Notre-Dame-de-Bellecombe
Notre-Dame-de-Bellecombe is a ski resort in the Northern Alps (Savoie). The village sits at 839 m and the ski area rises to 2,039 m, a skiable vertical of 1,090 m.
The area offers 71 km of alpine pistes, 110 marked pistes (34 green, 48 blue, 27 red, 1 black), 40 ski lifts. Green and blue runs dominate: terrain suited to beginners and families.
Notre-Dame-de-Bellecombe belongs to the linked Espace Diamant area: one lift pass covers the neighbouring resorts.
Measured on the OpenStreetMap map: the longest piste runs 6 km (Sangliers) and the highest lift tops out at 2,039 m.
The resort holds the Famille Plus and Station classée de tourisme labels.
Access: 1 h 03 by road from Annecy and 28 min from Albertville 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: 2,039 m · Bottom of the pistes: 949 m · Days above 30 cm per winter, measured: 70 days · Days above 30 cm, December to March, model: 94%
- Ski areaIs there enough to ski all week?4 / 5
Km of pistes at the resort: 71 km · Km of pistes across the linked area: 129 km · Lifts: 40 · Balance between piste levels: 80%
- ValueIs the lift pass reasonable for what you get?3 / 5
Adult day pass: €52 · Day pass price per km of pistes: €0.4/km · Adult 6-day pass: €260 · Price read at a neighbouring resort of the same area
- Families and beginnersIs it right for children and beginners?3.5 / 5
Share of green and blue pistes: 75% · Magic carpets: 2 · Sledging runs: 1 · Special prices out of 4 (beginner, child, family, free age): 2 · ESF ski school · Ice rink, pool, rail sledge…: 1 · Famille Plus label
- AccessIs it easy to get to?3.5 / 5
Average drive time from 20 major cities: 4 hr 20 · Nearest railway station: 28 min · Station-to-resort shuttles per day: 0 · Nearest airport: 1 hr 16
- Atmosphere and après-skiIs there life in the evening and off the slopes?3 / 5
Bars and pubs: 4 · Nightclubs: 0 · Restaurants: 20 · Upcoming events: 1 · Collective tourist beds: 304 — 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: 0% · Spas and saunas: 0 · Jewellers, watchmakers, fashion boutiques: 1 · Adult day pass: €52 — 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 COL-DES-SAISIES station (1,614 m)
Avalanche danger
7-day forecast
Village 839 m · top 2,039 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
Good snow from January to April: a long, reliable season.
☀️ Average daily sunshine : Nov 6.2 h · Dec 5.5 h · Jan 5.8 h · Feb 7.1 h · Mar 8.3 h · Apr 9.9 h — 25 bright days in April (Open-Meteo estimate, 2015-2025).
- November15 cmInsufficient · 21%
- December62 cmVariable · 76%
- January102 cmGood skiing · 98%
- February124 cmGood skiing · 100%
- March130 cmGood skiing · 100%
- April94 cmGood skiing · 94%
- May34 cmVariable · 51%
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 →110 pistes, by level — 71 km
- Skiable vertical
- 1,090 m (949 m → 2,039 m)
- Lifts
- 1 cable car, 1 gondola, 7 chairlifts, 28 drag lifts, 2 magic carpets
- Cross-country skiing
- 12 named trails — 103 km of marked loops (34 km of distinct track: the loops overlap) · Les Saisies area, 3.1 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(12)
Trail Level Length 13 - Justine Braisaz · Les Saisies expert 22 km 11 - Endurance · Les Saisies difficult 17 km 10 - Julia Simon · Les Saisies difficult 11 km 9 - Grande Aventure · Les Saisies intermediate 10 km 8 - Evasion · Les Saisies intermediate 8.2 km 6 - Explorer · Les Saisies intermediate 7.8 km 12 - Olympique · Les Saisies expert 6.5 km 3 - Découverte · Les Saisies easy 6 km 7 - Aventure · Les Saisies intermediate 5.8 km 2 - Marmottons · Les Saisies easy 3.3 km 5 - Mont Blanc · Les Saisies intermediate 2.7 km 4 - Panoramique · Les Saisies intermediate 2.4 km - Without skis
- 13 km of snowshoe and walking trails · 1 sledging run
- Piste aspect
- N 48% · E 8% · S 4% · W 39% (descent direction of 99 OSM pistes, terrain model)
- Mountain restaurants
- Le bonnet blanc (1776 m) · Chez Maryse (1465 m) · Le Tétras (1456 m) · La Ferme de Victorine (1320 m) · Le Bistrot de Julien (1316 m) · Le Vent Volet (1315 m) · Le Mazot (1251 m) · Le Telemark (1244 m)
- Tourist office
- OFFICE du TOURISME DU VAL D'ARLY · 167 Rue de Savoie, 73590 · 0479316140 · [email protected] (declared by the resort, ANMSM)
- Piste map (PDF)
- espace_diamant_plan_pistes (declared by the resort, ANMSM)
- Shuttle timetable (PDF)
- Navette NDB hiver en circulation jusqu'au 27/03/26 (declared by the resort, ANMSM)
Resort data: declared by OFFICE du TOURISME DU VAL D'ARLY 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 | €52 |
| 6 days | €260 |
| Child, 1 day | €41.60 |
| 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 Les Saisies. 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 Notre-Dame-de-Bellecombe
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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 Notre-Dame-de-Bellecombe
From Paris: 6 hr 41 (615 km) by road.
