Les Fourgs
1,129 mVillage altitude
1,229 mTop of the ski area
6 kmAlpine pistes
7Ski lifts
Not published by any source: adult day pass.
Les Fourgs is a small French ski resort located in the territory of the French commune of Les Fourgs, in the département of Doubs and the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region.
Live webcams
All webcams (1) →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. Checked on 12 September 2026.
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 LES FOURGS station (1,140 m)
Source: Météo-France, LES FOURGS weather station, 1.1 km away. Hourly measurement — not the resort’s own snow report.
Natural snow is low on average: skiing depends on snowmaking and good years. 42 days a winter at 30 cm or more on average, and 251 cm of fresh snow, measured over 17 winters at the Météo-France “LES FOURGS” station. Fortnight by fortnight, over 17 measured winters →
3-day forecast
Village 1,129 m · top 1,229 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?1.5 / 5
Top of the ski area: 1,229 m · Bottom of the pistes: 1,094 m · Days above 30 cm per winter, measured: 42 days · Days above 30 cm, December to March, model: 11%
- Ski areaIs there enough to ski all week?1.5 / 5
Km of pistes at the resort: 6 km · Lifts: 7 · Balance between piste levels: 62%
- 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: 80% · Magic carpets: 1 · 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 46 · Nearest railway station: 16 min · Station-to-resort shuttles per day: 0 · Nearest airport: 1 hr 35
- 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: 7 · 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).
15 pistes, by level
2 green10 blue3 red0 black
- Skiable vertical
- 135 m
- Cross-country skiing
- 66 km of nordic trails
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 20260 kmLongest piste — unnamed on the map (blue), 57 m of vertical
93 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 1,188 → 1,095 m, 0 km
1,229 mHighest lift top — Granges Berrard (platter lift), national lift register
5,610Total lift capacity, people per hour — 7 installations: 6 drag lifts, 1 magic carpet
37 yrsAverage age of the lift fleet — oldest 1966, newest 2019
1,200Biggest lift, people per hour — Tapis des Rangs (magic carpet, 2019)
9 kmTotal length of lifts — 16 lifts mapped
117 haSki area boundary (OSM)
1,443Inhabitants — Les Fourgs (INSEE 25254)
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 Fourgs only (“LES FOURGS”), magic carpets included.
Staying and hiring gear in Les Fourgs
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.
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 Fourgs
Without skis on — 1 km of snowshoe and walking trails
Toboggan runs
- Station des Fourgs · Les Fourgs · 0 km away
- Espace ludique du Gounefay hiver · Pontarlier · 7.5 km away
- Téléskis d'Entre les Fourgs - Jougne · Jougne · 8.1 km away
- Domaine skiable de Métabief · Métabief · 8.9 km away
Swimming pool
- Centre aquatique - Aqua2lacs · Malbuisson · 9.5 km away
- Spa Les Rives Sauvages · Malbuisson · 9.8 km away
Paragliding
- Mont d'Or Parapente · Métabief · 8.9 km away
Museum
- Musée d'Armes Anciennes · La Cluse-et-Mijoux · 5.4 km away
- Musée animalier · Jougne · 8.6 km away
- Musée de la Meunerie de Métabief · Métabief · 8.8 km away
- Musée municipal d'Art et d'Histoire · Pontarlier · 9.3 km away
Cinema
- Ciné-club - Jacques Becker · Pontarlier · 9.4 km away
- Cinéma multiplexe - l'Olympia · Pontarlier · 9.6 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
Tourist office
Office de Tourisme Pays du Haut-Doubs
📍 1 Parking de la Coupe, 25300 Les Fourgs
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
4 ski touring routes documented within 10 km of Les Fourgs — up to 840 m of climb.
| Summit and route | Ski grade | Climb | Altitude | Aspect | From resort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Prises · etapa 3 de la GTJ amb esquís de fons, de Les Verrières de Joux a Métabief | n/a · E1 | 500 m | 910 → 1,210 m | N · NW · W · NE · E · SE | 0.7 km |
| Le Suchet · Depuis Entre-les-Fourgs | 2.1 · E1 · F | 840 m | 1,050 → 1,588 m | SW | 7.6 km |
| Le Suchet · Depuis le Refuge de la Queue | 1.2 · E1 · F | 560 m | 1,028 → 1,588 m | NW | 7.6 km |
| Gros Morond (Mont d'Or) · Morond par pistes de Metabief | 1.2 · E1 · PD | 400 m | 1,020 → 1,420 m | E | 9.7 km |
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 Fourgs
From Paris: 5 hr 28 (481 km) by road.
