La Grande-Terche
1,482 mVillage altitude
1,790 mTop of the ski area
27 kmAlpine pistes
12Ski lifts
Not published by any source: adult day pass.
La Grande Terche is a French winter sports resort, located in the massif du Chablais, in the commune of Saint-Jean-d'Aulps, in the département of Haute-Savoie in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. The ski area is linked to the Espace Roc d'Enfer, formed with that of Bellevaux-La Chèvrerie. It is also integrated, but not linked, into the large Franco-Swiss international area of the Portes du Soleil.
Live webcams
All webcams (1) →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
Good snow from mid-January to late March. 115 days a winter at 30 cm or more on average, measured over 10 winters at the Météo-France “FLAINE_SAPC” station. Fortnight by fortnight, over 10 measured winters →
3-day forecast
Village 1,482 m · top 1,790 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 / 5
Top of the ski area: 1,790 m · Bottom of the pistes: 945 m · Days above 30 cm per winter, measured: 115 days · Days above 30 cm, December to March, model: 72%
- Ski areaIs there enough to ski all week?3 / 5
Km of pistes at the resort: 27 km · Lifts: 12 · Balance between piste levels: 73%
- 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?1.5 / 5
Share of green and blue pistes: 37% · Magic carpets: 0 · Sledging runs: 0 · ESF ski school · Ice rink, pool, rail sledge…: 1
- AccessIs it easy to get to?1.5 / 5
Average drive time from 20 major cities: 6 hr 02 · Nearest railway station: 1 hr 58 · Station-to-resort shuttles per day: 0 · Nearest airport: 2 hr 46
- 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: 0 — 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).
52 pistes, by level
5 green14 blue31 red2 black
- Skiable vertical
- 845 m
- Lifts
- 1 gondola, 4 chairlifts, 7 drag lifts
- Cross-country skiing
- 1 km of nordic trails
Ski-area figures — bottom, top, km of pistes, lifts, pistes by level: OpenStreetMap (1 Oct) .
The ski area in figures
Measured on 7 October 20262 kmLongest piste — Chemin de la Chèvrerie à Foron (red), 159 m of vertical
412 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 1,535 → 1,124 m, 1 km
1,793 mHighest lift top — Graydon (chairlift)
8 kmTotal length of lifts — 15 lifts mapped
1,388 haSki area boundary (OSM)
1,492Inhabitants — Saint-Jean-d'Aulps (INSEE 74238)
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 La Grande-Terche
The partners covering this resort, shown side by side, and the shop to kit out before you leave. Some links earn us a commission — never at the expense of the price or of the data.
Collective accommodation
- 1 campsite · 30 pitches
Commune: Saint-Jean-d'Aulps · 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.
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 La Grande-Terche
Toboggan runs
- Luge d'été · Morzine · 6.4 km away
Ice rink
- Patinoire extérieure · Saint-Jean-d'Aulps · 1.4 km away
- Indiana'Ventures -Patinoire en plein air · Morzine · 6.4 km away
- Patinoire extérieure · Les Gets · 6.7 km away
Swimming pool
- Espace Aquatique · Morzine · 6.3 km away
- Piscine de la Grande Ourse · Taninges · 8.6 km away
- Piscine extérieure de l'Hôtel et Spa Neige et Roc · Morzine · 9.6 km away
Paragliding
- Ecole professionnelle de parapente et de Speed-riding des Portes du Soleil · Montriond · 5.5 km away
- Les Gets Parapente · Les Gets · 6.6 km away
- ABC de l'Ecole professionnel de Parapente et de Speedriding des Portes du Soleil · Morzine · 6.6 km away
- Air Libre - Parapente · Les Gets · 6.7 km away
Museum
- Musée de la Musique Mécanique · Les Gets · 6.6 km away
- Musée de la Faune · Bellevaux · 9.2 km away
- Maison de la Belle Vallée · Bellevaux · 9.2 km away
Cinema
- Cinéma Le Rex · Morzine · 6.8 km away
- Cinéma Le Club · Les Gets · 6.9 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
Tourist office
Office de tourisme de la Vallée d'Aulps
📍 1959 Route des Grandes Alpes
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 →Ski touring routes described
12 ski touring routes documented within 10 km of La Grande-Terche — up to 1,800 m of climb.
