La Joue du Loup
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.
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?3 / 5
Top of the ski area: 1,940 m · Bottom of the pistes: 1,940 m · Days above 30 cm, December to March, model: 84%
- Ski areaIs there enough to ski all week?3.5 / 5
Km of pistes at the resort: 63 km · Km of pistes across the linked area: 74 km · Lifts: 20 · Balance between piste levels: 72%
- ValueIs the lift pass reasonable for what you get?n/a
Not rated: “adult day pass” is missing from this page.
- Families and beginnersIs it right for children and beginners?3.5 / 5
Share of green and blue pistes: 77% · Magic carpets: 2 · Sledging runs: 0 · 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 58
- Atmosphere and après-skiIs there life in the evening and off the slopes?3 / 5
Bars and pubs: 1 · Nightclubs: 0 · Restaurants: 11 · Upcoming events: 1 · 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 — 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 and close on 11 April 2027. Open pistes and lifts will appear here as soon as the resort publishes its daily report.
Avalanche danger
7-day forecast
Village 1,450 m · top 1,940 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 December to March.
☀️ Average daily sunshine : Nov 6.8 h · Dec 6 h · Jan 6.3 h · Feb 7.8 h · Mar 9.2 h · Apr 10.3 h — 26 bright days in April (Open-Meteo estimate, 2015-2025).
- November—no record
- December47 cmGood skiing · 86%
- January48 cmVariable · 63%
- February67 cmGood skiing · 89%
- March77 cmGood skiing · 97%
- April69 cmVariable · 61%
- 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 3 nearby stations sit more than 300 m away from the altitude we aim for (1613 m)). We would rather show nothing than borrow a distant valley’s reading.
The ski area
Compare with another resort →74 pistes, by level — 63 km
- Lifts
- 1 gondola, 4 chairlifts, 13 drag lifts, 2 magic carpets
- 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 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(7)
Trail Level Length Liaison Superdévoluy - Collet du Tât easy 4.5 km La 1800 difficult 2.8 km Boucles de Serre Long intermediate 2.7 km Boucle des Laus very easy 2.3 km Boucle des Issards easy 1.7 km Les Gasteries easy 1.3 km Liaison le Laus very easy 0.9 km - Snowpark
- 1 mapped zone, 2.3 km from the resort — Snow Park
OpenStreetMap, surveyed on 12 September 2026. OpenStreetMap does not map individual features (kickers, rails): what is counted here are the named zones. - Piste aspect
- N 65% · E 25% · S 0% · W 10% (descent direction of 60 OSM pistes, terrain model)
- Mountain restaurants
- Le Vieux Pisteur (1918 m) · Le Naïska (1913 m) · Vi Aï Pi (1854 m)
- Season 2026-2027
- opens on 12 December 2026, closes on 11 April 2027 (declared by the resort, ANMSM)
- Tourist office
- Office de Tourisme du Dévoluy · 92 route des stations - Le Pré, 05250 · 0492589191 · [email protected] (declared by the resort, ANMSM)
- Piste map (PDF)
- Plan des pistes alpin-nordique H25-26 (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 du Dévoluy 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 detail →
The price list for this resort is being collected: most resorts publish winter prices between September and November.
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.
Staying and hiring gear in La Joue du Loup
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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 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 28 · 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 · 365 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 43 · 608 km
- From Strasbourg: 7 hr 18 · 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 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
- Grenoble-Alpes-Isère (GNB): 1 hr 58 by road · 136 km
- Chambéry-Savoie (CMF): 2 hr 22 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 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: 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
Resorts for ski touring →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 |
| Chourum Clot · Depuis Lachaup | n/a | n/a | 1,737 m | n/a | 3.6 km |
| Tête de l'Aupet (Dévoluy) · Versant SE: Vallon des Narrites >> Vallon de Truchière | 3.1 · AD- | 1,420 m | 1,207 → 2,627 m | E | 3.8 km |
| Pas la Cloche · Par le Vallon de Charnier | 2.3 · E1 | 1,050 m | 1,392 → 2,370 m | S | 3.9 km |
| Tête de Vallon Pierra · Versant S par le Vallon de Charnier | 2.3 · E1 · PD+ | 1,300 m | 1,340 → 2,516 m | S | 4 km |
| Crête de l'Étoile · Versant E | 2.1 · E1 · PD | 1,210 m | 1,200 → 2,410 m | SE | 4.2 km |
| Tête de Vallon Pierra · Arête N par le Vallon Froid | 3.1 · E2 · PD+ | 1,300 m | 1,246 → 2,516 m | SW | 4.3 km |
| Pas la Cloche · Par le vallon du Grand Villard | 2.2 · E1 · PD | 1,161 m | 1,209 → 2,370 m | NW | 4.3 km |
| Rocher Rond · Versant E | 2.3 · E1 · PD+ | 1,060 m | 1,395 → 2,453 m | E | 4.4 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 ↗
Practical information
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 ↗
Tourist office
Office du tourisme
Days without skiing
- Cinema · La Tanière
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 Joue du Loup
All events →-
19 September 2026 · 15:00
Visite guidée gratuite de Mère Eglise
Mère Eglise · Le Dévoluy
Visite guidée gratuite commentée de cette très belle chapelle du début du 11e siècle classée Monument Historique depuis 1927
Source: OpenAgenda, agenda “Hautes-Alpes” · View on OpenAgenda ↗
Also near: Superdévoluy (6.4 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 Joue du Loup?
La Joue du Loup sits at 1,450 m at village level, and its ski area rises to 1,940 m.
How many kilometres of pistes does La Joue du Loup have?
La Joue du Loup has 63 km of pistes served by 20 lifts, within the linked Dévoluy area (OpenStreetMap survey).
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 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 58 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?
Yes: good snow through most of the winter according to twenty winters of Météo-France measurements; in season the daily report prevails.
Is La Joue du Loup good for beginners and families?
77% of the pistes are green or blue: a very accessible area. The resort holds the Famille Plus family label.
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