Les Saisies
Les Saisies is a ski resort located in Hauteluce, Savoie, France. It is 30 km (19 mi) from Albertville, host of the 1992 Winter Olympics. For those games, the resort hosted the biathlon and cross-country skiing events.
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?3.5 / 5
Top of the ski area: 1,925 m · Bottom of the pistes: 1,386 m · Days above 30 cm per winter, measured: 121 days · Days above 30 cm, December to March, model: 98%
- Ski areaIs there enough to ski all week?4 / 5
Km of pistes at the resort: 129 km · Km of pistes across the linked area: 129 km · Lifts: 38 · Balance between piste levels: 77%
- ValueIs the lift pass reasonable for what you get?3 / 5
Adult day pass: €52 · Day pass price per km of pistes: €0.4/km · Adult 6-day pass: €260
- Families and beginnersIs it right for children and beginners?3 / 5
Share of green and blue pistes: 78% · Magic carpets: 2 · Sledging runs: 1 · Special prices out of 4 (beginner, child, family, free age): 2 · ESF ski school · Ice rink, pool, rail sledge…: 1
- AccessIs it easy to get to?3 / 5
Average drive time from 20 major cities: 4 hr 30 · Nearest railway station: 36 min · Station-to-resort shuttles per day: 0 · Nearest airport: 1 hr 24
- Atmosphere and après-skiIs there life in the evening and off the slopes?2.5 / 5
Bars and pubs: 1 · Nightclubs: 0 · Restaurants: 20 · Upcoming events: 0 · Collective tourist beds: 3,196 — index: what the map and the listings publish
- Luxury and comfortHow upmarket is the resort?2 / 5
5-star hotels: 0 · 4-star hotels: 0 · Share of hotel rooms in 4 and 5 stars: 13% · Spas and saunas: 0 · Jewellers, watchmakers, fashion boutiques: 1 · Adult day pass: €52 — 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. Open pistes and lifts will appear here as soon as the resort publishes its daily report.
Right now at the COL-DES-SAISIES station (1,614 m)
Avalanche danger
7-day forecast
Village 1,650 m · top 1,925 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
Good snow from December to March: a long, reliable season.
☀️ Average daily sunshine : Nov 6.3 h · Dec 5.6 h · Jan 5.9 h · Feb 7.1 h · Mar 8.3 h · Apr 10 h — 25 bright days in April (Open-Meteo estimate, 2015-2025).
- November—no record
- December69 cmGood skiing · 94%
- January92 cmGood skiing · 97%
- February106 cmGood skiing · 100%
- March118 cmGood skiing · 100%
- April—no record
- 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
19 complete winters measured, from 1996-1997 to 2025-2026 — on average 121 days a winter with at least 30 cm on the ground.
- 1-15 Dec43 cmVariable · 53 %
- 16-31 Dec59 cmVariable · 78 %
- 1-15 Jan76 cmGood skiing · 89 %
- 16-31 Jan100 cmGood skiing · 100 %
- 1-15 Feb115 cmGood skiing · 100 %
- 16-29 Feb120 cmGood skiing · 100 %
- 1-15 Mar122 cmGood skiing · 100 %
- 16-31 Mar108 cmGood skiing · 97 %
- 1-15 Apr79 cmGood skiing · 85 %
- Best winter of the series
- 2019-2020 — 137 days at 30 cm or more
- Worst winter of the series
- 2016-2017 — 85 days at 30 cm or more
Snowfall: no long enough record of fresh snow at this station. Rather than an estimate, we show nothing.
