La Sambuy-Seythenex
1,150 mVillage altitude
1Ski lifts
Not published by any source: top of the ski area, km of alpine pistes, adult day pass.
La Sambuy-Seythenex is a former winter sports resort located in the commune of Faverges-Seythenex, in the Haute-Savoie department and the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of France. Located in the Pays de Faverges and on the side of the Pointe de la Sambuy in the Bauges mountains, the resort, created in 1960, offered a panorama of Lake Annecy and the surrounding mountains. The Alpine ski resort closed in 2023.
La Sambuy-Seythenex webcams
▶ Watch at the operator ↗
Webcams de la stationimages en direct sur la page officielle de la station
La Sambuy-Seythenex broadcasts its images on its own page: the link takes you there. Checked on 12 September 2026.
Snow, opening and weather
Snow report →Open pistes and lifts will appear here during the season, as published by the resort. Out of season we show nothing rather than a misleading zero.
Avalanche danger
Snow cover varies from one winter to the next — the best time runs from early January to mid-March. 70 days a winter at 30 cm or more on average, and 349 cm of fresh snow, measured over 36 winters at the Météo-France “CLUSAZ (LA)” station. Fortnight by fortnight, over 36 measured winters →
3-day forecast
Village 1,150 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?n/a
Not rated: neither the resort nor the map gives the altitude of its highest point.
- Ski areaIs there enough to ski all week?n/a
Not rated: neither the resort nor the map gives the length of its pistes.
- ValueIs the lift pass reasonable for what you get?n/a
Not rated: no official price list could be found.
- Families and beginnersIs it right for children and beginners?3 / 5
Share of green and blue pistes: 100% · Magic carpets: 0 · Ice rink, pool, rail sledge…: 1
- AccessIs it easy to get to?3.5 / 5
Average drive time from 20 major cities: 4 hr 20 · Nearest railway station: 29 min · Station-to-resort shuttles per day: 0 · Nearest airport: 1 hr 14
- Atmosphere and après-skiIs there life in the evening and off the slopes?2 / 5
Bars and pubs: 0 · Nightclubs: 0 · Restaurants: 2 · Upcoming events: 2 · Collective tourist beds: 128 — index: what the map and the listings publish
- Luxury and comfortHow upmarket is the resort?1 / 5
5-star hotels: 0 · 4-star hotels: 0 · Share of hotel rooms in 4 and 5 stars: 0% · Spas and saunas: 0 · Jewellers, watchmakers, fashion boutiques: 0 — 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).
- Lifts
- 1 drag lift
- Cross-country skiing
- 2 named trails — 4.1 km of marked loops, 2.5 km from the resort
Ski-area figures — bottom, lifts: OpenStreetMap (1 Oct) .
Staying and hiring gear in La Sambuy-Seythenex
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Collective accommodation
128 bed spaces in tourist residences, holiday villages and hostels
- 3 hotels · 54 rooms (2 × 3★, 1 × 2★)
- 1 holiday village or family centre · 128 bed spaces
- 2 campsites · 52 pitches
Commune: Faverges-Seythenex · 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 Sambuy-Seythenex
Toboggan runs
- Luge sur rails : JIM La Sambuy · Faverges-Seythenex · 0 km away
Ice rink
- Patinoire Halle Olympique · Albertville · 9.4 km away
- Halle Olympique · Albertville · 9.4 km away
Swimming pool
- Piscine de Gilly-sur-Isère · Gilly-sur-Isère · 9.2 km away
- Piscine de Frontenex · Frontenex · 9.4 km away
Paragliding
- Aire de décollage Parapente de La Sambuy · Faverges-Seythenex · 1.7 km away
- AERODREAM Parapente · Val de Chaise · 7.6 km away
- À l'air Libre Parapente · Doussard · 8.3 km away
- My Playground Parapente · Doussard · 8.5 km away
Museum
- Micro-Folie · Faverges-Seythenex · 4.4 km away
- Musée Archéologique de Viuz-Faverges · Faverges-Seythenex · 4.7 km away
Cinema
- Ciné Seythenex · Faverges-Seythenex · 2.4 km away
- La Soierie · Faverges-Seythenex · 4.2 km away
- Ciné Villages · Doussard · 8.3 km away
- LE DÔME Cinéma · Albertville · 9.9 km away
- Foyer rural · 2.4 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
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.
