La Stass'
Off season1,598 mVillage altitude
1,742 mTop of the ski area
5 kmAlpine pistes
11Ski lifts
Not published by any source: adult day pass.
La Stass' is a ski resort in the Northern Alps (Isère), in the commune of Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse. The village sits at 1,598 m and the ski area rises to 1,742 m, a skiable vertical of 657 m.
Live webcams
La Stass' publishes no public webcam (checked on 12 September 2026 on its website, its tourist office and the operators’ directories). Know of one? Tell us.
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.
Right now at the ST HILAIRE-NIVOSE station (1,756 m)
Source: Météo-France, ST HILAIRE-NIVOSE weather station, 4.3 km away. Hourly measurement — not the resort’s own snow report.
Avalanche danger
Natural snow is low on average: skiing depends on snowmaking and good years. 30 days a winter at 30 cm or more on average, measured over 19 winters at the Météo-France “ST HILAIRE-NIVOSE” station. Fortnight by fortnight, over 19 measured winters →
3-day forecast
Village 1,598 m · top 1,742 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?2 / 5
Top of the ski area: 1,742 m · Bottom of the pistes: 1,085 m · Days above 30 cm per winter, measured: 30 days · Days above 30 cm, December to March, model: 22%
- Ski areaIs there enough to ski all week?2 / 5
Km of pistes at the resort: 5 km · Lifts: 11 · Balance between piste levels: 75%
- 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: 79% · Magic carpets: 0 · Sledging runs: 0 · ESF ski school · Ice rink, pool, rail sledge…: 0
- AccessIs it easy to get to?3 / 5
Average drive time from 20 major cities: 4 hr 20 · Nearest railway station: 1 hr 00 · Station-to-resort shuttles per day: 0 · Nearest airport: 1 hr 23
- Atmosphere and après-skiIs there life in the evening and off the slopes?1 / 5
Bars and pubs: 0 · Nightclubs: 0 · Restaurants: 0 · 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
5-star hotels: 0 · 4-star hotels: 0 · Share of hotel rooms in 4 and 5 stars: 0% · Spas and saunas: 2 · 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).
14 pistes, by level
7 green4 blue3 red0 black
- Skiable vertical
- 657 m
- Lifts
- 1 gondola, 2 chairlifts, 10 drag lifts
- Cross-country skiing
- 8 km of nordic trails
Ski-area figures — bottom, top, km of pistes, lifts, pistes by level: OpenStreetMap .
The ski area in figures
Measured on 9 September 20261 kmLongest piste — Tétras (red), 144 m of vertical
144 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 1,743 → 1,599 m, 1 km
1,743 mHighest lift top — Creux de la Neige (platter lift)
3 kmTotal length of lifts — 7 lifts mapped
n/aSki area boundary (OSM)
1,003Inhabitants — Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse (INSEE 38442)
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 Stass'
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Collective accommodation
- 3 hotels · 38 rooms (1 × 3★)
- 1 campsite · 100 pitches
Commune: Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse · 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 Stass'
Swimming pool
- Piscine municipale · Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse · 3.3 km away
Spa and thermal baths
- Espace Bien-être - L'évasion au naturel · Plateau-des-Petites-Roches · 5.9 km away
- O d'là de l'O · Lumbin · 7.1 km away
Paragliding
- Site de décollage parapente · Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse · 0.6 km away
- Site d'atterissage parapente · Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse · 2 km away
- Ecole de Parapente les Gens d'air · Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse · 2.5 km away
- Là-Haut Parapente · Plateau-des-Petites-Roches · 5.6 km away
Museum
- Musée de la Grande Chartreuse · Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse · 4.2 km away
- Musée Arcabas en Chartreuse · Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse · 4.3 km away
Cinema
- Salle Notre-Dame, cinéma et théâtre · Saint-Pierre-d'Entremont · 7.5 km away
- Cinéma Le Cartus · Saint-Laurent-du-Pont · 9.9 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.
