Les Carroz
Les Carroz is a ski resort in the Northern Alps (Haute-Savoie), in the commune of Arâches-la-Frasse. The village sits at 1,150 m and the ski area rises to 1,740 m, a skiable vertical of 580 m.
The area offers 151 km of alpine pistes, 99 marked pistes (32 green, 44 blue, 15 red, 8 black), 20 ski lifts, plus a snowpark. Green and blue runs dominate: terrain suited to beginners and families.
Les Carroz belongs to the linked Grand Massif area: one lift pass covers the neighbouring resorts.
Measured on the OpenStreetMap map: the longest piste runs 11 km (Cascades) and the highest lift tops out at 2,484 m.
The resort holds the Station classée de tourisme label.
Access: 49 min by road from Genève and 17 min from Magland railway station.
6 official webcams show the pistes live (on the French page).
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 / 5
Top of the ski area: 1,740 m · Bottom of the pistes: 1,160 m · Days above 30 cm per winter, measured: 50 days · Days above 30 cm, December to March, model: 88%
- Ski areaIs there enough to ski all week?4 / 5
Km of pistes at the resort: 151 km · Km of pistes across the linked area: 282 km · Lifts: 20 · Balance between piste levels: 88%
- ValueIs the lift pass reasonable for what you get?2.5 / 5
Adult day pass: €63 · Day pass price per km of pistes: €0.42/km
- Families and beginnersIs it right for children and beginners?3.5 / 5
Share of green and blue pistes: 77% · Magic carpets: 4 · Sledging runs: 2 · Special prices out of 4 (beginner, child, family, free age): 3 · ESF ski school · Ice rink, pool, rail sledge…: 3
- AccessIs it easy to get to?4 / 5
Average drive time from 20 major cities: 4 hr 28 · Nearest railway station: 17 min · Nearest airport: 1 hr 14
- Atmosphere and après-skiIs there life in the evening and off the slopes?3.5 / 5
Bars and pubs: 6 · Nightclubs: 0 · Restaurants: 19 · Upcoming events: 1 · Collective tourist beds: 7,795 — index: what the map and the listings publish
- Luxury and comfortHow upmarket is the resort?2.5 / 5
5-star hotels: 0 · 4-star hotels: 1 · Share of hotel rooms in 4 and 5 stars: 22% · Spas and saunas: 0 · Jewellers, watchmakers, fashion boutiques: 0 · Adult day pass: €63 — 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).
The domain is due to open on 12 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 FLAINE_SAPC station (1,611 m)
Avalanche danger
7-day forecast
Village 1,150 m · top 1,740 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.
Average snow depth by month
Good snow from January to March.
☀️ Average daily sunshine : Nov 6.2 h · Dec 5.6 h · Jan 5.9 h · Feb 7.2 h · Mar 8.6 h · Apr 10.2 h — 26 bright days in April (Open-Meteo estimate, 2015-2025).
- November—no record
- December54 cmVariable · 77%
- January77 cmGood skiing · 87%
- February94 cmGood skiing · 98%
- March101 cmGood skiing · 91%
- April61 cmVariable · 64%
- May—no record
30 cm on the ground: the benchmark for groomed-piste skiing. Bar = monthly average depth; percentage = share of time above 30 cm.
- Good skiing: 30 cm on more than 8 days in 10
- Variable: 30 cm on 5 to 8 days in 10
- Insufficient: 30 cm less than one day in two
Snow actually measured, winter by winter
12 complete winters measured, from 2002-2003 to 2015-2016 — on average 50 days a winter with at least 30 cm on the ground.
