Le Freney-d'Oisans
1,326 mBottom of the pistes
3,311 mTop of the ski area
Not published by any source: adult day pass. Not retained (conflicting sources): km of alpine pistes, ski lifts.
Le Freney-d'Oisans is a French commune located in the département of Isère in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. Located in the heart of the Oisans mountain massif and in the watershed of the Romanche river, the commune is a member of the Communauté de communes de l'Oisans. The inhabitants of the commune are called the Freynichons or the Frenichons.
Alpe d'Huez Grand Domaine Ski ski area webcams
Official cameras of the neighbouring resorts on the linked Alpe d'Huez Grand Domaine Ski ski area.
3060mAlpe d'Huez
LesignalAlpe d'Huez
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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.
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 ALPE-D'HUEZ station (1,860 m)
Source: Météo-France, ALPE-D'HUEZ weather station, 5.7 km away. Hourly measurement — not the resort’s own snow report.
Avalanche danger
Snow cover varies from one winter to the next — the best time runs from mid-January to late February. 52 days a winter at 30 cm or more on average, and 272 cm of fresh snow, measured over 18 winters at the Météo-France “BESSE” station. Fortnight by fortnight, over 18 measured winters →
3-day forecast
Village 1,326 m · top 3,311 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?3.5 / 5
Top of the ski area: 3,311 m · Bottom of the pistes: 1,326 m · Days above 30 cm per winter, measured: 52 days · Days above 30 cm, December to March, model: 96%
- Ski areaIs there enough to ski all week?4 / 5
Km skiable from the resort, linked area included: 250 km
- 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: 83% · ESF ski school · Ice rink, pool, rail sledge…: 0
- AccessIs it easy to get to?3.5 / 5
Average drive time from 20 major cities: 4 hr 28 · Nearest railway station: 46 min · Station-to-resort shuttles per day: 2 · Nearest airport: 1 hr 30
- Atmosphere and après-skiIs there life in the evening and off the slopes?1 / 5
Bars and pubs: 0 · Nightclubs: 0 · Restaurants: 2 · 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).
- Skiable vertical
- 1,985 m
- Cross-country skiing
- 1 named trail — 2.1 km of marked loops, 5.1 km from the resort
Ski-area figures — bottom, top: OpenStreetMap (1 Oct) . In a linked ski area the map cannot tell where the resort ends: its own km stay “n/a” until the resort declares them.
The ski area in figures
Measured on 7 October 20268 kmLongest piste — Sarenne (black), 1,657 m of vertical
1,657 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 3,306 → 1,650 m, 8 km
3,304 mHighest lift top — Pic Blanc 3 (cable car)
43 kmTotal length of lifts — 55 lifts mapped
5,890 haSki area boundary (OSM)
260Inhabitants — Le Freney-d'Oisans (INSEE 38173)
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 Le Freney-d'Oisans
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Collective accommodation
- 1 hotel · 16 rooms (1 × 3★)
Commune: Le Freney-d'Oisans · 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 Le Freney-d'Oisans
Without skis on — 1 sledging run
Ice rink
- Patinoire des Deux Alpes · Les Deux Alpes · 3.8 km away
- Patinoire à ciel ouvert · Huez · 6.9 km away
Swimming pool
- Piscine des 2 Alpes · Les Deux Alpes · 3.7 km away
- Piscine couverte · Huez · 6.7 km away
- Piscine de plein air chauffée · Huez · 7 km away
Paragliding
- Ecole de Parapente - Air Ailes Parapente · Les Deux Alpes · 3.8 km away
- Ecole de Parapente - Air 2 Alpes · Les Deux Alpes · 4.7 km away
- Ecole de Parapente - 2 Alpes Parapente · Les Deux Alpes · 4.9 km away
Museum
- Eco musée des Cours - Musée rural "Alice" · Auris · 3.4 km away
- Maison Départementale des Alpages de l'Isère · Besse · 4.7 km away
- Musée d'histoire et d'archéologie de l'Alpe d'Huez · Huez · 6.6 km away
- GALTA la Galerie des Trésors Alpins · Le Bourg-d'Oisans · 7.6 km away
Cinema
- Cinéma des 2 Alpes - Le Slalom · Les Deux Alpes · 4.2 km away
- Cinéma L'AgorAlp · Huez · 6.6 km away
- Cinéma Les Ecrins · Le Bourg-d'Oisans · 7.7 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
Ski school
ESF Auris En Oisans
25 instructors
🇬🇧 22 English-speaking instructors — lessons in English available
🗓️ This school sells its lessons online — book ↗
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 → 2 Marked off-piste itineraries · 4 km
— Ski touring routes
Named itineraries: Ancienne piste noire "Vallée Blanche 5" · ancienne piste intermédiare "Bons"
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 Le Freney-d'Oisans — up to 1,080 m of climb.