The ski area
Compare with another resort →139 pistes, by level — 129 km
- Skiable vertical
- 539 m (1,386 m → 1,925 m)
- Lifts
- 1 gondola, 17 chairlifts, 18 drag lifts, 2 magic carpets
- Cross-country skiing
- 12 named trails — 103 km of marked loops (34 km of distinct track: the loops overlap) · Les Saisies area, 700 m from 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(12)
Trail Level Length 13 - Justine Braisaz · Les Saisies expert 22 km 11 - Endurance · Les Saisies difficult 17 km 10 - Julia Simon · Les Saisies difficult 11 km 9 - Grande Aventure · Les Saisies intermediate 10 km 8 - Evasion · Les Saisies intermediate 8.2 km 6 - Explorer · Les Saisies intermediate 7.8 km 12 - Olympique · Les Saisies expert 6.5 km 3 - Découverte · Les Saisies easy 6 km 7 - Aventure · Les Saisies intermediate 5.8 km 2 - Marmottons · Les Saisies easy 3.3 km 5 - Mont Blanc · Les Saisies intermediate 2.7 km 4 - Panoramique · Les Saisies intermediate 2.4 km - Without skis
- 4 km of snowshoe and walking trails · 1 sledging run
- Piste aspect
- N 27% · E 25% · S 13% · W 35% (descent direction of 132 OSM pistes, terrain model)
- Mountain restaurants
- Le Panoramique 2000 (1938 m)
- Season 2026-2027
- opens on 5 December 2026
- Tourist office
- Les Saisies · 316 avenue des Jeux Olympiques, 73620 · 04.79.38.90.30 · [email protected] (declared by the resort, ANMSM)
- Piste map (PDF)
- plan-espace-diamant-18-19 (declared by the resort, ANMSM)
- Shuttle timetable (PDF)
- Brochure navettes_21_22 (declared by the resort, ANMSM)
Resort data: declared by Les Saisies and distributed by ANMSM · read on 18 September
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 | €52 |
| 6 days | €260 |
| Child, 1 day | €41.60 |
| Free | Free under 5 · free from 75 years |
Read on the official price list, full price, excluding promotions. Official price list ↗
Official piste map
Open the piste map (PDF, 13.3 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 Saisies only (“SAISIES (LES)”), magic carpets included.
Staying and hiring gear in Les Saisies
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Stay & accommodation
Live webcams
All webcams (10) →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 Saisies
From Paris: 6 hr 54 (627 km) by road.
By road
- From Chambéry: 1 hr 13 · 84 km
- From Annecy: 1 hr 16 · 59 km
- From Genève: 1 hr 27 · 92 km
- From Grenoble: 1 hr 29 · 113 km
- From Lyon: 2 hr 23 · 182 km
From other major cities (15)
- From Valence: 2 hr 33 · 206 km
- From Saint-Étienne: 2 hr 57 · 231 km
- From Besançon: 3 hr 56 · 266 km
- From Dijon: 4 hr 03 · 348 km
- From Clermont-Ferrand: 4 hr 16 · 351 km
- From Montpellier: 4 hr 39 · 410 km
- From Marseille: 4 hr 45 · 420 km
- From Strasbourg: 5 hr 51 · 483 km
- From Perpignan: 6 hr 01 · 558 km
- From Nancy: 6 hr 05 · 551 km
- From Nice: 6 hr 06 · 497 km
- From Paris: 6 hr 54 · 627 km
- From Toulouse: 6 hr 57 · 644 km
- From Bordeaux: 8 hr 14 · 737 km
- From Pau: 8 hr 52 · 834 km
Excluding traffic and winter conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.
By train
Albertville station
regional station · then 36 min drive (32 km)
Nearest main station: Chambéry - Challes-les-Eaux, 1 hr 11 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
- Chambéry-Savoie (CMF): 1 hr 24 by road · 91 km
- Genève (GVA): 1 hr 52 by road · 100 km
Take me there
These links open the app with Les Saisies as the destination. Your starting point is never sent by us — the app asks you for it, if you agree.
Charging an electric car
2 charging stations within 2 km
5 charging points · up to 50 kW
- Les Saisies - Avenue des jeux olympiques · EASYCHARGE · 3 points · 50 kW · 0.3 km
- Commune d'Hauteluce · RAIDEN · 2 points · 40 kW · 0.6 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.
Off-piste & ski touring
The resorts for off-piste skiing →Named itineraries: Sapinière · Ancienne piste noire Cuberotte · Chemin de la Palettaz · Ancienne Liaison Saisie - Crest Voland/Cohennoz
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 Saisies — up to 1,350 m of climb.
