La Rosière
La Rosière - Espace San Bernardo is a winter sports resort in the Tarentaise Valley, located in the commune of Montvalezan, in the department of Savoie in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. At 1,850 m (6,070 ft), it is built on a balcony site, facing south and offering a panorama of the valley. The ski area is linked to the large Franco-Italian area of Espace San Bernardo.
Introduction from the English Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).
Seven criteria rated from 1 to 5 stars, in half-stars, from this page's sourced data. A rating is a rank among the 322 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?4 / 5
Top of the ski area: 2,390 m · Bottom of the pistes: 1,830 m · Days above 30 cm per winter, measured: 127 days · Days above 30 cm, December to March, model: 94%
- Ski areaIs there enough to ski all week?4 / 5
Km of pistes at the resort: 142 km · Km of pistes across the linked area: 142 km · Lifts: 23 · Balance between piste levels: 87%
- ValueIs the lift pass reasonable for what you get?3 / 5
Adult day pass: €59 · Day pass price per km of pistes: €0.42/km · Adult 6-day pass: €301
- Families and beginnersIs it right for children and beginners?3.5 / 5
Share of green and blue pistes: 67% · Magic carpets: 8 · Sledging runs: 1 · Special prices out of 4 (beginner, child, family, free age): 1 · ESF ski school · Ice rink, pool, rail sledge…: 3 · Famille Plus label
- AccessIs it easy to get to?2 / 5
Average drive time from 20 major cities: 5 hr 11 · Nearest railway station: 27 min · Station-to-resort shuttles per day: 0 · Nearest airport: 2 hr 04
- Atmosphere and après-skiIs there life in the evening and off the slopes?4 / 5
Bars and pubs: 7 · Nightclubs: 0 · Restaurants: 23 · Upcoming events: 22 · Collective tourist beds: 4,793 — index: what the map and the listings publish
- Luxury and comfortHow upmarket is the resort?2 / 5
5-star hotels: 0 · 4-star hotels: 0 · Share of hotel rooms in 4 and 5 stars: 76% · Spas and saunas: 1 · Jewellers, watchmakers, fashion boutiques: 0 · Adult day pass: €59 — 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 (OpenStreetMap, Wikidata), snow depth observed at the Météo-France station, ERA5-Land model) ; ski area (OpenStreetMap pistes and lifts, linked area (Wikidata)) ; 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).
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.
Avalanche danger
7-day forecast
Village 1,844 m · top 2,390 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.
Average snow depth by month
Good snow from December to April: a long, reliable season.
☀️ Average daily sunshine : Nov 6.3 h · Dec 5.5 h · Jan 6 h · Feb 7.2 h · Mar 8.3 h · Apr 10.1 h — 26 bright days in April (Open-Meteo estimate, 2015-2025).
- November—no record
- December71 cmGood skiing · 82%
- January99 cmGood skiing · 92%
- February140 cmGood skiing · 100%
- March162 cmGood skiing · 100%
- April114 cmGood skiing · 96%
- May—no record
30 cm on the ground: the benchmark for groomed-piste skiing. Bar = monthly average depth; percentage = share of time above 30 cm.
- Good skiing: 30 cm on more than 8 days in 10
- Variable: 30 cm on 5 to 8 days in 10
- Insufficient: 30 cm less than one day in two
Snow actually measured, winter by winter
15 complete winters measured, from 1991-1992 to 2025-2026 — on average 127 days a winter with at least 30 cm on the ground.
- 1-15 Dec57 cmVariable · 70 %
- 16-31 Dec84 cmGood skiing · 80 %
- 1-15 Jan110 cmGood skiing · 93 %
- 16-31 Jan136 cmGood skiing · 100 %
- 1-15 Feb151 cmGood skiing · 100 %
- 16-29 Feb169 cmGood skiing · 100 %
- 1-15 Mar178 cmGood skiing · 100 %
- 16-31 Mar180 cmGood skiing · 100 %
- 1-15 Apr173 cmGood skiing · 100 %
- Best winter of the series
- 1991-1992 — 136 days at 30 cm or more
- Worst winter of the series
- 2014-2015 — 100 days at 30 cm or more
How much snow actually falls — 521 cm a winter on average, spread over 59 days of snowfall. Measured over 13 complete winters, from 1994-1995 to 2025-2026.
