Le Mont-Dore
Le Mont-Dore is a winter sports resort of the Massif central located in the Le Grand Sancy ski area, at the foot of the Sancy.
Translated from the French Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), machine translation.
Seven criteria rated from 1 to 5 stars, in half-stars, from this page's sourced data. A rating is a rank among the 322 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: 1,846 m · Bottom of the pistes: 1,350 m · Days above 30 cm per winter, measured: 38 days · Days above 30 cm, December to March, model: 1%
- Ski areaIs there enough to ski all week?4 / 5
Km of pistes at the resort: 62 km · Km of pistes across the linked area: 62 km · Lifts: 32 · Balance between piste levels: 91%
- ValueIs the lift pass reasonable for what you get?3 / 5
Adult day pass: €42.7 · Day pass price per km of pistes: €0.69/km · Adult 6-day pass: €231.6
- Families and beginnersIs it right for children and beginners?3.5 / 5
Share of green and blue pistes: 70% · Magic carpets: 2 · Sledging runs: 2 · Special prices out of 4 (beginner, child, family, free age): 3 · Ice rink, pool, rail sledge…: 1 · Famille Plus label
- AccessIs it easy to get to?3 / 5
Average drive time from 20 major cities: 4 hr 32 · Nearest railway station: 47 min · Station-to-resort shuttles per day: 0 · Nearest airport: 1 hr 12
- Atmosphere and après-skiIs there life in the evening and off the slopes?2 / 5
Bars and pubs: 0 · Nightclubs: 0 · Restaurants: 4 · Upcoming events: 1 · Collective tourist beds: 591 — 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 · Adult day pass: €42.7 — 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 (OpenStreetMap, Wikidata), snow depth observed at the Météo-France station, ERA5-Land model) ; ski area (OpenStreetMap pistes and lifts, linked area (Wikidata)) ; 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).
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)
7-day forecast
Village 1,050 m · top 1,846 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.
Snow actually measured, winter by winter
14 complete winters measured, from 2005-2006 to 2025-2026 — on average 38 days a winter with at least 30 cm on the ground.
- 1-15 Dec19 cmInsufficient · 26 %
- 16-31 Dec21 cmInsufficient · 27 %
- 1-15 Jan27 cmInsufficient · 28 %
- 16-31 Jan33 cmVariable · 52 %
- 1-15 Feb31 cmInsufficient · 47 %
- 16-29 Feb25 cmInsufficient · 25 %
- 1-15 Mar24 cmInsufficient · 28 %
- 16-31 Mar14 cmInsufficient · 15 %
- 1-15 Apr5 cmInsufficient · 5 %
- Best winter of the series
- 2005-2006 — 126 days at 30 cm or more
- Worst winter of the series
- 2006-2007 — 0 day at 30 cm or more
Snowfall: no long enough record of fresh snow at this station. Rather than an estimate, we show nothing.
The ski area
Compare with another resort →101 pistes, by level — 62 km
- Skiable vertical
- 496 m (1,350 m → 1,846 m)
- Lifts
- 1 cable car, 1 funicular, 1 gondola, 4 chairlifts, 22 drag lifts, 2 magic carpets
- Cross-country skiing
- 29 km of nordic trails
- Night skiing
- 3 floodlit pistes (OSM)
- Without skis
- 13 km of snowshoe and walking trails · 2 sledging runs
- Piste aspect
- N 23% · E 36% · S 19% · W 23% (descent direction of 97 OSM pistes, terrain model)
- Mountain restaurants
- Le Pic du Sancy (1769 m) · La Chambasse (1395 m) · Le Roc (1393 m) · Azur Sancy (1326 m) · La Table de l'Ours (1307 m)
- Tourist office
- Office de tourisme du Mont-Dore · Avenue de La Libération, 63240 · +33(0)473652021 · [email protected] (declared by the resort, ANMSM)
- Piste map (PDF)
- Plan pistes Mont-Dore 2026 (declared by the resort, ANMSM)
- Resort app
- Android (declared by the resort, ANMSM)
- Famille Plus
- The resort’s family page (declared by the resort, ANMSM)
Resort data: declared by Office de tourisme du Mont-Dore and distributed by ANMSM · read on 18 September
Pistes and lifts surveyed on OpenStreetMap within 4 km of the resort — for a resort in a linked area, the figure may include neighbouring pistes.
Lift passes (2025-2026) detail →
| Adult pass | Price |
|---|---|
| 1 day | €42.70 |
| 6 days | €231.60 |
| Season | €584.60 |
| Child, 1 day | €30.40 |
| Beginner, 1 day | €30.90 |
| Free | Free under 5 · free from 75 years |
Read on the official price list, full price, excluding promotions. Official price list ↗
The ski area in figures
Measured on 9 September 2026Measured 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 Le Mont-Dore only (“MONT DORE (LE)”), magic carpets included.
