Peisey-Vallandry

Northern Alps Altitude 1,351 – 1,989 m Linked area Paradiski Checked on 18 September 2026
1,351 mVillage altitude
1,989 mTop of the ski area
211 kmAlpine pistes
52Ski lifts
€76Adult day pass

Peisey-Vallandry is a winter sports resort and a ski area in the Tarentaise valley, located on the communal territory of the communes of Landry and Peisey-Nancroix, in the département of Savoie in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.

Peisey-Vallandry — view of the resort
Photo: Wikimedia Commons

Translated from the French Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), machine translation.

SkiRadar ratings

How ratings are computed →Computed on 18 September 2026

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.

  1. SnowCan you count on the snow?
    3 / 5

    Top of the ski area: 1,989 m · Bottom of the pistes: 1,310 m · Days above 30 cm per winter, measured: 44 days · Days above 30 cm, December to March, model: 99% · Glacier skiing

  2. Ski areaIs there enough to ski all week?
    4 / 5

    Km of pistes at the resort: 211 km · Km of pistes across the linked area: 337 km · Lifts: 52 · Balance between piste levels: 67%

  3. ValueIs the lift pass reasonable for what you get?
    2.5 / 5

    Adult day pass: €76 · Day pass price per km of pistes: €0.23/km · Adult 6-day pass: €401 · Price read at a neighbouring resort of the same area

  4. Families and beginnersIs it right for children and beginners?
    4.5 / 5

    Share of green and blue pistes: 79% · Magic carpets: 13 · Sledging runs: 3 · Special prices out of 4 (beginner, child, family, free age): 3 · ESF ski school · Ice rink, pool, rail sledge…: 3 · Famille Plus label

  5. AccessIs it easy to get to?
    3 / 5

    Average drive time from 20 major cities: 4 hr 53 · Nearest railway station: 9 min · Station-to-resort shuttles per day: 0 · Nearest airport: 1 hr 39

  6. Atmosphere and après-skiIs there life in the evening and off the slopes?
    3.5 / 5

    Bars and pubs: 4 · Nightclubs: 0 · Restaurants: 33 · Upcoming events: 21 · Collective tourist beds: 1,229 — index: what the map and the listings publish

  7. 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: 0 · Adult day pass: €76 — 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).

Status unknown

The domain is due to open on 12 December 2026 and close on 24 April 2027. Open pistes and lifts will appear here as soon as the resort publishes its daily report.

7-day forecast

Village 1,351 m · top 1,989 m

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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 May: a long, reliable season.

Estimate · 10-winter average (2015-2025)

☀️ Average daily sunshine : Nov 6.3 h · Dec 5.5 h · Jan 5.9 h · Feb 7 h · Mar 8 h · Apr 9.9 h — 25 bright days in April (Open-Meteo estimate, 2015-2025).

  1. November30 cmInsufficient · 45%
  2. December94 cmGood skiing · 96%
  3. January144 cmGood skiing · 100%
  4. February169 cmGood skiing · 100%
  5. March186 cmGood skiing · 100%
  6. April164 cmGood skiing · 100%
  7. May109 cmGood skiing · 90%

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
Estimate from the ERA5-Land reanalysis (Open-Meteo), about 9 km grid at 1,351 m. Not a resort measurement: during the season the daily report prevails. The percentage is the share of time with at least 30 cm on the ground.

Snow actually measured, winter by winter

63 complete winters measured, from 1959-1960 to 2021-2022 — on average 44 days a winter with at least 30 cm on the ground.

Météo-France — “PEISEY NANCROIX” station (1350 m, 0.4 km away) · 12 Sept 2026
  1. 1-15 Dec13 cmInsufficient · 14 %
  2. 16-31 Dec22 cmInsufficient · 26 %
  3. 1-15 Jan28 cmInsufficient · 39 %
  4. 16-31 Jan35 cmVariable · 51 %
  5. 1-15 Feb39 cmVariable · 58 %
  6. 16-29 Feb35 cmVariable · 57 %
  7. 1-15 Mar22 cmInsufficient · 31 %
  8. 16-31 Mar10 cmInsufficient · 12 %
  9. 1-15 Apr5 cmInsufficient · 6 %
Best winter of the series
1962-1963 — 119 days at 30 cm or more
Worst winter of the series
1963-1964 — 0 day at 30 cm or more

How much snow actually falls — 252 cm a winter on average, spread over 33 days of snowfall. Measured over 64 complete winters, from 1959-1960 to 2022-2023.

