Les Menuires
Les Menuires is a ski resort in the Belleville valley of Les Trois Vallées between Saint-Martin-de-Belleville and Val Thorens. Owned and operated by Compagnie des Alpes, it is in the Savoie département of France.
Introduction from the English Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).
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?4 / 5
Top of the ski area: 2,841 m · Bottom of the pistes: 1,566 m · Days above 30 cm per winter, measured: 132 days · Days above 30 cm, December to March, model: 68%
- Ski areaIs there enough to ski all week?4 / 5
Km of pistes at the resort: 355 km · Km of pistes across the linked area: 425 km · Lifts: 29 · Balance between piste levels: 73%
- ValueIs the lift pass reasonable for what you get?3 / 5
Adult day pass: €70 · Day pass price per km of pistes: €0.2/km · Adult 6-day pass: €350
- Families and beginnersIs it right for children and beginners?3.5 / 5
Share of green and blue pistes: 72% · Magic carpets: 5 · Sledging runs: 8 · Special prices out of 4 (beginner, child, family, free age): 0 · ESF ski school · Ice rink, pool, rail sledge…: 3 · Famille Plus label
- AccessIs it easy to get to?3 / 5
Average drive time from 20 major cities: 4 hr 52 · Nearest railway station: 31 min · Station-to-resort shuttles per day: 2 · Nearest airport: 1 hr 39
- Atmosphere and après-skiIs there life in the evening and off the slopes?4 / 5
Bars and pubs: 4 · Nightclubs: 1 · Restaurants: 32 · Upcoming events: 0 · Collective tourist beds: 16,730 — 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: 2 · Share of hotel rooms in 4 and 5 stars: 65% · Spas and saunas: 0 · Jewellers, watchmakers, fashion boutiques: 0 · Adult day pass: €70 — 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 5 December 2026 and close on 18 April 2027. Open pistes and lifts will appear here as soon as the resort publishes its daily report.
Right now at the LA MASSE station (2,800 m)
Avalanche danger
7-day forecast
Village 1,811 m · top 2,841 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
Snow cover varies from one winter to the next.
☀️ Average daily sunshine : Nov 6.6 h · Dec 5.7 h · Jan 6.2 h · Feb 7.4 h · Mar 8.4 h · Apr 10 h — 26 bright days in April (Open-Meteo estimate, 2015-2025).
- November—no record
- December36 cmVariable · 55%
- January48 cmVariable · 71%
- February56 cmVariable · 74%
- March56 cmVariable · 71%
- April18 cmInsufficient · 23%
- 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 2003-2004 to 2017-2018 — on average 132 days a winter with at least 30 cm on the ground.
- 1-15 Dec52 cmGood skiing · 84 %
- 16-31 Dec62 cmGood skiing · 91 %
- 1-15 Jan84 cmGood skiing · 99 %
- 16-31 Jan108 cmGood skiing · 100 %
- 1-15 Feb116 cmGood skiing · 100 %
- 16-29 Feb127 cmGood skiing · 100 %
- 1-15 Mar144 cmGood skiing · 100 %
- 16-31 Mar143 cmGood skiing · 100 %
- 1-15 Apr135 cmGood skiing · 100 %
- Best winter of the series
- 2003-2004 — 137 days at 30 cm or more
- Worst winter of the series
- 2006-2007 — 107 days at 30 cm or more
How much snow actually falls — 559 cm a winter on average, spread over 59 days of snowfall. Measured over 12 complete winters.
