Planpraz
2,000 mVillage altitude
2,502 mTop of the ski area
51 kmAlpine pistes
17Ski lifts
Not published by any source: adult day pass.
Planpraz is a plateau in France located at an altitude of approximately 2,000 metres in the aiguilles Rouges, on the western slope of the vallée de Chamonix, above Chamonix-Mont-Blanc.
Live webcams
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Altitude 2000Windy · 0.0 km away
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Télécabine Planpraz (gare amont)Windy · 0.3 km away
Le BréventSkaping · 1.2 km away
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Official players of the resort, live image. Checked on 16 October 2026.
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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 AIGUILLES ROUGES-NIVOSE station (2,365 m)
Source: Météo-France, AIGUILLES ROUGES-NIVOSE weather station, 6.4 km away. Hourly measurement — not the resort’s own snow report.
Avalanche danger
Good snow from early February to mid-April. 102 days a winter at 30 cm or more on average, measured over 27 winters at the Météo-France “AIGUILLES ROUGES-NIVOSE” station. Fortnight by fortnight, over 27 measured winters →
3-day forecast
Village 2,000 m · top 2,502 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?3 / 5
Top of the ski area: 2,502 m · Bottom of the pistes: 1,035 m · Days above 30 cm per winter, measured: 102 days · Days above 30 cm, December to March, model: 97%
- Ski areaIs there enough to ski all week?4 / 5
Km of pistes at the resort: 51 km · Lifts: 17 · Balance between piste levels: 98%
- 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?2.5 / 5
Share of green and blue pistes: 58% · Magic carpets: 1 · Sledging runs: 0 · ESF ski school · Ice rink, pool, rail sledge…: 4
- AccessIs it easy to get to?3 / 5
Average drive time from 20 major cities: 4 hr 38 · Nearest railway station: 7 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?4 / 5
Bars and pubs: 26 · Nightclubs: 0 · Restaurants: 63 · Upcoming events: 3 · Collective tourist beds: 2,653 — index: what the map and the listings publish
- Luxury and comfortHow upmarket is the resort?4.5 / 5
5-star hotels: 2 · 4-star hotels: 5 · Share of hotel rooms in 4 and 5 stars: 59% · Spas and saunas: 0 · Jewellers, watchmakers, fashion boutiques: 2 — 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).
50 pistes, by level
11 green18 blue11 red10 black
- Skiable vertical
- 1,467 m
- Lifts
- 2 cable cars, 2 gondolas, 7 chairlifts, 5 drag lifts, 1 magic carpet
- Snowpark
- 3 mapped zones — Stade Slalom filmé chronométré · Stade Géant · Stade de slalom (easy)
- Cross-country skiing
- 5 km of nordic trails
Ski-area figures — bottom, top, km of pistes, lifts, pistes by level: OpenStreetMap (1 Oct) .
The ski area in figures
Measured on 7 October 20262 kmLongest piste — Charles Bozon (black), 392 m of vertical
457 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 2,323 → 1,866 m, 2 km
2,464 mHighest lift top — Brévent (cable car)
6 kmTotal length of lifts — 7 lifts mapped
n/aSki area boundary (OSM)
8,705Inhabitants — Chamonix-Mont-Blanc (INSEE 74056)
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 Planpraz
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Collective accommodation
2,653 bed spaces in tourist residences, holiday villages and hostels
- 50 hotels · 2,197 rooms (3 × 5★, 14 × 4★, 18 × 3★, 8 × 2★, 1 × 1★)
- 5 holiday villages and family centres · 658 bed spaces
- 6 tourist residences and apartment hotels · 1,360 bed spaces
- 3 youth hostels and sports centres · 635 bed spaces
- 11 campsites · 907 pitches
Commune: Chamonix-Mont-Blanc · INSEE tourist accommodation survey, 2026, read on 12 September 2026. Collective accommodation only — privately let flats and second homes are not counted. INSEE dataset ↗
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 Planpraz
Without skis on — 1 km of snowshoe and walking trails
Ice rink
- Patinoire R. Bozon · Chamonix-Mont-Blanc · 2.1 km away
- Patinoire des Houches · Les Houches · 6.5 km away
Swimming pool
- Piscine du centre sportif Richard Bozon · 2.1 km away · OpenStreetMap
- Piscine de l'Hotel Oustalet · 2.6 km away · OpenStreetMap
Spa and thermal baths
- QC Terme Spas and Resorts · Chamonix-Mont-Blanc · 2 km away
Dog sledding
- Huskydalen - Chiens de traineaux · Chamonix-Mont-Blanc · 2.1 km away
- Evasion Nordique - Chiens de traineaux · Chamonix-Mont-Blanc · 3 km away
Paragliding
- Chamonix Parapente · Chamonix-Mont-Blanc · 2 km away
- Summits Parapente · Chamonix-Mont-Blanc · 2.1 km away
- Mc Fly école de Parapente & speed riding · Chamonix-Mont-Blanc · 2.1 km away
- Parapente Laurent Nivart · Chamonix-Mont-Blanc · 2.1 km away
Museum
- Musée des Cristaux - Espace Tairraz · Chamonix-Mont-Blanc · 2 km away
- Le Musée du Mont-Blanc · Chamonix-Mont-Blanc · 2.2 km away
- Usine et Espace Héritage de Simond · Chamonix-Mont-Blanc · 3.3 km away
- Maison du Lieutenant · Servoz · 6.5 km away
Cinema
- Cinéma Vox · Chamonix-Mont-Blanc · 2.2 km away
- Cinéma immersif 4D · Chamonix-Mont-Blanc · 2.7 km away
- Espace Animation · Les Houches · 6.8 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. 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 Chamonix
271 instructors
🇬🇧 235 English-speaking instructors — lessons in English available
🗓️ This school sells its lessons online — book ↗
Source: esf.net
Tourist office
Cabane du Brévent
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 → 2 Marked off-piste itineraries · 4 km
— Ski touring routes
Named itineraries: Retour Stade · James Bond Track
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
12 ski touring routes documented within 10 km of Planpraz — up to 1,800 m of climb.