- 1-15 Dec15 cmInsufficient · 19 %
- 16-31 Dec18 cmInsufficient · 25 %
- 1-15 Jan19 cmInsufficient · 23 %
- 16-31 Jan33 cmVariable · 55 %
- 1-15 Feb46 cmVariable · 69 %
- 16-29 Feb44 cmVariable · 61 %
- 1-15 Mar38 cmVariable · 52 %
- 16-31 Mar20 cmInsufficient · 25 %
- 1-15 Apr5 cmInsufficient · 8 %
- Best winter of the series
- 2008-2009 — 120 days at 30 cm or more
- Worst winter of the series
- 2006-2007 — 0 day at 30 cm or more
How much snow actually falls — 325 cm a winter on average, spread over 42 days of snowfall. Measured over 14 complete winters.
- Biggest 24-hour snowfall
- 36 cm — 2002-2003
- Snowiest winter
- 2012-2013 — 521 cm
- Leanest winter
- 2010-2011 — 144 cm
The ski area
Compare with another resort →99 pistes, by level — 151 km
- Skiable vertical
- 580 m (1,160 m → 1,740 m)
- Lifts
- 1 gondola, 10 chairlifts, 5 drag lifts, 4 magic carpets
- Cross-country skiing
- 2 named trails — 22 km of marked loops (15 km of distinct track: the loops overlap) · Domaine Nordique d'Agy - Saint-Sigismond area, 3.3 km from the resortOpenStreetMap, lengths measured on the geometry, surveyed on 12 September 2026. A trail with no difficulty tag is shown as "n/a" — never guessed.
See the trails(2)
- Snowpark
- 3 mapped zones, 2.1 km from the resort — Boardercross (intermediate) · Cool zone de l'Oasis (easy) · Ze FunkyPark
OpenStreetMap, surveyed on 12 September 2026. OpenStreetMap does not map individual features (kickers, rails): what is counted here are the named zones. - Without skis
- 3 km of snowshoe and walking trails · 2 sledging runs
- Piste aspect
- N 51% · E 7% · S 7% · W 34% (descent direction of 64 OSM pistes, terrain model)
- Mountain restaurants
- L'Eterlou (1730 m) · La Cupesse (1470 m) · l'Anfionne (1461 m)
- Season 2026-2027
- opens on 12 December 2026, closes on 11 April 2027
Opening hours lift by lift (1)
| Lift | Type | Opens | Closes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Télésiège de Gron | Télésiège | 09:30 | 16:30 | official website |
Hours as published by the source quoted, read on 15 September 2026. A lift missing from this table has no published time — no default is shown.
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 (2026-2027) detail →
| Adult pass | Price |
|---|---|
| 1 day | €63 |
| Child, 1 day | €56.70 |
| Beginner, 1 day | €28 |
| Free | Free under 8 · 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 Les Carroz only (“CARROZ D'ARACHES (LES)”), magic carpets included.
Staying and hiring gear in Les Carroz
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Stay & accommodation
Live webcams
All webcams (8) →Official players of the resort, live image. Checked on 12 September 2026.
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 Les Carroz
From Paris: 6 hr 15 (590 km) by road.
By road
- From Genève: 49 min · 55 km
- From Annecy: 1 hr 01 · 79 km
- From Chambéry: 1 hr 29 · 121 km
- From Grenoble: 2 hr 03 · 177 km
- From Lyon: 2 hr 23 · 198 km
From other major cities (15)
- From Saint-Étienne: 3 hr 01 · 257 km
- From Valence: 3 hr 01 · 279 km
- From Besançon: 3 hr 17 · 229 km
- From Dijon: 3 hr 24 · 311 km
- From Clermont-Ferrand: 4 hr 06 · 369 km
- From Montpellier: 5 hr 08 · 483 km
- From Strasbourg: 5 hr 12 · 447 km
- From Marseille: 5 hr 13 · 492 km
- From Nancy: 5 hr 27 · 515 km
- From Nice: 6 hr 02 · 500 km
- From Paris: 6 hr 15 · 590 km
- From Perpignan: 6 hr 30 · 631 km
- From Toulouse: 7 hr 26 · 717 km
- From Bordeaux: 8 hr 04 · 756 km
- From Pau: 9 hr 20 · 907 km
Excluding traffic and winter conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.