Staying and hiring gear in Le Mont-Dore
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Stay & accommodation
Live webcams
All webcams (8) →Official players of the resort, live image. Checked on 18 September 2026.
Webcams provided by windy.com — add a webcam.
Piste map
Open on OpenSnowMap ↗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 Mont-Dore
From Paris: 5 hr 05 (471 km) by road.
By road
- From Clermont-Ferrand: 55 min · 49 km
- From Saint-Étienne: 2 hr 28 · 196 km
- From Lyon: 2 hr 47 · 218 km
- From Valence: 3 hr 50 · 314 km
- From Bordeaux: 3 hr 53 · 347 km
From other major cities (15)
- From Toulouse: 3 hr 57 · 351 km
- From Grenoble: 3 hr 57 · 319 km
- From Chambéry: 3 hr 59 · 315 km
- From Dijon: 4 hr 07 · 369 km
- From Montpellier: 4 hr 12 · 349 km
- From Annecy: 4 hr 18 · 353 km
- From Genève: 4 hr 25 · 372 km
- From Besançon: 4 hr 43 · 427 km
- From Paris: 5 hr 05 · 471 km
- From Perpignan: 5 hr 07 · 450 km
- From Pau: 5 hr 54 · 543 km
- From Marseille: 5 hr 58 · 525 km
- From Nancy: 6 hr 14 · 579 km
- From Strasbourg: 7 hr 06 · 665 km
- From Nice: 7 hr 36 · 683 km
Excluding traffic and winter conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.
By train
Durtol - Nohanent station
halt · then 47 min drive (44 km)
Nearest main station: Clermont-Ferrand, 55 min by road.
No direct bus line from the station to the resort appears in the open-data timetables (checked on 13 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
- Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne (CFE): 1 hr 12 by road · 62 km
- Limoges (LIG): 2 hr 29 by road · 211 km
Take me there
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Charging an electric car
1 charging station within 2 km
3 charging points · up to 25 kW
- CHARGEZY - Mont Dore - Sancy · SPIE CityNetworks · 3 points · 25 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 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.
Off-piste & ski touring
The resorts for off-piste skiing →Named itineraries: Pradets - Retour Village
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
Resorts for ski touring →12 ski touring routes documented within 10 km of Le Mont-Dore — up to 1,200 m of climb.
| Summit and route | Ski grade | Climb | Altitude | Aspect | From resort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Puy de Cliergue · Face E | 3.1 · E2 · PD | n/a | 1,300 → 1,620 m | E | 0.5 km |
| Puy Redon · Couloir NW | n/a · PD+ | 484 m | 1,300 → 1,784 m | NW | 0.6 km |
| Puy de Sancy · Sancy En Traversee | n/a · AD | 1,200 m | 1,350 → 1,885 m | N | 0.7 km |
| Puy de Sancy · Par le Val de Courre, Fontaine Salée et Col de la Cabane | n/a · PD- | 830 m | 1,320 → 1,885 m | n/a | 0.7 km |
| Puy de Sancy · Couloir du Val d'Enfer | 3.2 · AD | 800 m | 1,200 → 1,885 m | NE | 0.7 km |
| Puy de Sancy · Face NE depuis la station du Mont Dore | n/a · E1 · AD- | 585 m | 1,300 → 1,885 m | NE | 0.7 km |
| Puy de Sancy · Val d'Enfer - Couloir des Poubelles | n/a | 350 m | 1,430 → 1,780 m | NW | 0.9 km |
| Puy de Cliergue · Les couloirs face E | 3.3 · E2 · AD | n/a | 1,300 → 1,620 m | E | 1 km |
| Puy Redon · Le couloir Collangette | 3.3 · E2 · D | 600 m | 1,200 → 1,781 m | E | 1.2 km |
| Puy Redon · Couloir en Y | 4.2 · E3 · D | n/a | 1,500 → 1,874 m | NE | 1.2 km |
| Puy des Crebasses · Traversée Chambon des neiges > Le Mont Dore station | n/a · PD | 1,050 m | 1,150 → 1,762 m | n/a | 1.4 km |
| Puy des Crebasses · couloir Chapial | n/a · E2 · D- | n/a | 1,170 → 1,762 m | S | 1.4 km |
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 ↗
Beyond skiing at Le Mont-Dore
Toboggan runs
- Luge d'été Lego® du Mont-Dore · Mont-Dore · 2.9 km away
- Luge d'été de Super-Besse · Besse-et-Saint-Anastaise · 4.3 km away
Ice rink
- Patinoire · Mont-Dore · 3.5 km away
Swimming pool
- Centre ludo-sportif Les Hermines : Espace aquatique · Besse-et-Saint-Anastaise · 4.8 km away
- Sancy' O - Pôle Aqualudique de La Bourboule · La Bourboule · 7.3 km away
Spa and thermal baths
- Escapade Beauté · Mont-Dore · 3.5 km away
- Cures médicales - Thermes du Mont-Dore · Mont-Dore · 3.6 km away
- Spa de l'Etablissement Thermal du Mont-Dore · Mont-Dore · 3.6 km away
- Centre ludo-sportif Les Hermines : Espace Bien-être · Besse-et-Saint-Anastaise · 4.7 km away
Dog sledding
- Chiens de traîneau des volcans · Picherande · 9.2 km away
Paragliding
- Sites de parapente du Mont-Dore · Mont-Dore · 3.5 km away
- Site de Parapente de Super-Besse · Besse-et-Saint-Anastaise · 4.5 km away
- Terrain de pratique de parapente - Le Puy de l'Ouire · Orcival · 9.8 km away
Museum
- Espace culturel Joseph Foret · Mont-Dore · 3.5 km away
- Musée Joseph Forêt · Mont-Dore · 3.5 km away
- Minéralexpo · La Bourboule · 7.7 km away
- Scénomusée Toinette et Julien · Murat-le-Quaire · 8.8 km away
Cinema
- Cinéma : L'Olympic · Mont-Dore · 3.8 km away
- Cinéma : Ciné-Super · Besse-et-Saint-Anastaise · 4.5 km away
- Cinéma : Le Roxy · La Bourboule · 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.
