Les Gentianes
950 mVillage altitude
1,153 mTop of the ski area
2 kmAlpine pistes
5Ski lifts
Not published by any source: adult day pass.
Les Gentianes is a small ski resort located in the eponymous locality, near the locality of Les Marais, in the territory of the French commune of Morbier, in the département of Jura and the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region.
Live webcams
Les Gentianes publishes no public webcam (checked on 12 September 2026 on its website, its tourist office and the operators’ directories). Know of one? Tell us.
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.
Snow cover varies from one winter to the next — the best time runs from mid-January to mid-March. 53 days a winter at 30 cm or more on average, and 301 cm of fresh snow, measured over 24 winters at the Météo-France “BELLEFONTAINE” station. Fortnight by fortnight, over 24 measured winters →
3-day forecast
Village 950 m · top 1,153 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
Top of the ski area: 1,153 m · Bottom of the pistes: 1,031 m · Days above 30 cm per winter, measured: 53 days · Days above 30 cm, December to March, model: 17%
- Ski areaIs there enough to ski all week?1.5 / 5
Km of pistes at the resort: 2 km · Lifts: 5 · Balance between piste levels: 76%
- 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: 80% · Magic carpets: 0 · Sledging runs: 1 · Ice rink, pool, rail sledge…: 0
- AccessIs it easy to get to?4 / 5
Average drive time from 20 major cities: 4 hr 17 · Nearest railway station: 5 min · Station-to-resort shuttles per day: 0 · Nearest airport: 1 hr 13
- 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: 6 · 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).
5 pistes, by level
2 green2 blue1 red0 black
- Skiable vertical
- 122 m
- Lifts
- 5 drag lifts
- Cross-country skiing
- 29 named trails — 210 km of marked loops (91 km of distinct track: the loops overlap), right by the resort
Ski-area figures — bottom, top, km of pistes, lifts, pistes by level: OpenStreetMap (1 Oct) .
The ski area in figures
Measured on 7 October 20261 kmLongest piste — unnamed on the map (blue), 220 m of vertical
220 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 1,258 → 1,038 m, 1 km
1,258 mHighest lift top — Entrerôches (platter lift)
3 kmTotal length of lifts — 7 lifts mapped
7 haSki area boundary (OSM)
2,456Inhabitants — Morbier (INSEE 39367)
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 Les Gentianes
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Collective accommodation
- 1 campsite · 46 pitches
Commune: Morbier · 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.
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 Gentianes
Without skis on — 8 km of snowshoe and walking trails · 1 sledging run
Toboggan runs
- Pistes de luges tubing · Morbier · 0 km away
- Station Les Gentianes - Morbier · Morbier · 0.1 km away
- Piste de luge au Lac-des-Rouges-Truites · Lac-des-Rouges-Truites · 4.7 km away
- Piste de luge à Saint-Laurent en Grandvaux · Saint-Laurent-en-Grandvaux · 4.7 km away
Swimming pool
- Aquagym et cours de natation · Morbier · 2.3 km away
Spa and thermal baths
- Sam fée du Bien - Détente & soins énergétiques · Saint-Laurent-en-Grandvaux · 4.8 km away
- La Salle Morez · Hauts de Bienne · 5.7 km away
- Terra Fiurita · Lac-des-Rouges-Truites · 5.8 km away
Dog sledding
- Free sled - Chiens de traîneaux / cani-rando et cani-trotinette · Morbier · 1.2 km away
- Free Sled - Chiens de traîneaux et traîneaux Kids · Morbier · 1.2 km away
Museum
- Musée de la Lunette · Hauts de Bienne · 4.7 km away
- La Ferme Louise Mignot · Saint-Laurent-en-Grandvaux · 5.4 km away
- Ancienne fromagerie - Le Chalet du Coin d'aval · Fort-du-Plasne · 6.9 km away
- Musée du Ski et de la Tradition Rousselande · Les Rousses · 8.4 km away
Cinema
- Modern Cinéma - Casino et les Quinsonnets · Hauts de Bienne · 4.4 km away
- Modern Cinéma sarl Les Quinsonnets · Les Rousses · 9.1 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
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
3 ski touring routes documented within 10 km of Les Gentianes — up to 460 m of climb.
