Les Aillons-Margériaz
1,385 mBottom of the pistes
1,834 mTop of the ski area
25 kmAlpine pistes
15Ski lifts
Not published by any source: adult day pass.
Les Aillons-Margériaz is a winter sports resort located in the communes of Aillon-le-Jeune, Aillon-le-Vieux and Sainte-Reine, in the département of Savoie in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.
Live webcams
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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, 6.1 km away. Hourly measurement — not the resort’s own snow report.
Avalanche danger
3-day forecast
Village 1,385 m · top 1,834 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: 1,834 m · Bottom of the pistes: 1,385 m · Days above 30 cm, December to March, model: 37%
- Ski areaIs there enough to ski all week?3 / 5
Km of pistes at the resort: 25 km · Lifts: 15 · Balance between piste levels: 77%
- 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: 82% · Magic carpets: 3 · Sledging runs: 0 · ESF ski school · Ice rink, pool, rail sledge…: 0
- AccessIs it easy to get to?3 / 5
Average drive time from 20 major cities: 4 hr 19 · Nearest railway station: 49 min · Station-to-resort shuttles per day: 0 · Nearest airport: 1 hr 06
- Atmosphere and après-skiIs there life in the evening and off the slopes?1 / 5
Bars and pubs: 0 · Nightclubs: 0 · Restaurants: 1 · 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
5-star hotels: 0 · 4-star hotels: 0 · Share of hotel rooms in 4 and 5 stars: 58% · 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).
38 pistes, by level
8 green23 blue4 red3 black
- Skiable vertical
- 449 m
- Cross-country skiing
- 4 named trails — 29 km of marked loops (8.9 km of distinct track: the loops overlap), right by the resort
- Snowpark
- Yes
Ski-area figures — bottom, km of pistes, pistes by level: OpenStreetMap (1 Oct); top, lifts: STRMTG — French national lift register (1 Jan) .
The ski area in figures
Measured on 7 October 20263 kmLongest piste — Les Gelinottes (blue), 383 m of vertical
383 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 1,776 → 1,393 m, 3 km
1,834 mHighest lift top — Agneau (platter lift), national lift register
11,945Total lift capacity, people per hour — 15 installations: 2 chairlifts, 10 drag lifts, 3 magic carpets
33 yrsAverage age of the lift fleet — oldest 1966, newest 2020
2,400Biggest lift, people per hour — Roc De Balme (detachable chairlift, 1997)
10 kmTotal length of lifts — 10 lifts mapped
n/aSki area boundary (OSM)
430Inhabitants — Aillon-le-Jeune (INSEE 73004)
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.
Source: national register of mechanical lifts (STRMTG, CAIRN), fleet as of 1 January 2025 — lifts attributed to Les Aillons-Margériaz only (“AILLON - MARGERIAZ”), magic carpets included.
Staying and hiring gear in Les Aillons-Margériaz
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Collective accommodation
- 2 hotels · 24 rooms (1 × 4★, 1 × 2★)
- 1 campsite · 33 pitches
Commune: Aillon-le-Jeune · 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 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 Les Aillons-Margériaz
Toboggan runs
- Espace Luge au Revard - Luge en S · Les Déserts · 7.9 km away
Swimming pool
- Piscine municipale d'Aillons Margériaz · Aillon-le-Jeune · 5.3 km away
Dog sledding
- La Ferme des Chiens de Traîneaux des Aillons-Margériaz · Aillon-le-Jeune · 0.1 km away
Paragliding
- Aire de décollage de parapente du Mont-Morbié · Aillon-le-Jeune · 6.8 km away
- Bauges Parapente · Lescheraines · 9.1 km away
Museum
- Maison du Parc : Espace découverte · Le Châtelard · 7.5 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 Les Aillons
47 instructors
🇬🇧 36 English-speaking instructors — lessons in English available
Source: esf.net
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 → 0 Marked off-piste itineraries
2 km Ski touring routes
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 Les Aillons-Margériaz — up to 1,200 m of climb.