- Biggest 24-hour snowfall
- 70 cm — 2007-2008
- Snowiest winter
- 2017-2018 — 867 cm
- Leanest winter
- 2016-2017 — 363 cm
The ski area
Compare with another resort →286 pistes, by level — 355 km
- Skiable vertical
- 1,275 m (1,566 m → 2,841 m)
- Lifts
- 1 cable car, 1 funicular, 6 gondolas, 12 chairlifts, 4 drag lifts, 5 magic carpets
- Cross-country skiing
- 5 named trails — 39 km of marked loops (21 km of distinct track: the loops overlap), right by 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(5)
Trail Level Length Au Fil du Doron n/a 25 km Téton n/a 6.6 km Vincent Jay n/a 3.8 km Preyerand n/a 1.9 km Les Roseaux n/a 0.9 km - Snowpark
- 2 mapped zones, 1.4 km from the resort — BK Park · Pixel Area
OpenStreetMap, surveyed on 12 September 2026. OpenStreetMap does not map individual features (kickers, rails): what is counted here are the named zones. - Without skis
- 19 km of snowshoe and walking trails · 8 sledging runs
- Piste aspect
- N 42% · E 10% · S 12% · W 36% (descent direction of 157 OSM pistes, terrain model)
- Mountain restaurants
- Le 2800 (2787 m) · Le Bouche à Oreilles (2694 m) · L'Alpage (2469 m) · Chalet du Sunny (2397 m) · ROC SEVEN LES MENUIRES (2314 m) · Le Grand Lac (2248 m) · Chalet des 2 Ours (2203 m) · La Ferme de Reberty (1972 m)
- Season 2026-2027
- opens on 5 December 2026, closes on 18 April 2027
- Tourist office
- OFFICE DE TOURISME · 1269 AV DE LA CROISETTE, 73440 · 0479007300 · [email protected] (declared by the resort, ANMSM)
- Piste map (PDF)
- plan-pistes-Menuires-Saint-Martin (declared by the resort, ANMSM)
- Resort app
- Android (declared by the resort, ANMSM)
- Famille Plus
- The resort’s family page (declared by the resort, ANMSM)
Resort data: declared by OFFICE DE TOURISME and distributed by ANMSM · read on 18 September
Opening hours lift by lift (6)
| Lift | Type | Opens | Closes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cime Caron | téléphérique | 09:30 | 15:45 | OpenStreetMap |
| Masse | téléski | 09:15 | 16:50 | OpenStreetMap |
| Grand Fond | télécabine | 09:30 | 16:00 | OpenStreetMap |
| Télécabine d'Orelle-Caron | télécabine | 09:30 | 15:45 | OpenStreetMap |
| Pointe de la Masse | télécabine | 09:05 | 16:35 | OpenStreetMap |
| Télécabine d'Orelle | télécabine | 09:00 | 16:30 | OpenStreetMap |
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 | €70 |
| 6 days | €350 |
Read on the official price list, full price, excluding promotions. Official price list ↗
Official piste map
Open the piste map (PDF, 3.9 MB) ↗
Link to the resort’s own file — a piste map is a copyrighted artwork, we host no copy.
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 Menuires only (“MENUIRES (LES)”), magic carpets included.
Staying and hiring gear in Les Menuires
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Stay & accommodation
Live webcams
All webcams (18) →Official players of the resort, live image. Checked on 18 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 Menuires
From Paris: 7 hr 15 (674 km) by road.
By road
- From Chambéry: 1 hr 27 · 105 km
- From Annecy: 1 hr 43 · 98 km
- From Grenoble: 1 hr 44 · 134 km
- From Genève: 2 hr 24 · 145 km
- From Lyon: 2 hr 38 · 203 km
From other major cities (15)
- From Valence: 2 hr 47 · 227 km
- From Saint-Étienne: 3 hr 11 · 252 km
- From Dijon: 4 hr 30 · 404 km
- From Clermont-Ferrand: 4 hr 30 · 372 km
- From Besançon: 4 hr 44 · 317 km
- From Montpellier: 4 hr 54 · 431 km
- From Marseille: 4 hr 59 · 440 km
- From Perpignan: 6 hr 16 · 579 km
- From Nice: 6 hr 20 · 518 km
- From Nancy: 6 hr 37 · 615 km
- From Strasbourg: 6 hr 39 · 534 km
- From Toulouse: 7 hr 12 · 665 km
- From Paris: 7 hr 15 · 674 km
- From Bordeaux: 8 hr 29 · 758 km
- From Pau: 9 hr 06 · 855 km
Excluding traffic and winter conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.
By train
Moûtiers - Salins - Brides-les-Bains station
regional station · then 31 min drive (29 km)
Nearest main station: Chambéry - Challes-les-Eaux, 1 hr 26 by road.
- From Moûtiers - Salins - Brides-les-Bains station (stop “Gare Routiere”): line S63 — MOUTIERS ↔ LES MENUIRES ↔ VAL THORENS (REGION - cars Région Savoie), 44 min to the “Les Menuires - Preyerand” stop — 2 departures a day on weekdays · first 13:00, last 18:45 · timetable from 15 December 2026 to 15 April 2027 · official timetable ↗
Direct journeys read from the official timetable files published on transport.data.gouv.fr — no connections.
By plane
- Chambéry-Savoie (CMF): 1 hr 39 by road · 112 km
- Grenoble-Alpes-Isère (GNB): 2 hr 17 by road · 180 km
Take me there
These links open the app with Les Menuires 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 September 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 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: Pylones · Léo Lacroix · Le Lac de Lou par la Masse · Liberty Ride · Ibex · Caron-Lac du Lou
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 Menuires — up to 1,120 m of climb.
