Getting to Plaine Joux

Plaine Joux is 1 h 06 by road from Genève (73 km), 6 h 33 from Paris, 20 min from Chedde railway station. 1 coach line runs directly from the station to the resort.

Plaine Joux is a ski resort in the Northern Alps (Haute-Savoie), in the commune of Passy. The village sits at 1,360 m.

Getting to Plaine Joux

By road

  • From Genève : 1 h 06 · 73 km
  • From Annecy : 1 h 19 · 97 km
  • From Chambéry : 1 h 46 · 138 km
  • From Grenoble : 2 h 06 · 141 km
  • From Lyon : 2 h 41 · 216 km
From other major cities (15)
  • From Valence : 3 h 10 · 234 km
  • From Saint-Étienne : 3 h 18 · 275 km
  • From Besançon : 3 h 35 · 247 km
  • From Dijon : 3 h 41 · 329 km
  • From Clermont-Ferrand : 4 h 23 · 386 km
  • From Montpellier : 5 h 17 · 439 km
  • From Marseille : 5 h 22 · 448 km
  • From Strasbourg : 5 h 27 · 436 km
  • From Nancy : 5 h 44 · 532 km
  • From Nice : 5 h 52 · 480 km
  • From Paris : 6 h 33 · 608 km
  • From Perpignan : 6 h 38 · 586 km
  • From Toulouse : 7 h 34 · 673 km
  • From Bordeaux : 8 h 22 · 773 km
  • From Pau : 9 h 29 · 863 km

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

By train

Chedde station

halt · then 20 min by road (11 km)

Nearest main station: Annecy, 1 h 17 by road.

  • From Chedde station (stop « Prés Moulin ») : Y85 — SALLANCHES → PASSY (REGION - cars Région Haute-Savoie), 40 min to the “Guébriant” stop — 10 departures a day on weekdays, 8 a day at weekends · first 06:27, last 19:17 · timetable du 15 décembre 2026 au 15 avril 2027, Cars Région Haute-Savoie (Altibus) · official timetable ↗

Direct journeys, from transport.data.gouv.fr timetables.

By plane

  • Genève (GVA) : 1 h 31 by road · 81 km
  • Chambéry-Savoie (CMF) : 1 h 50 by road · 137 km

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By electric car

No publicly accessible charging point within 2 km (checked on 9 September 2026). Chargers reserved to car-park customers are not listed.

Publicly accessible charging points from the French national charging-point database ↗, checked on 9 September 2026. Installed, not necessarily free tonight.

Road conditions

From 1 November to 31 March, snow chains or winter tyres are compulsory in most mountain municipalities (French “loi Montagne II”).

Driving times: OpenStreetMap (OSRM); stations: SNCF open data; airports: Wikidata — read on 9 September 2026. Allow more in the snow.