By train
Magland station
halt · then 17 min drive (13 km)
Nearest main station: Annecy, 59 min by road.
Shuttles and buses from the station: see the resort’s official website.
By plane
- Genève (GVA): 1 hr 14 by road · 64 km
- Chambéry-Savoie (CMF): 1 hr 32 by road · 120 km
Take me there
These links open the app with Les Carroz as the destination. Your starting point is never sent by us — the app asks you for it, if you agree.
Charging an electric car
6 charging stations within 2 km
11 charging points · up to 24 kW
- ARÂCHES LA FRASSE - Route des Moulins · EASYCHARGE · 3 points · 24 kW · 0.3 km
- La Croix de Savoie - 22 kW AC · Zephyre SAS · 1 point · 22 kW · 0.9 km
- La Croix de Savoie - 22 kW AC · Zephyre SAS · 1 point · 22 kW · 0.9 km
- ARÂCHES-LA-FRASSE -Parking de la Piscine · EASYCHARGE · 2 points · 24 kW · 1 km
- ARÂCHES LA FRASSE - D106 Route de la Barliette · EASYCHARGE · 2 points · 22 kW · 1.1 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: Corbalanche · Félire · Coccinelle
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 Les Carroz — up to 1,030 m of climb.
| Summit and route | Ski grade | Climb | Altitude | Aspect | From resort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pointe de l'Arbaron · Versant NW | n/a · PD- | 750 m | 1,844 → 1,953 m | NW | 2.6 km |
| Pointe de Véret · Couloir "aux Poubelles" | 5.1 · E2 · D | 340 m | 1,780 → 2,122 m | NW | 3.7 km |
| Pointe des Biollaires · De Morillon | 1.3 · F | 1,011 m | 700 → 1,711 m | n/a | 3.8 km |
| Tête du Pré des Saix · depuis les Carroz, par les pistes | n/a · F | 980 m | 1,160 → 2,118 m | NW | 3.8 km |
| Tête du Pré des Saix · Versant S | 1.2 · E1 · F | 370 m | 1,750 → 2,118 m | S | 3.8 km |
| Tête de Véret · Depuis Les Molliets | 2.2 · E1 · F | 920 m | 1,460 → 2,309 m | W | 3.9 km |
| Belvédère d'Aujon · Depuis Flaine | n/a · F | 473 m | 1,577 → 2,050 m | NE | 4 km |
| Tête du Pré des Saix · Depuis Morillon par les pistes | 2.1 · E1 · F | 1,030 m | 1,091 → 2,118 m | E | 4.1 km |
| Tête du Pré des Saix · Versant N | n/a · PD- | 503 m | 1,615 → 2,118 m | N | 4.1 km |
| Tête du Pré des Saix · Pointe de la Corne en circuit. | n/a · PD- | 710 m | 1,615 → 2,118 m | N | 4.2 km |
| Pointe de Véret · depuis Flaine | n/a · PD- | 450 m | 1,678 → 2,122 m | SE | 4.3 km |
| Tête de Véret · Couloir NE depuis Vernant | 3.2 · E1 · AD- | 950 m | 1,747 → 2,309 m | NE | 4.6 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 Les Carroz
Ice rink
- Jardin de glace à la Patinoire de Samoëns · Samoëns · 8.7 km away
Swimming pool
- Espace piscine -Aquacîme · Arâches-la-Frasse · 1 km away
- Piscine de Samoëns · Samoëns · 8.3 km away
Paragliding
- Atterrissage parapente des Flocons Verts · Arâches-la-Frasse · 0.4 km away
- Décollage parapente de la Kédeuze · Arâches-la-Frasse · 1.8 km away
- Atterrissage parapente Arâches · Arâches-la-Frasse · 1.8 km away
- Agy Plane parapente - Laurent Broisin · Cluses · 6.4 km away
Museum
- Musée de l'Horlogerie et du Décolletage · Cluses · 6 km away
- Ferme Ecomusée du Clos Parchet · Samoëns · 9.6 km away
- Micro-Folie · Marnaz · 9.7 km away
Cinema
- Cinétoiles - Cinéma Art & Essais · Cluses · 6.1 km away
- Ciné Cluses · Cluses · 6.1 km away
- Cinéma Cinébus · Taninges · 9.8 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. Opening times and prices are the operator’s — check before you go.