Off the pistes: off-piste and ski touring
The resorts for off-piste skiing → 0 Marked off-piste itineraries
3 km Ski touring routes
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 Sambuy-Seythenex — up to 1,400 m of climb.
| Summit and route | Ski grade | Climb | Altitude | Aspect | From resort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Petite Sambuy · Chaurionde-Sambuy, petit huit de Seythenex | 3.3 · E2 · AD | 810 m | 1,140 → 2,123 m | N | 1.1 km |
| Pointe de la Sambuy · Versant N - depuis la station de Seythenex | 4.2 · E3 · D- | 1,048 m | 1,150 → 2,198 m | N | 1.2 km |
| Pointe d'Arcalod · Les Florianes | 5.3 · E4 · ED- | 1,400 m | 1,150 → 2,217 m | E | 1.8 km |
| Petite Sambuy · Versant E - depuis les Chaffauds | 2.3 · E1 · PD+ | 1,206 m | 991 → 2,107 m | E · NE | 1.8 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 ↗
Getting to La Sambuy-Seythenex
From Paris: 6 hr 45 (577 km) by road.
By road
- From Annecy: 50 min · 34 km
- From Chambéry: 1 hr 03 · 67 km
- From Grenoble: 1 hr 19 · 96 km
- From Genève: 1 hr 31 · 80 km
- From Lyon: 2 hr 13 · 165 km
From other major cities (15)
- From Valence: 2 hr 22 · 189 km
- From Saint-Étienne: 2 hr 46 · 214 km
- From Besançon: 3 hr 51 · 252 km
- From Dijon: 3 hr 54 · 299 km
- From Clermont-Ferrand: 4 hr 06 · 331 km
- From Montpellier: 4 hr 29 · 393 km
- From Marseille: 4 hr 34 · 402 km
- From Strasbourg: 5 hr 46 · 470 km
- From Perpignan: 5 hr 51 · 541 km
- From Nice: 5 hr 56 · 480 km
- From Nancy: 5 hr 57 · 502 km
- From Paris: 6 hr 45 · 577 km
- From Toulouse: 6 hr 47 · 627 km
- From Bordeaux: 8 hr 04 · 720 km
- From Pau: 8 hr 41 · 817 km
Excluding traffic and winter conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.
By train
Frontenex station
halt · then 29 min drive (22 km)
Nearest main station: Annecy, 53 min 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 14 by road · 74 km
- Genève (GVA): 1 hr 45 by road · 85 km
Take me there
These links open the app with La Sambuy-Seythenex as the destination. Your starting point is never sent by us — the app asks you for it, if you agree.
Charging an electric car
No freely accessible charge point is declared within 2 km of the resort (checked on 9 October 2026). Covered car parks in the resort may offer chargers reserved for their customers: those are not listed here.
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.
Introduction from the English Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).
Frequently asked questions
How high is La Sambuy-Seythenex?
La Sambuy-Seythenex sits at 1,150 m at village level.
How do I get to La Sambuy-Seythenex?
By road, La Sambuy-Seythenex is 50 min from Annecy (34 km), excluding traffic and winter conditions. By train, the nearest station is Frontenex, 29 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 14 away.
How long is the drive from Paris to La Sambuy-Seythenex?
6 hr 45 for 577 km from central Paris, excluding traffic and winter conditions. Computed on the real road network (OpenStreetMap): allow more on a school-holiday Saturday.
Is the snow reliable in La Sambuy-Seythenex?
Snow cover varies from one winter to the next — the best time runs from early January to mid-March. 70 days a winter at 30 cm or more on average, and 349 cm of fresh snow, measured over 36 winters at the Météo-France “CLUSAZ (LA)” station. This verdict rests on 36 winters of Météo-France measurements (1988-2024); in season the daily report prevails.
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