La Plagne Montalbert
Off season · opens 12 December 20261,523 mBottom of the pistes
2,106 mTop of the ski area
425 kmLinked pistes · Paradiski
€56Adult day pass · 2025-2026
Not retained (conflicting sources): ski lifts.
La Plagne Montalbert is a ski resort in the Northern Alps (Savoie), in the commune of Aime-la-Plagne. The ski area rises to 2,106 m, a skiable vertical of 583 m.
Live webcams
All webcams (8) →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. 4 more cameras on the webcam page. Checked on 12 September 2026.
Snow, opening and weather
Snow report →The domain is due to open on 12 December 2026 and close on 17 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, 1.4 km away. Hourly measurement — not the resort’s own snow report.
Avalanche danger
Good snow from early January to mid-April. 124 days a winter at 30 cm or more on average, and 429 cm of fresh snow, measured over 34 winters at the Météo-France “Courchevel” station. Fortnight by fortnight, over 34 measured winters →
3-day forecast
Village 1,523 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.
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: 2,106 m · Bottom of the pistes: 1,523 m · Days above 30 cm per winter, measured: 124 days · Days above 30 cm, December to March, model: 99%
- Ski areaIs there enough to ski all week?4.5 / 5
Km skiable from the resort, linked area included: 425 km
- ValueIs the lift pass reasonable for what you get?3 / 5
Adult day pass: €56
- Families and beginnersIs it right for children and beginners?3.5 / 5
Share of green and blue pistes: 76% · Special prices out of 4 (beginner, child, family, free age): 3 · ESF ski school · Ice rink, pool, rail sledge…: 4
- AccessIs it easy to get to?2.5 / 5
Average drive time from 20 major cities: 5 hr 02 · Nearest railway station: 26 min · Station-to-resort shuttles per day: 0 · Nearest airport: 1 hr 48
- Atmosphere and après-skiIs there life in the evening and off the slopes?3.5 / 5
Bars and pubs: 8 · Nightclubs: 0 · Restaurants: 37 · Upcoming events: 0 · Collective tourist beds: 2,714 — index: what the map and the listings publish
- Luxury and comfortHow upmarket is the resort?2.5 / 5
5-star hotels: 0 · 4-star hotels: 0 · Share of hotel rooms in 4 and 5 stars: 32% · Spas and saunas: 1 · Jewellers, watchmakers, fashion boutiques: 1 · Adult day pass: €56 — 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 2025-2026
All prices (child, family, season) →€45 Child, 1 day€39 Beginner, 1 day€58 1 day · La Plagne pass (linked area)
Read on the official price list, full price, excluding promotions. 2025-2026 season, the latest price list published. Official price list ↗
- Skiable vertical
- 583 m
- Cross-country skiing
- 5 named trails — 44 km of marked loops (18 km of distinct track: the loops overlap) · Plateau du Tovet area, 9.7 km from the resort
Ski-area figures — bottom, top: OpenStreetMap (1 Oct); km of the linked area: Resort’s official website (read by SkiRadar) (23 Sept) . 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 20267 kmLongest piste — Bauches (blue), 269 m of vertical
887 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 2,717 → 1,830 m, 5 km
3,058 mHighest lift top — Glaciers 2 (gondola)
48 kmTotal length of lifts — 55 lifts mapped
5,852 haSki area boundary (OSM)
4,385Inhabitants — Aime-la-Plagne (INSEE 73006)
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 Plagne Montalbert
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
2,714 bed spaces in tourist residences, holiday villages and hostels
- 6 hotels · 264 rooms (1 × 4★, 2 × 3★)
- 4 holiday villages and family centres · 1,356 bed spaces
- 4 tourist residences and apartment hotels · 1,358 bed spaces
- 1 campsite · 44 pitches
Commune: Aime-la-Plagne · 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.
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 Montalbert
Without skis on — 1 km of snowshoe and walking trails · 1 sledging run
Ice rink
- Patinoire de Plagne Centre · La Plagne Tarentaise · 1 km away
- Patinoire · La Plagne Tarentaise · 7.2 km away
- Ice Rink - Seasonal · 1 km away · OpenStreetMap
Swimming pool
- Piscine municipale · Champagny-en-Vanoise · 6.7 km away
- Piscine publique · Brides-les-Bains · 9.8 km away
- Piscine du Dou de la Ramaz · 2.9 km away · OpenStreetMap
Spa and thermal baths
- Spa Bellecôte · La Plagne Tarentaise · 2.6 km away
- Le Grand Spa Thermal · Brides-les-Bains · 9.8 km away
- Les Thermes de Brides-Les-Bains · Brides-les-Bains · 9.8 km away
- Spa Nuxe Araucaria · 0.9 km away · OpenStreetMap
Dog sledding
- Génération Musher - Traîneau à chiens · Champagny-en-Vanoise · 8.5 km away
Paragliding
- Fly in Paradise - Sébastien - Parapente · La Plagne Tarentaise · 1 km away
- Air La Plagne Parapente · Aime-la-Plagne · 1.2 km away
- Paradifly, école de parapente et Snakegliss · Aime-la-Plagne · 2.6 km away
- Plagn'Air - Parapente · La Plagne Tarentaise · 2.6 km away
Museum
- Tour Sarrazine, musée · Bozel · 7.6 km away
Cinema
- Salle de spectacle et de cinéma · Aime-la-Plagne · 5.1 km away
- Cinéma Montchavin-Les Coches · La Plagne Tarentaise · 7.9 km away
- Cinéma l'Eterlou · Bourg-Saint-Maurice · 9.2 km away
- Cinéma Le Doron · Brides-les-Bains · 9.9 km away
- Cinema - Espace les Ecrins · 1.1 km away · OpenStreetMap
Bowling
- Bowling le Holidays · 1 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
122 instructors
🇬🇧 105 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 Plagne Montalbert · Maison de Montalbert, Office de tourisme de Montabert, 73210 · 04.79.09.77.33 · info.montalbert@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 Plagne Montalbert and distributed by ANMSM · read on 16 October
Off the pistes: off-piste and ski touring
The resorts for off-piste skiing → 17 Marked off-piste itineraries · 20 km
— Ski touring routes
Named itineraries: Les Étroits · Frisbee · Grande Pente · Hara Kiri · Tracé de l'ancien téléski des Leitchoums · Gavotte
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 Plagne Montalbert — up to 1,500 m of climb.
