: 6 hr 32 · 463 km
- From Toulouse: 6 hr 47 · 573 km
- From Besançon: 6 hr 50 · 525 km
- From Nancy: 8 hr 38 · 707 km
- From Pau: 8 hr 42 · 763 km
- From Bordeaux: 9 hr 11 · 815 km
- From Strasbourg: 9 hr 13 · 763 km
- From Paris: 9 hr 16 · 765 km
Excluding traffic and winter conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.
By train
Chorges station
halt · then 1 hr 24 drive (81 km)
Nearest main station: Les Arcs - Draguignan, 2 hr 29 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
- Nice-Côte d’Azur (NCE): 2 hr 25 by road · 132 km
- Cuneo (CUF): 2 hr 38 by road · 146 km
Take me there
These links open the app with La Foux d'Allos as the destination. Your starting point is never sent by us — the app asks you for it, if you agree.
Charging an electric car
2 charging stations within 2 km
5 charging points · up to 60 kW
- ALLOS - Chemin de la patinoire · EASYCHARGE · 2 points · 22 kW · 0.1 km
- ALLOS - La Foux · EASYCHARGE · 3 points · 60 kW · 0.1 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.
Off-piste & ski touring
The resorts for off-piste skiing →Named itineraries: 3 Évêchés · Aigle · Génépy · Jonquilles · Couloir Hors Piste · Buse
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 Foux d'Allos — up to 1,330 m of climb.
| Summit and route | Ski grade | Climb | Altitude | Aspect | From resort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Trois Évêchés · Combe ENE | 4.1 · E3 · AD | 1,100 m | 1,750 → 2,818 m | E | 1.4 km |
| La Tête Noire (Allos) · Depuis la Foux | n/a · PD- | 810 m | 1,750 → 2,560 m | E | 1.6 km |
| Col E - Dent des Trois Évêchés · De la Foux d'Allos | 3.1 · E2 · PD+ | 565 m | 1,860 → 2,425 m | N · NE | 2 km |
| Tête de la Sestrière · Par le Vallon de Sestrière | n/a · F | 750 m | 1,873 → 2,575 m | SE | 2.2 km |
| Crête des Courtiens - Sommet N · Versant N (Blanche de Laverq) | n/a · AD- | 1,100 m | 1,850 → 2,694 m | N | 2.3 km |
| Tête de l'Auriac · Depuis la Foux | n/a · AD- | 900 m | 1,720 → 2,639 m | SE | 2.3 km |
| Crête des Courtiens - Sommet N · Face NE | 4.3 · D+ | 850 m | 1,850 → 2,694 m | NE | 2.3 km |
| Tête de l'Estrop · par la Foux d'Allos. | 2.3 · E2 · F | 1,330 m | 1,720 → 2,961 m | SE | 2.7 km |
| Mourre Gros · Traversée N >> S | n/a · D | 1,000 m | 1,750 → 2,652 m | N | 2.7 km |
| Foux d'Allos - Pas du Mélèze | 3.2 · E1 · PD | 684 m | 1,860 → 2,544 m | SE · S | 3.5 km |
| Mourre Gros · Depuis la Baumelle | n/a · AD- | 1,200 m | 1,450 → 2,652 m | SE | 4.1 km |
| Sommet de Valdemars · Par le Vallon de Valdemars | n/a · PD | 1,030 m | 1,529 → 2,559 m | N | 4.7 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 Foux d'Allos
Toboggan runs
- Luge multisaison Verdon Express · Allos · 0.6 km away
Ice rink
- Patinoire · Allos · 0.1 km away
Paragliding
- Flying Nomad Speedriding et parapente · Allos · 0.3 km away
- Parapente bi places · Allos · 6.9 km away
- Pra Loup Parapente · Uvernet-Fours · 9.1 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
1,337 bed spaces in tourist residences, holiday villages and hostels
- 7 hotels · 109 rooms (2 × 3★, 2 × 2★)
- 1 holiday village or family centre · 220 bed spaces
- 3 tourist residences and apartment hotels · 1,117 bed spaces
Commune: Allos · 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 du Val d'Allos
Ski school
ESF La Foux D Allos
73 instructors
🇬🇧 28 English-speaking instructors — lessons in English available
🗓️ This school sells its lessons online — book ↗
Source: esf.net
Days without skiing
- Cinema · L'Aiguille
- Alpine coaster · luge d’été
- Alpine coaster · Luge sur rail
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 La Foux d'Allos
All events →-
19 September 2026 – 20 September 2026
Découverte de l'Église Notre-Dame de Valvert
Église Notre-Dame-de-Valvert · Allos
A l'occasion des journées Européennes du patrimoine, venez découvrir librement l'église Notre Dame de Valvert, datant du XIIIème siècle, classée au titre des Monuments Historiques.
