Longchamp 1650
Longchamp 1650 is a ski resort in the Northern Alps (Savoie), in the commune of Saint François Longchamp. The village sits at 1,600 m and the ski area rises to 2,282 m, a skiable vertical of 881 m.
The area offers 120 km of alpine pistes, 79 marked pistes (29 green, 29 blue, 17 red, 4 black), 19 ski lifts, plus a snowpark. Green and blue runs dominate: terrain suited to beginners and families.
Longchamp 1650 belongs to the linked Le Grand Domaine area: one lift pass covers the neighbouring resorts.
Measured on the OpenStreetMap map: the longest piste runs 7 km (Le Marquis) and the highest lift tops out at 2,516 m.
The resort holds the Famille Plus and Flocon Vert and Station classée de tourisme labels.
Access: 1 h 04 by road from Chambéry and 17 min from Saint-Avre - La Chambre railway station.
6 official webcams show the pistes live (on the French page).
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
Top of the ski area: 2,282 m · Bottom of the pistes: 1,401 m · Days above 30 cm per winter, measured: 93 days · Days above 30 cm, December to March, model: 71%
- Ski areaIs there enough to ski all week?4 / 5
Km of pistes at the resort: 120 km · Km of pistes across the linked area: 123 km · Lifts: 19 · Balance between piste levels: 88%
- ValueIs the lift pass reasonable for what you get?2.5 / 5
Adult day pass: €59.7 · Day pass price per km of pistes: €0.49/km · Adult 6-day pass: €299.9 · Price read at a neighbouring resort of the same area
- Families and beginnersIs it right for children and beginners?4 / 5
Share of green and blue pistes: 73% · Magic carpets: 3 · Sledging runs: 1 · Special prices out of 4 (beginner, child, family, free age): 3 · ESF ski school · Ice rink, pool, rail sledge…: 2 · Famille Plus label
- AccessIs it easy to get to?4 / 5
Average drive time from 20 major cities: 4 hr 28 · Nearest railway station: 17 min · Station-to-resort shuttles per day: 2 · Nearest airport: 1 hr 15
- Atmosphere and après-skiIs there life in the evening and off the slopes?3 / 5
Bars and pubs: 2 · Nightclubs: 0 · Restaurants: 22 · Upcoming events: 0 · Collective tourist beds: 2,751 — 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 · Share of hotel rooms in 4 and 5 stars: 0% · Spas and saunas: 0 · Jewellers, watchmakers, fashion boutiques: 0 · Adult day pass: €59.7 — 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.
Avalanche danger
7-day forecast
Village 1,600 m · top 2,282 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 6.4 h · Dec 5.7 h · Jan 6.1 h · Feb 7.3 h · Mar 8.4 h · Apr 9.9 h — 25 bright days in April (Open-Meteo estimate, 2015-2025).
- November—no record
- December42 cmVariable · 60%
- January46 cmVariable · 76%
- February57 cmVariable · 78%
- March53 cmVariable · 71%
- April21 cmInsufficient · 28%
- 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
24 complete winters measured, from 1972-1973 to 2022-2023 — on average 93 days a winter with at least 30 cm on the ground.
- 1-15 Dec30 cmInsufficient · 40 %
- 16-31 Dec35 cmInsufficient · 48 %
- 1-15 Jan42 cmVariable · 65 %
- 16-31 Jan50 cmVariable · 77 %
- 1-15 Feb60 cmGood skiing · 88 %
- 16-29 Feb67 cmGood skiing · 91 %
- 1-15 Mar66 cmGood skiing · 88 %
- 16-31 Mar53 cmVariable · 78 %
- 1-15 Apr33 cmInsufficient · 48 %
- Best winter of the series
- 2012-2013 — 133 days at 30 cm or more
- Worst winter of the series
- 2000-2001 — 10 days at 30 cm or more
How much snow actually falls — 355 cm a winter on average, spread over 50 days of snowfall. Measured over 24 complete winters, from 1996-1997 to 2022-2023.