Biggest 24-hour snowfall
90 cm — 1970-1971
Snowiest winter
1969-1970 — 504 cm
Leanest winter
1963-1964 — 51 cm
Total snow depth on the ground measured at 06:00 at the Météo-France “PEISEY NANCROIX” station (1350 m, 0.4 km away), from the open “Daily climatological data” dataset (Open Licence 2.0). The season is counted from 1 December to 15 April; only winters with at least 95 % of those 136 days measured are kept, so no figure here rests on a handful of readings. The reading is taken at 1350 m, well below the top of the ski area (1989 m), where snow lies deeper. In season, the resort’s daily report prevails. Snowfall figures are the fresh snow depth over 24 hours recorded at the same station (the HNEIGEF column): a day of snowfall is a day with 1 cm or more, and only winters measured 95 % of the time on that column are counted — which is why the record can be longer or shorter than the one for snow on the ground. More snow always falls than remains: some melts, settles or blows away.

212 pistes, by level — 211 km

22 green146 blue35 red9 black
Skiable vertical
679 m (1,310 m → 1,989 m)
Lifts
3 cable cars, 8 gondolas, 16 chairlifts, 12 drag lifts, 13 magic carpets
Cross-country skiing
10 named trails — 26 km of marked loops (17 km of distinct track: the loops overlap), 2.4 km from the resort
See the trails(10)
TrailLevelLength
La Gouilleblue12 km
Les Dzirpeseasy3.4 km
Le Mônedifficult3.4 km
L'Epinerieexpert1.9 km
Le Vigerandintermediate1.8 km
L’Eau Saléevery easy0.9 km
Le Cassinetdifficult0.8 km
Le Tumeletblue0.7 km
La Culazexpert0.7 km
Beauprazintermediate0.7 km
OpenStreetMap, lengths measured on the geometry, surveyed on 12 September 2026. A trail with no difficulty tag is shown as "n/a" — never guessed.
Snowpark
Yes
Glacier
Some pistes run on a glacier (OpenStreetMap; summer opening to check on the official site)
Night skiing
3 floodlit pistes (OSM)
Without skis
3 km of snowshoe and walking trails · 3 sledging runs
Piste aspect
N 41% · E 8% · S 8% · W 43% (descent direction of 150 OSM pistes, terrain model)
Mountain restaurants
Les Pierres Blanches (2117 m) · Blanche Murée (2021 m) · Le Chalet du Plan Bois (1825 m) · La Fruitière (1814 m) · Le Plein Soleil (1812 m) · Voga Goga (1810 m) · Le Faitout (1726 m) · Le Choucas (1718 m)
Season 2026-2027
opens on 12 December 2026, closes on 24 April 2027
Piste map (PDF)
Paradiski 2024 2025 V8_2 LES ARCS BD (declared by the resort, ANMSM)
Shuttle timetable (PDF)
NAVETTE ACCUEIL VF Peisey-Vallandry (declared by the resort, ANMSM)
Resort app
Android (declared by the resort, ANMSM)

Resort data: declared by Office de Tourisme de Peisey-Vallandry 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 →

Adult passPrice
1 day€76
6 days€401
Child, 1 day€61
Beginner, 1 day€45
FreeFree under 5 · free from 75 years

Read on the official price list, full price, excluding promotions. Price list of the linked area, read on Arc 1950. Official price list ↗

