Manigod
Manigod is a ski resort in the Northern Alps (Haute-Savoie). The village sits at 719 m and the ski area rises to 2,255 m, a skiable vertical of 1,225 m.
The area offers 16 km of alpine pistes, 32 marked pistes (5 green, 16 blue, 11 red), 17 ski lifts. Green and blue runs dominate: terrain suited to beginners and families.
Manigod belongs to the linked Aravis area: one lift pass covers the neighbouring resorts.
Measured on the OpenStreetMap map: the longest piste runs 4 km (Les Prises) and the highest lift tops out at 2,255 m.
The resort holds the Station classée de tourisme label.
Access: 36 min by road from Annecy and 30 min from Pringy railway station.
3 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?2.5 / 5
Top of the ski area: 2,255 m · Bottom of the pistes: 1,030 m · Days above 30 cm per winter, measured: 70 days · Days above 30 cm, December to March, model: 67%
- Ski areaIs there enough to ski all week?2.5 / 5
Km of pistes at the resort: 16 km · Km of pistes across the linked area: 69 km · Lifts: 17 · Balance between piste levels: 72%
- 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?2 / 5
Share of green and blue pistes: 66% · Magic carpets: 2 · Sledging runs: 0 · Ice rink, pool, rail sledge…: 0
- AccessIs it easy to get to?3.5 / 5
Average drive time from 20 major cities: 4 hr 18 · Nearest railway station: 30 min · Station-to-resort shuttles per day: 0 · Nearest airport: 1 hr 13
- Atmosphere and après-skiIs there life in the evening and off the slopes?1.5 / 5
Bars and pubs: 0 · Nightclubs: 0 · Restaurants: 0 · Upcoming events: 0 · Collective tourist beds: 210 — 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: 58% · 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).
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 719 m · top 2,255 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.
Average snow depth by month
Reliable snow mainly in January; more irregular the rest of the winter.
☀️ Average daily sunshine : Nov 5.9 h · Dec 5.3 h · Jan 5.5 h · Feb 6.8 h · Mar 8.2 h · Apr 9.8 h — 25 bright days in April (Open-Meteo estimate, 2015-2025).
- November6 cmInsufficient · 4%
- December32 cmInsufficient · 45%
- January57 cmGood skiing · 83%
- February66 cmVariable · 77%
- March56 cmVariable · 63%
- April20 cmInsufficient · 24%
- May1 cmInsufficient · 0%
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
36 complete winters measured, from 1988-1989 to 2023-2024 — on average 70 days a winter with at least 30 cm on the ground.
- 1-15 Dec21 cmInsufficient · 31 %
- 16-31 Dec28 cmInsufficient · 42 %
- 1-15 Jan33 cmVariable · 55 %
- 16-31 Jan45 cmVariable · 73 %
- 1-15 Feb54 cmVariable · 74 %
- 16-29 Feb56 cmVariable · 72 %
- 1-15 Mar49 cmVariable · 64 %
- 16-31 Mar29 cmInsufficient · 39 %
- 1-15 Apr12 cmInsufficient · 16 %
- Best winter of the series
- 2012-2013 — 134 days at 30 cm or more
- Worst winter of the series
- 1989-1990 — 3 days at 30 cm or more
How much snow actually falls — 349 cm a winter on average, spread over 35 days of snowfall. Measured over 36 complete winters.
- Biggest 24-hour snowfall
- 50 cm — 1994-1995
- Snowiest winter
- 1998-1999 — 691 cm
- Leanest winter
- 1996-1997 — 117 cm
The ski area
Compare with another resort →32 pistes, by level — 16 km
- Skiable vertical
- 1,225 m (1,030 m → 2,255 m)
- Lifts
- 4 chairlifts, 11 drag lifts, 2 magic carpets
- Cross-country skiing
- 3 named trails — 2.9 km of marked loops, 2.9 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(3)
Trail Level Length Le Nant easy 1.2 km Le Plateau easy 1.1 km Vonezins easy 0.7 km - Piste aspect
- N 31% · E 20% · S 15% · W 33% (descent direction of 36 OSM pistes, terrain model)
- Mountain restaurants
- Happy Chalet (1503 m) · Le Choucas (1497 m) · Le vieille ferme (1472 m) · Hôtel Restaurant Les Sapins Wellness & Gourmet (1456 m)
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 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 Manigod only (“MANIGOD CROIX FRY”), magic carpets included.
Staying and hiring gear in Manigod
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Stay & accommodation
Live webcams
All webcams (8) →Official players of the resort, live image. Checked on 18 September 2026.
Webcams provided by windy.com — add a webcam.
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 Manigod
From Paris: 6 hr 19 (566 km) by road.
By road
- From Annecy: 36 min · 27 km
- From Genève: 1 hr 04 · 65 km
- From Chambéry: 1 hr 10 · 80 km
- From Grenoble: 1 hr 36 · 120 km
- From Lyon: 2 hr 09 · 167 km
From other major cities (15)
- From Valence: 2 hr 40 · 213 km
- From Saint-Étienne: 2 hr 42 · 216 km
- From Besançon: 3 hr 24 · 237 km
- From Dijon: 3 hr 27 · 287 km
- From Clermont-Ferrand: 4 hr 02 · 336 km
- From Montpellier: 4 hr 47 · 417 km
- From Marseille: 4 hr 52 · 427 km
- From Strasbourg: 5 hr 19 · 455 km
- From Nancy: 5 hr 30 · 490 km
- From Perpignan: 6 hr 08 · 565 km
- From Nice: 6 hr 13 · 505 km
- From Paris: 6 hr 19 · 566 km
- From Toulouse: 7 hr 04 · 652 km
- From Bordeaux: 8 hr 00 · 723 km
- From Pau: 8 hr 59 · 842 km
Excluding traffic and winter conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.