- Biggest 24-hour snowfall
- 55 cm — 2006-2007
- Snowiest winter
- 2012-2013 — 540 cm
- Leanest winter
- 1996-1997 — 173 cm
The ski area
Compare with another resort →79 pistes, by level — 120 km
- Skiable vertical
- 881 m (1,401 m → 2,282 m)
- Lifts
- 8 chairlifts, 8 drag lifts, 3 magic carpets
- Cross-country skiing
- 9 named trails — 47 km of marked loops (16 km of distinct track: the loops overlap) · Espace Nordique du Grand Coin area, 5.8 km 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(9)
Trail Level Length Le Grand Tour · Espace Nordique du Grand Coin difficult 10 km La Colonne · Espace Nordique du Grand Coin intermediate 7.9 km Bergein · Espace Nordique du Grand Coin intermediate 6.9 km Les Mottes · Espace Nordique du Grand Coin easy 5.9 km Le Replat · Espace Nordique du Grand Coin easy 5.3 km Liaison Bonvillard - Col du Chaussy · Espace Nordique du Grand Coin easy 3.6 km Les Rieux · Espace Nordique du Grand Coin very easy 3.4 km Tovachet · Espace Nordique du Grand Coin easy 2.5 km Libertour · Espace Nordique du Grand Coin very easy 1.5 km - Snowpark
- 1 mapped zone, 1.7 km from the resort — SnowPark
OpenStreetMap, surveyed on 12 September 2026. OpenStreetMap does not map individual features (kickers, rails): what is counted here are the named zones. - Without skis
- 1 sledging run
- Piste aspect
- N 33% · E 8% · S 13% · W 46% (descent direction of 66 OSM pistes, terrain model)
- Mountain restaurants
- Les 2 Mazots (1999 m)
- Tourist office
- Saint Francois Longchamp Tourisme · Maison du Tourisme, 73130 · 0479591056 · [email protected] (declared by the resort, ANMSM)
- Piste map (PDF)
- Plan des pistes Le Grand Domaine (declared by the resort, ANMSM)
- Shuttle timetable (PDF)
- Faure Transport (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 Saint Francois Longchamp Tourisme 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 | €59.70 |
| 6 days | €299.90 |
| Season | €825 |
| Child, 1 day | €48.90 |
| Beginner, 1 day | €37.70 |
| Pedestrian, 1 day | €18.90 |
| Free | Free under 5 · free from 75 years |
Read on the official price list, full price, excluding promotions. Price list of the linked area, read on Combelouvière. Official price list ↗
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.
Staying and hiring gear in Longchamp 1650
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Stay & accommodation
Live webcams
All webcams (8) →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 Longchamp 1650
From Paris: 6 hr 51 (650 km) by road.
By road
- From Chambéry: 1 hr 04 · 81 km
- From Grenoble: 1 hr 21 · 110 km
- From Annecy: 1 hr 33 · 128 km
- From Genève: 2 hr 03 · 166 km
- From Lyon: 2 hr 14 · 179 km
From other major cities (15)
- From Valence: 2 hr 24 · 203 km
- From Saint-Étienne: 2 hr 48 · 228 km
- From Dijon: 4 hr 07 · 380 km
- From Clermont-Ferrand: 4 hr 07 · 348 km
- From Besançon: 4 hr 23 · 338 km
- From Montpellier: 4 hr 31 · 407 km
- From Marseille: 4 hr 36 · 417 km
- From Nice: 5 hr 19 · 431 km
- From Perpignan: 5 hr 52 · 555 km
- From Nancy: 6 hr 14 · 591 km
- From Strasbourg: 6 hr 18 · 556 km
- From Toulouse: 6 hr 48 · 642 km
- From Paris: 6 hr 51 · 650 km
- From Bordeaux: 8 hr 06 · 735 km
- From Pau: 8 hr 43 · 832 km
Excluding traffic and winter conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.
By train
Saint-Avre - La Chambre station
halt · then 17 min drive (15 km)
Nearest main station: Chambéry - Challes-les-Eaux, 1 hr 03 by road.
- From Saint-Avre - La Chambre station (stop “Gare Routiere”): line S30 — ST AVRE ↔ ST FRANCOIS LONGCHAMP (REGION - cars Région Savoie), 25 min to the “1450 - Mairie” stop — 2 departures a day on weekdays · first 12:22, last 18:05 · 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 15 by road · 89 km
- Grenoble-Alpes-Isère (GNB): 1 hr 54 by road · 156 km
Take me there
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Charging an electric car
3 charging stations within 2 km
6 charging points · up to 22 kW
- SAINT FRANÇOIS LONGCHAMP - Route de la Madeleine · EASYCHARGE · 2 points · 22 kW · 0.3 km
- SAINT FRANÇOIS LONGCHAMP - Route de la Madeleine · EASYCHARGE · 2 points · 22 kW · 0.3 km
- SAINT FRANÇOIS LONGCHAMP - Parking Mairie · EASYCHARGE · 2 points · 22 kW · 1.5 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: Le Loup · Free Ride de la Procureuse · Free ride du Riondet · La Lauzière
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 Longchamp 1650 — up to 3,700 m of climb.