By road
- From Annecy: 1 hr 03 · 53 km
- From Chambéry: 1 hr 05 · 79 km
- From Genève: 1 hr 15 · 80 km
- From Grenoble: 1 hr 21 · 108 km
- From Lyon: 2 hr 15 · 178 km
From other major cities (15)
- From Valence: 2 hr 25 · 201 km
- From Saint-Étienne: 2 hr 49 · 226 km
- From Besançon: 3 hr 43 · 254 km
- From Dijon: 3 hr 50 · 336 km
- From Clermont-Ferrand: 4 hr 08 · 346 km
- From Montpellier: 4 hr 32 · 406 km
- From Marseille: 4 hr 37 · 415 km
- From Strasbourg: 5 hr 38 · 472 km
- From Nancy: 5 hr 52 · 539 km
- From Perpignan: 5 hr 53 · 553 km
- From Nice: 5 hr 58 · 493 km
- From Paris: 6 hr 41 · 615 km
- From Toulouse: 6 hr 49 · 640 km
- From Bordeaux: 8 hr 06 · 733 km
- From Pau: 8 hr 44 · 830 km
Excluding traffic and winter conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.
By train
Albertville station
regional station · then 28 min drive (27 km)
Nearest main station: Chambéry - Challes-les-Eaux, 1 hr 03 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 16 by road · 87 km
- Genève (GVA): 1 hr 39 by road · 89 km
Take me there
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Charging an electric car
3 charging stations within 2 km
6 charging points · up to 44 kW
- NOTRE DAME DE BELLECOMBE - 160 route de la Cour · EASYCHARGE · 2 points · 24 kW · 0.2 km
- FLUMET - Chemin de la revue, Parking Trou du diable · EASYCHARGE · 2 points · 24 kW · 1.2 km
- Mairie de Crest Voland · RAIDEN · 2 points · 44 kW · 1.9 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: Ancienne piste noire Aigle · Piste ancienne rouge Petite Caste · Piste ancienne verte · Piste ancienne bleue Chamois · Piste ancienne bleue Lievre · Piste ancienne rouge Epervier
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 Notre-Dame-de-Bellecombe — up to 1,900 m of climb.
| Summit and route | Ski grade | Climb | Altitude | Aspect | From resort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Croix Cartier · Arête SE par Nanchard | 2.3 · PD | 854 m | 980 → 1,834 m | E | 3.9 km |
| La Croix Cartier · Par Nanchard et Chaucisse | 2.2 · PD- | 800 m | 1,000 → 1,804 m | S | 3.9 km |
| La Croix Cartier · Par le Plan Dessus | 2.2 · E1 · PD | 600 m | 1,320 → 1,834 m | n/a | 4.3 km |
| Ban Rouge · Depuis Praz sur Arly | 2.1 · E1 · F | 983 m | 1,000 → 1,983 m | n/a | 4.6 km |
| Mont de Vorès (Tête des 3 Coins) · En boucle depuis Plan Désert | 2.1 · E1 · F | 576 m | 1,491 → 2,067 m | n/a | 5.5 km |
| Crêt de Véry · Combe NW | 2.3 · E1 · PD+ | 719 m | 1,320 → 2,039 m | NW | 5.7 km |
| Tête du Torraz · depuis le hameau du Plan, sur les crêtes par le Petit Croisse Baulet | 2.2 · E1 · PD | 1,200 m | 1,224 → 2,009 m | SE · S · SW · W · NW · N | 5.9 km |
| Tête du Torraz · Par le Vallon de Manant | n/a · PD- | 976 m | 954 → 1,930 m | S | 5.9 km |
| Contrefort E du col de Tardevant · Circuit de la croix des Frettes | 3.3 · E2 · AD+ | 1,900 m | 1,170 → 2,018 m | E | 6 km |
| Crêt de Véry · Voie normale | 1.3 · E1 · F | 719 m | 1,300 → 2,039 m | S | 6 km |
| Praz Vechin · Par Hery-sur-Ugine | n/a · F | 543 m | 1,200 → 1,743 m | SE | 6.1 km |
| Pointe de Mandallaz · Face W | 4.2 · D | 1,137 m | 1,140 → 2,277 m | W | 6.3 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 Notre-Dame-de-Bellecombe
Ice rink
- Patinoire · Notre-Dame-de-Bellecombe · 0.1 km away
- Patinoire de plein air · Megève · 9.5 km away
- Patinoire olympique · Megève · 9.6 km away
Swimming pool
- Spa des Cîmes - Hôtel Mont Charvin · Cohennoz · 3.2 km away
- Piscines intérieures · Megève · 9.5 km away
- Piscine olympique extérieure · Megève · 9.5 km away
- Pataugeoire intérieure · Megève · 9.5 km away
