La Joue du Loup
Off season · opens 12 December 20261,500 mVillage altitude
2,500 mTop of the ski area
100 kmLinked pistes · Superdévoluy - La Joue du Loup
€46Adult day pass
Not retained (conflicting sources): ski lifts.
La Joue du Loup is a French winter sports resort located in the massif du Dévoluy, in the new commune of Dévoluy, in the département of Hautes-Alpes in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region. Created in 1976, it is now part of the ski area of Dévoluy with SuperDévoluy.
Live webcams
All webcams (9) →La Joue du LoupWebcam-HD
FontettesWebcam-HD
SnowparkWebcam-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. 5 more cameras on the webcam page. Checked on 16 October 2026.
Snow, opening and weather
Snow report →The domain is due to open on 12 December 2026 and close on 11 April 2027. Open pistes and lifts will appear here as soon as the resort publishes its daily report.
Avalanche danger
Snow cover varies from one winter to the next. Snow cover month by month →
3-day forecast
Village 1,500 m · top 2,500 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?3.5 / 5
Top of the ski area: 2,500 m · Bottom of the pistes: 1,500 m · Days above 30 cm, December to March, model: 59%
- Ski areaIs there enough to ski all week?3.5 / 5
Km skiable from the resort, linked area included: 100 km
- ValueIs the lift pass reasonable for what you get?3.5 / 5
Adult day pass: €46 · Adult 6-day pass: €226
- Families and beginnersIs it right for children and beginners?3.5 / 5
Share of green and blue pistes: 77% · Ice rink, pool, rail sledge…: 1 · Famille Plus label
- AccessIs it easy to get to?2.5 / 5
Average drive time from 20 major cities: 4 hr 32 · Nearest railway station: 26 min · Station-to-resort shuttles per day: 0 · Nearest airport: 1 hr 59
- Atmosphere and après-skiIs there life in the evening and off the slopes?2.5 / 5
Bars and pubs: 1 · Nightclubs: 0 · Restaurants: 11 · Upcoming events: 0 · Collective tourist beds: 957 — 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: €46 — 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).
Lift passes
All prices (child, family, season) →€226 6 days
Price declared by the resort to ANMSM (the French ski resorts’ mayors association) — not the official price list, which prevails. Season not stated by the resort. ANMSM ↗
- Skiable vertical
- 1,000 m
- Cross-country skiing
- 7 named trails — 16 km of marked loops (9.6 km of distinct track: the loops overlap), 1.4 km from the resort
- Snowpark
- 1 mapped zone, 2.3 km from the resort — Snow Park
Ski-area figures — village, bottom, top, km of the linked area: ANMSM — figures declared by the resort (16 Oct) . In a linked ski area the map cannot tell where the resort ends: its own km stay “n/a” until the resort declares them.
The ski area in figures
Measured on 7 October 20263 kmLongest piste — Sommarel (blue), 415 m of vertical
566 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 2,232 → 1,667 m, 3 km
2,553 mHighest lift top — Téléphérique de Bure (cable car)
28 kmTotal length of lifts — 24 lifts mapped
1,798 haSki area boundary (OSM)
932Inhabitants — Dévoluy (INSEE 05139)
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 Joue du Loup
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
957 bed spaces in tourist residences, holiday villages and hostels
- 3 hotels · 48 rooms (1 × 3★, 1 × 2★)
- 2 tourist residences and apartment hotels · 957 bed spaces
- 1 campsite · 69 pitches
Commune: Dévoluy · 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 Planet
Self-catering flats and all-inclusive ski holidays at the foot of the slopes, since 1999.
Montagne Vacances
Flats and chalets in the resort, at direct prices.
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 La Joue du Loup
Cinema
- La Tanière · OpenStreetMap
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. Lines marked OpenStreetMap come from the map, within 3 km — opening times on site. Opening times and prices are the operator’s — check before you go.
Ski schools and practical information
Resort contacts and documents
- Tourist office
- Office de Tourisme du Dévoluy · 92 route des stations - Le Pré, 05250 · 0492589191 · ot@ledevoluy.com (declared by the resort, ANMSM)
- Resort app
- Android (declared by the resort, ANMSM)
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.