| Summit and route | Ski grade | Climb | Altitude | Aspect | From resort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Traversée du Massif de la Lauzière · S > N à ski | 3.2 · E2 · PD+ | 3,700 m | 1,265 → 2,829 m | n/a | 0.7 km |
| L'Homme de Beurre · Versant S par les pistes | 2.1 · E1 · PD- | 678 m | 1,590 → 2,268 m | S | 1.2 km |
| Roc Rouge · Versant SW | 2.3 · E1 · PD- | 690 m | 1,690 → 2,375 m | n/a | 1.3 km |
| Le Merbelay / La Roche Noire · Versant NW | n/a · AD | 1,036 m | 1,600 → 2,636 m | W | 1.6 km |
| Faux Gros Villan · Couloir SW | 4.3 · E3 · D+ | 1,000 m | 1,650 → 2,642 m | SW | 1.6 km |
| Rocher de Sarvatan · Tour: Roc Rouge >> Col de Sarvatan | 3.2 · E2 · AD- | 1,225 m | 1,700 → 2,510 m | n/a | 1.9 km |
| Rocher de Sarvatan · Couloir NE en boucle | n/a · PD+ | 775 m | 1,600 → 2,375 m | SE | 1.9 km |
| Cheval Noir · Couloir Bob | 4.2 · E2 · D+ | 1,130 m | 1,600 → 2,730 m | N | 2 km |
| Cheval Noir · Couloir NE | 4.2 · E2 · D | 700 m | 2,482 → 2,800 m | NE | 2 km |
| Rocher de Sarvatan · Par le Col de Sarvatan | 2.3 · E1 · PD | 810 m | 1,700 → 2,510 m | E | 2.1 km |
| Cheval Noir · Traversée Merbelay → Cheval Noir | n/a · PD+ | 2,010 m | 1,600 → 2,832 m | SE | 2.3 km |
| Col de Montjoie · Versant S | 1.3 · E1 · PD- | 563 m | 1,690 → 2,253 m | SE | 2.3 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 Longchamp 1650
Swimming pool
- Espace aquatique de Valmorel - Kanopé · Les Avanchers-Valmorel · 8 km away
Paragliding
- ENVERGURE PARAPENTE - LA FILLE DE L'AIR · Saint François Longchamp · 0 km away
- Aire de décollage parapente des Lanchettes · Les Avanchers-Valmorel · 6.8 km away
- Aire de décollage parapente de Crève-Tête · Les Avanchers-Valmorel · 7.8 km away
- Aire de décollage parapente du Gollet · Les Avanchers-Valmorel · 8 km away
Museum
- Musée du Félicien · Argentine · 9.4 km away
Cinema
- Le Studio - cinéma · Les Avanchers-Valmorel · 8 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
2,751 bed spaces in tourist residences, holiday villages and hostels
- 5 hotels · 101 rooms (3 × 3★, 1 × 2★)
- 8 tourist residences and apartment hotels · 2,751 bed spaces
Commune: Saint François Longchamp · INSEE tourist accommodation survey, 2026, read on 12 September 2026. Collective accommodation only — privately let flats and second homes are not counted. INSEE dataset ↗
Ski school
ESF St Francois Longchamp
67 instructors
🇬🇧 31 English-speaking instructors — lessons in English available
🗓️ This school sells its lessons online — book ↗
Source: esf.net
Days without skiing
- Cinema · Le Fanny
- Bowling · Le Strike
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 Longchamp 1650?
Longchamp 1650 sits at 1,600 m at village level, and its ski area rises to 2,282 m.
How many kilometres of pistes does Longchamp 1650 have?
Longchamp 1650 has 120 km of pistes served by 19 lifts, within the linked Le Grand Domaine area (OpenStreetMap survey).
What is the longest piste in Longchamp 1650?
The longest piste is Le Marquis: 7 km (blue run), for 420 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 Longchamp 1650?
The highest lift, Lauzière, tops out at 2,516 m (IGN RGE ALTI terrain model). The 34 lifts mapped on OpenStreetMap total 33 km.
How much is a lift pass in Longchamp 1650?
The adult day pass costs €59.70 and the 6-day pass €299.90 (2026-2027, read on the official price list, shared with Combelouvière).
How do I get to Longchamp 1650?
By road, Longchamp 1650 is 1 hr 04 from Chambéry (81 km), excluding traffic and winter conditions. By train, the nearest station is Saint-Avre - La Chambre, 17 min by road from the resort. From Saint-Avre - La Chambre station, line S30 — ST AVRE ↔ ST FRANCOIS LONGCHAMP (REGION - cars Région Savoie) reaches the “1450 - Mairie” stop in 25 min, 2 departures a day on weekdays. The nearest airport is Chambéry-Savoie, 1 hr 15 away.
How long is the drive from Paris to Longchamp 1650?
6 hr 51 for 650 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 Longchamp 1650?
It varies from one winter to the next according to twenty winters of Météo-France measurements; in season the daily report prevails.
Is Longchamp 1650 good for beginners and families?
73% of the pistes are green or blue: a rather easy area. The resort holds the Famille Plus family label.
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