Métabief
1,013 mVillage altitude
1,430 mTop of the ski area
35 kmAlpine pistes
20Ski lifts
Not published by any source: adult day pass.
Métabief Mont d'Or is a French mountain resort in Haut-Doubs, located partly in the commune of Métabief. The other communes of the resort are Jougne, Les Hôpitaux-Neufs, Les Hôpitaux-Vieux, Longevilles-Mont-d'Or and Rochejean. It is active in both winter and summer.
Live webcams
All webcams (4) →Front de NeigeWebcam-HD
Super LongevillesWebcam-HD
Usine NeigeWebcam-HD
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Official players of the resort, live image.
Snow, opening and weather
Snow report →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.
Right now at the LA BOISSAUDE ROCHEJEAN station (1,222 m)
Source: Météo-France, LA BOISSAUDE ROCHEJEAN weather station, 5.1 km away. Hourly measurement — not the resort’s own snow report.
Natural snow is low on average: skiing depends on snowmaking and good years. 42 days a winter at 30 cm or more on average, and 251 cm of fresh snow, measured over 17 winters at the Météo-France “LES FOURGS” station. Fortnight by fortnight, over 17 measured winters →
3-day forecast
Village 1,013 m · top 1,430 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.
Seven criteria rated from 1 to 5 stars, in half-stars, from this page's sourced data. A rating is a rank among the 315 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?1.5 / 5
Top of the ski area: 1,430 m · Bottom of the pistes: 887 m · Days above 30 cm per winter, measured: 42 days · Days above 30 cm, December to March, model: 11%
- Ski areaIs there enough to ski all week?4 / 5
Km of pistes at the resort: 35 km · Lifts: 20 · Balance between piste levels: 95%
- ValueIs the lift pass reasonable for what you get?n/a
Not rated: no official price list could be found.
- Families and beginnersIs it right for children and beginners?2.5 / 5
Share of green and blue pistes: 63% · Magic carpets: 4 · Sledging runs: 0 · ESF ski school · Ice rink, pool, rail sledge…: 2
- AccessIs it easy to get to?3 / 5
Average drive time from 20 major cities: 4 hr 43 · Nearest railway station: 11 min · Station-to-resort shuttles per day: 0 · Nearest airport: 1 hr 33
- Atmosphere and après-skiIs there life in the evening and off the slopes?3.5 / 5
Bars and pubs: 5 · Nightclubs: 1 · Restaurants: 17 · Upcoming events: 0 · Collective tourist beds: 266 — 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 — 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 declared by the resort (ANMSM, official website), STRMTG register, OpenStreetMap; snow depth observed at the Météo-France station, ERA5-Land model) ; ski area (figures declared by the resort (ANMSM, official website), national lift register (STRMTG), OpenStreetMap) ; 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).
51 pistes, by level
12 green20 blue12 red7 black
- Skiable vertical
- 543 m
- Cross-country skiing
- 29 named trails — 250 km of marked loops (84 km of distinct track: the loops overlap) · Mollendruz Ski de Fond area, right by the resort
Ski-area figures — bottom, km of pistes, pistes by level: OpenStreetMap (1 Oct); top, lifts: STRMTG — French national lift register (1 Jan) .
The ski area in figures
Measured on 7 October 20263 kmLongest piste — La Familiale (green), 234 m of vertical
403 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 1,418 → 1,015 m, 2 km
1,430 mHighest lift top — Super Longevilles 1 (platter lift), national lift register
15,557Total lift capacity, people per hour — 20 installations: 4 chairlifts, 12 drag lifts, 4 magic carpets
35 yrsAverage age of the lift fleet — oldest 1965, newest 2020
2,400Biggest lift, people per hour — Morond (detachable chairlift, 2005)
18 kmTotal length of lifts — 28 lifts mapped
855 haSki area boundary (OSM)
1,375Inhabitants — Métabief (INSEE 25380)
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. 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 Métabief only (“METABIEF MONT D'OR”), magic carpets included.
Staying and hiring gear in Métabief
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Collective accommodation
266 bed spaces in tourist residences, holiday villages and hostels
- 1 hotel · 22 rooms (1 × 3★)
- 1 holiday village or family centre · 181 bed spaces
- 1 youth hostel or sports centre · 85 bed spaces
Commune: Métabief · INSEE tourist accommodation survey, 2026, read on 12 September 2026. Collective accommodation only — privately let flats and second homes are not counted. INSEE dataset ↗
Stay & accommodation
Holidu
Holiday-rental comparison site.
Gear & equipment
Absolute Snow
UK ski and snowboard shop — delivers to UK addresses only.
Hardloop
Mountain gear shop: ski touring, avalanche safety, winter clothing.
Beyond skiing at Métabief
Toboggan runs
- Domaine skiable de Métabief · Métabief · 0 km away
- Luge des Cimes · Métabief · 0.2 km away
- Métabief Aventures, vos loisirs en famille · Métabief · 0.9 km away
- Téléskis d'Entre les Fourgs - Jougne · Jougne · 4.1 km away
- Luge sur rail · OpenStreetMap
Swimming pool
- Spa Les Rives Sauvages · Malbuisson · 5.4 km away
- Centre aquatique - Aqua2lacs · Malbuisson · 5.6 km away
Paragliding
- Mont d'Or Parapente · Métabief · 0.1 km away
Museum
- Musée de la Meunerie de Métabief · Métabief · 1.1 km away
- Musée animalier · Jougne · 2.6 km away
- Maison de la Réserve · Labergement-Sainte-Marie · 6.1 km away
- Maison du Patrimoine · Remoray-Boujeons · 8.9 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. Lines marked OpenStreetMap come from the map, within 3 km — opening times on site. Opening times and prices are the operator’s — check before you go.