| Summit and route | Ski grade | Climb | Altitude | Aspect | From resort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mont Bisanne · La Légette | 1.1 · E1 · F | 500 m | 1,500 → 2,000 m | E | 2.9 km |
| Mont Clocher · Depuis Hauteluce | 2.1 · E1 · F | 826 m | 1,150 → 1,976 m | SE | 3.4 km |
| Montagne d'Outray - Épaule W · Versant NE | n/a · PD- | 820 m | 1,086 → 1,906 m | NW | 4.8 km |
| Montagne d'Outray - Croix · Versant NW | 3.1 · E1 · AD- | 1,200 m | 1,140 → 2,346 m | NW | 4.9 km |
| Montagne d'Outray · Couloir SW | 4.2 · E2 · AD | 1,146 m | 1,200 → 2,346 m | W | 4.9 km |
| Montagne d'Outray · Versant SE par le Pas d'Outray | 2.2 · E1 · PD+ | 1,152 m | 1,140 → 2,346 m | W | 5.1 km |
| Montagne d'Outray · Versant NW du Sommet S | n/a · E2 · AD- | 1,350 m | 990 → 2,346 m | NW | 5.3 km |
| Pas d'Outray · Versant NW | n/a · PD | 1,100 m | 1,180 → 2,181 m | NW | 5.3 km |
| Mont de Vorès (Tête des 3 Coins) · En boucle depuis Plan Désert | 2.1 · E1 · F | 576 m | 1,491 → 2,067 m | n/a | 5.4 km |
| Montagne d'Outray · Montagne d'Outray, sommet S, Petits Couloirs SW | 4.1 · E2 | n/a | n/a | SW | 6.6 km |
| Montagne d'Outray - Sommet NE · Par le Col du Sallestet - depuis les Granges | 2.3 · E1 · PD | 1,150 m | 1,160 → 2,307 m | N | 6.7 km |
| Crêt de Véry · Voie normale | 1.3 · E1 · F | 719 m | 1,300 → 2,039 m | S | 6.8 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 Saisies
Ice rink
- Patinoire · Notre-Dame-de-Bellecombe · 6 km away
Swimming pool
- Spa des Cîmes - Hôtel Mont Charvin · Cohennoz · 4.3 km away
Paragliding
- Megève Aventure Parapente · Praz-sur-Arly · 9.3 km away
Museum
- Ecomusée de Hauteluce · Hauteluce · 3.7 km away
- Musée "La Maison des Contes de Fées" · Notre-Dame-de-Bellecombe · 5.2 km away
- Musée de la Maison du Meunier et Moulin à Tienne · Flumet · 7 km away
- Musée digital - L'agriculture de montagne et nos savoir-faire fromagers · Flumet · 7.1 km away
Cinema
- Cinéma Chantecler · Ugine · 9.4 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
3,196 bed spaces in tourist residences, holiday villages and hostels
- 3 hotels · 93 rooms (1 × 4★, 1 × 3★, 1 × 2★)
- 2 holiday villages and family centres · 1,274 bed spaces
- 6 tourist residences and apartment hotels · 1,922 bed spaces
Commune: Hauteluce · 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 des Saisies
📍 316, 73620 Les Saisies
Ski school
ESF Les Saisies
186 instructors
🇬🇧 66 English-speaking instructors — lessons in English available
🗓️ This school sells its lessons online — book ↗
Source: esf.net
Days without skiing
- Bowling · Le 1650
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 Saisies?
Les Saisies sits at 1,650 m at village level, and its ski area rises to 1,925 m.
How many kilometres of pistes does Les Saisies have?
Les Saisies has 129 km of pistes served by 38 lifts, within the linked Espace Diamant area (OpenStreetMap survey).
What is the longest piste in Les Saisies?
The longest piste is Sangliers: 6 km (red run), for 357 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 Saisies?
The highest lift, Bellasta (detachable chairlift), tops out at 2,052 m. Source: STRMTG, French national register of mechanical lifts (CAIRN database), file dated 1 January 2025.
How many lifts does Les Saisies have, and what is their capacity?
The French national register of mechanical lifts records 35 installations at Les Saisies (1 gondola, 15 chairlifts, 12 drag lifts, 7 magic carpets), for an authorised capacity of 47,062 people per hour, of which 3,300 for Bisanne alone. The fleet spans 1966 to 2024, an average age of 18 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 Saisies?
The adult day pass costs €52 and the 6-day pass €260 (2026-2027, read on the official price list).
How do I get to Les Saisies?
By road, Les Saisies is 1 hr 13 from Chambéry (84 km), excluding traffic and winter conditions. By train, the nearest station is Albertville, 36 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 Chambéry-Savoie, 1 hr 24 away.
How long is the drive from Paris to Les Saisies?
6 hr 54 for 627 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 Saisies open?
According to the official website, the resort opens on 5 December 2026 (2026-2027 season).
Is the snow reliable in Les Saisies?
Yes: good snow through most of the winter according to twenty winters of Météo-France measurements; in season the daily report prevails.
Is Les Saisies good for beginners and families?
78% of the pistes are green or blue: a very accessible area.
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