- Biggest 24-hour snowfall
- 80 cm — 1994-1995
- Snowiest winter
- 1994-1995 — 845 cm
- Leanest winter
- 1996-1997 — 259 cm
The ski area
Compare with another resort →165 pistes, by level — 142 km
- Skiable vertical
- 560 m (1,830 m → 2,390 m)
- Lifts
- 8 chairlifts, 7 drag lifts, 8 magic carpets
- Snowpark
- 4 mapped zones — Le Petit Saint Bernard (very easy) · Snowpark Poletta (easy) · Funcross du Petit Saint-Bernard (easy) · Boardercross du Fort (intermediate)
OpenStreetMap, surveyed on 18 September 2026. OpenStreetMap does not map individual features (kickers, rails): what is counted here are the named zones. - Without skis
- 1 sledging run
- Piste aspect
- N 6% · E 18% · S 55% · W 21% (descent direction of 72 OSM pistes, terrain model)
- Season 2026-2027
- opens on 12 December 2026, closes on 17 April 2027 (declared by the resort, ANMSM)
- Tourist office
- La Rosière Tourisme · route du Col du Petit Saint-Bernard, 73700 · 0479068051 · [email protected] (declared by the resort, ANMSM)
- Piste map (PDF)
- Plan des pistes La Rosière 2024-25 (declared by the resort, ANMSM)
- Resort app
- Android (declared by the resort, ANMSM)
- Famille Plus
- The resort’s family page (declared by the resort, ANMSM)
Resort data: declared by La Rosière Tourisme and distributed by ANMSM · read on 18 September
Pistes and lifts surveyed on OpenStreetMap within 4 km of the resort — for a resort in a linked area, the figure may include neighbouring pistes.
Lift passes (2025-2026) detail →
| Adult pass | Price |
|---|---|
| 1 day | €59 |
| 6 days | €301 |
| Season | €796 |
| Pedestrian, 1 day | €19.50 |
| Free | Free under 5 · free from 75 years |
Read on the official price list, full price, excluding promotions. Official price list ↗
The ski area in figures
Measured on 9 September 2026Measured 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.
Source: national register of mechanical lifts (STRMTG, CAIRN), fleet as of 1 January 2025 — lifts attributed to La Rosière only (“ROSIERE (LA)”), magic carpets included.
Staying and hiring gear in La Rosière
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Stay & accommodation
Live webcams
All webcams (8) →Official players of the resort, live image. Checked on 18 September 2026.
Piste map
Open on OpenSnowMap ↗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 Rosière
From Paris: 7 hr 40 (669 km) by road.
By road
- From Chambéry: 1 hr 53 · 127 km
- From Annecy: 2 hr 08 · 121 km
- From Grenoble: 2 hr 09 · 156 km
- From Genève: 2 hr 51 · 167 km · via Bourg-Saint-Maurice station
- From Lyon: 3 hr 03 · 226 km
From other major cities (15)
- From Valence: 3 hr 13 · 249 km
- From Saint-Étienne: 3 hr 37 · 274 km
- From Dijon: 4 hr 49 · 390 km
- From Clermont-Ferrand: 4 hr 56 · 394 km
- From Besançon: 5 hr 14 · 456 km · avoids Col du Petit-Saint-Bernard, closed in winter
- From Montpellier: 5 hr 20 · 454 km
- From Marseille: 5 hr 25 · 463 km
- From Nice: 5 hr 44 · 462 km
- From Strasbourg: 6 hr 08 · 466 km
- From Perpignan: 6 hr 41 · 601 km
- From Nancy: 6 hr 51 · 594 km
- From Toulouse: 7 hr 37 · 688 km
- From Paris: 7 hr 40 · 669 km
- From Bordeaux: 8 hr 54 · 781 km
- From Pau: 9 hr 32 · 878 km
Excluding traffic and winter conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.
By train
Bourg-Saint-Maurice station
regional station · then 27 min drive (22 km)
Nearest main station: Chambéry - Challes-les-Eaux, 1 hr 51 by road.
No direct bus line from the station to the resort appears in the open-data timetables (checked on 13 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): 2 hr 04 by road · 135 km
- Genève (GVA): 3 hr 04 by road · 171 km
Take me there
These links open the app with La Rosière 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
3 charging points · up to 120 kW
- MONTVALEZAN - Parking des Pistes · EASYCHARGE · 3 points · 120 kW · 0.2 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.
