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Les Gentianes

Jura Altitude 950 – 1,153 m Checked on 18 September 2026
950 mVillage altitude
1,153 mTop of the ski area
2 kmAlpine pistes
5Ski lifts
—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.

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Les Gentianes — view of the resort
Photo: Wikimedia Commons

Translated from the French Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), machine translation.

SkiRadar ratings

How ratings are computed →Computed on 18 September 2026

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.

  1. 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%

  2. Ski areaIs there enough to ski all week?
    1.5 / 5

    Km of pistes at the resort: 2 km · Km of pistes across the linked area: 2 km · Lifts: 5 · Balance between piste levels: 76%

  3. ValueIs the lift pass reasonable for what you get?
    n/a

    Not rated: “adult day pass” is missing from this page.

  4. 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

  5. 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 14

  6. Atmosphere and après-skiIs there life in the evening and off the slopes?
    1.5 / 5

    Bars and pubs: 0 · Nightclubs: 0 · Restaurants: 4 · Upcoming events: 3 · Collective tourist beds: 0 — index: what the map and the listings publish

  7. 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 (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).

Snow and opening

7-day forecast → Snow report →
Status unknown

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.

7-day forecast

Village 950 m · top 1,153 m

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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.

Snow actually measured, winter by winter

24 complete winters measured, from 1997-1998 to 2020-2021 — on average 53 days a winter with at least 30 cm on the ground.

Météo-France — “BELLEFONTAINE” station (1030 m, 3.1 km away) · 12 Sept 2026
  1. 1-15 Dec16 cmInsufficient · 23 %
  2. 16-31 Dec21 cmInsufficient · 31 %
  3. 1-15 Jan23 cmInsufficient · 36 %
  4. 16-31 Jan35 cmVariable · 58 %
  5. 1-15 Feb44 cmVariable · 62 %
  6. 16-29 Feb44 cmVariable · 58 %
  7. 1-15 Mar37 cmVariable · 50 %
  8. 16-31 Mar18 cmInsufficient · 25 %
  9. 1-15 Apr5 cmInsufficient · 7 %
Best winter of the series
2008-2009 — 123 days at 30 cm or more
Worst winter of the series
2000-2001 — 1 day at 30 cm or more

How much snow actually falls — 301 cm a winter on average, spread over 30 days of snowfall. Measured over 48 complete winters, from 1960-1961 to 2020-2021.

Biggest 24-hour snowfall
60 cm — 1975-1976
Snowiest winter
1969-1970 — 657 cm
Leanest winter
1989-1990 — 65 cm
Total snow depth on the ground measured at 06:00 at the Météo-France “BELLEFONTAINE” station (1030 m, 3.1 km away), from the open “Daily climatological data” dataset (Open Licence 2.0). The season is counted from 1 December to 15 April; only winters with at least 95 % of those 136 days measured are kept, so no figure here rests on a handful of readings. The reading is taken at 1030 m. In season, the resort’s daily report prevails. Snowfall figures are the fresh snow depth over 24 hours recorded at the same station (the HNEIGEF column): a day of snowfall is a day with 1 cm or more, and only winters measured 95 % of the time on that column are counted — which is why the record can be longer or shorter than the one for snow on the ground. More snow always falls than remains: some melts, settles or blows away.

The ski area

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5 pistes, by level — 2 km

2 green2 blue1 red0 black
Skiable vertical
122 m (1,031 m → 1,153 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
See the trails(24)
TrailLevelLength
Le Chocolatred18 km
Victor Arbezblack16 km
La pierre Levéeblue16 km
Les Tourbièresgreen15 km
Les Cernois Rozred15 km
Les Mortesred14 km
Les Lacsred13 km
La Combetteblue13 km
La Chapelandered11 km
Patrice Bailly-Salinsblue9.5 km
La Chaux Mourantblue7.2 km
Le glacierblue7.2 km
Le Grand Remblaisred7.1 km
Les Baganiersblue6.1 km
Le Maréchetblue5.6 km
Le Matin du Cheminblue4.4 km
La Petite Tourbièresgreen4.1 km
Le Gy Largeblue4 km
La Sablièregreen3.9 km
Le Petit Canadagreen3.4 km
La Feuillatblue3.1 km
Le Petit Glaciergreen2.8 km
La Vignegreen2.3 km
La Grande Fontainegreen2 km
OpenStreetMap, lengths measured on the geometry, surveyed on 12 September 2026. A trail with no difficulty tag is shown as "n/a" — never guessed.
Without skis
8 km of snowshoe and walking trails · 1 sledging run
Piste aspect
N 0% · E 0% · S 0% · W 100% (descent direction of 5 OSM pistes, terrain model)

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 detail →

The price list for this resort is being collected: most resorts publish winter prices between September and November.

The ski area in figures

Measured on 9 September 2026
1 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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Stay & accommodation

Ski Planet
Self-catering flats and all-inclusive ski holidays at the foot of the slopes, since 1999.
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Montagne Vacances
Flats and chalets in the resort, at direct prices.
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VVF
Family holiday villages, kids’ clubs included.
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Ski hire

Sport 2000 Location
Skis, boots and helmets booked online, collected in a resort shop.
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Skiset
Network of ski-hire shops in the resorts.
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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.

Piste map

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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 06 · 62 km
  • From Annecy: 1 hr 36 · 106 km
  • From Besançon: 1 hr 42 · 94 km
  • From Dijon: 1 hr 52 · 135 km
  • From Chambéry: 2 hr 04 · 148 km
From other major cities (15)
  • From Lyon: 2 hr 08 · 153 km
  • From Grenoble: 2 hr 38 · 204 km
  • From Saint-Étienne: 2 hr 57 · 213 km
  • From Valence: 3 hr 14 · 253 km
  • From Clermont-Ferrand: 3 hr 51 · 324 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 13 September 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 14 by road · 60 km
  • Lyon-Saint-Exupéry (LYS): 1 hr 59 by road · 148 km

Take me there

These links open the app with Les Gentianes as the destination. Your starting point is never sent by us — the app asks you for it, if you agree.

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 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.

Ski touring routes described

Resorts for ski touring →

3 ski touring routes documented within 10 km of Les Gentianes — up to 460 m of climb.

Summit and routeSki gradeClimbAltitudeAspectFrom resort
La Forêt du Risoux · etapa 6 de la GTJ amb esquís de fons: de la Chapelle des Bois a les Roussesn/a · E1460 m1,050 → 1,250 mN · NW · W · SW5.5 km
Gy de l'Echelle · Depuis la Thomassette1.1 · E1 · F300 m1,068 → 1,329 mn/a7 km
Roche Champion · Depuis La Thomassette1.1 · E1 · F260 m1,068 → 1,328 mn/a8.3 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 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 Gentianes

Toboggan runs

Swimming pool

  • Aquagym et cours de natation · Morbier · 2.3 km away

Spa and thermal baths

Dog sledding

Museum

Cinema

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

  • 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 ↗

Tourist office

Office de Tourisme Haut-Jura Morez

🌐 haut-jura.com/fr

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 Gentianes

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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

Les Rousses 10 kmFoncine-le-Haut 11 kmMouthe 21 kmLe Manon 23 kmMonts Jura 30 kmMétabief 34 km

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 pistes served by 5 lifts (OpenStreetMap survey).

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 06 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 14 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 Les Gentianes good for beginners and families?

80% of the pistes are green or blue: a very accessible area.

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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