| Summit and route | Ski grade | Climb | Altitude | Aspect | From resort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tête du Jarset · Depuis la station de Montalbert | 2.3 · E1 · PD+ | 926 m | 1,345 → 2,271 m | N | 1.9 km |
| Roc du Bécoin · Traversée des arêtes du Dou de Moûtiers, Mont Jovet, Roc du Bécoin, Roc des Verdons | 2.2 · E2 · PD+ | 1,500 m | 1,250 → 2,594 m | n/a | 2 km |
| Roc du Bécoin · Couloir NW | 4.3 · E2 · D+ | 1,150 m | 1,400 → 2,550 m | NW | 2 km |
| Col du Lac · Versant E depuis Montalbert | 2.1 · E1 · F | 750 m | 1,620 → 2,378 m | E | 2 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 Plagne Montalbert
From Paris: 7 hr 24 (681 km) by road.
By road
- From Chambéry: 1 hr 37 · 112 km
- From Annecy: 1 hr 52 · 106 km
- From Grenoble: 1 hr 53 · 142 km
- From Genève: 2 hr 34 · 152 km
- From Lyon: 2 hr 47 · 211 km
From other major cities (15)
- From Valence: 2 hr 56 · 234 km
- From Saint-Étienne: 3 hr 21 · 259 km
- From Dijon: 4 hr 39 · 412 km
- From Clermont-Ferrand: 4 hr 40 · 376 km
- From Besançon: 4 hr 54 · 324 km
- From Montpellier: 5 hr 03 · 439 km
- From Marseille: 5 hr 09 · 448 km
- From Perpignan: 6 hr 25 · 587 km
- From Nice: 6 hr 30 · 526 km
- From Nancy: 6 hr 46 · 622 km
- From Strasbourg: 6 hr 49 · 542 km
- From Toulouse: 7 hr 21 · 673 km
- From Paris: 7 hr 24 · 681 km
- From Bordeaux: 8 hr 38 · 766 km
- From Pau: 9 hr 16 · 863 km
Excluding traffic and winter conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.
By train
Aime - La Plagne station
regional station · then 26 min drive (21 km)
Nearest main station: Chambéry - Challes-les-Eaux, 1 hr 35 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
- Chambéry-Savoie (CMF): 1 hr 48 by road · 120 km
- Grenoble-Alpes-Isère (GNB): 2 hr 26 by road · 187 km
Take me there
These links open the app with La Plagne Montalbert 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 · 1.1 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.
The area offers 425 km of alpine pistes across Paradiski.
La Plagne Montalbert belongs to the linked La Plagne area: one lift pass covers the neighbouring resorts.
Measured on the OpenStreetMap map: the longest piste runs 7 km (Bauches) and the highest lift tops out at 3,058 m.
The resort holds the Station classée de tourisme label.
Access: 1 h 37 by road from Chambéry and 26 min from Aime - La Plagne railway station.
7 official webcams show the pistes live (on the French page).
Frequently asked questions
How high is La Plagne Montalbert?
The La Plagne Montalbert pistes start at 1,523 m, and its ski area rises to 2,106 m.
How many kilometres of pistes does La Plagne Montalbert have?
From La Plagne Montalbert you can ski 425 km of slopes across Paradiski.
What is the longest piste in La Plagne Montalbert?
The longest piste is Bauches: 7 km (blue run), for 269 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 Plagne Montalbert?
The highest lift, Glaciers 2, tops out at 3,058 m (IGN RGE ALTI terrain model). The 55 lifts mapped on OpenStreetMap total 48 km.
How much is a lift pass in La Plagne Montalbert?
The adult day pass costs €56 (2025-2026 season, the latest price list published, read on the official price list). The La Plagne pass, covering the whole linked area, costs €58 a day.
How do I get to La Plagne Montalbert?
By road, La Plagne Montalbert is 1 hr 37 from Chambéry (112 km), excluding traffic and winter conditions. By train, the nearest station is Aime - La Plagne, 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 Chambéry-Savoie, 1 hr 48 away.
How long is the drive from Paris to La Plagne Montalbert?
7 hr 24 for 681 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 Plagne Montalbert open?
According to the official website, the resort opens on 12 December 2026 and closes on 17 April 2027 (2026-2027 season).
Is the snow reliable in La Plagne Montalbert?
Good snow from early January to mid-April. 124 days a winter at 30 cm or more on average, and 429 cm of fresh snow, measured over 34 winters at the Météo-France “Courchevel” station. This verdict rests on 34 winters of Météo-France measurements (1972-2025); in season the daily report prevails.
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 Montalbert in French →
Every figure carries its source and date; a missing figure shows as “—”, never estimated. Embed this widget on your site