Oz-en-Oisans
Oz-en-Oisans [oz ɑ̃(n‿)wazɑ̃] is a winter sports resort in France located in Isère. Situated on the communal territory of Oz, whose village is in the valley at an altitude of 870 metres, the resort, situated on the slopes of the Grandes Rousses at an altitude of 1,350 metres, is integrated into the Alpe d'Huez ski area.
Translated from the French Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), machine translation.
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?4 / 5
Top of the ski area: 2,817 m · Bottom of the pistes: 1,232 m · Days above 30 cm per winter, measured: 124 days · Days above 30 cm, December to March, model: 96%
- Ski areaIs there enough to ski all week?4.5 / 5
Km of pistes at the resort: 112 km · Km of pistes across the linked area: 136 km · Lifts: 47 · Balance between piste levels: 90%
- 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?2.5 / 5
Share of green and blue pistes: 67% · Magic carpets: 6 · Sledging runs: 1 · 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 31 · Nearest railway station: 48 min · Station-to-resort shuttles per day: 0 · Nearest airport: 1 hr 32
- Atmosphere and après-skiIs there life in the evening and off the slopes?3 / 5
Bars and pubs: 3 · Nightclubs: 0 · Restaurants: 12 · Upcoming events: 0 · Collective tourist beds: 1,501 — 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 (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).
The domain is due to open on 5 December 2026 and close on 25 April 2027. Open pistes and lifts will appear here as soon as the resort publishes its daily report.
Right now at the ALPE-D'HUEZ station (1,860 m)
Avalanche danger
7-day forecast
Village 1,350 m · top 2,817 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 December to April: a long, reliable season.
☀️ Average daily sunshine : Nov 6.4 h · Dec 5.7 h · Jan 6.1 h · Feb 7.5 h · Mar 8.6 h · Apr 10.1 h — 26 bright days in April (Open-Meteo estimate, 2015-2025).
- November—no record
- December66 cmGood skiing · 86%
- January94 cmGood skiing · 96%
- February123 cmGood skiing · 100%
- March141 cmGood skiing · 100%
- April98 cmGood skiing · 94%
- May—no record
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
32 complete winters measured, from 1991-1992 to 2025-2026 — on average 124 days a winter with at least 30 cm on the ground.
- 1-15 Dec43 cmVariable · 61 %
- 16-31 Dec58 cmVariable · 79 %
- 1-15 Jan76 cmGood skiing · 97 %
- 16-31 Jan94 cmGood skiing · 100 %
- 1-15 Feb111 cmGood skiing · 100 %
- 16-29 Feb121 cmGood skiing · 100 %
- 1-15 Mar125 cmGood skiing · 100 %
- 16-31 Mar113 cmGood skiing · 97 %
- 1-15 Apr96 cmGood skiing · 93 %
- Best winter of the series
- 2012-2013 — 136 days at 30 cm or more
- Worst winter of the series
- 2016-2017 — 91 days at 30 cm or more
How much snow actually falls — 453 cm a winter on average, spread over 53 days of snowfall. Measured over 30 complete winters, from 1994-1995 to 2025-2026.
- Biggest 24-hour snowfall
- 70 cm — 2011-2012
- Snowiest winter
- 2012-2013 — 767 cm
- Leanest winter
- 2010-2011 — 206 cm
The ski area
Compare with another resort →130 pistes, by level — 112 km
- Skiable vertical
- 1,585 m (1,232 m → 2,817 m)
- Lifts
- 4 cable cars, 1 funicular, 18 gondolas, 5 chairlifts, 13 drag lifts, 6 magic carpets
- Cross-country skiing
- 1 named trail — 2.1 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 Boucle rochette n/a 2.1 km - Snowpark
- Yes
- Night skiing
- 1 floodlit pistes (OSM)
- Without skis
- 3 km of snowshoe and walking trails · 1 sledging run
- Piste aspect
- N 21% · E 7% · S 27% · W 44% (descent direction of 116 OSM pistes, terrain model)
- Mountain restaurants
- La folie douce (2334 m) · Auberge de l'Alpette (2046 m) · Le 2000 (1854 m) · L'Aventure (1850 m) · O'Baroudeur (1850 m)
- Season 2026-2027
- opens on 5 December 2026, closes on 25 April 2027
- Tourist office
- Office de Tourisme d'OZ 3300 · 1, place du Pic Blanc, 38114 · 0476807997 · [email protected] (declared by the resort, ANMSM)
Resort data: declared by Office de Tourisme d'OZ 3300 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 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 Oz-en-Oisans only (“OZ EN OISANS”), magic carpets included.
