Molines-en-Queyras
1,625 mVillage altitude
2,187 mTop of the ski area
23 kmAlpine pistes
12Ski lifts
Not published by any source: adult day pass.
Molines-en-Queyras (in Occitan Morinas) is a French commune located in the département of Hautes-Alpes, in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Its territory forms part of the Queyras regional natural park.
Webcams near Molines-en-Queyras
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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.
Avalanche danger
Snow cover varies from one winter to the next — the best time runs from mid-December to mid-April. 85 days a winter at 30 cm or more on average, and 249 cm of fresh snow, measured over 47 winters at the Météo-France “ST VERAN” station. Fortnight by fortnight, over 47 measured winters →
3-day forecast
Village 1,625 m · top 2,187 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?3.5 / 5
Top of the ski area: 2,187 m · Bottom of the pistes: 1,739 m · Days above 30 cm per winter, measured: 85 days · Days above 30 cm, December to March, model: 96%
- Ski areaIs there enough to ski all week?3 / 5
Km of pistes at the resort: 23 km · Lifts: 12 · Balance between piste levels: 89%
- 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: 69% · Magic carpets: 1 · Sledging runs: 0 · ESF ski school · Ice rink, pool, rail sledge…: 1
- AccessIs it easy to get to?1.5 / 5
Average drive time from 20 major cities: 5 hr 51 · Nearest railway station: 34 min · Station-to-resort shuttles per day: 0 · Nearest airport: 2 hr 57
- Atmosphere and après-skiIs there life in the evening and off the slopes?1 / 5
Bars and pubs: 0 · Nightclubs: 0 · Restaurants: 3 · Upcoming events: 0 · Collective tourist beds: 0 — 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).
35 pistes, by level
14 green10 blue9 red2 black
- Skiable vertical
- 448 m
- Lifts
- 2 chairlifts, 9 drag lifts, 1 magic carpet
- Snowpark
- 1 mapped zone, 5.2 km from the resort — Espace Snowpark (easy)
- Cross-country skiing
- 1 km of nordic trails
Ski-area figures — bottom, top, km of pistes, lifts, pistes by level: OpenStreetMap (1 Oct) .
The ski area in figures
Measured on 7 October 20262 kmLongest piste — La Montlhéry (green), 204 m of vertical
318 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 2,062 → 1,744 m, 1 km
2,076 mHighest lift top — Burge (chairlift)
4 kmTotal length of lifts — 7 lifts mapped
791 haSki area boundary (OSM)
307Inhabitants — Molines-en-Queyras (INSEE 05077)
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.
Staying and hiring gear in Molines-en-Queyras
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Collective accommodation
- 4 hotels · 67 rooms (1 × 3★, 3 × 2★)
- 1 campsite · 25 pitches
Commune: Molines-en-Queyras · 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.
Ski hire
Skiset UK
Skiset’s UK site: ski hire in the resort shops, booked in English, paid in pounds.
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 Molines-en-Queyras
Toboggan runs
- Luge sur rail · 1.2 km away · OpenStreetMap
Spa and thermal baths
- Spa l'Alta Peyra · Saint-Véran · 3.9 km away
Dog sledding
- Azak Mushing · Abriès-Ristolas · 8.6 km away
Paragliding
- "Tête en l'Air" Ecole de Parapente Du Queyras · Ceillac · 8.8 km away
Museum
- L'Armoire aux 8 Serrures · Château-Ville-Vieille · 3.7 km away
- Exposition sur l'Ancienne Mine de Cuivre · Saint-Véran · 3.9 km away
- Carré bleu Queyras · Abriès-Ristolas · 9.8 km away
- Musée de la Barma · Abriès-Ristolas · 9.9 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 Molines St Veran
38 instructors
🇬🇧 14 English-speaking instructors — lessons in English available
🗓️ This school sells its lessons online — book ↗
Source: esf.net
Tourist office
Office du 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.
