Orange
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.
Introduction from the English Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).
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?n/a
Not rated: “top of the ski area” is missing from this page.
- Ski areaIs there enough to ski all week?n/a
Not rated: “km of pistes at the resort” is missing from this page.
- 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?n/a
Not rated: “share of green and blue pistes” is missing from this page.
- 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 (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.
Avalanche danger
7-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.
Average snow depth by month
Snow cover varies from one winter to the next.
☀️ Average daily sunshine : Nov 5.8 h · Dec 5.3 h · Jan 5.5 h · Feb 6.8 h · Mar 8.3 h · Apr 9.8 h — 25 bright days in April (Open-Meteo estimate, 2015-2025).
- November5 cmInsufficient · 2%
- December28 cmInsufficient · 41%
- January48 cmVariable · 76%
- February55 cmVariable · 74%
- March45 cmVariable · 59%
- April14 cmInsufficient · 17%
- May1 cmInsufficient · 0%
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 →- Lifts
- 1 drag lift, 1 magic carpet
- Cross-country skiing
- 1 named trail — 3.5 km of marked loops, 5.7 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(1)
Trail Level Length Les Frêtes easy 3.5 km
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.
Staying and hiring gear in Orange
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Stay & accommodation
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.
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 · 353 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 22 · 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 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
- 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 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 →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 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 |
| Roche Parnal · Versant SE par le col du Freu | 3.1 · E1 · AD- | 1,121 m | 775 → 1,896 m | SE | 2.6 km |
| Roche Parnal · Couloir E par le col du Freu | 3.2 · E1 · AD- | 1,121 m | 775 → 1,896 m | E | 2.6 km |
| Montagne de Sous-Dine · Par le Trou de la Pierre | 2.1 · E1 · F | 920 m | 1,090 → 2,004 m | W | 2.9 km |
| Montagne de Sous-Dine · Sur Cou > Roche Parnal > Sous-Dine | 3.1 · E1 · AD- | 1,650 m | 1,150 → 2,000 m | n/a | 3 km |
| Montagne de Sous-Dine · Couloir à Sylvie | 4.1 | 1,000 m | 1,000 → 2,001 m | NW | 3 km |
| Montagne de Sous-Dine · Les couennes du Monthieu | 5.1 · E3 · D+ | 1,000 m | 1,000 → 2,001 m | NW | 3 km |
| Montagne de Sous-Dine · Couloir NW d'Arembeau | 4.2 · E2 · D | 950 m | 1,050 → 2,001 m | NW | 3 km |
| Montagne de Sous-Dine · Passage de Monthieu | n/a · AD+ | 920 m | 1,090 → 2,004 m | NW | 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 Orange
Toboggan runs
- Bob-luge · Saint-Sixt · 0.2 km away
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. Opening times and prices are the operator’s — check before you go.
Practical information
Days without skiing
- Alpine coaster · Tubby
- Alpine coaster · Bob-luge d'Orange-Montisel
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 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?
It varies from one winter to the next according to ten winters of reanalysis (estimate); in season the daily report prevails.
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