Le Revard
1,500 mVillage altitude
1,549 mTop of the ski area
30 kmLinked pistes · Savoie Grand Revard
Not published by any source: adult day pass. Not retained (conflicting sources): ski lifts.
Le Revard is a tourist and winter sports resort in France located in Savoie, in the massif des Bauges, on the summit of mont Revard, on a balcony above Aix-les-Bains. It is located in the communes of Les Déserts, Montcel, Mouxy and Pugny-Chatenod and is part of the Savoie Grand Revard ski area.
Live webcams
All webcams (3) →Stade de BiathlonLa Féclaz
OriondeLa Féclaz
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.
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 FECLAZ_SAPC station (1,328 m)
Source: Météo-France, FECLAZ_SAPC weather station, 4 km away. Hourly measurement — not the resort’s own snow report.
Avalanche danger
Good snow from mid-January to late March. 105 days a winter at 30 cm or more on average, measured over 18 winters at the Météo-France “ALLANT-NIVOSE” station. Fortnight by fortnight, over 18 measured winters →
3-day forecast
Village 1,500 m · top 1,549 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 / 5
Top of the ski area: 1,549 m · Bottom of the pistes: 1,275 m · Days above 30 cm per winter, measured: 105 days · Days above 30 cm, December to March, model: 20%
- Ski areaIs there enough to ski all week?2.5 / 5
Km skiable from the resort, linked area included: 30 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?2.5 / 5
Share of green and blue pistes: 67% · ESF ski school · Ice rink, pool, rail sledge…: 1
- AccessIs it easy to get to?4.5 / 5
Average drive time from 20 major cities: 4 hr 06 · Nearest railway station: 24 min · Station-to-resort shuttles per day: 151 · Nearest airport: 48 min
- Atmosphere and après-skiIs there life in the evening and off the slopes?2 / 5
Bars and pubs: 1 · Nightclubs: 0 · Restaurants: 7 · 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 · 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
- 274 m
- Cross-country skiing
- 21 named trails — 141 km of marked loops (66 km of distinct track: the loops overlap) · Savoie Grand Revard area, right by the resort
Ski-area figures — bottom, top: OpenStreetMap (1 Oct); km of the linked area: Resort’s official website (read by SkiRadar) (23 Sept) . 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 20262 kmLongest piste — Le Tétras (blue), 262 m of vertical
267 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 1,546 → 1,278 m, 1 km
1,549 mHighest lift top — Ébats (chairlift)
4 kmTotal length of lifts — 7 lifts mapped
2,372 haSki area boundary (OSM)
1,071Inhabitants — Pugny-Chatenod (INSEE 73208)
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 Revard
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.
Stay & accommodation
Holidu
Holiday-rental comparison site.
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 Revard
Without skis on — 1 km of snowshoe and walking trails · 7 sledging runs
Toboggan runs
- Espace Luge au Revard - Luge en S · Les Déserts · 0.3 km away
- Luge sur rail · OpenStreetMap
Dog sledding
- La Ferme des Chiens de Traîneaux des Aillons-Margériaz · Aillon-le-Jeune · 8 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
Tourist office
La Maison du Revard
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 Le Revard — up to 880 m of climb.
| Summit and route | Ski grade | Climb | Altitude | Aspect | From resort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mont Revard · La crémaillere | n/a · F | 708 m | 830 → 1,538 m | NW | 0.2 km |
| Le Revard · couloir du téléphérique | 5.1 · E3 · D+ | 880 m | 680 → 1,562 m | W · SW | 0.4 km |
| Le Revard · Versant E | 1.2 · E1 · F+ | 78 m | 1,460 → 1,538 m | E · SE | 0.4 km |
| Mont Revard · Couloir du Téléphérique | 5.1 · E3 · TD | 848 m | 690 → 1,538 m | W | 0.5 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 Revard
From Paris: 6 hr 20 (598 km) by road.