Off the pistes: off-piste and ski touring
The resorts for off-piste skiing →Ski touring routes described
12 ski touring routes documented within 10 km of Molines-en-Queyras — up to 1,625 m of climb.
| Summit and route | Ski grade | Climb | Altitude | Aspect | From resort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sommet Bûcher · Depuis La Rua (Molines) | 2.1 · E1 · PD- | 600 m | 1,673 → 2,254 m | NE | 1.4 km |
| Gardiole de l'Alp · Versant W | 2.1 · E1 · F | 978 m | 1,808 → 2,805 m | W | 1.5 km |
| Serre des Vallonnets · Par le Col des Prés de fromage | n/a | 915 m | 1,735 → 2,643 m | N · NE · E | 2.6 km |
| Crête du Mourre Froid · Face W depuis Prats Hauts | 2.2 · E1 · PD- | 900 m | 1,780 → 2,657 m | W | 2.8 km |
The other 8 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 Molines-en-Queyras
From Paris: 8 hr 47 (733 km) by road.
By road
- From Grenoble: 3 hr 06 · 176 km · via Mont-Dauphin - Guillestre station
- From Chambéry: 3 hr 16 · 221 km · via Mont-Dauphin - Guillestre station
- From Marseille: 3 hr 27 · 259 km
- From Annecy: 3 hr 45 · 268 km · via Mont-Dauphin - Guillestre station
- From Valence: 4 hr 12 · 246 km · avoids Col d’Izoard, closed in winter
From other major cities (14)
- From Genève: 4 hr 15 · 306 km · via Mont-Dauphin - Guillestre station
- From Lyon: 4 hr 18 · 278 km · via Mont-Dauphin - Guillestre station
- From Saint-Étienne: 4 hr 44 · 312 km
- From Montpellier: 4 hr 45 · 382 km
- From Dijon: 6 hr 03 · 464 km
- From Clermont-Ferrand: 6 hr 04 · 429 km
- From Perpignan: 6 hr 07 · 530 km
- From Besançon: 6 hr 22 · 494 km
- From Toulouse: 7 hr 03 · 616 km
- From Nancy: 8 hr 10 · 675 km
- From Strasbourg: 8 hr 22 · 680 km
- From Paris: 8 hr 47 · 733 km
- From Pau: 8 hr 57 · 806 km
- From Bordeaux: 9 hr 26 · 858 km
Excluding traffic and winter conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.
By train
Mont-Dauphin - Guillestre station
halt · then 34 min drive (31 km)
Nearest main station: Grenoble, 3 hr 06 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
- Cuneo (CUF): 3 hr 07 by road · 171 km
- Turin-Caselle (TRN): 2 hr 57 by road · 182 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
- MOLINES EN QUEYRAS - Clot la Chalpe · EASYCHARGE · 2 points · 22 kW · 1.3 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 Molines-en-Queyras?
Molines-en-Queyras sits at 1,625 m at village level, and its ski area rises to 2,187 m.
How many kilometres of pistes does Molines-en-Queyras have?
Molines-en-Queyras has 23 km of slopes, 12 lifts.
What is the longest piste in Molines-en-Queyras?
The longest piste is La Montlhéry: 2 km (green run), for 204 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 Molines-en-Queyras?
The highest lift, Burge, tops out at 2,076 m (IGN RGE ALTI terrain model). The 7 lifts mapped on OpenStreetMap total 4 km.
How do I get to Molines-en-Queyras?
By road, Molines-en-Queyras is 3 hr 06 from Grenoble (176 km), excluding traffic and winter conditions. By train, the nearest station is Mont-Dauphin - Guillestre, 34 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 Cuneo, 3 hr 07 away.
How long is the drive from Paris to Molines-en-Queyras?
8 hr 47 for 733 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 Molines-en-Queyras?
Snow cover varies from one winter to the next — the best time runs from mid-December to mid-April. 85 days a winter at 30 cm or more on average, and 249 cm of fresh snow, measured over 47 winters at the Météo-France “ST VERAN” station. This verdict rests on 47 winters of Météo-France measurements (1968-2019); in season the daily report prevails.
Is Molines-en-Queyras good for beginners and families?
69% of the pistes are green or blue: a rather easy area.
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