The ski area in figures

Measured on 9 September 2026
7 kmLongest piste — Grands Mélèzes (red), 540 m of vertical
721 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 2,118 → 1,397 m, 2 km
3,201 mHighest lift top — Aiguille Rouge (cable car)
65 kmTotal length of lifts — 72 lifts mapped
17,125 haSki area boundary (OSM)
632Inhabitants — Peisey-Nancroix (INSEE 73197)

Measured 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 Peisey-Vallandry

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Stay & accommodation

Ski Planet
Self-catering flats and all-inclusive ski holidays at the foot of the slopes, since 1999.
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Montagne Vacances
Flats and chalets in the resort, at direct prices.
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VVF
Family holiday villages, kids’ clubs included.
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Ski hire

Sport 2000 Location
Skis, boots and helmets booked online, collected in a resort shop.
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Skiset
Network of ski-hire shops in the resorts.
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Live webcams

All webcams (8) →
Vanoise Express Open at the operator ↗

Official players of the resort, live image.

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 Peisey-Vallandry

From Paris: 7 hr 15 (676 km) by road.

By road

  • From Chambéry: 1 hr 28 · 107 km
  • From Annecy: 1 hr 43 · 100 km
  • From Grenoble: 1 hr 44 · 136 km
  • From Genève: 2 hr 25 · 147 km
  • From Lyon: 2 hr 38 · 205 km
From other major cities (15)
  • From Valence: 2 hr 47 · 229 km
  • From Saint-Étienne: 3 hr 12 · 254 km
  • From Dijon: 4 hr 30 · 406 km
  • From Clermont-Ferrand: 4 hr 31 · 374 km
  • From Besançon: 4 hr 45 · 319 km
  • From Montpellier: 4 hr 54 · 433 km
  • From Marseille: 5 hr 00 · 442 km
  • From Perpignan: 6 hr 16 · 581 km
  • From Nice: 6 hr 20 · 520 km
  • From Nancy: 6 hr 37 · 617 km
  • From Strasbourg: 6 hr 40 · 536 km
  • From Toulouse: 7 hr 12 · 667 km
  • From Paris: 7 hr 15 · 676 km
  • From Bordeaux: 8 hr 29 · 760 km
  • From Pau: 9 hr 07 · 857 km

Excluding traffic and winter conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.

By train

Landry station

halt · then 9 min drive (8 km)

Nearest main station: Chambéry - Challes-les-Eaux, 1 hr 26 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 39 by road · 114 km
  • Grenoble-Alpes-Isère (GNB): 2 hr 17 by road · 182 km

Take me there

These links open the app with Peisey-Vallandry as the destination. Your starting point is never sent by us — the app asks you for it, if you agree.

Charging an electric car

1 charging station within 2 km

2 charging points · up to 24 kW

  • LANDRY - Passage Lucas Curton · EASYCHARGE · 2 points · 24 kW · 1.1 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 →
5 Marked off-piste itineraries · 6 km
17 km Ski touring routes
679 m Skiable vertical · top 1,989 m

Named itineraries: Les Pelées · Malatray · Esselet · Écureuils

Safety. Off-piste terrain is neither marked nor made safe by the resort: a transceiver, a shovel, a probe and reading the avalanche bulletin are the minimum — and the best is to go with a mountain guide (see “Practical information”: ESF, ESF). Today's avalanche risk (Météo-France scale of 1 to 5) will appear here during the season.

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 Peisey-Vallandry — up to 1,900 m of climb.