Resort data: declared by Office de Tourisme du Dévoluy and distributed by ANMSM · read on 16 October
Off the pistes: off-piste and ski touring
The resorts for off-piste skiing → 3 Marked off-piste itineraries · 9 km
— Ski touring routes
Named itineraries: Hors-pistes du Blanchon · Pied Gros
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 La Joue du Loup — up to 1,490 m of climb.
| Summit and route | Ski grade | Climb | Altitude | Aspect | From resort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Ferrand · Versant SE par le vallon de Charnier | 4.1 · E2 · D- | 1,490 m | 1,330 → 2,758 m | SE | 1.7 km |
| Roche Courbe · La Cicatrice | 4.1 · E3 · D- | 862 m | 1,397 → 2,259 m | SE · S · E | 3 km |
| Col de Charnier · Par le vallon de Charnier | 2.1 · E1 · F | 900 m | 1,216 → 2,103 m | E | 3.4 km |
| Tête de Vallon Pierra · Versant SE par le vallon de Charnier | 3.1 · E1 · AD | 1,200 m | 1,332 → 2,516 m | SE | 3.6 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 Joue du Loup
From Paris: 7 hr 21 (666 km) by road.
By road
- From Grenoble: 1 hr 32 · 94 km
- From Chambéry: 2 hr 11 · 153 km
- From Valence: 2 hr 29 · 183 km
- From Marseille: 2 hr 39 · 212 km
- From Annecy: 2 hr 40 · 200 km
From other major cities (15)
- From Lyon: 2 hr 44 · 196 km
- From Genève: 3 hr 10 · 238 km
- From Saint-Étienne: 3 hr 18 · 245 km
- From Montpellier: 3 hr 37 · 255 km
- From Nice: 3 hr 58 · 321 km
- From Dijon: 4 hr 36 · 397 km
- From Clermont-Ferrand: 4 hr 37 · 362 km
- From Besançon: 4 hr 55 · 426 km
- From Perpignan: 4 hr 58 · 403 km
- From Toulouse: 5 hr 54 · 489 km
- From Nancy: 6 hr 44 · 608 km
- From Strasbourg: 7 hr 19 · 664 km
- From Paris: 7 hr 21 · 666 km
- From Pau: 7 hr 49 · 679 km
- From Bordeaux: 8 hr 18 · 731 km
Excluding traffic and winter conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.
By train
Veynes Dévoluy station
halt · then 26 min drive (25 km)
Nearest main station: Grenoble, 1 hr 32 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
- Grenoble-Alpes-Isère (GNB): 1 hr 59 by road · 136 km
- Chambéry-Savoie (CMF): 2 hr 23 by road · 160 km
Take me there
These links open the app with La Joue du Loup as the destination. Your starting point is never sent by us — the app asks you for it, if you agree.
Charging an electric car
1 charging station within 2 km
2 charging points · up to 22 kW
- DEVOLUY - La Joue du Loup · EASYCHARGE · 2 points · 22 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 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 Joue du Loup?
La Joue du Loup sits at 1,500 m at village level, and its ski area rises to 2,500 m.
How many kilometres of pistes does La Joue du Loup have?
From La Joue du Loup you can ski 100 km of slopes across Superdévoluy - La Joue du Loup.
What is the longest piste in La Joue du Loup?
The longest piste is Sommarel: 3 km (blue run), for 415 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 Joue du Loup?
The highest lift, Téléphérique de Bure, tops out at 2,553 m (IGN RGE ALTI terrain model). The 24 lifts mapped on OpenStreetMap total 28 km.
How much is a lift pass in La Joue du Loup?
The adult day pass costs €46 and the 6-day pass €226 (season not stated by the resort, declared by the resort to ANMSM (the French ski resorts’ mayors association)).
How do I get to La Joue du Loup?
By road, La Joue du Loup is 1 hr 32 from Grenoble (94 km), excluding traffic and winter conditions. By train, the nearest station is Veynes Dévoluy, 26 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 Grenoble-Alpes-Isère, 1 hr 59 away.
How long is the drive from Paris to La Joue du Loup?
7 hr 21 for 666 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 Joue du Loup open?
According to the dates declared by the resort (ANMSM feed), the resort opens on 12 December 2026 and closes on 11 April 2027 (2026-2027 season).
Is the snow reliable in La Joue du Loup?
Snow cover varies from one winter to the next. This verdict rests on 10 winters of reanalysis (estimate, 2015-2025); in season the daily report prevails.
Is La Joue du Loup good for beginners and families?
The resort holds the Famille Plus family label.
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