Plateau de Retord
1,322 mVillage altitude
6 kmAlpine pistes
7Ski lifts
Not published by any source: top of the ski area, adult day pass.
The plateau de Retord is a mid-altitude mountain plateau in the region of Bugey and Valromey in the massif du Jura. It is located in the département de l'Ain, in France.
Live webcams
Plateau de Retord publishes no public webcam (checked on 12 September 2026 on its website, its tourist office and the operators’ directories). Know of one? Tell us.
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.
3-day forecast
Village 1,322 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?n/a
Not rated: neither the resort nor the map gives the altitude of its highest point.
- Ski areaIs there enough to ski all week?1.5 / 5
Km of pistes at the resort: 6 km · Lifts: 7 · Balance between piste levels: 69%
- 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: 83% · Magic carpets: 0 · Sledging runs: 3 · Ice rink, pool, rail sledge…: 0
- AccessIs it easy to get to?3.5 / 5
Average drive time from 20 major cities: 3 hr 56 · Nearest railway station: 31 min · Station-to-resort shuttles per day: 0 · Nearest airport: 1 hr 14
- Atmosphere and après-skiIs there life in the evening and off the slopes?1 / 5
Bars and pubs: 0 · Nightclubs: 0 · Restaurants: 1 · Upcoming events: 0 · 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 · 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 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).
12 pistes, by level
3 green7 blue2 red0 black
- Lifts
- 7 drag lifts
- Cross-country skiing
- 1 named trail — 12 km of marked loops (6.8 km of distinct track: the loops overlap), 14 km from the resort
Ski-area figures — bottom, km of pistes, lifts, pistes by level: OpenStreetMap (1 Oct) .
Staying and hiring gear in Plateau de Retord
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Collective accommodation
- 2 hotels · 17 rooms
- 1 campsite · 33 pitches
Commune: Haut Valromey · 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 Plateau de Retord
Without skis on — 3 sledging runs
Ice rink
- Patinage sur le plan d'eau de Lalleyriat · Le Poizat-Lalleyriat · 9.7 km away
Dog sledding
- Balade en chiens de traîneau avec La Ferme des Résilients · Brénod · 5.7 km away
- Piste d'entraînement chiens de traîneaux sur le Plateau de Retord - Merlogne · Valserhône · 6.3 km away
- Piste d'entraînement pour chiens de traîneaux sur le Plateau de Retord - ferme Bertrand · Valserhône · 6.3 km away
- Piste d'entraînement pour chiens de traîneau sur le Plateau de Retord- Les Frasses · Valserhône · 6.3 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.
Ski schools and practical information
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.
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 Plateau de Retord
From Paris: 5 hr 16 (493 km) by road.
By road
- From Genève: 1 hr 03 · 67 km
- From Annecy: 1 hr 14 · 69 km
- From Lyon: 1 hr 24 · 101 km
- From Chambéry: 1 hr 30 · 79 km
- From Grenoble: 2 hr 04 · 135 km
From other major cities (15)
- From Saint-Étienne: 2 hr 13 · 161 km
- From Dijon: 2 hr 24 · 214 km
- From Valence: 2 hr 30 · 200 km
- From Besançon: 2 hr 37 · 231 km
- From Clermont-Ferrand: 3 hr 07 · 269 km
- From Nancy: 4 hr 27 · 417 km
- From Montpellier: 4 hr 33 · 402 km
- From Marseille: 4 hr 38 · 411 km
- From Strasbourg: 5 hr 00 · 469 km
- From Paris: 5 hr 16 · 493 km
- From Perpignan: 5 hr 54 · 550 km
- From Nice: 6 hr 15 · 569 km
- From Toulouse: 6 hr 50 · 636 km
- From Bordeaux: 7 hr 05 · 658 km
- From Pau: 8 hr 45 · 826 km
Excluding traffic and winter conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.
By train
Nurieux-Volognat station
halt · then 31 min drive (29 km)
Nearest main station: Bellegarde-sur-Valserine, 32 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
- Lyon-Saint-Exupéry (LYS): 1 hr 14 by road · 96 km
- Genève (GVA): 1 hr 16 by road · 62 km
Take me there
These links open the app with Plateau de Retord 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 October 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 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 Plateau de Retord?
Plateau de Retord sits at 1,322 m at village level.
How many kilometres of pistes does Plateau de Retord have?
Plateau de Retord has 6 km of slopes, 7 lifts.
How do I get to Plateau de Retord?
By road, Plateau de Retord is 1 hr 03 from Genève (67 km), excluding traffic and winter conditions. By train, the nearest station is Nurieux-Volognat, 31 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 Lyon-Saint-Exupéry, 1 hr 14 away.
How long is the drive from Paris to Plateau de Retord?
5 hr 16 for 493 km from central Paris, excluding traffic and winter conditions. Computed on the real road network (OpenStreetMap): allow more on a school-holiday Saturday.
Is Plateau de Retord good for beginners and families?
83% of the pistes are green or blue: a very accessible area.
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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. Plateau de Retord in French →
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