Getting to La Grave
La Grave is 1 h 21 by road from Grenoble (78 km), 7 h 10 from Paris, 43 min from Briançon railway station. 2 coach lines run directly from the station to the resort.
La Grave is a ski resort in the Southern Alps (Hautes-Alpes). The village sits at 1,135 m and the ski area rises to 2,416 m, a skiable vertical of 916 m.
Getting to La Grave
By road
- From Grenoble : 1 h 21 · 78 km
- From Chambéry : 2 h 00 · 136 km · avoids Col du Galibier, closed in winter
- From Valence : 2 h 17 · 167 km
- From Lyon : 2 h 33 · 180 km
- From Saint-Étienne : 3 h 06 · 229 km
From other major cities (14)
- From Annecy : 3 h 25 · 249 km · via Briançon station
- From Genève : 3 h 55 · 287 km · via Briançon station
- From Marseille : 4 h 08 · 298 km
- From Montpellier : 4 h 24 · 371 km
- From Dijon : 4 h 25 · 381 km
- From Clermont-Ferrand : 4 h 26 · 348 km
- From Besançon : 4 h 44 · 410 km
- From Perpignan : 5 h 46 · 519 km
- From Nancy : 6 h 32 · 592 km
- From Toulouse : 6 h 42 · 605 km
- From Strasbourg : 7 h 07 · 648 km
- From Paris : 7 h 10 · 650 km
- From Bordeaux : 8 h 24 · 735 km
- From Pau : 8 h 36 · 795 km
Excluding traffic and winter driving conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.
By train
Briançon station
regional station · then 43 min by road (40 km)
Nearest main station: Grenoble, 1 h 21 by road.
- From Grenoble station (stop « Gare Routière ») : 55 — 55 _ BRIANCON - GRENOBLE via SERRE CHEVALIER (ZOU ! Express Bus), 1 h 33 to the “Office de Tourisme” stop — 4 departures a day on weekdays · first 08:45, last 15:45 · timetable du 15 décembre 2026 au 28 janvier 2027, Zou ! Express · official timetable ↗
- From Briançon station (stop « BRIANCON- COLLEGE LES GARCINS ») : S26 — S26 LA GRAVE - BRIANCON CLG LES GARCINS (ALTIGO), 58 min to the “LA GRAVE LA MEIJE- OFFICE DE TOURISME” stop — 1 departure a day on weekdays · first 12:10, last 17:05 · timetable horaires d’été, du 13 septembre 2026 au 29 novembre 2026, Altigo (Briançonnais) · official timetable ↗
Direct journeys, from transport.data.gouv.fr timetables.
By plane
- Grenoble-Alpes-Isère (GNB) : 1 h 47 by road · 120 km
- Chambéry-Savoie (CMF) : 2 h 11 by road · 144 km
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By electric car
1 charging location within 2 km
3charging points · up to50 kW
- LA GRAVE - Salle Polyvalente · EASYCHARGE · 3points · 50 kW · 0.4 km
Publicly accessible charging points from the French national charging-point database ↗, checked on 9 September 2026. Installed, not necessarily free tonight.
Road conditions
- Inforoute 05 (Hautes-Alpes) ↗ — passes, snow chains, winter maintenance
- Bison Futé (national) ↗
From 1 November to 31 March, snow chains or winter tyres are compulsory in most mountain municipalities (French “loi Montagne II”).
Driving times: OpenStreetMap (OSRM); stations: SNCF open data; airports: Wikidata — read on 9 September 2026. Allow more in the snow.