Practical information
Collective accommodation
7,795 bed spaces in tourist residences, holiday villages and hostels
- 5 hotels · 170 rooms (2 × 4★, 2 × 3★)
- 4 holiday villages and family centres · 1,990 bed spaces
- 12 tourist residences and apartment hotels · 5,187 bed spaces
- 2 youth hostels and sports centres · 618 bed spaces
Commune: Arâches-la-Frasse · INSEE tourist accommodation survey, 2026, read on 12 September 2026. Collective accommodation only — privately let flats and second homes are not counted. INSEE dataset ↗
Ski school
ESF Araches Les Carroz
131 instructors
🇬🇧 67 English-speaking instructors — lessons in English available
🗓️ This school sells its lessons online — book ↗
Source: esf.net
Days without skiing
- Cinema · Le Choucas
- Ice rink · Patinoire
- Swimming pool · Aquacîme
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 Les Carroz
All events →-
17 October 2026 · 10:00
Vouilloux, La modernité ordinaire au service de la population
Espace animation de Vouilloux · Sallanches
Partez à la découverte de Vouilloux, ce célèbre quartier de Sallanches réalisé par l’architecte haut-savoyard Maurice Novarina. Cette cité, labellisée Architecture contemporaine remarquable par le de…
Source: OpenAgenda, agenda “Plan Libre, la gazette” · View on OpenAgenda ↗
Also near: Cordon (3.5 km), Combloux (5.4 km), Portes du Mont-Blanc (6.8 km), Plaine Joux (8.2 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 Les Carroz?
Les Carroz sits at 1,150 m at village level, and its ski area rises to 1,740 m.
How many kilometres of pistes does Les Carroz have?
Les Carroz has 151 km of pistes served by 20 lifts, within the linked Grand Massif area (OpenStreetMap survey).
What is the longest piste in Les Carroz?
The longest piste is Cascades: 11 km (red run), for 1,594 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 Carroz?
The highest lift, TSD de la Tête des Saix (detachable chairlift), tops out at 2,109 m. Source: STRMTG, French national register of mechanical lifts (CAIRN database), file dated 1 January 2025.
How many lifts does Les Carroz have, and what is their capacity?
The French national register of mechanical lifts records 15 installations at Les Carroz (1 gondola, 4 chairlifts, 5 drag lifts, 5 magic carpets), for an authorised capacity of 16,598 people per hour, of which 3,000 for TSD des Molliets alone. The fleet spans 1963 to 2018, an average age of 28 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 Les Carroz?
The adult day pass costs €63 (2026-2027, read on the official price list).
How do I get to Les Carroz?
By road, Les Carroz is 49 min from Genève (55 km), excluding traffic and winter conditions. By train, the nearest station is Magland, 17 min by road from the resort. The nearest airport is Genève, 1 hr 14 away.
How long is the drive from Paris to Les Carroz?
6 hr 15 for 590 km from central Paris, excluding traffic and winter conditions. Computed on the real road network (OpenStreetMap): allow more on a school-holiday Saturday.
When does Les Carroz open?
According to the official website, the resort opens on 12 December 2026 and closes on 11 April 2027 (2026-2027 season).
Is the snow reliable in Les Carroz?
Yes: good snow through most of the winter according to twenty winters of Météo-France measurements; in season the daily report prevails.
Is Les Carroz good for beginners and families?
77% of the pistes are green or blue: a very accessible area.
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