Planche des Belles Filles
1,022 mVillage altitude
1,149 mTop of the ski area
3 kmAlpine pistes
5Ski lifts
Not published by any source: adult day pass.
Planche des Belles Filles is a ski resort in the Vosges, in the commune of Plancher-les-Mines. The village sits at 1,022 m and the ski area rises to 1,149 m, a skiable vertical of 166 m.
Planche des Belles Filles webcams
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Webcams de la stationimages en direct sur la page officielle de la station
Planche des Belles Filles broadcasts its images on its own page: the link takes you there. Checked on 12 September 2026.
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.
Right now at the BALLON DE SERVANCE station (1,213 m)
Source: Météo-France, BALLON DE SERVANCE weather station, 6.5 km away. Hourly measurement — not the resort’s own snow report.
Snow cover varies from one winter to the next — the best time runs from mid-February to mid-March. 43 days a winter at 30 cm or more on average, and 282 cm of fresh snow, measured over 10 winters at the Météo-France “LA PLANCHE” station. Fortnight by fortnight, over 10 measured winters →
3-day forecast
Village 1,022 m · top 1,149 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?1.5 / 5
Top of the ski area: 1,149 m · Bottom of the pistes: 983 m · Days above 30 cm per winter, measured: 43 days · Days above 30 cm, December to March, model: 1%
- Ski areaIs there enough to ski all week?2 / 5
Km of pistes at the resort: 3 km · Lifts: 5 · Balance between piste levels: 88%
- 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?3 / 5
Share of green and blue pistes: 75% · Magic carpets: 1 · Sledging runs: 0 · ESF ski school · Ice rink, pool, rail sledge…: 1
- AccessIs it easy to get to?2.5 / 5
Average drive time from 20 major cities: 5 hr 44 · Nearest railway station: 21 min · Station-to-resort shuttles per day: 0 · Nearest airport: 1 hr 24
- Atmosphere and après-skiIs there life in the evening and off the slopes?2 / 5
Bars and pubs: 1 · Nightclubs: 0 · Restaurants: 0 · Upcoming events: 2 · 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).
8 pistes, by level
2 green4 blue1 red1 black
- Skiable vertical
- 166 m
Ski-area figures — bottom, km of pistes, pistes by level: OpenStreetMap (1 Oct); top, lifts: STRMTG — French national lift register (1 Jan) .
The ski area in figures
Measured on 7 October 20261 kmLongest piste — unnamed on the map (red), 163 m of vertical
163 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 1,145 → 983 m, 1 km
1,149 mHighest lift top — Sommet (platter lift), national lift register
3,850Total lift capacity, people per hour — 5 installations: 4 drag lifts, 1 magic carpet
37 yrsAverage age of the lift fleet — oldest 1976, newest 2013
1,000Biggest lift, people per hour — Les petits lutins (magic carpet, 2013)
1 kmTotal length of lifts — 3 lifts mapped
22 haSki area boundary (OSM)
839Inhabitants — Plancher-les-Mines (INSEE 70414)
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.
Source: national register of mechanical lifts (STRMTG, CAIRN), fleet as of 1 January 2025 — lifts attributed to Planche des Belles Filles only (“PLANCHE DES BELLES FILLES”), magic carpets included.
Staying and hiring gear in Planche des Belles Filles
The partners covering this resort, shown side by side, and the shop to kit out before you leave. Some links earn us a commission — never at the expense of the price or of the data.
Stay & accommodation
Holidu
Holiday-rental comparison site.
Gear & equipment
Absolute Snow
UK ski and snowboard shop — delivers to UK addresses only.
Hardloop
Mountain gear shop: ski touring, avalanche safety, winter clothing.
Beyond skiing at Planche des Belles Filles
Without skis on — 1 km of snowshoe and walking trails
Toboggan runs
- Station de La Planche des Belles Filles · Plancher-les-Mines · 0.1 km away
- Tubing ou descente en bouée · Plancher-les-Mines · 0.2 km away
- Piste de luge - Col des Démineurs · Sewen · 6.7 km away
- Piste de luge - au Langenberg · Sewen · 6.9 km away
Swimming pool
- Piscine de plein air de Saint-Maurice sur Moselle · Saint-Maurice-sur-Moselle · 9.3 km away
Museum
- Maison de la nature des vosges saônoises · Haut-du-Them-Château-Lambert · 9.3 km away
- Musée départemental de la Montagne · Haut-du-Them-Château-Lambert · 9.4 km away
Cinema
- Cinéma Select · 2.8 km away · OpenStreetMap
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
Ski school
ESF La Planche Des Belles Filles
🌐 esfplanchedesbellesfilles.fr
1 instructors
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.