| Summit and route | Ski grade | Climb | Altitude | Aspect | From resort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Brévent · couloir Bozon | 3.1 · E1 · PD+ | n/a | 1,030 → 2,000 m | SW | 0.6 km |
| Aiguille de Charlanon · Couloir S | 3.3 · E2 · AD | 1,800 m | 1,087 → 2,549 m | S | 0.7 km |
| Col du Lac Cornu · Par la piste des Nants | 2.3 · E1 · PD | 1,383 m | 1,030 → 2,413 m | S | 0.9 km |
| Aiguille Pourrie · Couloir SE | 3.3 · E1 | 200 m | 2,000 → 2,561 m | SE | 0.9 km |
The other 8 routes, with grades and vertical →
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 Planpraz
From Paris: 6 hr 34 (618 km) by road.
By road
- From Genève: 1 hr 07 · 83 km
- From Annecy: 1 hr 20 · 107 km
- From Chambéry: 1 hr 47 · 148 km
- From Grenoble: 2 hr 09 · 150 km
- From Lyon: 2 hr 42 · 226 km
From other major cities (15)
- From Valence: 3 hr 12 · 242 km
- From Saint-Étienne: 3 hr 19 · 284 km
- From Besançon: 3 hr 27 · 235 km
- From Dijon: 3 hr 42 · 339 km
- From Clermont-Ferrand: 4 hr 24 · 393 km
- From Strasbourg: 4 hr 53 · 409 km
- From Montpellier: 5 hr 19 · 447 km
- From Marseille: 5 hr 25 · 456 km
- From Nice: 5 hr 26 · 459 km
- From Nancy: 5 hr 45 · 542 km
- From Paris: 6 hr 34 · 618 km
- From Perpignan: 6 hr 41 · 595 km
- From Toulouse: 7 hr 37 · 681 km
- From Bordeaux: 8 hr 23 · 783 km
- From Pau: 9 hr 31 · 871 km
Excluding traffic and winter conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.
By train
Chamonix Aiguille du Midi station
halt · then 7 min drive (3 km)
Nearest main station: Annecy, 1 hr 18 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
- Genève (GVA): 1 hr 32 by road · 91 km
- Chambéry-Savoie (CMF): 1 hr 51 by road · 147 km
Take me there
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Charging an electric car
1 charging station within 2 km
9 charging points · up to 7 kW
- CHAMONIX MONT BLANC - Parking Saint Michel · EASYCHARGE · 9 points · 7 kW · 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.
Translated from the French Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), machine translation.
Frequently asked questions
How high is Planpraz?
Planpraz sits at 2,000 m at village level, and its ski area rises to 2,502 m.
How many kilometres of pistes does Planpraz have?
Planpraz has 51 km of slopes, 17 lifts.
What is the longest piste in Planpraz?
The longest piste is Charles Bozon: 2 km (black run), for 392 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 Planpraz?
The highest lift, Brévent, tops out at 2,464 m (IGN RGE ALTI terrain model). The 7 lifts mapped on OpenStreetMap total 6 km.
How do I get to Planpraz?
By road, Planpraz is 1 hr 07 from Genève (83 km), excluding traffic and winter conditions. By train, the nearest station is Chamonix Aiguille du Midi, 7 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 32 away.
How long is the drive from Paris to Planpraz?
6 hr 34 for 618 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 Planpraz?
Good snow from early February to mid-April. 102 days a winter at 30 cm or more on average, measured over 27 winters at the Météo-France “AIGUILLES ROUGES-NIVOSE” station. This verdict rests on 27 winters of Météo-France measurements (1997-2026); in season the daily report prevails.
Is Planpraz good for beginners and families?
58% of the pistes are green or blue: a rather technical area.
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