By train
Pringy station
halt · then 30 min drive (27 km)
Nearest main station: Annecy, 36 min 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 13 by road · 79 km
- Genève (GVA): 1 hr 17 by road · 70 km
Take me there
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Charging an electric car
1 charging station within 2 km
2 charging points · up to 22 kW
- MANIGOD - Chef Lieu · EASYCHARGE · 2 points · 22 kW · 0.2 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 →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 Manigod — up to 1,375 m of climb.
| Summit and route | Ski grade | Climb | Altitude | Aspect | From resort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montagne de Sulens · Intégrale double des arêtes | n/a · AD- | 1,375 m | 1,140 → 1,839 m | NE | 2.5 km |
| Montagne de Sulens · Tour de Sulens et Traversée Petit Sulens | n/a · PD | 1,100 m | 1,120 → 1,839 m | n/a | 2.5 km |
| Montagne de Sulens · Combe N | 3.1 · E1 · AD- | 720 m | 1,120 → 1,839 m | N | 2.5 km |
| Montagne de Sulens · Couloirs E | 3.3 · AD+ | 720 m | 1,120 → 1,839 m | E | 2.5 km |
| Pointe d'Orsière · Boucle de Plan du Tour | n/a · PD- | 1,015 m | 970 → 1,750 m | SE | 2.7 km |
| La Riondaz · Depuis Praz Riand | n/a · F | 800 m | 970 → 1,746 m | NW | 2.9 km |
| Montagne de Sulens · Depuis la route des Pythieres | 2.2 · E1 · PD+ | 1,106 m | 733 → 1,839 m | NW | 3 km |
| Montagne de Sulens · Boucle depuis le col de Plan Bois, retour par les Bancs | n/a | 750 m | 1,299 → 1,839 m | n/a | 3 km |
| Pointe d'Orsière · depuis Torchon, via l'Arbarête et la Balme (en boucle) | 1.2 · E1 · F | 640 m | 1,180 → 1,750 m | NW | 3 km |
| Pointe d'Orsière · Route de l'Arbarete | n/a · F | 568 m | 1,182 → 1,750 m | N | 3 km |
| Montagne de Sulens · Depuis Les Clefs | n/a | 1,300 m | 700 → 1,839 m | NW | 3.2 km |
| Montagne de Sulens · Depuis Le Mont | n/a · F | 700 m | 1,050 → 1,839 m | NW | 3.5 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 Manigod
Toboggan runs
- Luge des Prés · La Clusaz · 6.2 km away
Swimming pool
- Piscine municipale · Thônes · 4.5 km away
- Espace Aquatique La Clusaz · La Clusaz · 6.9 km away
Museum
- Musée Patrimonial du Pays de Thônes - Fondateurs : François et Lucien Cochat · Thônes · 4.3 km away
- Salle des maquettes des Amis du Val de Thônes · Thônes · 4.3 km away
- Le Hameau des Alpes · La Clusaz · 5.8 km away
- Ecomusée du Bois et de la Forêt · Thônes · 5.9 km away
Cinema
- Cinéma Edelweiss · Thônes · 4.1 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
210 bed spaces in tourist residences, holiday villages and hostels
- 4 hotels · 55 rooms (2 × 4★, 1 × 3★, 1 × 2★)
- 1 tourist residence or apartment hotel · 210 bed spaces
Commune: Manigod · 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
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 Manigod?
Manigod sits at 719 m at village level, and its ski area rises to 2,255 m.
How many kilometres of pistes does Manigod have?
Manigod has 16 km of pistes served by 17 lifts, within the linked Aravis area (OpenStreetMap survey).
What is the longest piste in Manigod?
The longest piste is Les Prises: 4 km (blue run), for 395 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 Manigod?
The highest lift, TK du Grand Cret (platter lift), tops out at 1,670 m. Source: STRMTG, French national register of mechanical lifts (CAIRN database), file dated 1 January 2025.
How many lifts does Manigod have, and what is their capacity?
The French national register of mechanical lifts records 9 installations at Manigod (3 chairlifts, 5 drag lifts, 1 magic carpet), for an authorised capacity of 7,699 people per hour, of which 2,200 for TS de La Tête de Câbeau alone. The fleet spans 1968 to 2021, an average age of 36 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 Manigod?
By road, Manigod is 36 min from Annecy (27 km), excluding traffic and winter conditions. By train, the nearest station is Pringy, 30 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 13 away.
How long is the drive from Paris to Manigod?
6 hr 19 for 566 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 Manigod?
Yes: good snow in the core of the winter according to ten winters of reanalysis (estimate); in season the daily report prevails.
Is Manigod good for beginners and families?
66% of the pistes are green or blue: a rather easy area.
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