| Summit and route | Ski grade | Climb | Altitude | Aspect | From resort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mont Margeriaz · Sentier des Tannes et Glacières | n/a · F | 450 m | 1,330 → 1,845 m | S | 1.2 km |
| Mont Margeriaz · Par les pistes | 1.2 · E2 · F | 430 m | 1,400 → 1,845 m | E | 1.2 km |
| Mont Margeriaz · couloir N en Z | 4.2 · E2 · D | 600 m | 1,176 → 1,730 m | N · NE | 2.2 km |
| Mont Margeriaz · par les Crêtes | 1.2 · E1 · F | 445 m | 1,400 → 1,845 m | E | 2.2 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 Les Aillons-Margériaz
From Paris: 6 hr 42 (603 km) by road.
By road
- From Chambéry: 53 min · 33 km
- From Annecy: 58 min · 41 km
- From Grenoble: 1 hr 19 · 79 km
- From Genève: 1 hr 30 · 84 km
- From Lyon: 2 hr 05 · 132 km
From other major cities (15)
- From Valence: 2 hr 23 · 171 km
- From Saint-Étienne: 2 hr 38 · 181 km
- From Besançon: 3 hr 50 · 256 km
- From Dijon: 3 hr 54 · 323 km
- From Clermont-Ferrand: 3 hr 58 · 298 km
- From Montpellier: 4 hr 30 · 376 km
- From Marseille: 4 hr 35 · 385 km
- From Strasbourg: 5 hr 45 · 473 km
- From Perpignan: 5 hr 51 · 524 km
- From Nancy: 5 hr 56 · 526 km
- From Nice: 6 hr 12 · 543 km
- From Paris: 6 hr 42 · 603 km
- From Toulouse: 6 hr 47 · 610 km
- From Bordeaux: 7 hr 56 · 688 km
- From Pau: 8 hr 42 · 800 km
Excluding traffic and winter conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.
By train
Montmélian station
regional station · then 49 min drive (34 km)
Nearest main station: Chambéry - Challes-les-Eaux, 51 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
- Chambéry-Savoie (CMF): 1 hr 06 by road · 41 km
- Genève (GVA): 1 hr 44 by road · 88 km
Take me there
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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 Les Aillons-Margériaz?
The Les Aillons-Margériaz pistes start at 1,385 m, and its ski area rises to 1,834 m.
How many kilometres of pistes does Les Aillons-Margériaz have?
Les Aillons-Margériaz has 25 km of slopes, 15 lifts.
What is the longest piste in Les Aillons-Margériaz?
The longest piste is Les Gelinottes: 3 km (blue run), for 383 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 Les Aillons-Margériaz?
The highest lift, Agneau (platter lift), tops out at 1,834 m. Source: STRMTG, French national register of mechanical lifts (CAIRN database), file dated 1 January 2025.
How many lifts does Les Aillons-Margériaz have, and what is their capacity?
The French national register of mechanical lifts records 15 installations at Les Aillons-Margériaz (2 chairlifts, 10 drag lifts, 3 magic carpets), for an authorised capacity of 11,945 people per hour, of which 2,400 for Roc De Balme alone. The fleet spans 1966 to 2020, an average age of 33 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 do I get to Les Aillons-Margériaz?
By road, Les Aillons-Margériaz is 53 min from Chambéry (33 km), excluding traffic and winter conditions. By train, the nearest station is Montmélian, 49 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 Chambéry-Savoie, 1 hr 06 away.
How long is the drive from Paris to Les Aillons-Margériaz?
6 hr 42 for 603 km from central Paris, excluding traffic and winter conditions. Computed on the real road network (OpenStreetMap): allow more on a school-holiday Saturday.
Is Les Aillons-Margériaz good for beginners and families?
82% of the pistes are green or blue: a very accessible area.
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