Le Fornet
Off season · opens 28 November 20261,940 mSector altitude
Le Fornet is a ski resort in the Northern Alps (Savoie), in the commune of Val-d'Isère. The village sits at 1,940 m and the ski area rises to 3,182 m, a skiable vertical of 1,387 m.
A sector of Val-d'Isère
The Val-d'Isère resort page →Le Fornet is one of the ski villages of Val-d'Isère, and shares its ski area (44 lifts). The area, the lift passes, the piste map, the off-piste routes and the SkiRadar ratings are described once, on the Val-d'Isère page — this page keeps what belongs to Le Fornet: its own altitude, its webcams, where to stay in the village, how to get there and its ski school.
Live webcams
All webcams (8) →Le Refuge de SolaiseSkaping · 2.4 km away
▶ Watch at the operator ↗
Crête des LessièresWindy · 3.7 km away
Glacier du Grand PisaillasSkaping · 3.9 km away
Each player is the camera operator’s own, loaded only when you ask for it — it may set its own trackers.
Official players of the resort, live image. 4 more cameras on the webcam page. Checked on 16 October 2026.
Webcams provided by windy.com — add a webcam.
Snow, opening and weather
Snow report →The domain is due to open on 28 November 2026 and close on 2 May 2027. Open pistes and lifts will appear here as soon as the resort publishes its daily report.
Right now at the LE CHEVRIL-NIVOSE station (2,559 m)
Source: Météo-France, LE CHEVRIL-NIVOSE weather station, 7 km away. Hourly measurement — not the resort’s own snow report.
Avalanche danger
Good snow from mid-December to mid-April: a long, reliable season. 129 days a winter at 30 cm or more on average, measured over 24 winters at the Météo-France “LE CHEVRIL-NIVOSE” station. Fortnight by fortnight, over 24 measured winters →
3-day forecast
Village 1,940 m · top 3,182 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.
Staying and hiring gear in Le Fornet
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
3,109 bed spaces in tourist residences, holiday villages and hostels
- 29 hotels · 1,177 rooms (6 × 5★, 6 × 4★, 11 × 3★, 4 × 2★)
- 6 holiday villages and family centres · 1,627 bed spaces
- 9 tourist residences and apartment hotels · 1,242 bed spaces
- 1 youth hostel or sports centre · 240 bed spaces
- 1 campsite · 75 pitches
Commune: Val-d'Isère · 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.
Ski Planet
Self-catering flats and all-inclusive ski holidays at the foot of the slopes, since 1999.
Montagne Vacances
Flats and chalets in the resort, at direct prices.
Ski hire
Skiset UK
Skiset’s UK site: ski hire in the resort shops, booked in English, paid in pounds.
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 Le Fornet
Ice rink
- La patinoire de Val d'Isère · 2.5 km away · OpenStreetMap
Swimming pool
- Espace Plage - La piscine · Val-d'Isère · 2.7 km away
Paragliding
- Val d'Isère Parapente · Val-d'Isère · 2.3 km away
Museum
- Musée Val Histoire · Val-d'Isère · 2.7 km away
Cinema
- Le Splendid · 2.7 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
Ski school
ESF Val D Isere
349 instructors
🇬🇧 239 English-speaking instructors — lessons in English available
🗓️ This school sells its lessons online — book ↗
Source: esf.net
Resort contacts and documents
- Tourist office
- Office du Tourisme · 90 place Jacques Mouflier, 73155 · 04 79 06 06 60 · info@valdisere.com (declared by the resort, ANMSM)
- Resort app
- Android (declared by the resort, ANMSM)
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.
Resort data: declared by Office du Tourisme and distributed by ANMSM · read on 16 October
Getting to Le Fornet
From Paris: 7 hr 58 (708 km) by road.
By road
- From Chambéry: 2 hr 11 · 139 km
- From Annecy: 2 hr 26 · 132 km
- From Grenoble: 2 hr 27 · 168 km
- From Genève: 3 hr 08 · 179 km · avoids Col du Petit-Saint-Bernard, closed in winter
- From Lyon: 3 hr 21 · 237 km
From other major cities (15)
- From Valence: 3 hr 31 · 261 km
- From Saint-Étienne: 3 hr 55 · 286 km
- From Dijon: 5 hr 13 · 438 km
- From Clermont-Ferrand: 5 hr 14 · 403 km
- From Besançon: 5 hr 28 · 351 km
- From Montpellier: 5 hr 37 · 465 km
- From Marseille: 5 hr 43 · 475 km
- From Strasbourg: 6 hr 57 · 501 km
- From Perpignan: 6 hr 59 · 613 km
- From Nancy: 7 hr 20 · 649 km
- From Nice: 7 hr 21 · 632 km · via Bourg-Saint-Maurice station
- From Toulouse: 7 hr 55 · 699 km
- From Paris: 7 hr 58 · 708 km
- From Bordeaux: 9 hr 12 · 792 km
- From Pau: 9 hr 50 · 889 km
Excluding traffic and winter conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.
By train
Bourg-Saint-Maurice station
regional station · then 45 min drive (34 km)
Nearest main station: Chambéry - Challes-les-Eaux, 2 hr 09 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): 2 hr 22 by road · 146 km
- Genève (GVA): 3 hr 21 by road · 183 km
Take me there
These links open the app with Le Fornet as the destination. Your starting point is never sent by us — the app asks you for it, if you agree.
Charging an electric car
2 charging stations within 2 km
4 charging points · up to 7 kW
- COMMUNE VAL DISERE - LE FORMET · Izivia · 2 points · 7 kW · 0.1 km
- COMMUNE VAL DISERE - LE FORMET · Izivia · 2 points · 7 kW · 0.1 km
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.
Nearby resorts
Full page in French. The French page carries the editorial guides and a few extra readings; every figure, webcam and price on this page is the same one. Le Fornet in French →
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