Off-piste & ski touring
The resorts for off-piste skiing →Named itineraries: Choucas · Marcassin · Freeride du Mont-Valaisan
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
Resorts for ski touring →12 ski touring routes documented within 10 km of La Rosière — up to 1,600 m of climb.
| Summit and route | Ski grade | Climb | Altitude | Aspect | From resort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roc Noir · Croupe S | 1.2 · E1 · F | 510 m | 1,820 → 2,330 m | S | 1.4 km |
| Col de la Traversette (Redoute Ruinée) · Versant S | 1.2 · E1 · F | 553 m | 1,820 → 2,383 m | S | 2.3 km |
| Bec Rouge · Versant SW | 2.2 · E1 · PD | 1,120 m | 1,394 → 2,515 m | SW | 3.1 km |
| Pointe de la Louïe Blanche · Depuis la Rosière | 2.2 · E1 · PD | 1,100 m | 1,850 → 2,930 m | NW | 3.2 km |
| Bec Rouge · Versant NW en boucle | 3.3 · E2 · AD | 1,000 m | 1,515 → 2,515 m | NW · N | 3.4 km |
| Aiguille du Clapet · Traversée SW > S | n/a · PD | 1,230 m | 1,297 → 2,615 m | S | 3.5 km |
| Mont Valaisan · depuis Les Eucherts | 2.2 · E1 · PD | 1,060 m | 1,830 → 2,892 m | S · SW | 3.6 km |
| Pointe du Lac Sans Fond · Versant S - depuis Saint Germain | n/a · AD | 1,600 m | 1,297 → 2,884 m | S | 3.8 km |
| Pointe d'Averne · Face NW | 4.1 · E2 · AD+ | 1,050 m | 1,500 → 2,550 m | W · N · NW | 4.1 km |
| Aiguille du Clapet · depuis la Rosière | 4.2 · E2 · AD | 1,422 m | 1,741 → 2,615 m | SE | 4.5 km |
| Aiguille du Clapet · Couloir NW | 5.2 · E3 · TD | 1,290 m | 1,400 → 2,615 m | NW · N | 4.9 km |
| Pointe de la Louïe Blanche · Depuis La Savonne | 2.3 · E1 · PD | 1,168 m | 1,771 → 2,939 m | S | 5.4 km |
Source: Camptocamp.org topo guide (CC BY-SA), routes starting within 10 km, read on 13 September 2026. Descriptions and photos are on Camptocamp; an empty cell is a field nobody has filled in. Camptocamp ski touring routes ↗
Beyond skiing at La Rosière
Swimming pool
- Centre nautique · Bourg-Saint-Maurice · 5.5 km away
- LA PISCINE · Bourg-Saint-Maurice · 8.1 km away
Spa and thermal baths
- La Piscine - Bien-être à Arc 1800 · Bourg-Saint-Maurice · 8.1 km away
Paragliding
- Aire d'envol parapente "Sommet TS Ecudets" (été) · Montvalezan · 1.4 km away
- Aire d'envol parapente "Sommet TK Poletta" (été) · Montvalezan · 1.5 km away
- Aire d'envol parapente "Sommet de la zone des Zittieux" (hiver) · Montvalezan · 1.9 km away
- Aire d'atterrissage parapente "Foyer Rural" (hiver) · Montvalezan · 4 km away
Museum
- Espace Saint-Eloi · Séez · 3.9 km away
- Espace Muséal de l'Hospice du Petit Saint Bernard · Séez · 5.3 km away
- Coopérative Laitière de Haute Tarentaise - Exposition permanente · Bourg-Saint-Maurice · 6.1 km away
- Muséum des Animaux de Montagne · Landry · 9.7 km away
Cinema
- Cinéma Coeur d'Or · Bourg-Saint-Maurice · 5.6 km away
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.
Practical information
Collective accommodation
4,793 bed spaces in tourist residences, holiday villages and hostels
- 4 hotels · 167 rooms (2 × 4★, 1 × 3★, 1 × 2★)
- 1 holiday village or family centre · 1,033 bed spaces
- 13 tourist residences and apartment hotels · 3,760 bed spaces
- 1 campsite · 64 pitches
Commune: Montvalezan · INSEE tourist accommodation survey, 2026, read on 12 September 2026. Collective accommodation only — privately let flats and second homes are not counted. INSEE dataset ↗
Ski school
ESF La Rosiere
140 instructors
🇬🇧 234 English-speaking instructors — lessons in English available
🗓️ This school sells its lessons online — book ↗
Source: esf.net
Days without skiing
- Cinema · Le Ruitor
- Spa / wellness · Spa La Rosiere
- Bowling · Bowling - La Rosière
- Ice rink · Patinoire
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.
What's on around La Rosière
All 22 upcoming events →-
18 September 2026 – 26 September 2026
Exposition "Médaillons" : aquarelles d'Antoine Belmère
Médialudothèque de Bourg Saint Maurice · Bourg-Saint-Maurice
Le point de départ de l'exposition, c'est le "médaillon", aussi bien son usage en sculpture qu'en peinture. On peut en découvrir un exemple sur la façade de la Maison des Têtes à Bourg Saint Maurice.
