Getting to La Norma

La Norma is 1 h 20 by road from Chambéry (108 km), 7 h 07 from Paris, 9 min from Modane railway station. 3 coach lines run directly from the station to the resort.

La Norma is a ski resort in the Northern Alps (Savoie), in the commune of Villarodin-Bourget. The village sits at 1,387 m and the ski area rises to 2,750 m, a skiable vertical of 1,390 m.

Getting to La Norma

By road

  • From Chambéry : 1 h 20 · 108 km
  • From Grenoble : 1 h 36 · 138 km
  • From Annecy : 1 h 49 · 156 km
  • From Genève : 2 h 19 · 193 km
  • From Lyon : 2 h 30 · 207 km
From other major cities (15)
  • From Valence : 2 h 40 · 231 km
  • From Saint-Étienne : 3 h 04 · 256 km
  • From Dijon : 4 h 22 · 408 km
  • From Clermont-Ferrand : 4 h 23 · 376 km
  • From Besançon : 4 h 39 · 366 km
  • From Marseille : 4 h 45 · 327 km
  • From Nice : 4 h 45 · 387 km
  • From Montpellier : 4 h 47 · 435 km
  • From Perpignan : 6 h 08 · 583 km
  • From Nancy : 6 h 30 · 619 km
  • From Strasbourg : 6 h 34 · 583 km
  • From Toulouse : 7 h 04 · 669 km
  • From Paris : 7 h 07 · 677 km
  • From Bordeaux : 8 h 21 · 762 km
  • From Pau : 8 h 59 · 859 km

Excluding traffic and winter driving conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.

By train

Modane station

regional station · then 9 min by road (7 km)

Nearest main station: Chambéry - Challes-les-Eaux, 1 h 18 by road.

  • From Modane station (stop « Gare Routiere ») : S53 — MODANE ↔ BONNEVAL SUR ARC (REGION - cars Région Savoie), 15 min to the “RD1006” stop — 2 departures a day on weekdays · first 11:00, last 19:20 · timetable du 15 décembre 2026 au 15 avril 2027, Cars Région Savoie (Altibus) · official timetable ↗
  • From Modane station (stop « Gare Routiere ») : S52 — MODANE ↔ AUSSOIS (REGION - cars Région Savoie), 10 min to the “Villarodin - Abribus” stop — 1 departure a day on weekdays · first 18:35, last 18:35 · timetable du 15 décembre 2026 au 15 avril 2027, Cars Région Savoie (Altibus) · official timetable ↗
  • From Modane station (stop « Gare Routiere ») : S51 — MODANE ↔ LA NORMA (REGION - cars Région Savoie), 19 min to the “Saint-Bernard” stop — 1 departure a day on weekdays · first 11:00, last 17:00 · timetable du 15 décembre 2026 au 15 avril 2027, Cars Région Savoie (Altibus) · official timetable ↗

Direct journeys, from transport.data.gouv.fr timetables.

By plane

  • Chambéry-Savoie (CMF) : 1 h 31 by road · 116 km
  • Turin-Caselle (TRN) : 1 h 48 by road · 125 km

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By electric car

No publicly accessible charging point within 2 km (checked on 9 September 2026). Chargers reserved to car-park customers are not listed.

Publicly accessible charging points from the French national charging-point database ↗, checked on 9 September 2026. Installed, not necessarily free tonight.

Road conditions

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.

Resort data: declared by Office de Tourisme and distributed by ANMSM · read on 18 September