By road
- From Chambéry: 38 min · 27 km
- From Annecy: 47 min · 50 km
- From Grenoble: 1 hr 12 · 80 km
- From Genève: 1 hr 17 · 88 km
- From Lyon: 1 hr 43 · 128 km
From other major cities (15)
- From Valence: 2 hr 15 · 173 km
- From Saint-Étienne: 2 hr 17 · 177 km
- From Dijon: 3 hr 35 · 329 km
- From Clermont-Ferrand: 3 hr 36 · 294 km
- From Besançon: 3 hr 37 · 261 km
- From Montpellier: 4 hr 22 · 377 km
- From Marseille: 4 hr 27 · 387 km
- From Strasbourg: 5 hr 32 · 478 km
- From Nancy: 5 hr 42 · 540 km
- From Perpignan: 5 hr 44 · 525 km
- From Nice: 6 hr 05 · 545 km
- From Paris: 6 hr 20 · 598 km
- From Toulouse: 6 hr 40 · 612 km
- From Bordeaux: 7 hr 34 · 683 km
- From Pau: 8 hr 34 · 802 km
Excluding traffic and winter conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.
By train
Grésy-sur-Aix station
regional station · then 24 min drive (20 km)
Nearest main station: Chambéry - Challes-les-Eaux, 36 min by road.
- From Chambéry - Challes-les-Eaux station (stop “Grenette”): line A — PLAGE / TECHNOLAC → UNIVERSITE DE JACOB (CHAMBERY - Synchro Mobilités), 13 min to the “Chamnord Revard” stop — 93 departures a day on weekdays, 43 a day at weekends · first 05:15, last 00:15 · timetable from 15 December 2026 to 15 April 2027 · official timetable ↗
- From Chambéry - Challes-les-Eaux station (stop “Gare Ducs”): line 2 — LANDIERS NORD → ST JEOIRE FRASSES (CHAMBERY - Synchro Mobilités), 17 min to the “Chamnord Revard” stop — 29 departures a day on weekdays, 29 a day at weekends · first 06:00, last 20:07 · timetable from 15 December 2026 to 15 April 2027 · official timetable ↗
- From Grésy-sur-Aix station: line K21 — Valence - Annecy (ZOU ! TER), 6 min to the “Aix-les-Bains le Revard” stop — 29 departures a day on weekdays, 25 a day at weekends · first 06:18, last 22:22 · 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
- Chambéry-Savoie (CMF): 48 min by road · 40 km
- Grenoble-Alpes-Isère (GNB): 1 hr 27 by road · 119 km
Take me there
These links open the app with Le Revard 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 Le Revard?
Le Revard sits at 1,500 m at village level, and its ski area rises to 1,549 m.
How many kilometres of pistes does Le Revard have?
From Le Revard you can ski 30 km of slopes across Savoie Grand Revard.
What is the longest piste in Le Revard?
The longest piste is Le Tétras: 2 km (blue run), for 262 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 Revard?
The highest lift, Ébats, tops out at 1,549 m (IGN RGE ALTI terrain model). The 7 lifts mapped on OpenStreetMap total 4 km.
How do I get to Le Revard?
By road, Le Revard is 38 min from Chambéry (27 km), excluding traffic and winter conditions. By train, the nearest station is Grésy-sur-Aix, 24 min by road from the resort. From Chambéry - Challes-les-Eaux station, line A — PLAGE / TECHNOLAC → UNIVERSITE DE JACOB (CHAMBERY - Synchro Mobilités) reaches the “Chamnord Revard” stop in 13 min, 93 departures a day on weekdays, 43 a day at weekends. The nearest airport is Chambéry-Savoie, 48 min away.
How long is the drive from Paris to Le Revard?
6 hr 20 for 598 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 Revard?
Good snow from mid-January to late March. 105 days a winter at 30 cm or more on average, measured over 18 winters at the Météo-France “ALLANT-NIVOSE” station. This verdict rests on 18 winters of Météo-France measurements (2008-2026); in season the daily report prevails.
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