Off the pistes: off-piste and ski touring
The resorts for off-piste skiing →Ski touring routes described
3 ski touring routes documented within 10 km of Planche des Belles Filles — up to 1,600 m of climb.
| Summit and route | Ski grade | Climb | Altitude | Aspect | From resort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballon d'Alsace · Danielus Road | n/a · PD+ | 1,600 m | 600 → 1,247 m | n/a | 7.4 km |
| Ballon d'Alsace · Tricotage au Ballon d'Alsace | 2.3 · F+ | 820 m | 850 → 1,247 m | NW · N | 7.4 km |
| Ballon d'Alsace · "Marcus Road" | 2.3 · PD+ | 820 m | 780 → 1,247 m | W | 7.4 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 October 2026. Descriptions and photos are on Camptocamp; an empty cell is a field nobody has filled in. Camptocamp ski touring routes ↗
Piste map
Open on OpenSnowMap ↗Official piste map
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 Planche des Belles Filles
From Paris: 5 hr 25 (430 km) by road.
By road
- From Besançon: 1 hr 48 · 127 km
- From Nancy: 2 hr 14 · 149 km
- From Strasbourg: 2 hr 21 · 183 km
- From Dijon: 2 hr 35 · 209 km
- From Genève: 3 hr 53 · 258 km
From other major cities (15)
- From Lyon: 4 hr 11 · 367 km
- From Annecy: 4 hr 24 · 302 km
- From Chambéry: 4 hr 51 · 344 km
- From Grenoble: 4 hr 58 · 454 km
- From Saint-Étienne: 5 hr 00 · 427 km
- From Valence: 5 hr 17 · 467 km
- From Paris: 5 hr 25 · 430 km
- From Clermont-Ferrand: 5 hr 37 · 507 km
- From Montpellier: 7 hr 20 · 668 km
- From Marseille: 7 hr 25 · 678 km
- From Perpignan: 8 hr 42 · 816 km
- From Nice: 9 hr 01 · 754 km
- From Bordeaux: 9 hr 09 · 847 km
- From Toulouse: 9 hr 14 · 851 km
- From Pau: 11 hr 10 · 1043 km
Excluding traffic and winter conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.
By train
Champagney station
halt · then 21 min drive (16 km)
Nearest main station: Belfort - Montbéliard TGV, 50 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
- Bâle-Mulhouse (BSL): 1 hr 24 by road · 99 km
- Strasbourg-Entzheim (SXB): 2 hr 14 by road · 173 km
Take me there
These links open the app with Planche des Belles Filles 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
- FUCA - SIED70 - Plancher-les-Mines - Planche des Belles Filles · Citeos Mobilité Electrique Paris - Cogelum IDF · 2 points · 24 kW · 0.2 km
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.
The area offers 3 km of alpine pistes, 8 marked pistes (2 green, 4 blue, 1 red, 1 black), 5 ski lifts. Green and blue runs dominate: terrain suited to beginners and families.
Measured on the OpenStreetMap map: the longest piste runs 1 km and the highest lift tops out at 1,145 m.
Access: 1 h 48 by road from Besançon and 21 min from Champagney railway station.
1 official webcam shows the pistes live (on the French page).
Frequently asked questions
How high is Planche des Belles Filles?
Planche des Belles Filles sits at 1,022 m at village level, and its ski area rises to 1,149 m.
How many kilometres of pistes does Planche des Belles Filles have?
Planche des Belles Filles has 3 km of slopes, 5 lifts.
What is the longest piste in Planche des Belles Filles?
The longest single descent: 1 km (red run), for 163 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 Planche des Belles Filles?
The highest lift, Sommet (platter lift), tops out at 1,149 m. Source: STRMTG, French national register of mechanical lifts (CAIRN database), file dated 1 January 2025.
How many lifts does Planche des Belles Filles have, and what is their capacity?
The French national register of mechanical lifts records 5 installations at Planche des Belles Filles (4 drag lifts, 1 magic carpet), for an authorised capacity of 3,850 people per hour, of which 1,000 for Les petits lutins alone. The fleet spans 1976 to 2013, an average age of 37 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 Planche des Belles Filles?
By road, Planche des Belles Filles is 1 hr 48 from Besançon (127 km), excluding traffic and winter conditions. By train, the nearest station is Champagney, 21 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 Bâle-Mulhouse, 1 hr 24 away.
How long is the drive from Paris to Planche des Belles Filles?
5 hr 25 for 430 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 Planche des Belles Filles?
Snow cover varies from one winter to the next — the best time runs from mid-February to mid-March. 43 days a winter at 30 cm or more on average, and 282 cm of fresh snow, measured over 10 winters at the Météo-France “LA PLANCHE” station. This verdict rests on 10 winters of Météo-France measurements (1989-2019); in season the daily report prevails.
Is Planche des Belles Filles good for beginners and families?
75% of the pistes are green or blue: a very accessible area.
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