La Stèle
1,250 mVillage altitude
1,498 mTop of the ski area
3 kmAlpine pistes
4Ski lifts
Not published by any source: adult day pass.
The Nordic area of La Stèle is a winter sports resort dedicated mainly to cross-country skiing in the Massif central in France in the commune of La Tour-d'Auvergne in the département of Puy-de-Dôme.
Live webcams
La Stèle 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 CHASTREIX station (1,385 m)
Source: Météo-France, CHASTREIX weather station, 3.3 km away. Hourly measurement — not the resort’s own snow report.
Snow cover varies from one winter to the next — the best time runs from early February to mid-February. 47 days a winter at 30 cm or more on average, measured over 15 winters at the Météo-France “CHASTREIX” station. Fortnight by fortnight, over 15 measured winters →
3-day forecast
Village 1,250 m · top 1,498 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: 1,498 m · Bottom of the pistes: 1,375 m · Days above 30 cm per winter, measured: 47 days · Days above 30 cm, December to March, model: 0%
- Ski areaIs there enough to ski all week?1.5 / 5
Km of pistes at the resort: 3 km · Lifts: 4 · Balance between piste levels: 30%
- 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: 100% · Magic carpets: 0 · Sledging runs: 0 · Ice rink, pool, rail sledge…: 0
- AccessIs it easy to get to?2.5 / 5
Average drive time from 20 major cities: 4 hr 36 · Nearest railway station: 53 min · Station-to-resort shuttles per day: 0 · Nearest airport: 1 hr 22
- Atmosphere and après-skiIs there life in the evening and off the slopes?2 / 5
Bars and pubs: 1 · Nightclubs: 0 · Restaurants: 1 · Upcoming events: 1 · 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).
14 pistes, by level
12 green2 blue0 red0 black
- Skiable vertical
- 123 m
- Lifts
- 4 drag lifts
- Cross-country skiing
- 43 km of nordic trails
Ski-area figures — bottom, top, km of pistes, lifts, pistes by level: OpenStreetMap (1 Oct) .
Staying and hiring gear in La Stèle
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
- 1 hotel · 7 rooms
- 2 campsites · 140 pitches
Commune: La Tour-d'Auvergne · 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 Stèle
Without skis on — 31 km of snowshoe and walking trails
Toboggan runs
- Luge d'été Lego® du Mont-Dore · Mont-Dore · 5.3 km away
- Luge d'été de Super-Besse · Besse-et-Saint-Anastaise · 9.5 km away
Ice rink
- Patinoire · Mont-Dore · 5.4 km away
Swimming pool
- Sancy' O - Pôle Aqualudique de La Bourboule · La Bourboule · 4 km away
- Centre ludo-sportif Les Hermines : Espace aquatique · Besse-et-Saint-Anastaise · 10 km away
Spa and thermal baths
- Balnéothérapie - Grands Thermes de La Bourboule · La Bourboule · 3.8 km away
- Cures médicales - Grands Thermes de la Bourboule · La Bourboule · 3.8 km away
- Escapade Beauté · Mont-Dore · 5.5 km away
- Cures médicales - Thermes du Mont-Dore · Mont-Dore · 5.6 km away
Paragliding
- Sites de parapente du Mont-Dore · Mont-Dore · 5.4 km away
- Site de Parapente de Super-Besse · Besse-et-Saint-Anastaise · 9.7 km away
Museum
- Minéralexpo · La Bourboule · 3.7 km away
- Scénomusée Toinette et Julien · Murat-le-Quaire · 4.9 km away
- Musée Joseph Forêt · Mont-Dore · 5.5 km away
- Espace culturel Joseph Foret · Mont-Dore · 5.6 km away
Cinema
- Cinéma : Le Roxy · La Bourboule · 3.7 km away
- Cinéma : L'Olympic · Mont-Dore · 5.6 km away
- Cinéma : Ciné-Super · Besse-et-Saint-Anastaise · 9.7 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
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 Stèle — up to 1,200 m of climb.
| Summit and route | Ski grade | Climb | Altitude | Aspect | From resort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Puy de Cliergue · Les couloirs face E | 3.3 · E2 · AD | n/a | 1,300 → 1,620 m | E | 4.6 km |
| Tour Carrée · Val de Courre, descente depuis la tour carrée | 3.1 · E1 · F+ | n/a | 1,300 → 1,746 m | N | 4.9 km |
| Puy de Cliergue · Face E | 3.1 · E2 · PD | n/a | 1,300 → 1,620 m | E | 5.1 km |
| Puy Redon · Le couloir Collangette | 3.3 · E2 · D | 600 m | 1,200 → 1,781 m | E | 5.4 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 October 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 Stèle
From Paris: 5 hr 05 (470 km) by road.
By road
- From Clermont-Ferrand: 1 hr 05 · 55 km
- From Saint-Étienne: 2 hr 38 · 202 km
- From Lyon: 2 hr 57 · 224 km
- From Bordeaux: 3 hr 53 · 346 km
- From Toulouse: 3 hr 57 · 350 km
From other major cities (15)
- From Valence: 4 hr 00 · 320 km
- From Dijon: 4 hr 07 · 367 km
- From Grenoble: 4 hr 07 · 325 km
- From Montpellier: 4 hr 08 · 334 km
- From Chambéry: 4 hr 09 · 321 km
- From Annecy: 4 hr 28 · 359 km
- From Genève: 4 hr 35 · 378 km
- From Besançon: 4 hr 43 · 425 km
- From Perpignan: 5 hr 03 · 434 km
- From Paris: 5 hr 05 · 470 km
- From Pau: 5 hr 54 · 542 km
- From Marseille: 6 hr 04 · 503 km
- From Nancy: 6 hr 14 · 578 km
- From Strasbourg: 7 hr 06 · 663 km
- From Nice: 7 hr 42 · 661 km
Excluding traffic and winter conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.
By train
Ussel station
halt · then 53 min drive (57 km)
Nearest main station: Clermont-Ferrand, 1 hr 06 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
- Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne (CFE): 1 hr 22 by road · 68 km
- Limoges (LIG): 2 hr 29 by road · 210 km
Take me there
These links open the app with La Stèle 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.
Translated from the French Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), machine translation.
Frequently asked questions
How high is La Stèle?
La Stèle sits at 1,250 m at village level, and its ski area rises to 1,498 m.
How many kilometres of pistes does La Stèle have?
La Stèle has 3 km of slopes, 4 lifts.
How do I get to La Stèle?
By road, La Stèle is 1 hr 05 from Clermont-Ferrand (55 km), excluding traffic and winter conditions. By train, the nearest station is Ussel, 53 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 Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne, 1 hr 22 away.
How long is the drive from Paris to La Stèle?
5 hr 05 for 470 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 Stèle?
Snow cover varies from one winter to the next — the best time runs from early February to mid-February. 47 days a winter at 30 cm or more on average, measured over 15 winters at the Météo-France “CHASTREIX” station. This verdict rests on 15 winters of Météo-France measurements (2008-2026); in season the daily report prevails.
Is La Stèle good for beginners and families?
100% of the pistes are green or blue: a very accessible area.
Nearby resorts
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