La Schlucht
Off season1,132 mVillage altitude
1,251 mTop of the ski area
15 kmAlpine pistes
2Ski lifts
Not published by any source: adult day pass.
La Schlucht is a ski resort in the Vosges (Vosges), in the commune of Gérardmer. The village sits at 1,132 m and the ski area rises to 1,251 m, a skiable vertical of 412 m.
Live webcams
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Official players of the resort, live image.
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.
Snow cover varies from one winter to the next — the best time runs from mid-January to late February. 51 days a winter at 30 cm or more on average, measured over 31 winters at the Météo-France “MARKSTEIN CRETE” station. Fortnight by fortnight, over 31 measured winters →
3-day forecast
Village 1,132 m · top 1,251 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?1.5 / 5
Top of the ski area: 1,251 m · Bottom of the pistes: 839 m · Days above 30 cm per winter, measured: 51 days · Days above 30 cm, December to March, model: 1%
- Ski areaIs there enough to ski all week?2 / 5
Km of pistes at the resort: 15 km · Lifts: 2 · Balance between piste levels: 77%
- 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?2.5 / 5
Share of green and blue pistes: 65% · Magic carpets: 0 · Sledging runs: 1 · Ice rink, pool, rail sledge…: 2
- AccessIs it easy to get to?3 / 5
Average drive time from 20 major cities: 6 hr 09 · Nearest railway station: 21 min · Station-to-resort shuttles per day: 2 · Nearest airport: 1 hr 19
- Atmosphere and après-skiIs there life in the evening and off the slopes?1.5 / 5
Bars and pubs: 0 · Nightclubs: 0 · Restaurants: 7 · Upcoming events: 0 · Collective tourist beds: 0 — 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).
20 pistes, by level
2 green11 blue6 red1 black
- Skiable vertical
- 412 m
- Cross-country skiing
- 5 km of nordic trails
Ski-area figures — bottom, km of pistes, pistes by level: OpenStreetMap; top, lifts: STRMTG — French national lift register (1 Jan) .
The ski area in figures
Measured on 9 September 20261 kmLongest piste — Montabeu (blue), 113 m of vertical
113 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 1,256 → 1,142 m, 1 km
1,251 mHighest lift top — Montabeu (platter lift), national lift register
2,950Total lift capacity, people per hour — 2 installations: 1 chairlift, 1 drag lift
39 yrsAverage age of the lift fleet — oldest 1985, newest 1988
2,100Biggest lift, people per hour — Schlucht (detachable chairlift, 1985)
1 kmTotal length of lifts — 2 lifts mapped
12 haSki area boundary (OSM)
74Inhabitants — Le Valtin (INSEE 88492)
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.
Source: national register of mechanical lifts (STRMTG, CAIRN), fleet as of 1 January 2025 — lifts attributed to La Schlucht only (“BRESSE (LA) COL DE LA SCHLUCHT”), magic carpets included.
Staying and hiring gear in La Schlucht
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Collective accommodation
- 2 hotels · 39 rooms (1 × 3★, 1 × 2★)
Commune: Le Valtin · 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 Schlucht
Without skis on — 5 km of snowshoe and walking trails · 1 sledging run
Toboggan runs
- Luge d'été · Soultzeren · 0 km away
- Tuby Gliss · Sondernach · 8.8 km away
- Pistes de luge dans la Vallée de Munster · Munster · 9.1 km away
- Luge sur rail - Tricky Track · Orbey · 9.6 km away
- Toboggan · OpenStreetMap
Swimming pool
- Spa les sources de la Meurthe · Xonrupt-Longemer · 1.5 km away
- La Piscine : Espace bien-être & fitness · Munster · 9.5 km away
Spa and thermal baths
- Hôtel-Restaurant Perle des Vosges : Espace spa "Vue de l’eau !" · Muhlbach-sur-Munster · 5.9 km away
- Chalets de la Wormsa : Espace bien-être & spa · Metzeral · 6.2 km away
- Domaine de Haslach : Espace wellness · Munster · 9.1 km away
- Hôtel-Restaurant Verte Vallée : Espace bien-être & spa · Munster · 9.3 km away
Paragliding
- Site de parapente · Sondernach · 9.1 km away
Museum
- Musée de la Schlitte et des Métiers du Bois · Muhlbach-sur-Munster · 6.5 km away
Cinema
- Espace Culturel Saint Grégoire : Cinéma et salle de spectacles · Munster · 6.1 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. 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
Tourist office
Office de tourisme
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 →Ski touring routes described
12 ski touring routes documented within 10 km of La Schlucht — up to 1,299 m of climb.
| Summit and route | Ski grade | Climb | Altitude | Aspect | From resort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hohneck · Couloirs | 3.2 · E1 · AD | 350 m | 1,028 → 1,363 m | n/a | 1.4 km |
| Hohneck · Couloir du Petit Dagobert | 4.1 · E1 · D+ | 300 m | 1,040 → 1,363 m | NE | 1.4 km |
| Hohneck · Couloir à droite du Falimont | 4.1 · E1 · D+ | 300 m | 1,139 → 1,363 m | E | 1.4 km |
| Hohneck · Grand Couloir de l'Hotel et ses deux branches | 4.1 · E1 · D+ | 250 m | 1,040 → 1,245 m | S | 1.4 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 September 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 Schlucht
From Paris: 5 hr 14 (444 km) by road.