Ski schools and practical information
Ski school
ESF De Chartreuse
35 instructors
🇬🇧 22 English-speaking instructors — lessons in English available
Source: esf.net
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 → 0 Marked off-piste itineraries
4 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 Stass' — up to 2,000 m of climb.
| Summit and route | Ski grade | Climb | Altitude | Aspect | From resort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Scia · Bec de la Scia par les pistes de Saint Pierre de Chartreuse | 2.2 · PD | 883 m | 900 → 1,783 m | N · W | 0.5 km |
| Traversée de la Chartreuse · S >> N Orientale - version hivernale | n/a · PD | 2,000 m | 1,400 → 2,062 m | N | 0.6 km |
| Lances de Malissard · Face SW par la Scia | 4.1 · E2 · D- | 1,000 m | 1,400 → 2,045 m | SW | 0.7 km |
| La Scia · Par les pistes du Planolet | 1.1 · E1 · F | 715 m | 1,080 → 1,791 m | W | 0.9 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 Stass'
From Paris: 6 hr 46 (594 km) by road.
By road
- From Grenoble: 1 hr 02 · 34 km
- From Chambéry: 1 hr 15 · 40 km
- From Annecy: 1 hr 46 · 93 km
- From Valence: 1 hr 56 · 114 km
- From Lyon: 2 hr 09 · 124 km
From other major cities (15)
- From Genève: 2 hr 15 · 131 km
- From Saint-Étienne: 2 hr 43 · 172 km
- From Dijon: 4 hr 01 · 324 km
- From Clermont-Ferrand: 4 hr 02 · 292 km
- From Montpellier: 4 hr 03 · 319 km
- From Marseille: 4 hr 08 · 328 km
- From Besançon: 4 hr 20 · 354 km
- From Perpignan: 5 hr 24 · 466 km
- From Nice: 5 hr 45 · 486 km
- From Nancy: 6 hr 08 · 535 km
- From Toulouse: 6 hr 20 · 553 km
- From Strasbourg: 6 hr 30 · 521 km
- From Paris: 6 hr 46 · 594 km
- From Bordeaux: 8 hr 00 · 679 km
- From Pau: 8 hr 15 · 743 km
Excluding traffic and winter conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.
By train
Saint-Béron - La Bridoire station
halt · then 1 hr 00 drive (34 km)
Nearest main station: Grenoble, 1 hr 02 by road.
No direct bus line from the station to the resort appears in the open-data timetables (checked on 20 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
- Grenoble-Alpes-Isère (GNB): 1 hr 23 by road · 64 km
- Chambéry-Savoie (CMF): 1 hr 28 by road · 54 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 5 km of alpine pistes, 14 marked pistes (7 green, 4 blue, 3 red), 11 ski lifts. Green and blue runs dominate: terrain suited to beginners and families.
Measured on the OpenStreetMap map: the longest piste runs 1 km (Tétras) and the highest lift tops out at 1,743 m.
Access: 1 h 02 by road from Grenoble and 1 h 00 from Saint-Béron - La Bridoire railway station.
Frequently asked questions
How high is La Stass'?
La Stass' sits at 1,598 m at village level, and its ski area rises to 1,742 m.
How many kilometres of pistes does La Stass' have?
La Stass' has 5 km of slopes, 11 lifts.
What is the longest piste in La Stass'?
The longest piste is Tétras: 1 km (red run), for 144 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 Stass'?
The highest lift, Creux de la Neige, tops out at 1,743 m (IGN RGE ALTI terrain model). The 7 lifts mapped on OpenStreetMap total 3 km.
How do I get to La Stass'?
By road, La Stass' is 1 hr 02 from Grenoble (34 km), excluding traffic and winter conditions. By train, the nearest station is Saint-Béron - La Bridoire, 1 hr 00 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 Grenoble-Alpes-Isère, 1 hr 23 away.
How long is the drive from Paris to La Stass'?
6 hr 46 for 594 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 Stass'?
Natural snow is low on average: skiing depends on snowmaking and good years. 30 days a winter at 30 cm or more on average, measured over 19 winters at the Météo-France “ST HILAIRE-NIVOSE” station. This verdict rests on 19 winters of Météo-France measurements (1997-2026); in season the daily report prevails.
Is La Stass' good for beginners and families?
79% of the pistes are green or blue: a very accessible area.
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