Le Recoin
Off season · opens 5 December 20261,650 mSector altitude
Le Recoin is a ski resort in the Northern Alps (Isère), in the commune of Chamrousse. The village sits at 1,650 m and the ski area rises to 2,246 m, a skiable vertical of 835 m.
A sector of Chamrousse
The Chamrousse resort page →Le Recoin is one of the ski villages of Chamrousse, and shares its ski area (84 km of pistes, 15 lifts). The area, the lift passes, the piste map, the off-piste routes and the SkiRadar ratings are described once, on the Chamrousse page — this page keeps what belongs to Le Recoin: its own altitude, its webcams, where to stay in the village, how to get there and its ski school.
Live webcams
All webcams (8) →Les CrêtesSkaping · 1.8 km away
Massif du TailleferSkaping · 2.1 km away
▶ Watch at the operator ↗
Chamrousse 1600 - Plateau de l'Arsellethe resort’s operator
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.
Snow, opening and weather
Snow report →The domain is due to open on 5 December 2026 and close on 11 April 2027. Open pistes and lifts will appear here as soon as the resort publishes its daily report.
Right now at the CHAMROUSSE station (1,730 m)
Source: Météo-France, CHAMROUSSE weather station, 0.3 km away. Hourly measurement — not the resort’s own snow report.
Avalanche danger
Good snow from early January to mid-April. 124 days a winter at 30 cm or more on average, and 453 cm of fresh snow, measured over 32 winters at the Météo-France “L Alpe d Huez (SATA)” station. Fortnight by fortnight, over 32 measured winters →
3-day forecast
Village 1,650 m · top 2,246 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 Recoin
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
828 bed spaces in tourist residences, holiday villages and hostels
- 1 hotel · 15 rooms
- 3 tourist residences and apartment hotels · 828 bed spaces
- 1 campsite · 47 pitches
Commune: Chamrousse · 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 Recoin
Without skis on — 5 km of snowshoe and walking trails
Ice rink
- Patinoire extérieure · Chamrousse · 0.1 km away
Swimming pool
- Spa thermal d'Uriage · Saint-Martin-d'Uriage · 4.2 km away
- Piscine municipale · Livet-et-Gavet · 5.6 km away
- Piscine d’été Coubertin_Domène · Domène · 9 km away
- Piscine de Vizille · Vizille · 9.9 km away
Spa and thermal baths
- Etablissement thermal d'Uriage · Saint-Martin-d'Uriage · 4.1 km away
- Les Bains de Chamrousse · OpenStreetMap
Dog sledding
- SAS Barbot - Chiens de traineaux Chamrousse · Chamrousse · 3 km away
Paragliding
- Chamrousse Parapente · Chamrousse · 0.3 km away
Museum
- Musée de la Romanche · Livet-et-Gavet · 4.3 km away
- Domaine de Vizille - Musée de la Révolution française · Vizille · 9.9 km away
Cinema
- Cinéma Le Schuss · Chamrousse · 1.7 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. 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 Chamrousse
149 instructors
🇬🇧 63 English-speaking instructors — lessons in English available
🗓️ This school sells its lessons online — book ↗
Source: esf.net
Resort contacts and documents
- Tourist office
- OFFICE DE TOURISME · 42 place de Belledonne, 38410 · 04 76 89 92 65 · info@chamrousse.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 DE TOURISME and distributed by ANMSM · read on 16 October
Getting to Le Recoin
From Paris: 6 hr 35 (610 km) by road.
By road
- From Grenoble: 43 min · 32 km
- From Chambéry: 1 hr 13 · 82 km
- From Annecy: 1 hr 42 · 129 km
- From Valence: 1 hr 43 · 127 km
- From Lyon: 1 hr 58 · 140 km
From other major cities (15)
- From Genève: 2 hr 12 · 167 km
- From Saint-Étienne: 2 hr 32 · 189 km
- From Montpellier: 3 hr 49 · 331 km
- From Dijon: 3 hr 50 · 341 km
- From Clermont-Ferrand: 3 hr 51 · 306 km
- From Marseille: 3 hr 55 · 341 km
- From Besançon: 4 hr 09 · 370 km
- From Perpignan: 5 hr 11 · 479 km
- From Nice: 5 hr 30 · 394 km
- From Nancy: 5 hr 57 · 552 km
- From Toulouse: 6 hr 07 · 565 km
- From Strasbourg: 6 hr 27 · 557 km
- From Paris: 6 hr 35 · 610 km
- From Bordeaux: 7 hr 49 · 695 km
- From Pau: 8 hr 02 · 755 km
Excluding traffic and winter conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.
By train
Grenoble Universités - Gières station
regional station · then 34 min drive (27 km)
Nearest main station: Grenoble, 45 min 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
- Grenoble-Alpes-Isère (GNB): 1 hr 12 by road · 80 km
- Chambéry-Savoie (CMF): 1 hr 25 by road · 90 km
Take me there
These links open the app with Le Recoin as the destination. Your starting point is never sent by us — the app asks you for it, if you agree.
Charging an electric car
3 charging stations within 2 km
7 charging points · up to 24 kW
- CHAMROUSSE - Le recoin · EASYCHARGE · 2 points · 22 kW · 0.1 km
- CHAMROUSSE - Place des Trolles · EASYCHARGE · 2 points · 22 kW · 1.6 km
- CHAMROUSSE - Rue Du Pere Tasse · EASYCHARGE · 3 points · 24 kW · 1.8 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 Recoin in French →
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