La Plagne Centre
Off season · opens 12 December 20261,981 mSector altitude
La Plagne Centre is a ski resort in the Northern Alps (Savoie), in the commune of La Plagne Tarentaise. The village sits at 1,981 m and the ski area rises to 2,106 m, a skiable vertical of 583 m.
A sector of La Plagne
The La Plagne resort page →La Plagne Centre 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 Centre: 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, 0.7 km away. Hourly measurement — not the resort’s own snow report.
Avalanche danger
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 1,981 m · top 2,106 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.
Staying and hiring gear in La Plagne Centre
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.
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 Plagne Centre
Without skis on — 1 km of snowshoe and walking trails · 1 sledging run
Ice rink
- Patinoire de Plagne Centre · La Plagne Tarentaise · 0.2 km away
- Patinoire · La Plagne Tarentaise · 6.7 km away
- Ice Rink - Seasonal · OpenStreetMap
Swimming pool
- Piscine municipale · Champagny-en-Vanoise · 5.9 km away
- Les Bains de Belle Plagne · 2.3 km away · OpenStreetMap
Spa and thermal baths
- Spa Bellecôte · La Plagne Tarentaise · 1.7 km away
- Spa Nuxe Araucaria · OpenStreetMap
Dog sledding
- Génération Musher - Traîneau à chiens · Champagny-en-Vanoise · 7.3 km away
Paragliding
- Air La Plagne Parapente · Aime-la-Plagne · 0.1 km away
- Fly in Paradise - Sébastien - Parapente · La Plagne Tarentaise · 0.3 km away
- Plagn'Air - Parapente · La Plagne Tarentaise · 1.6 km away
- Paradifly, école de parapente et Snakegliss · Aime-la-Plagne · 1.7 km away
Museum
- Tour Sarrazine, musée · Bozel · 7.3 km away
- Muséum des Animaux de Montagne · Landry · 9.9 km away
Cinema
- Salle de spectacle et de cinéma · Aime-la-Plagne · 5.9 km away
- Cinéma Montchavin-Les Coches · La Plagne Tarentaise · 7.5 km away
- Cinéma l'Eterlou · Bourg-Saint-Maurice · 8.6 km away
- Cinema - Espace les Ecrins · OpenStreetMap
Bowling
- Bowling le Holidays · OpenStreetMap
- Bowling de Belle Plagne · 2.3 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 La Plagne-Centre
174 instructors
🇬🇧 166 English-speaking instructors — lessons in English available
🗓️ This school sells its lessons online — book ↗
Source: esf.net
Resort contacts and documents
- Tourist office
- Office de Tourisme de la Grande Plagne · Plagne Centre, 73210 · 0479090201 · info@la-plagne.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 de la Grande Plagne and distributed by ANMSM · read on 25 September
Getting to La Plagne Centre
From Paris: 7 hr 20 (679 km) by road.
By road
- From Chambéry: 1 hr 33 · 110 km
- From Annecy: 1 hr 48 · 104 km
- From Grenoble: 1 hr 49 · 139 km
- From Genève: 2 hr 30 · 150 km
- From Lyon: 2 hr 43 · 209 km
From other major cities (15)
- From Valence: 2 hr 53 · 232 km
- From Saint-Étienne: 3 hr 17 · 257 km
- From Dijon: 4 hr 35 · 410 km
- From Clermont-Ferrand: 4 hr 36 · 377 km
- From Besançon: 4 hr 50 · 322 km
- From Montpellier: 5 hr 00 · 437 km
- From Marseille: 5 hr 05 · 446 km
- From Perpignan: 6 hr 21 · 585 km
- From Nice: 6 hr 26 · 524 km
- From Nancy: 6 hr 42 · 620 km
- From Strasbourg: 6 hr 45 · 540 km
- From Toulouse: 7 hr 17 · 671 km
- From Paris: 7 hr 20 · 679 km
- From Bordeaux: 8 hr 34 · 764 km
- From Pau: 9 hr 12 · 861 km
Excluding traffic and winter conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.
By train
Aime - La Plagne station
regional station · then 22 min drive (19 km)
Nearest main station: Chambéry - Challes-les-Eaux, 1 hr 31 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 44 by road · 118 km
- Grenoble-Alpes-Isère (GNB): 2 hr 22 by road · 185 km
Take me there
These links open the app with La Plagne Centre 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 · 0.9 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 Centre in French →
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