La Plagne Vallée

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

La Plagne Vallée is a ski resort in the Northern Alps (Savoie), in the commune of La Plagne Tarentaise. The village sits at 686 m.

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

A sector of La Plagne

The La Plagne resort page →

La Plagne Vallée 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 Vallée: its own altitude, its webcams, where to stay in the village, how to get there and its ski school.

Live webcams

All webcams (23) →
▶ Watch at the operator ↗
Aime la PlagneWindy · 2.7 km away
Grande RochetteWebcam-HD
BecoinWebcam-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. 19 more cameras on the webcam page. Checked on 25 September 2026.

Webcams provided by windy.com — add a webcam.

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.

Natural snow is low on average: skiing depends on snowmaking and good years. 24 days a winter at 30 cm or more on average, and 239 cm of fresh snow, measured over 76 winters at the Météo-France “BOURG ST MAURICE” station. Fortnight by fortnight, over 76 measured winters →

3-day forecast

Village 686 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 Vallée

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.
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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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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 Vallée →

Beyond skiing at La Plagne Vallée

Ice rink

Spa and thermal baths

Paragliding

Cinema

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. Opening times and prices are the operator’s — check before you go.

Ski schools and practical information

Ski school

ESF Montalbert

📞 04 79 09 77 24

🌐 esf-montalbert.fr

63 instructors

🇬🇧 53 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 Vallée →

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 Vallée

From Paris: 6 hr 59 (661 km) by road.

By road

  • From Chambéry: 1 hr 12 · 92 km
  • From Annecy: 1 hr 27 · 85 km
  • From Grenoble: 1 hr 29 · 121 km
  • From Genève: 2 hr 09 · 132 km
  • From Lyon: 2 hr 22 · 190 km
From other major cities (15)
  • From Valence: 2 hr 32 · 214 km
  • From Saint-Étienne: 2 hr 56 · 239 km
  • From Dijon: 4 hr 15 · 391 km
  • From Clermont-Ferrand: 4 hr 15 · 359 km
  • From Besançon: 4 hr 29 · 304 km
  • From Montpellier: 4 hr 39 · 418 km
  • From Marseille: 4 hr 44 · 428 km
  • From Perpignan: 6 hr 01 · 566 km
  • From Nice: 6 hr 05 · 505 km
  • From Nancy: 6 hr 22 · 602 km
  • From Strasbourg: 6 hr 24 · 521 km
  • From Toulouse: 6 hr 57 · 652 km
  • From Paris: 6 hr 59 · 661 km
  • From Bordeaux: 8 hr 14 · 746 km
  • From Pau: 8 hr 51 · 842 km

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

By train

Aime - La Plagne station

regional station · then 1 min drive

Nearest main station: Chambéry - Challes-les-Eaux, 1 hr 11 by road.

Shuttles and buses from the station: see the resort’s official website.

By plane

  • Chambéry-Savoie (CMF): 1 hr 23 by road · 99 km
  • Grenoble-Alpes-Isère (GNB): 2 hr 02 by road · 167 km

Take me there

These links open the app with La Plagne Vallée as the destination. Your starting point is never sent by us — the app asks you for it, if you agree.

Charging an electric car

3 charging stations within 2 km

22 charging points · up to 250 kW

  • SOCIETE HOTELIERE DE TARENTAISE · RAIDEN · 2 points · 44 kW · 0.5 km
  • Aime-la-Plagne, France · Tesla · 16 points · 250 kW · 0.6 km
  • La Plagne - Mairie Macot La Plagne · TotalEnergies Charging Services · 4 points · 100 kW · 1.6 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 Vallée in French →

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