Staying and hiring gear in Oz-en-Oisans
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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 Oz-en-Oisans
From Paris: 6 hr 55 (629 km) by road.
By road
- From Grenoble: 1 hr 06 · 56 km
- From Chambéry: 1 hr 45 · 115 km
- From Valence: 2 hr 02 · 145 km
- From Annecy: 2 hr 14 · 162 km
- From Lyon: 2 hr 18 · 159 km
From other major cities (15)
- From Genève: 2 hr 44 · 200 km
- From Saint-Étienne: 2 hr 51 · 207 km
- From Montpellier: 4 hr 09 · 350 km
- From Dijon: 4 hr 10 · 359 km
- From Clermont-Ferrand: 4 hr 11 · 327 km
- From Marseille: 4 hr 14 · 359 km
- From Besançon: 4 hr 29 · 389 km
- From Perpignan: 5 hr 31 · 498 km
- From Nice: 5 hr 35 · 401 km · avoids Col de Restefond, closed in winter
- From Nancy: 6 hr 17 · 570 km
- From Toulouse: 6 hr 27 · 584 km
- From Strasbourg: 6 hr 52 · 627 km
- From Paris: 6 hr 55 · 629 km
- From Bordeaux: 8 hr 09 · 714 km
- From Pau: 8 hr 21 · 774 km
Excluding traffic and winter conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.
By train
Jarrie - Vizille station
halt · then 48 min drive (41 km)
Nearest main station: Grenoble, 1 hr 06 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
- Grenoble-Alpes-Isère (GNB): 1 hr 32 by road · 98 km
- Chambéry-Savoie (CMF): 1 hr 56 by road · 123 km
Take me there
These links open the app with Oz-en-Oisans 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: Tunnel · Combe Charbonnière · La Brèche
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 Oz-en-Oisans — up to 2,700 m of climb.
| Summit and route | Ski grade | Climb | Altitude | Aspect | From resort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dôme des Petites Rousses · Couloir de l'Agnelin | n/a · AD | 1 m | 2,810 → 2,810 m | W | 1 km |
| Dôme des Petites Rousses · Couloir Fleur | 5.1 · TD- | 1 m | 2,810 → 2,810 m | NW | 1 km |
| Dôme des Petites Rousses · Couloirs des Perrins | n/a · PD+ | 1 m | 2,810 → 2,810 m | SW | 1 km |
| Dôme des Petites Rousses · Canyon de la Fare | n/a · AD | 1 m | 2,810 → 2,810 m | SW | 1 km |
| Pic du Lac Blanc · Versant S par le Grand Cros | n/a · AD | 100 m | 3,323 m | S | 1.5 km |
| Pic du Lac Blanc · Versant S par le Couloir du Cerisier | n/a · D | 100 m | 3,323 m | SE | 1.5 km |
| Allemont · Traversée de Allemont à Chamrousse | n/a | 2,700 m | 800 → 2,741 m | N · E · S · W | 2.5 km |
| Pic de la Pyramide · Versant W | 3.3 · E1 · AD- | 1,520 m | 1,860 → 3,382 m | W | 2.7 km |
| Dôme des Petites Rousses · De l'Alpe d'Huez par les pistes des Jeux et du Couloir | n/a | 1,010 m | 1,800 → 2,810 m | n/a | 2.7 km |
| Pic du Lac Blanc · Versant E par le Glacier du Grand Sablat | 3.2 · E2 · AD | 1,870 m | 1,450 → 3,323 m | SE | 2.8 km |
| Pic Bayle · Versant W | 4.1 · E2 · D- | 1,400 m | 2,150 → 3,465 m | W | 2.8 km |
| Pic du Lac Blanc · Versant S par le Glacier des Rousses | 2.2 · E1 · PD | 1,463 m | 1,860 → 3,323 m | W | 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 Oz-en-Oisans
Ice rink
- Patinoire - Pôle Sports & Loisirs · Vaujany · 3 km away
- Patinoire à ciel ouvert · Huez · 4.3 km away
Swimming pool
- Piscine - Pôle Sports & Loisirs · Vaujany · 3 km away
- Piscine de plein air chauffée · Huez · 4.2 km away
