Les Rousses
Les Rousses resort is a French mountain resort located in the département of Jura, in Franche-Comté, and bringing together the communes of Les Rousses, Bois-d'Amont, Lamoura and Prémanon. Its ski area extends into the canton of Vaud, in Switzerland.
Translated from the French Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), machine translation.
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
Top of the ski area: 1,255 m · Bottom of the pistes: 1,161 m · Days above 30 cm per winter, measured: 53 days · Days above 30 cm, December to March, model: 27%
- Ski areaIs there enough to ski all week?1.5 / 5
Km of pistes at the resort: 5 km · Km of pistes across the linked area: 5 km · Lifts: 8 · Balance between piste levels: 69%
- ValueIs the lift pass reasonable for what you get?n/a
Not rated: “adult day pass” is missing from this page.
- Families and beginnersIs it right for children and beginners?3 / 5
Share of green and blue pistes: 89% · Magic carpets: 2 · Sledging runs: 0 · ESF ski school · Ice rink, pool, rail sledge…: 1
- AccessIs it easy to get to?4.5 / 5
Average drive time from 20 major cities: 4 hr 23 · Nearest railway station: 13 min · Station-to-resort shuttles per day: 2 · Nearest airport: 58 min
- Atmosphere and après-skiIs there life in the evening and off the slopes?3 / 5
Bars and pubs: 3 · Nightclubs: 0 · Restaurants: 21 · Upcoming events: 2 · Collective tourist beds: 192 — index: what the map and the listings publish
- Luxury and comfortHow upmarket is the resort?1.5 / 5
5-star hotels: 0 · 4-star hotels: 0 · Share of hotel rooms in 4 and 5 stars: 0% · Spas and saunas: 0 · Jewellers, watchmakers, fashion boutiques: 1 — 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).
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 1,105 m · top 1,255 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.
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.
- 1-15 Dec16 cmInsufficient · 23 %
- 16-31 Dec21 cmInsufficient · 31 %
- 1-15 Jan23 cmInsufficient · 36 %
- 16-31 Jan35 cmVariable · 58 %
- 1-15 Feb44 cmVariable · 62 %
- 16-29 Feb44 cmVariable · 58 %
- 1-15 Mar37 cmVariable · 50 %
- 16-31 Mar18 cmInsufficient · 25 %
- 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
The ski area
Compare with another resort →19 pistes, by level — 5 km
- Skiable vertical
- 94 m (1,161 m → 1,255 m)
- Lifts
- 1 chairlift, 5 drag lifts, 2 magic carpets
- Cross-country skiing
- 31 named trails — 318 km of marked loops (132 km of distinct track: the loops overlap) · Mont Jura area, 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(24)
Trail Level Length La Vattay · Mont Jura n/a 46 km Le Bois de Ban intermediate 26 km Les Pralets blue 25 km La Noire de Divonne black 23 km Le Crêt des Sauges intermediate 19 km La Grande Grand red 19 km Les Tuffes intermediate 16 km La Pillarde blue 15 km La Germine red 15 km Les Sonailleys red 13 km Liaison Marchairuz-Givrine n/a 10 km Les Logettes intermediate 8.9 km Le Fer à Cheval easy 8.2 km L'Orbe easy 7.8 km Les Louvatières red 7.6 km Les Sèches red 6.9 km Les Chevreuils intermediate 6.5 km Le Lac des Rousses easy 6.3 km La Girantette blue 5.8 km La Dolarde easy 5.4 km Les Marais green 4.8 km La Frontiere n/a 4.3 km Le Cernois green 3 km Combre du Haut green 2.9 km - Snowpark
- 1 mapped zone, 4.1 km from the resort — Boarder-cross
OpenStreetMap, surveyed on 12 September 2026. OpenStreetMap does not map individual features (kickers, rails): what is counted here are the named zones. - Without skis
- 7 km of snowshoe and walking trails
- Piste aspect
- N 82% · E 13% · S 0% · W 5% (descent direction of 9 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 OpenStreetMap (altitudes: IGN RGE ALTI), not taken from the brochure. The vertical above is that of one piste, not of the whole ski area.