Ski schools and practical information
Ski school
ESF Metabief
39 instructors
🇬🇧 5 English-speaking instructors — lessons in English available
Source: esf.net
Tourist office
Office du Tourisme de Métabief
📍 6 Place Xavier Authier, 25370 Métabief
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.
Off the pistes: off-piste and ski touring
The resorts for off-piste skiing → 1 Marked off-piste itineraries · 0 km
— Ski touring routes
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
10 ski touring routes documented within 10 km of Métabief — up to 1,000 m of climb.
| Summit and route | Ski grade | Climb | Altitude | Aspect | From resort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gros Morond (Mont d'Or) · Morond par pistes de Metabief | 1.2 · E1 · PD | 400 m | 1,020 → 1,420 m | E | 0.9 km |
| Mont d'Or · Berche-Troupezy, par les pistes de Métabief | 1.2 · E1 · F | 760 m | 1,000 → 1,420 m | N | 2.1 km |
| Mont d'Or · Tour et sommet depuis Métabief | 2.1 · E1 · PD- | 1,000 m | 990 → 1,463 m | N | 3.2 km |
| Mont d'Or · Depuis Piquemiette | 2.1 · E1 · PD- | 1,000 m | 850 → 1,461 m | E | 3.9 km |
The other 6 routes, with grades and vertical →
Not a piste. Neither marked, nor patrolled, nor secured: transceiver, shovel, probe, the day’s avalanche bulletin and, better still, a guide. Ski grade (1.1–5.6) = steepness and commitment; exposure (E1–E4) = consequence of a fall.
Source: Camptocamp.org topo guide (CC BY-SA), routes starting within 10 km, read on 13 October 2026. Descriptions and photos are on Camptocamp; an empty cell is a field nobody has filled in. Camptocamp ski touring routes ↗
Piste map
Open on OpenSnowMap ↗Official piste map
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 Métabief
From Paris: 5 hr 20 (466 km) by road.
By road
- From Besançon: 1 hr 19 · 77 km
- From Genève: 1 hr 26 · 105 km
- From Annecy: 1 hr 56 · 149 km
- From Dijon: 2 hr 06 · 148 km
- From Chambéry: 2 hr 23 · 190 km
From other major cities (15)
- From Lyon: 2 hr 57 · 194 km
- From Grenoble: 2 hr 57 · 246 km
- From Strasbourg: 3 hr 43 · 282 km
- From Saint-Étienne: 3 hr 45 · 253 km
- From Valence: 3 hr 55 · 348 km
- From Nancy: 3 hr 56 · 269 km
- From Clermont-Ferrand: 4 hr 38 · 391 km
- From Paris: 5 hr 20 · 466 km
- From Montpellier: 6 hr 02 · 553 km
- From Marseille: 6 hr 08 · 562 km
- From Nice: 7 hr 23 · 595 km
- From Perpignan: 7 hr 24 · 700 km
- From Toulouse: 8 hr 20 · 787 km
- From Bordeaux: 8 hr 36 · 780 km
- From Pau: 10 hr 14 · 977 km
Excluding traffic and winter conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.
By train
Labergement-Sainte-Marie station
halt · then 11 min drive (8 km)
Nearest main station: Besançon Viotte, 1 hr 18 by road.
No direct bus line from the station to the resort appears in the open-data timetables (checked on 11 October 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
- Genève (GVA): 1 hr 33 by road · 103 km
- Chambéry-Savoie (CMF): 2 hr 27 by road · 189 km
Take me there
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Charging an electric car
1 charging station within 2 km
7 charging points · up to 180 kW
- EVzen - Jougne, Super U · EVzen · 7 points · 180 kW · 2 km
Freely accessible charge points read from the French national EV charging database (data.gouv.fr ↗, operators’ own declarations), checked on 9 October 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.
Translated from the French Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), machine translation.
Frequently asked questions
How high is Métabief?
Métabief sits at 1,013 m at village level, and its ski area rises to 1,430 m.
How many kilometres of pistes does Métabief have?
Métabief has 35 km of slopes, 20 lifts.
What is the longest piste in Métabief?
The longest piste is La Familiale: 3 km (green run), for 234 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 Métabief?
The highest lift, Super Longevilles 1 (platter lift), tops out at 1,430 m. Source: STRMTG, French national register of mechanical lifts (CAIRN database), file dated 1 January 2025.
How many lifts does Métabief have, and what is their capacity?
The French national register of mechanical lifts records 20 installations at Métabief (4 chairlifts, 12 drag lifts, 4 magic carpets), for an authorised capacity of 15,557 people per hour, of which 2,400 for Morond alone. The fleet spans 1965 to 2020, an average age of 35 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 Métabief?
By road, Métabief is 1 hr 19 from Besançon (77 km), excluding traffic and winter conditions. By train, the nearest station is Labergement-Sainte-Marie, 11 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 Genève, 1 hr 33 away.
How long is the drive from Paris to Métabief?
5 hr 20 for 466 km from central Paris, excluding traffic and winter conditions. Computed on the real road network (OpenStreetMap): allow more on a school-holiday Saturday.
What time do the lifts open in Métabief?
Lifts are announced open from 09:30 to 17:30 (saison 2026 · Week-end et jours fériés Mai, Juin et Septembre / Tous les jours du 27 Juin au 30 Août), according to the official website (read on 29 September 2026).
Is the snow reliable in Métabief?
Natural snow is low on average: skiing depends on snowmaking and good years. 42 days a winter at 30 cm or more on average, and 251 cm of fresh snow, measured over 17 winters at the Météo-France “LES FOURGS” station. This verdict rests on 17 winters of Météo-France measurements (2004-2021); in season the daily report prevails.
Is Métabief good for beginners and families?
63% of the pistes are green or blue: a rather easy area.
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