Orange
Not published by any source: top of the ski area, km of alpine pistes, adult day pass.
Orange is a French village and ski resort located in the commune of Saint-Sixt, in the department of Haute-Savoie and the region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in France. It lies above the commune of La Roche-sur-Foron.

Live webcams
Orange publishes no public webcam (checked on 12 September 2026 on its website, its tourist office and the operators’ directories). Know of one? Tell us.
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 early January to mid-March. 70 days a winter at 30 cm or more on average, and 349 cm of fresh snow, measured over 36 winters at the Météo-France “CLUSAZ (LA)” station. Fortnight by fortnight, over 36 measured winters →
3-day forecast
Village 1,097 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?n/a
Not rated: neither the resort nor the map gives the altitude of its highest point.
- Ski areaIs there enough to ski all week?n/a
Not rated: neither the resort nor the map gives the length of its pistes.
- 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?n/a
Not rated: the map does not grade its pistes by difficulty.
- AccessIs it easy to get to?3.5 / 5
Average drive time from 20 major cities: 4 hr 19 · Nearest railway station: 23 min · Station-to-resort shuttles per day: 0 · Nearest airport: 1 hr 09
- Atmosphere and après-skiIs there life in the evening and off the slopes?1 / 5
Bars and pubs: 0 · Nightclubs: 0 · Restaurants: 1 · 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 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).
- Lifts
- 1 drag lift, 1 magic carpet
- Cross-country skiing
- 1 named trail — 3.5 km of marked loops, 5.7 km from the resort
Ski-area figures — lifts: OpenStreetMap (1 Oct) .
Staying and hiring gear in Orange
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Stay & accommodation
Gear & equipment
Beyond skiing at Orange
Toboggan runs
- Bob-luge · Saint-Sixt · 0.2 km away
- Tubby · OpenStreetMap
Swimming pool
- Espace aqualudique des Foron · La Roche-sur-Foron · 4.8 km away
- Centre Nautique "Guy Châtel" de la CCFG · Ayse · 9.5 km away
Paragliding
- Aire de décollage de parapente de Brison/Solaison · Brizon · 9.4 km away
Museum
- Musée de la Poterie Savoyarde · Fillière · 7.3 km away
Cinema
- Cinéma Le Parc · La Roche-sur-Foron · 4.4 km away
- Ciné-Château · Bonneville · 8.6 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. 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
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 →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
12 ski touring routes documented within 10 km of Orange — up to 1,650 m of climb.
| Summit and route | Ski grade | Climb | Altitude | Aspect | From resort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pointe de Sur Cou · Couloir NW | 4.1 · E3 · D+ | 709 m | 1,100 → 1,809 m | NW | 0.9 km |
| Pointe de Sur Cou · Par Le Chesnet (Orange), voie directe face W | n/a · PD+ | 630 m | 1,172 → 1,809 m | W | 1 km |
| Pointe de Sur Cou · Depuis Chesnet (Orange) | 1.3 · F | 630 m | 1,179 → 1,809 m | S | 1.8 km |
| Montagne de Sous-Dine · Virgule de Plantzeur | 4.1 · E2 · D- | 1,000 m | 1,000 → 2,004 m | N | 2.5 km |
The other 8 routes, with grades and vertical →
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 ↗
Getting to Orange
From Paris: 6 hr 11 (574 km) by road.
By road
- From Genève: 45 min · 39 km
- From Annecy: 46 min · 30 km
- From Chambéry: 1 hr 15 · 90 km
- From Grenoble: 1 hr 49 · 145 km
- From Lyon: 2 hr 13 · 177 km
From other major cities (15)
- From Saint-Étienne: 2 hr 47 · 226 km
- From Valence: 2 hr 47 · 248 km
- From Besançon: 3 hr 13 · 213 km
- From Dijon: 3 hr 20 · 295 km
- From Clermont-Ferrand: 4 hr 02 · 350 km
- From Montpellier: 4 hr 54 · 452 km
- From Marseille: 4 hr 59 · 461 km
- From Strasbourg: 5 hr 08 · 430 km
- From Nancy: 5 hr 23 · 498 km
- From Paris: 6 hr 11 · 574 km
- From Perpignan: 6 hr 15 · 600 km
- From Nice: 6 hr 24 · 525 km
- From Toulouse: 7 hr 11 · 686 km
- From Bordeaux: 8 hr 00 · 739 km
- From Pau: 9 hr 06 · 876 km
Excluding traffic and winter conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.
By train
La Roche-sur-Foron station
regional station · then 23 min drive (14 km)
Nearest main station: Annecy, 43 min 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 09 by road · 47 km
- Chambéry-Savoie (CMF): 1 hr 18 by road · 89 km
Take me there
These links open the app with Orange 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 October 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 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.
Introduction from the English Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).
Frequently asked questions
How high is Orange?
Orange sits at 1,097 m at village level.
How do I get to Orange?
By road, Orange is 45 min from Genève (39 km), excluding traffic and winter conditions. By train, the nearest station is La Roche-sur-Foron, 23 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 09 away.
How long is the drive from Paris to Orange?
6 hr 11 for 574 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 Orange?
Snow cover varies from one winter to the next — the best time runs from early January to mid-March. 70 days a winter at 30 cm or more on average, and 349 cm of fresh snow, measured over 36 winters at the Météo-France “CLUSAZ (LA)” station. This verdict rests on 36 winters of Météo-France measurements (1988-2024); in season the daily report prevails.
Nearby resorts
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