| Summit and route | Ski grade | Climb | Altitude | Aspect | From resort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Gratte · Face NE | 2.1 · E1 · PD- | 1,078 m | 1,560 → 2,638 m | NE | 1.6 km |
| Pointe de la Masse · Les Crêtes | n/a · PD- | 110 m | 2,600 → 2,804 m | N | 1.8 km |
| Pointe de la Masse · Les Yvoses | n/a · PD- | 1 m | 2,600 → 2,804 m | E | 1.8 km |
| Pointe de la Masse · Vallée des Encombres | n/a · PD- | 1 m | 2,804 → 2,804 m | W | 1.8 km |
| Roche Jaille · Versant NE | n/a · F | 930 m | 1,760 → 2,689 m | NE | 3.2 km |
| La Gratte · Facette N depuis Saint Marcel (vallon de Geffriand) | 2.3 | n/a | 2,638 m | n/a | 3.2 km |
| Pointe de la Masse · Le lac du Lou par la Masse | n/a · PD- | 1 m | 2,804 → 2,804 m | SE | 3.5 km |
| Pointe de la Masse · Depuis les Ménuires par Vallon et Roche noire | 2.2 · E1 · F+ | 1,120 m | 1,720 → 2,803 m | E · NE · N | 3.7 km |
| Col de la Vallée Étroite · Versant N | 2.2 · E1 · PD- | 958 m | 1,780 → 2,732 m | N | 3.7 km |
| Pointe de la Masse · La Combe de Géffriand | n/a · PD- | 50 m | 2,600 → 2,804 m | N | 3.7 km |
| Cime de Caron · Versant N | n/a · PD | 1,093 m | 2,102 → 3,195 m | N | 3.8 km |
| Geffriand · Versant NE - depuis Saint Marcel | n/a · PD- | 1,000 m | 1,450 → 2,396 m | NE | 4.1 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 Menuires
Swimming pool
- La Bulle des Bruyères - Piscine Aqualudique · Les Belleville · 1.2 km away
- Parc Olympique · Les Allues · 8.1 km away
Paragliding
- Audacius by Prosneige Parapente · Les Allues · 8.2 km away
- A Parapente · Les Allues · 8.6 km away
Museum
- Musée de Saint Martin, 150 ans d'histoire d'une haute-vallée de Savoie · Les Belleville · 6.8 km away
Cinema
- Cinéma du Lac Blanc · Les Belleville · 4.7 km away
- Cinéma Méribel-Mottaret · Les Allues · 6.5 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.
Practical information
Collective accommodation
16,730 bed spaces in tourist residences, holiday villages and hostels
- 29 hotels · 1,512 rooms (6 × 5★, 10 × 4★, 8 × 3★, 1 × 2★, 2 × 1★)
- 3 holiday villages and family centres · 1,862 bed spaces
- 41 tourist residences and apartment hotels · 14,488 bed spaces
- 1 youth hostel or sports centre · 380 bed spaces
- 1 campsite · 56 pitches
Commune: Les Belleville · 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
Ski school
ESF Les Menuires
346 instructors
🇬🇧 280 English-speaking instructors — lessons in English available
🗓️ This school sells its lessons online — book ↗
Source: esf.net
Days without skiing
- Cinema · Les Flocons
- Swimming pool · L'Ours Blanc
- Cinema · Les Bruyères
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.
Nearby resorts
Frequently asked questions
How high is Les Menuires?
Les Menuires sits at 1,811 m at village level, and its ski area rises to 2,841 m.
How many kilometres of pistes does Les Menuires have?
Les Menuires has 355 km of pistes served by 29 lifts, within the linked Les 3 Vallées area (OpenStreetMap survey).
What is the longest piste in Les Menuires?
The longest piste is Biolley: 8 km (blue run), for 375 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 Menuires?
The highest lift, Bruyeres 2 (gondola), tops out at 2,840 m. Source: STRMTG, French national register of mechanical lifts (CAIRN database), file dated 1 January 2025.
How many lifts does Les Menuires have, and what is their capacity?
The French national register of mechanical lifts records 34 installations at Les Menuires (1 aerial tramway, 7 gondolas, 11 chairlifts, 5 drag lifts, 10 magic carpets), for an authorised capacity of 56,447 people per hour, of which 4,000 for Menuires alone. The fleet spans 1972 to 2024, an average age of 22 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 Menuires?
The adult day pass costs €70 and the 6-day pass €350 (2026-2027, read on the official price list).
How do I get to Les Menuires?
By road, Les Menuires is 1 hr 27 from Chambéry (105 km), excluding traffic and winter conditions. By train, the nearest station is Moûtiers - Salins - Brides-les-Bains, 31 min by road from the resort. From Moûtiers - Salins - Brides-les-Bains station, line S63 — MOUTIERS ↔ LES MENUIRES ↔ VAL THORENS (REGION - cars Région Savoie) reaches the “Les Menuires - Preyerand” stop in 44 min, 2 departures a day on weekdays. The nearest airport is Chambéry-Savoie, 1 hr 39 away.
How long is the drive from Paris to Les Menuires?
7 hr 15 for 674 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 Menuires open?
According to the official website, the resort opens on 5 December 2026 and closes on 18 April 2027 (2026-2027 season).
Is the snow reliable in Les Menuires?
It varies from one winter to the next according to twenty winters of Météo-France measurements; in season the daily report prevails.
Is Les Menuires good for beginners and families?
72% of the pistes are green or blue: a rather easy area. The resort holds the Famille Plus family label.
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