By road
- From Strasbourg: 1 hr 36 · 108 km
- From Nancy: 1 hr 43 · 123 km
- From Besançon: 2 hr 27 · 179 km
- From Dijon: 3 hr 09 · 253 km
- From Genève: 4 hr 21 · 352 km
From other major cities (15)
- From Lyon: 4 hr 50 · 419 km
- From Annecy: 4 hr 51 · 396 km
- From Paris: 5 hr 14 · 444 km
- From Chambéry: 5 hr 19 · 437 km
- From Grenoble: 5 hr 37 · 505 km
- From Saint-Étienne: 5 hr 39 · 478 km
- From Valence: 5 hr 56 · 518 km
- From Clermont-Ferrand: 6 hr 16 · 561 km
- From Montpellier: 7 hr 59 · 720 km
- From Marseille: 8 hr 04 · 729 km
- From Nice: 8 hr 57 · 748 km
- From Perpignan: 9 hr 21 · 868 km
- From Bordeaux: 9 hr 49 · 899 km
- From Toulouse: 9 hr 53 · 902 km
- From Pau: 11 hr 50 · 1094 km
Excluding traffic and winter conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.
By train
Munster station
regional station · then 21 min drive (18 km)
Nearest main station: Colmar, 41 min by road.
- From Munster station (stop “MUNSTER - Gare”): line 913 — 13 - GERARDMER / MUNSTER (Fluo Grand Est 88), 29 min to the “LE VALTIN - Col de la Schlucht” stop — 2 departures a day on weekdays, 4 a day at weekends · first 07:30, last 18:25 · timetable from 15 December 2026 to 15 April 2027 · official timetable ↗
Direct journeys read from the official timetable files published on transport.data.gouv.fr — no connections.
By plane
- Bâle-Mulhouse (BSL): 1 hr 19 by road · 93 km
- Strasbourg-Entzheim (SXB): 1 hr 29 by road · 98 km
Take me there
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Charging an electric car
No freely accessible charge point is declared within 2 km of the resort (checked on 9 September 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 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.
The area offers 15 km of alpine pistes, 20 marked pistes (2 green, 11 blue, 6 red, 1 black), 2 ski lifts. Green and blue runs dominate: terrain suited to beginners and families.
Measured on the OpenStreetMap map: the longest piste runs 1 km (Montabeu) and the highest lift tops out at 1,256 m.
Access: 1 h 36 by road from Strasbourg and 21 min from Munster railway station.
1 official webcam shows the pistes live (on the French page).
Frequently asked questions
How high is La Schlucht?
La Schlucht sits at 1,132 m at village level, and its ski area rises to 1,251 m.
How many kilometres of pistes does La Schlucht have?
La Schlucht has 15 km of slopes, 2 lifts.
What is the longest piste in La Schlucht?
The longest piste is Montabeu: 1 km (blue run), for 113 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 Schlucht?
The highest lift, Montabeu (platter lift), tops out at 1,251 m. Source: STRMTG, French national register of mechanical lifts (CAIRN database), file dated 1 January 2025.
How many lifts does La Schlucht have, and what is their capacity?
The French national register of mechanical lifts records 2 installations at La Schlucht (1 chairlift, 1 drag lift), for an authorised capacity of 2,950 people per hour, of which 2,100 for Schlucht alone. The fleet spans 1985 to 1988, an average age of 39 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 do I get to La Schlucht?
By road, La Schlucht is 1 hr 36 from Strasbourg (108 km), excluding traffic and winter conditions. By train, the nearest station is Munster, 21 min by road from the resort. From Munster station, line 913 — 13 - GERARDMER / MUNSTER (Fluo Grand Est 88) reaches the “LE VALTIN - Col de la Schlucht” stop in 29 min, 2 departures a day on weekdays, 4 a day at weekends. The nearest airport is Bâle-Mulhouse, 1 hr 19 away.
How long is the drive from Paris to La Schlucht?
5 hr 14 for 444 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 Schlucht?
Snow cover varies from one winter to the next — the best time runs from mid-January to late February. 51 days a winter at 30 cm or more on average, measured over 31 winters at the Météo-France “MARKSTEIN CRETE” station. This verdict rests on 31 winters of Météo-France measurements (1989-2026); in season the daily report prevails.
Is La Schlucht good for beginners and families?
65% of the pistes are green or blue: a rather easy area.
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