By road
- From Besançon: 1 hr 13 · 70 km
- From Genève: 1 hr 28 · 107 km
- From Annecy: 1 hr 58 · 151 km
- From Dijon: 2 hr 16 · 163 km
- From Chambéry: 2 hr 25 · 192 km
From other major cities (15)
- From Grenoble: 2 hr 59 · 248 km
- From Lyon: 3 hr 07 · 253 km
- From Strasbourg: 3 hr 37 · 276 km
- From Nancy: 3 hr 49 · 262 km
- From Saint-Étienne: 3 hr 56 · 313 km
- From Valence: 3 hr 57 · 350 km
- From Clermont-Ferrand: 4 hr 47 · 398 km
- From Paris: 5 hr 28 · 481 km
- From Montpellier: 6 hr 04 · 554 km
- From Marseille: 6 hr 09 · 564 km
- From Nice: 7 hr 25 · 597 km
- From Perpignan: 7 hr 26 · 702 km
- From Toulouse: 8 hr 22 · 789 km
- From Bordeaux: 8 hr 46 · 788 km
- From Pau: 10 hr 16 · 979 km
Excluding traffic and winter conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.
By train
Pontarlier station
regional station · then 16 min drive (13 km)
Nearest main station: Besançon Viotte, 1 hr 12 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
- Genève (GVA): 1 hr 35 by road · 105 km
- Chambéry-Savoie (CMF): 2 hr 29 by road · 191 km
Take me there
These links open the app with Les Fourgs 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.
What's on around Les Fourgs
All events →-
1 November 2026 – 15 November 2026
Ciné Kid - un Amour d'Epouvantail
Cinema olympia · Pontarlier
Venez faire découvrir aux enfants les salles obscures pour la toute première fois. un Amour d'Epouvantail - A partir de 3 ans / Durée : 44 min
Source: OpenAgenda, agenda “Agenda Cinéma Olympia Pontarlier” · View on OpenAgenda ↗
Also near: Le Larmont (4.3 km)
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22 November 2026 – 6 December 2026
Ciné Kid - en Route
Cinema olympia · Pontarlier
Venez faire découvrir aux enfants les salles obscures pour la toute première fois. En Route ! - A partir de 3 ans / Durée : 40 min
Source: OpenAgenda, agenda “Agenda Cinéma Olympia Pontarlier” · View on OpenAgenda ↗
Also near: Le Larmont (4.3 km)
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13 December 2026 – 27 December 2026
Ciné Kid - le Noel d'Ernest et Célestine
Cinema olympia · Pontarlier
Venez faire découvrir aux enfants les salles obscures pour la toute première fois. le Noel d'Ernest et Célestine - A partir de 3 ans / Durée : 1h00
Source: OpenAgenda, agenda “Agenda Cinéma Olympia Pontarlier” · View on OpenAgenda ↗
Also near: Le Larmont (4.3 km)
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3 January 2027 – 17 January 2027
Ciné Kid - le merveilleux Hiver de Tom le Chat
Cinema olympia · Pontarlier
Venez faire découvrir aux enfants les salles obscures pour la toute première fois. le Merveilleux Hiver de Tom le Chat - A partir de 3 ans / Durée : 1h02
Source: OpenAgenda, agenda “Agenda Cinéma Olympia Pontarlier” · View on OpenAgenda ↗
Also near: Le Larmont (4.3 km)
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24 January 2027 – 7 February 2027
Ciné Kid - l'Ourse et l'Oiseau
Cinema olympia · Pontarlier
Venez faire découvrir aux enfants les salles obscures pour la toute première fois. l'Ourse et l'Oiseau - A partir de 3 ans / Durée : 41 minutes Synopsis : Quatre ours, quatre contes, quatre saisons
Source: OpenAgenda, agenda “Agenda Cinéma Olympia Pontarlier” · View on OpenAgenda ↗
Also near: Le Larmont (4.3 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.
Translated from the French Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), machine translation.
Frequently asked questions
How high is Les Fourgs?
Les Fourgs sits at 1,129 m at village level, and its ski area rises to 1,229 m.
How many kilometres of pistes does Les Fourgs have?
Les Fourgs has 6 km of slopes, 7 lifts.
What is the longest piste in Les Fourgs?
The longest single descent: 0 km (blue run), for 57 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 Fourgs?
The highest lift, Granges Berrard (platter lift), tops out at 1,229 m. Source: STRMTG, French national register of mechanical lifts (CAIRN database), file dated 1 January 2025.
How many lifts does Les Fourgs have, and what is their capacity?
The French national register of mechanical lifts records 7 installations at Les Fourgs (6 drag lifts, 1 magic carpet), for an authorised capacity of 5,610 people per hour, of which 1,200 for Tapis des Rangs alone. The fleet spans 1966 to 2019, an average age of 37 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 Fourgs?
By road, Les Fourgs is 1 hr 13 from Besançon (70 km), excluding traffic and winter conditions. By train, the nearest station is Pontarlier, 16 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 Genève, 1 hr 35 away.
How long is the drive from Paris to Les Fourgs?
5 hr 28 for 481 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 Les Fourgs?
Natural snow is low on average: skiing depends on snowmaking and good years. 42 days a winter at 30 cm or more on average, and 251 cm of fresh snow, measured over 17 winters at the Météo-France “LES FOURGS” station. This verdict rests on 17 winters of Météo-France measurements (2004-2021); in season the daily report prevails.
Is Les Fourgs good for beginners and families?
80% of the pistes are green or blue: a very accessible area.
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