Source: national register of mechanical lifts (STRMTG, CAIRN), fleet as of 1 January 2025 — lifts attributed to Les Rousses only (“ROUSSES (LES)”), magic carpets included.
Staying and hiring gear in Les Rousses
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Stay & accommodation
Live webcams
All webcams (6) →Official players of the resort, live image.
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 Rousses
From Paris: 5 hr 22 (468 km) by road.
By road
- From Genève: 50 min · 49 km
- From Annecy: 1 hr 20 · 93 km
- From Chambéry: 1 hr 48 · 135 km
- From Besançon: 1 hr 58 · 108 km
- From Dijon: 2 hr 08 · 149 km
From other major cities (15)
- From Lyon: 2 hr 18 · 161 km
- From Grenoble: 2 hr 22 · 190 km
- From Saint-Étienne: 3 hr 07 · 220 km
- From Valence: 3 hr 20 · 292 km
- From Clermont-Ferrand: 4 hr 01 · 331 km
- From Nancy: 4 hr 11 · 353 km
- From Strasbourg: 4 hr 32 · 370 km
- From Paris: 5 hr 22 · 468 km
- From Montpellier: 5 hr 27 · 497 km
- From Marseille: 5 hr 32 · 506 km
- From Perpignan: 6 hr 48 · 645 km
- From Nice: 7 hr 04 · 582 km
- From Toulouse: 7 hr 44 · 731 km
- From Bordeaux: 7 hr 59 · 718 km
- From Pau: 9 hr 39 · 921 km
Excluding traffic and winter conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.
By train
Morez station
halt · then 13 min drive (11 km)
Nearest main station: Bellegarde-sur-Valserine, 1 hr 06 by road.
- From Morez station (stop “MOREZ Gare”): line 306 — HAUTS DE BIENNE - BOIS AMONT (CAR Mobigo (39)), 14 min to the “ROUSSES (LES) Gouland” stop — 2 departures a day on weekdays, 1 a day at weekends · first 12:05, last 18:20 · 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
- Genève (GVA): 58 min by road · 47 km
- Chambéry-Savoie (CMF): 1 hr 51 by road · 134 km
Take me there
These links open the app with Les Rousses 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.
Ski touring routes described
Resorts for ski touring →6 ski touring routes documented within 10 km of Les Rousses — up to 2,320 m of climb.
| Summit and route | Ski grade | Climb | Altitude | Aspect | From resort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grande Traversée du Jura · Grande Traversée du Jura | 1.1 · E1 | 2,320 m | 900 → 1,500 m | n/a | 1.8 km |
| Noirmont · Par la Bourbe, en boucle | 1.3 · E1 · F | 660 m | 1,085 → 1,567 m | n/a | 3.8 km |
| Les Tuffes · Depuis les Portes du Balancier | 1.1 · E1 · F | 225 m | 1,210 → 1,417 m | NE · E · SE | 4.3 km |
| Porte du Balancier · Balancier | 1.3 · E1 · F | 217 m | 1,210 → 1,417 m | NE · N | 4.7 km |
| 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 | 7.1 km |
| La Forêt du Massacre · etapa 7 de la GTJ amb esquís de fons: de les Rousses a Lajoux | n/a · E1 | 460 m | 1,090 → 1,400 m | N · NE · NW · W · SW · S | 7.8 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 Rousses
Toboggan runs
- Station Les Gentianes - Morbier · Morbier · 9.5 km away
- Pistes de luges tubing · Morbier · 9.6 km away
Ice rink
- Espace des Mondes Polaires · Prémanon · 4.3 km away
- Patinoire/piste de roller de l'Espace des Mondes Polaires Paul-Émile Victor · Prémanon · 4.3 km away
Swimming pool
- Aquagym et cours de natation · Morbier · 7.7 km away
Spa and thermal baths
- La Salle Morez · Hauts de Bienne · 4.7 km away
- Au Lotus blanc - Massages Ayurvédique · Longchaumois · 9.1 km away
Museum
- Musée du Ski et de la Tradition Rousselande · Les Rousses · 1.2 km away
- Musée de l'Espace des Mondes Polaires Paul-Émile Victor · Prémanon · 4.3 km away
- Musée de la Lunette · Hauts de Bienne · 5.7 km away
- Musée de la Boissellerie · Bois-d'Amont · 7.7 km away
Cinema
- Modern Cinéma sarl Les Quinsonnets · Les Rousses · 1.3 km away
- Modern Cinéma - Casino et les Quinsonnets · Hauts de Bienne · 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.