Source: OpenAgenda, agenda “Tourisme Alpes-de-Haute-Provence” · View on OpenAgenda ↗
Also near: Le Seignus (1.1 km), Val d'Allos - La Foux (7.5 km)
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19 September 2026 – 20 September 2026
Les villas du côté ouest de Barcelonnette
Place Valle Bravo · Barcelonnette
Partez à la découverte des célèbres villas mexicaines et de l'incroyable épopée des Ubayens partis faire fortune de l'autre côté de l'Atlantique. Point d'orgue de la visite : l'ouverture de la Villa …
Source: OpenAgenda, agenda “Tourisme Alpes-de-Haute-Provence” · View on OpenAgenda ↗
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19 September 2026 · 17:00
Visite guidée - Les secrets du Val d'Allos
Office de tourisme du Val d'Allos · Allos
Choisissez une carte et laissez vous guider vers les indices à la découverte des pépites du village avec Laëtitia, guide conférencière.
Source: OpenAgenda, agenda “Tourisme Alpes-de-Haute-Provence” · View on OpenAgenda ↗
Also near: Le Seignus (0.9 km), Val d'Allos - La Foux (7.1 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 La Foux d'Allos?
La Foux d'Allos sits at 1,787 m at village level, and its ski area rises to 2,576 m.
How many kilometres of pistes does La Foux d'Allos have?
La Foux d'Allos has 126 km of pistes served by 17 lifts, within the linked Espace Lumière area (OpenStreetMap survey).
What is the longest piste in La Foux d'Allos?
The longest piste is Sources du Verdon: 3 km (red run), for 589 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 Foux d'Allos?
The highest lift, Pouret (chairlift), tops out at 2,500 m. Source: STRMTG, French national register of mechanical lifts (CAIRN database), file dated 1 January 2025.
How many lifts does La Foux d'Allos have, and what is their capacity?
The French national register of mechanical lifts records 19 installations at La Foux d'Allos (8 chairlifts, 7 drag lifts, 4 magic carpets), for an authorised capacity of 25,595 people per hour, of which 3,000 for Chauvets 1 (regie Val D'allos 04) alone. The fleet spans 1963 to 2018, an average age of 32 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 Foux d'Allos?
The adult day pass costs €35 (2026-2027, read on the official price list, shared with Le Seignus).
How do I get to La Foux d'Allos?
By road, La Foux d'Allos is 2 hr 31 from Nice (136 km), excluding traffic and winter conditions. By train, the nearest station is Chorges, 1 hr 24 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 Nice-Côte d’Azur, 2 hr 25 away.
How long is the drive from Paris to La Foux d'Allos?
9 hr 16 for 765 km from central Paris, excluding traffic and winter conditions. Computed on the real road network (OpenStreetMap): allow more on a school-holiday Saturday.
When does La Foux d'Allos open?
According to the dates declared by the resort (ANMSM feed), the resort opens on 12 December 2026 (2026-2027 season).
Is the snow reliable in La Foux d'Allos?
Yes: good snow through most of the winter according to twenty winters of Météo-France measurements; in season the daily report prevails.
Is La Foux d'Allos good for beginners and families?
59% of the pistes are green or blue: a rather technical area. The resort holds the Famille Plus family label.
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