Summit and routeSki gradeClimbAltitudeAspectFrom resort
TS du Grizzly, Pt 2287m · par les Verdaches, depuis Plan Peiseyn/a · F660 m1,645 → 2,287 mn/a2.5 km
Aiguille Grive · depuis Nancroix la Chénarien/a · E2 · PD1,235 m1,497 → 2,732 mS3.7 km
Aiguille Grive · Col d’Entreporte3.2 · E2 · AD+200 m2,540 → 2,732 mSW3.7 km
Aiguille Grive · Les Lanches2.3 · E1 · AD-200 m2,540 → 2,732 mS3.7 km
Pointe de Friolin · depuis Peisey Le Moulin2.1 · E1 · PD1,440 m1,264 → 2,707 mSW3.8 km
Pointe de Friolin · Couloir des crasses du moulin5.1 · E2 · TD-1,400 m1,400 → 2,960 mE3.8 km
Pointe de Friolin · Couloir et face N4.3 · E2 · TD-n/an/aN3.8 km
Dôme des Pichères · Traversée S >> N - depuis la Plagne4.3 · E2 · D+600 m3,250 → 3,319 mN4.4 km
Sommet de Bellecôte · Face N - le Gros Glacier5.2 · E3 · TD1,900 m1,500 → 3,417 mN4.9 km
Col de la Chal · Versant SW - depuis la Chénarien/a · PD-970 m1,491 → 2,457 mSW4.9 km
Aiguille Grive · Épaule et couloir N2.3 · E2 · AD-200 m2,540 → 2,732 mNW5 km
Aiguille Grive · Couloir N4.3 · D+130 m2,600 → 2,732 mN5 km
Not a piste. Neither marked, nor patrolled, nor secured: transceiver, shovel, probe, the day’s avalanche bulletin and, better still, a guide. Ski grade (1.1–5.6) = steepness and commitment; exposure (E1–E4) = consequence of a fall.

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 Peisey-Vallandry

Ice rink

Swimming pool

Spa and thermal baths

Dog sledding

Paragliding

Museum

Cinema

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

1,229 bed spaces in tourist residences, holiday villages and hostels

  • 3 hotels · 66 rooms (2 × 3★, 1 × 1★)
  • 2 holiday villages and family centres · 901 bed spaces
  • 1 tourist residence or apartment hotel · 232 bed spaces
  • 1 youth hostel or sports centre · 96 bed spaces
  • 1 campsite · 78 pitches

Commune: Peisey-Nancroix · 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 Peisey

Ski school

ESF Peisey Vallandry

📞 04 79 07 93 77

🌐 esf-peiseyvallandry.com

150 instructors

🇬🇧 165 English-speaking instructors — lessons in English available

🗓️ This school sells its lessons online — book ↗

Source: esf.net

All about the ski school in Peisey-Vallandry →

Days without skiing

  • Cinema · L’Éterlou
  • Ice rink · Patinoire
  • Cinema · Cinéma Montchavin-Les Coches

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 Peisey-Vallandry

All 21 upcoming events →

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 Peisey-Vallandry?

Peisey-Vallandry sits at 1,351 m at village level, and its ski area rises to 1,989 m.

How many kilometres of pistes does Peisey-Vallandry have?

Peisey-Vallandry has 211 km of pistes served by 52 lifts, within the linked Paradiski area (OpenStreetMap survey).

What is the longest piste in Peisey-Vallandry?

The longest piste is Grands Mélèzes: 7 km (red run), for 540 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 Peisey-Vallandry?

The highest lift, Aiguille Rouge, tops out at 3,201 m (IGN RGE ALTI terrain model). The 72 lifts mapped on OpenStreetMap total 65 km.

How much is a lift pass in Peisey-Vallandry?

The adult day pass costs €76 and the 6-day pass €401 (current season, read on the official price list, shared with Arc 1950).

How do I get to Peisey-Vallandry?

By road, Peisey-Vallandry is 1 hr 28 from Chambéry (107 km), excluding traffic and winter conditions. By train, the nearest station is Landry, 9 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 39 away.

How long is the drive from Paris to Peisey-Vallandry?

7 hr 15 for 676 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 Peisey-Vallandry open?

According to the official website, the resort opens on 12 December 2026 and closes on 24 April 2027 (2026-2027 season).

Is the snow reliable in Peisey-Vallandry?

Yes: good snow through most of the winter according to ten winters of reanalysis (estimate); in season the daily report prevails.

Is Peisey-Vallandry good for beginners and families?

79% of the pistes are green or blue: a very accessible area. The resort holds the Famille Plus family label.

Full page in French. The French page carries the editorial guides and a few extra readings; every figure, webcam and price on this page is the same one. Peisey-Vallandry in French →

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