| Summit and route | Ski grade | Climb | Altitude | Aspect | From resort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Croix de Cassini · Face SW | 4.3 · E2 · D+ | 1,060 m | 1,310 → 2,373 m | SW | 1.8 km |
| Les Grandes Buffes · Versant SW | 1.2 · E1 · F | 630 m | 1,530 → 2,164 m | S | 2.1 km |
| Signal de l'Homme · Combes SE | 1.3 · E1 · F+ | 650 m | 1,530 → 2,176 m | SE | 2.6 km |
| La Grande Aiguille (2 Alpes) · Couloir NE | 5.1 · E2 · TD- | 930 m | 1,247 → 2,181 m | NE | 2.9 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 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 Le Freney-d'Oisans
From Paris: 6 hr 53 (633 km) by road.
By road
- From Grenoble: 1 hr 04 · 61 km
- From Chambéry: 1 hr 43 · 120 km
- From Valence: 2 hr 00 · 150 km
- From Annecy: 2 hr 12 · 167 km
- From Lyon: 2 hr 16 · 163 km
From other major cities (15)
- From Genève: 2 hr 42 · 205 km
- From Saint-Étienne: 2 hr 49 · 212 km
- From Marseille: 4 hr 04 · 288 km
- From Montpellier: 4 hr 07 · 354 km
- From Dijon: 4 hr 08 · 364 km
- From Clermont-Ferrand: 4 hr 09 · 329 km
- From Besançon: 4 hr 27 · 394 km
- From Nice: 5 hr 23 · 396 km · avoids Col de Restefond, closed in winter
- From Perpignan: 5 hr 29 · 502 km
- From Nancy: 6 hr 15 · 575 km
- From Toulouse: 6 hr 25 · 589 km
- From Strasbourg: 6 hr 50 · 632 km
- From Paris: 6 hr 53 · 633 km
- From Bordeaux: 8 hr 07 · 718 km
- From Pau: 8 hr 19 · 779 km
Excluding traffic and winter conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.
By train
Jarrie - Vizille station
halt · then 46 min drive (46 km)
Nearest main station: Grenoble, 1 hr 04 by road.
- From Grenoble station (stop “Gare Routière”): line 55 — 55 _ BRIANCON - GRENOBLE via SERRE CHEVALIER (ZOU ! Express Bus), 1 hr 20 to the “Village” stop — 2 departures a day on weekdays · first 10:45, last 15:45 · timetable from 15 December 2026 to 7 April 2027 · official timetable ↗
Direct journeys read from the official timetable files published on transport.data.gouv.fr — no connections.
By plane
- Grenoble-Alpes-Isère (GNB): 1 hr 30 by road · 103 km
- Chambéry-Savoie (CMF): 1 hr 54 by road · 127 km
Take me there
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Charging an electric car
1 charging station within 2 km
2 charging points · up to 24 kW
- Freney d'Oisans - Auberge du Freney · EASYCHARGE · 2 points · 24 kW · 0.2 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.
Translated from the French Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), machine translation.
Frequently asked questions
How high is Le Freney-d'Oisans?
The Le Freney-d'Oisans pistes start at 1,326 m, and its ski area rises to 3,311 m.
What is the longest piste in Le Freney-d'Oisans?
The longest piste is Sarenne: 8 km (black run), for 1,657 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 Le Freney-d'Oisans?
The highest lift, Pic Blanc 3, tops out at 3,304 m (IGN RGE ALTI terrain model). The 55 lifts mapped on OpenStreetMap total 43 km.
How do I get to Le Freney-d'Oisans?
By road, Le Freney-d'Oisans is 1 hr 04 from Grenoble (61 km), excluding traffic and winter conditions. By train, the nearest station is Jarrie - Vizille, 46 min by road from the resort. From Grenoble station, line 55 — 55 _ BRIANCON - GRENOBLE via SERRE CHEVALIER (ZOU ! Express Bus) reaches the “Village” stop in 1 hr 20, 2 departures a day on weekdays. The nearest airport is Grenoble-Alpes-Isère, 1 hr 30 away.
How long is the drive from Paris to Le Freney-d'Oisans?
6 hr 53 for 633 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 Le Freney-d'Oisans?
Snow cover varies from one winter to the next — the best time runs from mid-January to late February. 52 days a winter at 30 cm or more on average, and 272 cm of fresh snow, measured over 18 winters at the Météo-France “BESSE” station. This verdict rests on 18 winters of Météo-France measurements (2000-2019); in season the daily report prevails.
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