Mont Serein
Mont Serein is a ski resort in the Southern Alps (Vaucluse). The village sits at 1,400 m and the ski area rises to 1,706 m, a skiable vertical of 318 m.
The area offers 11 km of alpine pistes, 22 marked pistes (4 green, 3 blue, 13 red, 2 black), 8 ski lifts.
Measured on the OpenStreetMap map: the longest piste runs 2 km (Piste en "V") and the highest lift tops out at 1,808 m.
Access: 1 h 53 by road from Marseille and 38 min from Carpentras railway station.
2 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
Top of the ski area: 1,706 m · Bottom of the pistes: 1,388 m · Days above 30 cm, December to March, model: 0%
- Ski areaIs there enough to ski all week?2 / 5
Km of pistes at the resort: 11 km · Km of pistes across the linked area: 11 km · Lifts: 8 · Balance between piste levels: 80%
- 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?1.5 / 5
Share of green and blue pistes: 32% · Magic carpets: 1 · Sledging runs: 0 · ESF ski school · Ice rink, pool, rail sledge…: 0
- AccessIs it easy to get to?2.5 / 5
Average drive time from 20 major cities: 4 hr 32 · Nearest railway station: 38 min · Station-to-resort shuttles per day: 0 · Nearest airport: 1 hr 40
- 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 · 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.
Right now at the BEAUMONT-MT SEREIN station (1,445 m)
7-day forecast
Village 1,400 m · top 1,706 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.
Measured snow history: not available for this resort. No Météo-France station close enough (the 4 nearby stations are outside the resort’s altitude range). We would rather show nothing than borrow a distant valley’s reading.
The ski area
Compare with another resort →22 pistes, by level — 11 km
- Skiable vertical
- 318 m (1,388 m → 1,706 m)
- Lifts
- 7 drag lifts, 1 magic carpet
- Piste aspect
- N 90% · E 0% · S 0% · W 10% (descent direction of 14 OSM pistes, terrain model)
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 Mont Serein only (“VENTOUX (MONT SEREIN)”), magic carpets included.
Staying and hiring gear in Mont Serein
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Stay & accommodation
Live webcams
All webcams (2) →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 Mont Serein
From Paris: 7 hr 49 (715 km) by road.
By road
- From Marseille: 1 hr 53 · 144 km
- From Valence: 1 hr 56 · 153 km
- From Montpellier: 2 hr 09 · 161 km
- From Grenoble: 2 hr 53 · 245 km
- From Lyon: 3 hr 03 · 253 km
From other major cities (15)
- From Saint-Étienne: 3 hr 18 · 272 km
- From Perpignan: 3 hr 30 · 309 km
- From Nice: 3 hr 31 · 302 km
- From Chambéry: 3 hr 38 · 304 km
- From Annecy: 4 hr 03 · 362 km
- From Toulouse: 4 hr 26 · 395 km
- From Genève: 4 hr 33 · 400 km
- From Clermont-Ferrand: 4 hr 50 · 416 km
- From Dijon: 5 hr 04 · 445 km
- From Besançon: 5 hr 36 · 505 km
- From Pau: 6 hr 21 · 585 km
- From Bordeaux: 6 hr 50 · 637 km
- From Nancy: 7 hr 12 · 656 km
- From Paris: 7 hr 49 · 715 km
- From Strasbourg: 8 hr 00 · 743 km
Excluding traffic and winter conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.
By train
Carpentras station
regional station · then 38 min drive (35 km)
Nearest main station: Avignon Centre, 58 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
- Nîmes-Garons (FNI): 1 hr 40 by road · 122 km
- Marseille-Provence (MRS): 1 hr 41 by road · 127 km
Take me there
These links open the app with Mont Serein as the destination. Your starting point is never sent by us — the app asks you for it, if you agree.
Charging an electric car
No freely accessible charge point is declared within 2 km of the resort (checked on 9 September 2026). Covered car parks in the resort may offer chargers reserved for their customers: those are not listed here.
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: La Loubatière · André Philip · La piste en "S" · Le Coupe-Feu
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 →4 ski touring routes documented within 10 km of Mont Serein — up to 860 m of climb.
| Summit and route | Ski grade | Climb | Altitude | Aspect | From resort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mont Ventoux · Par les chemins balisés depuis Mont Serein | n/a · PD | 500 m | 1,410 → 1,910 m | N | 1.3 km |
| Mont Ventoux · Combe Fiole | n/a · PD- | 860 m | 1,050 → 1,910 m | S | 2.3 km |
| Mont Ventoux · Combe de la Sourne | 2.1 · E1 · PD- | 810 m | 1,100 → 1,910 m | S | 4 km |
| Mont Ventoux · Versant S par les crêtes | 1.3 · E1 · F+ | 467 m | 1,442 → 1,909 m | S | 4 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 Mont Serein
Swimming pool
- Piscine Municipale en plein-air · Bédoin · 9.6 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
- 1 campsite · 58 pitches
Commune: Beaumont-du-Ventoux · INSEE tourist accommodation survey, 2026, read on 12 September 2026. Collective accommodation only — privately let flats and second homes are not counted. INSEE dataset ↗
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 Mont Serein?
Mont Serein sits at 1,400 m at village level, and its ski area rises to 1,706 m.
How many kilometres of pistes does Mont Serein have?
Mont Serein has 11 km of pistes served by 8 lifts (OpenStreetMap survey).
What is the longest piste in Mont Serein?
The longest piste is Piste en "V": 2 km (red run), for 246 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 Mont Serein?
The highest lift, Cretes (platter lift), tops out at 1,806 m. Source: STRMTG, French national register of mechanical lifts (CAIRN database), file dated 1 January 2025.
How many lifts does Mont Serein have, and what is their capacity?
The French national register of mechanical lifts records 8 installations at Mont Serein (7 drag lifts, 1 magic carpet), for an authorised capacity of 4,240 people per hour, of which 670 for Gros Pin alone. The fleet spans 1960 to 2018, an average age of 51 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 Mont Serein?
By road, Mont Serein is 1 hr 53 from Marseille (144 km), excluding traffic and winter conditions. By train, the nearest station is Carpentras, 38 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 Nîmes-Garons, 1 hr 40 away.
How long is the drive from Paris to Mont Serein?
7 hr 49 for 715 km from central Paris, excluding traffic and winter conditions. Computed on the real road network (OpenStreetMap): allow more on a school-holiday Saturday.
Is Mont Serein good for beginners and families?
32% of the pistes are green or blue: a rather technical area.
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