| Summit and route | Ski grade | Climb | Altitude | Aspect | From resort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Raies des Follys · Tour et sommet | n/a · PD- | 250 m | 1,000 → 1,873 m | n/a | 0.7 km |
| Les Raies des Follys · Traversée des faces NNE et N du Lavanchy et retour par la Pointe du Paradis | 4.2 · E1 · D- | 1,800 m | 945 → 1,879 m | N | 1.2 km |
| Les Raies des Follys · Face N | 4.1 · E1 · AD+ | 900 m | 950 → 1,857 m | N | 1.4 km |
| Col de Graydon · Par Graydon | n/a · PD- | 900 m | 1,000 → 1,787 m | NW | 1.6 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 October 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 La Grande-Terche
From Paris: 7 hr 48 (591 km) by road.
By road
- From Genève: 2 hr 22 · 56 km
- From Annecy: 2 hr 38 · 85 km
- From Chambéry: 3 hr 05 · 127 km
- From Grenoble: 3 hr 39 · 183 km
- From Lyon: 3 hr 56 · 199 km
From other major cities (15)
- From Saint-Étienne: 4 hr 37 · 263 km
- From Valence: 4 hr 37 · 285 km
- From Besançon: 4 hr 50 · 230 km
- From Dijon: 4 hr 57 · 312 km
- From Clermont-Ferrand: 5 hr 39 · 367 km
- From Strasbourg: 6 hr 24 · 404 km
- From Montpellier: 6 hr 44 · 489 km
- From Marseille: 6 hr 49 · 499 km
- From Nancy: 6 hr 59 · 515 km
- From Paris: 7 hr 48 · 591 km
- From Nice: 7 hr 57 · 537 km
- From Perpignan: 8 hr 06 · 637 km
- From Toulouse: 9 hr 02 · 723 km
- From Bordeaux: 9 hr 37 · 756 km
- From Pau: 10 hr 56 · 913 km
Excluding traffic and winter conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.
By train
Perrignier station
halt · then 1 hr 58 drive (35 km)
Nearest main station: Annecy, 2 hr 36 by road.
No direct bus line from the station to the resort appears in the open-data timetables (checked on 11 October 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): 2 hr 46 by road · 64 km
- Chambéry-Savoie (CMF): 3 hr 09 by road · 126 km
Take me there
These links open the app with La Grande-Terche 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 October 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 October 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.
Translated from the French Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), machine translation.
Frequently asked questions
How high is La Grande-Terche?
La Grande-Terche sits at 1,482 m at village level, and its ski area rises to 1,790 m.
How many kilometres of pistes does La Grande-Terche have?
La Grande-Terche has 27 km of slopes, 12 lifts.
What is the longest piste in La Grande-Terche?
The longest piste is Chemin de la Chèvrerie à Foron: 2 km (red run), for 159 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 Grande-Terche?
The highest lift, Graydon, tops out at 1,793 m (IGN RGE ALTI terrain model). The 15 lifts mapped on OpenStreetMap total 8 km.
How do I get to La Grande-Terche?
By road, La Grande-Terche is 2 hr 22 from Genève (56 km), excluding traffic and winter conditions. By train, the nearest station is Perrignier, 1 hr 58 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, 2 hr 46 away.
How long is the drive from Paris to La Grande-Terche?
7 hr 48 for 591 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 La Grande-Terche?
Good snow from mid-January to late March. 115 days a winter at 30 cm or more on average, measured over 10 winters at the Météo-France “FLAINE_SAPC” station. This verdict rests on 10 winters of Météo-France measurements (2016-2026); in season the daily report prevails.
Is La Grande-Terche good for beginners and families?
37% of the pistes are green or blue: a rather technical area.
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