Practical information
Collective accommodation
591 bed spaces in tourist residences, holiday villages and hostels
- 15 hotels · 371 rooms (6 × 3★, 8 × 2★)
- 1 holiday village or family centre · 444 bed spaces
- 1 tourist residence or apartment hotel · 40 bed spaces
- 1 youth hostel or sports centre · 107 bed spaces
- 4 campsites · 336 pitches
Commune: Mont-Dore · INSEE tourist accommodation survey, 2026, read on 12 September 2026. Collective accommodation only — privately let flats and second homes are not counted. INSEE dataset ↗
Tourist office
Office de Tourisme
📍 11 Avenue de la Libération, 63240 Mont-Dore
Days without skiing
- Alpine coaster · Luge d'été LEGO
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.
What's on around Le Mont-Dore
All events →-
15 October 2026 – 16 October 2026
Visite Parc Thermal La Bourboule
Parc Thermal La Bourboule · La Bourboule
Le sentier des curistes initié par le CAUE du Puy-de-Dôme permet de découvrir, redécouvrir et se réapproprier le cadre bâti exceptionnel de la cité thermale de La Bourboule. La démarche est à la fois…
Source: OpenAgenda, agenda “Plan Libre, la gazette” · View on OpenAgenda ↗
Also near: La Stèle (3.8 km), Chastreix-Sancy (6.7 km), Guéry (7.3 km), Chambon-des-Neiges (9.9 km)
Events published on OpenAgenda by the agendas named above, kept when they take place within 10 km of the resort. We organise nothing: times, prices and cancellations are the organiser's.
Nearby resorts
Frequently asked questions
How high is Le Mont-Dore?
Le Mont-Dore sits at 1,050 m at village level, and its ski area rises to 1,846 m.
How many kilometres of pistes does Le Mont-Dore have?
Le Mont-Dore has 62 km of pistes served by 32 lifts, within the linked Le Grand Sancy area (OpenStreetMap survey).
What is the longest piste in Le Mont-Dore?
The longest piste is Bois Joli: 3 km (green run), for 224 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 Mont-Dore?
The highest lift, Pas De L'ane (platter lift), tops out at 1,821 m. Source: STRMTG, French national register of mechanical lifts (CAIRN database), file dated 1 January 2025.
How many lifts does Le Mont-Dore have, and what is their capacity?
The French national register of mechanical lifts records 17 installations at Le Mont-Dore (2 aerial tramways, 3 chairlifts, 10 drag lifts, 2 magic carpets), for an authorised capacity of 14,390 people per hour, of which 2,000 for Tremplin alone. The fleet spans 1961 to 2017, an average age of 31 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 much is a lift pass in Le Mont-Dore?
The adult day pass costs €42.70 and the 6-day pass €231.60 (2025-2026, read on the official price list).
How do I get to Le Mont-Dore?
By road, Le Mont-Dore is 55 min from Clermont-Ferrand (49 km), excluding traffic and winter conditions. By train, the nearest station is Durtol - Nohanent, 47 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 12 away.
How long is the drive from Paris to Le Mont-Dore?
5 hr 05 for 471 km from central Paris, excluding traffic and winter conditions. Computed on the real road network (OpenStreetMap): allow more on a school-holiday Saturday.
Is Le Mont-Dore good for beginners and families?
70% of the pistes are green or blue: a rather easy area. The resort holds the Famille Plus family label.
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