La Plagne 1800

Off season · opens 12 December 2026
Northern Alps Linked area La Plagne Updated on 21 September 2026
1,806 mSector altitude

La Plagne 1800 is a ski resort in the Northern Alps (Savoie), in the commune of La Plagne Tarentaise. The village sits at 1,806 m and the ski area rises to 2,106 m, a skiable vertical of 583 m.

La Plagne 1800 — view of the resort
Photo: Wikimedia Commons

A sector of La Plagne

The La Plagne resort page →

La Plagne 1800 is one of the ski villages of La Plagne, and shares its ski area (109 lifts). The area, the lift passes, the piste map, the off-piste routes and the SkiRadar ratings are described once, on the La Plagne page — this page keeps what belongs to La Plagne 1800: its own altitude, its webcams, where to stay in the village, how to get there and its ski school.

Live webcams

All webcams (24) →
Grande RochetteWebcam-HD
BecoinWebcam-HD
ColoradoWebcam-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. 20 more cameras on the webcam page. Checked on 25 September 2026.

Snow, opening and weather

Snow report →

The domain is due to open on 12 December 2026 and close on 24 April 2027. Open pistes and lifts will appear here as soon as the resort publishes its daily report.

Right now at the LA PLAGNE_SAPC station (2,120 m)

Source: Météo-France, LA PLAGNE_SAPC weather station, 1.5 km away. Hourly measurement — not the resort’s own snow report.

Good snow from mid-December to mid-April: a long, reliable season. 127 days a winter at 30 cm or more on average, and 481 cm of fresh snow, measured over 41 winters at the Météo-France “La Plagne” station. Fortnight by fortnight, over 41 measured winters →

3-day forecast

Village 1,806 m · top 2,106 m

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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.

7-day forecast →

Staying and hiring gear in La Plagne 1800

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

11,577 bed spaces in tourist residences, holiday villages and hostels

  • 8 hotels · 386 rooms (1 × 4★, 4 × 3★)
  • 4 holiday villages and family centres · 1,977 bed spaces
  • 24 tourist residences and apartment hotels · 8,898 bed spaces
  • 2 youth hostels and sports centres · 702 bed spaces
  • 2 campsites · 74 pitches

Commune: La Plagne Tarentaise · 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.
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Ski Planet
Self-catering flats and all-inclusive ski holidays at the foot of the slopes, since 1999.
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Montagne Vacances
Flats and chalets in the resort, at direct prices.
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Ski hire

Skiset UK
Skiset’s UK site: ski hire in the resort shops, booked in English, paid in pounds.
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Gear & equipment

Absolute Snow
UK ski and snowboard shop — delivers to UK addresses only.
Browse the shop
Hardloop
Mountain gear shop: ski touring, avalanche safety, winter clothing.
Browse the shop
Picture
Ski and snowboard jackets, pants and accessories — a French brand.
Browse the shop

All about staying in La Plagne 1800 →

Beyond skiing at La Plagne 1800

Without skis on — 1 km of snowshoe and walking trails · 1 sledging run

Ice rink

Swimming pool

  • Piscine municipale · Champagny-en-Vanoise · 6.8 km away
  • Les Bains de Belle Plagne · 2.5 km away · OpenStreetMap

Spa and thermal baths

  • Spa Bellecôte · La Plagne Tarentaise · 1.6 km away
  • Spa Nuxe Araucaria · 1 km away · OpenStreetMap

Dog sledding

Paragliding

Museum

Cinema

Bowling

  • Bowling le Holidays · 0.8 km away · OpenStreetMap
  • Bowling de Belle Plagne · 2.5 km away · 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

Ski school

ESF Aime La Plagne

📞 04 79 09 04 75

🌐 esfplagneaime2000.com

122 instructors

🇬🇧 105 English-speaking instructors — lessons in English available

🗓️ This school sells its lessons online — book ↗

Source: esf.net

All about the ski school in La Plagne 1800 →

Resort contacts and documents

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 de la Grande Plagne and distributed by ANMSM · read on 25 September

Getting to La Plagne 1800

From Paris: 7 hr 17 (676 km) by road.

By road

  • From Chambéry: 1 hr 30 · 108 km
  • From Annecy: 1 hr 45 · 101 km
  • From Grenoble: 1 hr 46 · 137 km
  • From Genève: 2 hr 27 · 147 km
  • From Lyon: 2 hr 40 · 206 km
From other major cities (15)
  • From Valence: 2 hr 49 · 230 km
  • From Saint-Étienne: 3 hr 14 · 255 km
  • From Dijon: 4 hr 32 · 407 km
  • From Clermont-Ferrand: 4 hr 33 · 375 km
  • From Besançon: 4 hr 47 · 320 km
  • From Montpellier: 4 hr 56 · 434 km
  • From Marseille: 5 hr 02 · 443 km
  • From Perpignan: 6 hr 18 · 582 km
  • From Nice: 6 hr 23 · 521 km
  • From Nancy: 6 hr 39 · 618 km
  • From Strasbourg: 6 hr 42 · 537 km
  • From Toulouse: 7 hr 14 · 668 km
  • From Paris: 7 hr 17 · 676 km
  • From Bordeaux: 8 hr 31 · 761 km
  • From Pau: 9 hr 09 · 858 km

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

By train

Aime - La Plagne station

regional station · then 19 min drive (16 km)

Nearest main station: Chambéry - Challes-les-Eaux, 1 hr 28 by road.

No direct bus line from the station to the resort appears in the open-data timetables (checked on 20 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

  • Chambéry-Savoie (CMF): 1 hr 41 by road · 115 km
  • Grenoble-Alpes-Isère (GNB): 2 hr 19 by road · 183 km

Take me there

These links open the app with La Plagne 1800 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

6 charging points · up to 125 kW

  • LA PLAGNE - Parking les mines · TotalEnergies Charging Services · 6 points · 125 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.

Nearby resorts

Full page in French. The French page carries the editorial guides and a few extra readings; every figure, webcam and price on this page is the same one. La Plagne 1800 in French →

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