| Summit and route | Ski grade | Climb | Altitude | Aspect | From resort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Forêt du Risoux · etapa 6 de la GTJ amb esquís de fons: de la Chapelle des Bois a les Rousses | n/a · E1 | 460 m | 1,050 → 1,250 m | N · NW · W · SW | 5.5 km |
| Gy de l'Echelle · Depuis la Thomassette | 1.1 · E1 · F | 300 m | 1,068 → 1,329 m | n/a | 7 km |
| Roche Champion · Depuis La Thomassette | 1.1 · E1 · F | 260 m | 1,068 → 1,328 m | n/a | 8.3 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 Gentianes
From Paris: 5 hr 06 (454 km) by road.
By road
- From Genève: 1 hr 05 · 62 km
- From Annecy: 1 hr 35 · 106 km
- From Besançon: 1 hr 42 · 94 km
- From Dijon: 1 hr 52 · 135 km
- From Chambéry: 2 hr 03 · 148 km
From other major cities (15)
- From Lyon: 2 hr 08 · 153 km
- From Grenoble: 2 hr 37 · 204 km
- From Saint-Étienne: 2 hr 57 · 213 km
- From Valence: 3 hr 14 · 253 km
- From Clermont-Ferrand: 3 hr 51 · 321 km
- From Nancy: 3 hr 55 · 339 km
- From Strasbourg: 4 hr 19 · 340 km
- From Paris: 5 hr 06 · 454 km
- From Montpellier: 5 hr 17 · 454 km
- From Marseille: 5 hr 22 · 464 km
- From Perpignan: 6 hr 39 · 602 km
- From Nice: 7 hr 00 · 622 km
- From Toulouse: 7 hr 35 · 688 km
- From Bordeaux: 7 hr 49 · 711 km
- From Pau: 9 hr 29 · 878 km
Excluding traffic and winter conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.
By train
Morbier station
halt · then 5 min drive (3 km)
Nearest main station: Bellegarde-sur-Valserine, 1 hr 17 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 13 by road · 60 km
- Lyon-Saint-Exupéry (LYS): 1 hr 59 by road · 148 km
Take me there
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Charging an electric car
1 charging station within 2 km
5 charging points · up to 180 kW
- EVzen - Morbier, U Express Morbier · EVzen · 5 points · 180 kW · 1.9 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.
Translated from the French Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), machine translation.
Frequently asked questions
How high is Les Gentianes?
Les Gentianes sits at 950 m at village level, and its ski area rises to 1,153 m.
How many kilometres of pistes does Les Gentianes have?
Les Gentianes has 2 km of slopes, 5 lifts.
What is the longest piste in Les Gentianes?
The longest single descent: 1 km (blue run), for 220 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 Gentianes?
The highest lift, Entrerôches, tops out at 1,258 m (IGN RGE ALTI terrain model). The 7 lifts mapped on OpenStreetMap total 3 km.
How do I get to Les Gentianes?
By road, Les Gentianes is 1 hr 05 from Genève (62 km), excluding traffic and winter conditions. By train, the nearest station is Morbier, 5 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 13 away.
How long is the drive from Paris to Les Gentianes?
5 hr 06 for 454 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 Gentianes?
Snow cover varies from one winter to the next — the best time runs from mid-January to mid-March. 53 days a winter at 30 cm or more on average, and 301 cm of fresh snow, measured over 24 winters at the Météo-France “BELLEFONTAINE” station. This verdict rests on 24 winters of Météo-France measurements (1997-2021); in season the daily report prevails.
Is Les Gentianes good for beginners and families?
80% of the pistes are green or blue: a very accessible area.
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. Les Gentianes in French →
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