- Piscine couverte · Huez · 4.4 km away
Spa and thermal baths
- Le SPA du V**** by Pure Altitude · Vaujany · 3.2 km away
- SPA de La Perle By Pure Altitude · Vaujany · 3.3 km away
Museum
- Espace Musée de Vaujany · Vaujany · 3.1 km away
- Musée d'histoire et d'archéologie de l'Alpe d'Huez · Huez · 4.4 km away
- Maison du bouquetin - Espace York Mallory · Allemond · 8.5 km away
- Eco musée des Cours - Musée rural "Alice" · Auris · 8.8 km away
Cinema
- Cinéma · Vaujany · 3.1 km away
- Cinéma L'AgorAlp · Huez · 4.4 km away
- Cinéma Les Ecrins · Le Bourg-d'Oisans · 8.8 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
1,501 bed spaces in tourist residences, holiday villages and hostels
- 2 hotels · 40 rooms (1 × 3★)
- 1 holiday village or family centre · 354 bed spaces
- 2 tourist residences and apartment hotels · 1,070 bed spaces
- 1 youth hostel or sports centre · 77 bed spaces
Commune: Oz · 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 d'Oz en Oisans
📍 38114 Oz
Ski school
ESF Oz 3300
44 instructors
🇬🇧 36 English-speaking instructors — lessons in English available
🗓️ This school sells its lessons online — book ↗
Source: esf.net
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 Oz-en-Oisans?
Oz-en-Oisans sits at 1,350 m at village level, and its ski area rises to 2,817 m.
How many kilometres of pistes does Oz-en-Oisans have?
Oz-en-Oisans has 112 km of pistes served by 47 lifts, within the linked Alpe d'Huez Grand Domaine Ski area (OpenStreetMap survey).
What is the longest piste in Oz-en-Oisans?
The longest piste is Sarenne: 8 km (black run), for 1,657 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 Oz-en-Oisans?
The highest lift, Poutran (gondola), tops out at 2,108 m. Source: STRMTG, French national register of mechanical lifts (CAIRN database), file dated 1 January 2025.
How many lifts does Oz-en-Oisans have, and what is their capacity?
The French national register of mechanical lifts records 13 installations at Oz-en-Oisans (1 aerial tramway, 3 gondolas, 5 drag lifts, 3 magic carpets, 1 funicular or similar), for an authorised capacity of 8,433 people per hour, of which 2,000 for Poutran alone. The fleet spans 1981 to 2022, an average age of 23 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 Oz-en-Oisans?
By road, Oz-en-Oisans is 1 hr 06 from Grenoble (56 km), excluding traffic and winter conditions. By train, the nearest station is Jarrie - Vizille, 48 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 Grenoble-Alpes-Isère, 1 hr 32 away.
How long is the drive from Paris to Oz-en-Oisans?
6 hr 55 for 629 km from central Paris, excluding traffic and winter conditions. Computed on the real road network (OpenStreetMap): allow more on a school-holiday Saturday.
When does Oz-en-Oisans open?
According to the official website, the resort opens on 5 December 2026 and closes on 25 April 2027 (2026-2027 season).
Is the snow reliable in Oz-en-Oisans?
Yes: good snow through most of the winter according to twenty winters of Météo-France measurements; in season the daily report prevails.
Is Oz-en-Oisans good for beginners and families?
67% of the pistes are green or blue: a rather easy area.
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