Practical information
Collective accommodation
192 bed spaces in tourist residences, holiday villages and hostels
- 7 hotels · 89 rooms (5 × 3★, 1 × 2★)
- 2 holiday villages and family centres · 192 bed spaces
Commune: Les Rousses · 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 Rousses
95 instructors
🇬🇧 55 English-speaking instructors — lessons in English available
🗓️ This school sells its lessons online — book ↗
Source: esf.net
Days without skiing
- Cinema · Les Quinsonnets
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 Rousses
All events →-
15 October 2026 – 16 October 2026
"Architectures de la cité lunetière", Visite guidée pour les scolaires au cœur de Morez
Musée de la Lunette · Hauts de Bienne
Armés d'un livret de visite et guidés par une médiatrice culturelle, parcourez Morez et décryptez les traces de l'histoire parsemées à travers la cité lunetière. Découvrez comment les défis d'hier la…
Source: OpenAgenda, agenda “Plan Libre, la gazette” · View on OpenAgenda ↗
Also near: Les Gentianes (4.7 km)
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17 October 2026 – 18 October 2026
"Architectures de la cité lunetière", Visite guidée au cœur de Morez
Musée de la Lunette · Hauts de Bienne
Guidés par une médiatrice du Musée de la lunette, parcourez Morez et décryptez les traces de l'histoire parsemées à travers la cité lunetière. Découvrez comment les défis d'hier ont façonné la ville …
Source: OpenAgenda, agenda “Plan Libre, la gazette” · View on OpenAgenda ↗
Also near: Les Gentianes (4.7 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.
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Frequently asked questions
How high is Les Rousses?
Les Rousses sits at 1,105 m at village level, and its ski area rises to 1,255 m.
How many kilometres of pistes does Les Rousses have?
Les Rousses has 5 km of pistes served by 8 lifts (OpenStreetMap survey).
How high do the lifts go in Les Rousses?
The highest lift, Noirmont Sud (platter lift), tops out at 1,543 m. Source: STRMTG, French national register of mechanical lifts (CAIRN database), file dated 1 January 2025.
How many lifts does Les Rousses have, and what is their capacity?
The French national register of mechanical lifts records 28 installations at Les Rousses (4 chairlifts, 23 drag lifts, 1 magic carpet), for an authorised capacity of 30,881 people per hour, of which 2,800 for Télésiège des Jouvenceaux alone. The fleet spans 1950 to 2021, an average age of 38 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 Rousses?
By road, Les Rousses is 50 min from Genève (49 km), excluding traffic and winter conditions. By train, the nearest station is Morez, 13 min by road from the resort. From Morez station, line 306 — HAUTS DE BIENNE - BOIS AMONT (CAR Mobigo (39)) reaches the “ROUSSES (LES) Gouland” stop in 14 min, 2 departures a day on weekdays, 1 a day at weekends. The nearest airport is Genève, 58 min away.
How long is the drive from Paris to Les Rousses?
5 hr 22 for 468 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 Rousses good for beginners and families?
89% of the pistes are green or blue: a very accessible area.
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