Spa and thermal baths
- Pure Altitude Longevity Spa du Lodge Park · Megève · 9.3 km away
- Saunas · Megève · 9.6 km away
- Hammam · Megève · 9.6 km away
Paragliding
- Megève Aventure Parapente · Praz-sur-Arly · 5.1 km away
- Aravis Parapente · La Clusaz · 7.7 km away
- Megève Parapente · Megève · 9.3 km away
Museum
- Musée de la Maison du Meunier et Moulin à Tienne · Flumet · 1 km away
- Musée "La Maison des Contes de Fées" · Notre-Dame-de-Bellecombe · 1.1 km away
- Musée digital - L'agriculture de montagne et nos savoir-faire fromagers · Flumet · 1.6 km away
- Ecomusée de Hauteluce · Hauteluce · 8.3 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
304 bed spaces in tourist residences, holiday villages and hostels
- 1 hotel · 9 rooms (1 × 2★)
- 2 tourist residences and apartment hotels · 304 bed spaces
Commune: Notre-Dame-de-Bellecombe · 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
Ski school
ESF Notre Dame Bellecombe
53 instructors
🇬🇧 34 English-speaking instructors — lessons in English available
🗓️ This school sells its lessons online — book ↗
Source: esf.net
Days without skiing
- Ice rink · Patinoire
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.
What's on around Notre-Dame-de-Bellecombe
All events →-
17 October 2026 · 10:00
Evolution architecturale de Megève au XXe siècle
Office de tourisme de Megève · Megève
Du paisible village montagnard à la station de ski internationale, le visage de Megève n'a eu de cesse de se transformer depuis le développement du tourisme au début du XXe siècle. Des besoins et de …
Source: OpenAgenda, agenda “Plan Libre, la gazette” · View on OpenAgenda ↗
Also near: Megève (0.1 km), Portes du Mont-Blanc (3.6 km), Domaine de Praz sur Arly (4.3 km), Combloux (4.8 km)
Events published on OpenAgenda by the agendas named above, kept when they take place within 10 km of the resort. We organise nothing: times, prices and cancellations are the organiser's.
Nearby resorts
Frequently asked questions
How high is Notre-Dame-de-Bellecombe?
Notre-Dame-de-Bellecombe sits at 839 m at village level, and its ski area rises to 2,039 m.
How many kilometres of pistes does Notre-Dame-de-Bellecombe have?
Notre-Dame-de-Bellecombe has 71 km of pistes served by 40 lifts, within the linked Espace Diamant area (OpenStreetMap survey).
What is the longest piste in Notre-Dame-de-Bellecombe?
The longest piste is Sangliers: 6 km (red run), for 357 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 Notre-Dame-de-Bellecombe?
The highest lift, Douce, tops out at 2,039 m (IGN RGE ALTI terrain model). The 78 lifts mapped on OpenStreetMap total 61 km.
How much is a lift pass in Notre-Dame-de-Bellecombe?
The adult day pass costs €52 and the 6-day pass €260 (2026-2027, read on the official price list, shared with Les Saisies).
How do I get to Notre-Dame-de-Bellecombe?
By road, Notre-Dame-de-Bellecombe is 1 hr 03 from Annecy (53 km), excluding traffic and winter conditions. By train, the nearest station is Albertville, 28 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 16 away.
How long is the drive from Paris to Notre-Dame-de-Bellecombe?
6 hr 41 for 615 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 Notre-Dame-de-Bellecombe?
Yes: good snow through most of the winter according to ten winters of reanalysis (estimate); in season the daily report prevails.
Is Notre-Dame-de-Bellecombe good for beginners and families?
75% of the pistes are green or blue: a rather easy area. The resort holds the Famille Plus family label.
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