Source: OpenAgenda, agenda “Les Evènements en Haute Tarentaise” · View on OpenAgenda ↗
Also near: Bourg Saint Maurice (0.6 km), Arc 1600 (3.1 km), Arc 1800 (4.9 km), Montchavin (6.6 km)
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18 September 2026 · 18:30
voyage à vélo
Maison d'Emilien - Médiathèque de Séez · Séez
A vélo Bruxelles - Amsterdam
Source: OpenAgenda, agenda “Les Evènements en Haute Tarentaise” · View on OpenAgenda ↗
Also near: Bourg Saint Maurice (2.2 km), Arc 1600 (3.1 km), Arc 1800 (5.8 km), Arc 1950 (6 km)
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19 September 2026 – 26 September 2026
Conte, jeu et bricolage : au pays des gnomes
Médialudothèque de Bourg Saint Maurice · Bourg-Saint-Maurice
Conte, jeu et bricolage en deux séances pour le séchage de l'argile.
Source: OpenAgenda, agenda “Les Evènements en Haute Tarentaise” · View on OpenAgenda ↗
Also near: Bourg Saint Maurice (0.6 km), Arc 1600 (3.1 km), Arc 1800 (4.9 km), Montchavin (6.6 km)
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24 September 2026 · 10:15
Animation 0 - 3 ans
Maison d'Emilien - Médiathèque de Séez · Séez
animation jeunesse lecture d'albums
Source: OpenAgenda, agenda “Les Evènements en Haute Tarentaise” · View on OpenAgenda ↗
Also near: Bourg Saint Maurice (2.2 km), Arc 1600 (3.1 km), Arc 1800 (5.8 km), Arc 1950 (6 km)
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25 September 2026 · 18:30
Rencontre autrice / Expo / Vernissage
Maison d'Emilien - Médiathèque de Séez · Séez
Rencontre autrice / Dédicaces / Expo / Vernissage
Source: OpenAgenda, agenda “Les Evènements en Haute Tarentaise” · View on OpenAgenda ↗
Also near: Bourg Saint Maurice (2.2 km), Arc 1600 (3.1 km), Arc 1800 (5.8 km), Arc 1950 (6 km)
Events published on OpenAgenda by the agendas named above, kept when they take place within 10 km of the resort. We organise nothing: times, prices and cancellations are the organiser's.
Nearby resorts
Frequently asked questions
How high is La Rosière?
La Rosière sits at 1,844 m at village level, and its ski area rises to 2,390 m.
How many kilometres of pistes does La Rosière have?
La Rosière has 142 km of pistes served by 23 lifts, within the linked Espace San Bernardo area (OpenStreetMap survey).
What is the longest piste in La Rosière?
The longest piste is Tétras: 7 km (blue run), for 471 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 Rosière?
The highest lift, Mont Valaisan Express (detachable chairlift), tops out at 2,803 m. Source: STRMTG, French national register of mechanical lifts (CAIRN database), file dated 1 January 2025.
How many lifts does La Rosière have, and what is their capacity?
The French national register of mechanical lifts records 29 installations at La Rosière (11 chairlifts, 9 drag lifts, 9 magic carpets), for an authorised capacity of 33,605 people per hour, of which 3,000 for Roches Noires alone. The fleet spans 1961 to 2024, an average age of 22 years. This count covers the resort itself, magic carpets included, not the whole linked ski area — a resort brochure often announces a different number. Source: STRMTG, French national register of mechanical lifts (CAIRN database), file dated 1 January 2025.
How much is a lift pass in La Rosière?
The adult day pass costs €59 and the 6-day pass €301 (2025-2026, read on the official price list).
How do I get to La Rosière?
By road, La Rosière is 1 hr 53 from Chambéry (127 km), excluding traffic and winter conditions. By train, the nearest station is Bourg-Saint-Maurice, 27 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, 2 hr 04 away.
How long is the drive from Paris to La Rosière?
7 hr 40 for 669 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 Rosière open?
According to the dates declared by the resort (ANMSM feed), the resort opens on 12 December 2026 and closes on 17 April 2027 (2026-2027 season).
Is the snow reliable in La Rosière?
Yes: good snow through most of the winter according to twenty winters of Météo-France measurements; in season the daily report prevails.
Is La Rosière good for beginners and families?
67% of the pistes are green or blue: a rather easy area. The resort holds the Famille Plus family label.
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