Puy-Saint-Vincent
Puy-Saint-Vincent is a ski resort in the Southern Alps (Hautes-Alpes). The village sits at 1,155 m and the ski area rises to 2,274 m, a skiable vertical of 679 m.
The area offers 57 km of alpine pistes, 102 marked pistes (22 green, 57 blue, 17 red, 6 black), 19 ski lifts, plus a snowpark. Green and blue runs dominate: terrain suited to beginners and families.
Measured on the OpenStreetMap map: the longest piste runs 2 km (Vallouise) and the highest lift tops out at 2,664 m.
Access: 2 h 25 by road from Grenoble and 13 min from L'Argentière Les Écrins railway station.
2 official webcams show the pistes live (on the French page).
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.
- SnowCan you count on the snow?3.5 / 5
Top of the ski area: 2,274 m · Bottom of the pistes: 1,595 m · Days above 30 cm per winter, measured: 87 days · Days above 30 cm, December to March, model: 89%
- Ski areaIs there enough to ski all week?3.5 / 5
Km of pistes at the resort: 57 km · Km of pistes across the linked area: 57 km · Lifts: 19 · Balance between piste levels: 81%
- ValueIs the lift pass reasonable for what you get?n/a
Not rated: “adult day pass” is missing from this page.
- Families and beginnersIs it right for children and beginners?3 / 5
Share of green and blue pistes: 77% · Magic carpets: 2 · Sledging runs: 0 · ESF ski school · Ice rink, pool, rail sledge…: 3
- AccessIs it easy to get to?3 / 5
Average drive time from 20 major cities: 5 hr 24 · Nearest railway station: 13 min · Station-to-resort shuttles per day: 2 · Nearest airport: 2 hr 15
- Atmosphere and après-skiIs there life in the evening and off the slopes?3.5 / 5
Bars and pubs: 7 · Nightclubs: 0 · Restaurants: 13 · Upcoming events: 1 · Collective tourist beds: 1,439 — index: what the map and the listings publish
- 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: 1 · 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 (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).
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 PUY-ST-VINCENT station (1,388 m)
Avalanche danger
7-day forecast
Village 1,155 m · top 2,274 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.
Average snow depth by month
Good snow from January to March.
☀️ Average daily sunshine : Nov 7.1 h · Dec 6.7 h · Jan 7 h · Feb 8.2 h · Mar 9.5 h · Apr 10.6 h — 26 bright days in April (Open-Meteo estimate, 2015-2025).
- November—no record
- December51 cmVariable · 72%
- January60 cmGood skiing · 88%
- February80 cmGood skiing · 99%
- March92 cmGood skiing · 98%
- April51 cmVariable · 56%
- May—no record
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
Snow actually measured, winter by winter
27 complete winters measured, from 1992-1993 to 2023-2024 — on average 87 days a winter with at least 30 cm on the ground.
- 1-15 Dec21 cmInsufficient · 37 %
- 16-31 Dec33 cmVariable · 56 %
- 1-15 Jan46 cmVariable · 74 %
- 16-31 Jan58 cmGood skiing · 82 %
- 1-15 Feb66 cmGood skiing · 90 %
- 16-29 Feb65 cmGood skiing · 90 %
- 1-15 Mar60 cmVariable · 78 %
- 16-31 Mar38 cmVariable · 52 %
- 1-15 Apr16 cmInsufficient · 22 %
- Best winter of the series
- 2005-2006 — 126 days at 30 cm or more
- Worst winter of the series
- 1992-1993 — 10 days at 30 cm or more
How much snow actually falls — 267 cm a winter on average, spread over 24 days of snowfall. Measured over 31 complete winters.
- Biggest 24-hour snowfall
- 76 cm — 2012-2013
- Snowiest winter
- 2012-2013 — 470 cm
- Leanest winter
- 1992-1993 — 83 cm
The ski area
Compare with another resort →102 pistes, by level — 57 km
- Skiable vertical
- 679 m (1,595 m → 2,274 m)
- Lifts
- 10 chairlifts, 7 drag lifts, 2 magic carpets
- Cross-country skiing
- 9 named trails — 33 km of marked loops (18 km of distinct track: the loops overlap) · Domaine Nordique de la Vallouise area, 800 m from the resortOpenStreetMap, lengths measured on the geometry, surveyed on 12 September 2026. A trail with no difficulty tag is shown as "n/a" — never guessed.
See the trails(9)
Trail Level Length Le Villard · Domaine Nordique de la Vallouise intermediate 10 km Petite Onde · Domaine Nordique de la Vallouise easy 9.1 km Les Petites Têtes red 2.9 km Grésonnières · Domaine Nordique de la Vallouise difficult 2.8 km Route du Col very easy 2.4 km Le Verger · Domaine Nordique de la Vallouise very easy 1.9 km Grand Bois · Domaine Nordique de la Vallouise difficult 1.5 km Le Camping · Domaine Nordique de la Vallouise very easy 1.3 km La plaine · Domaine Nordique de la Vallouise very easy 1.2 km - Snowpark
- Yes
- Piste aspect
- N 41% · E 55% · S 1% · W 2% (descent direction of 75 OSM pistes, terrain model)
- Mountain restaurants
- Le Parc aux Étoiles (1772 m) · tomrider (1752 m) · L'ours brun (1670 m) · Au petit chamois (1669 m) · Hôtel Saint-Roch (1410 m) · Le cadran solaire (1382 m)
- Tourist office
- Office de Tourisme du Pays des Écrins · Rue des Urties, 05340 · 0492233580 · [email protected] (declared by the resort, ANMSM)
- Piste map (PDF)
- PSV_PLAN_DES_PISTES_2023_LD (1) (declared by the resort, ANMSM)
- Resort app
- Android (declared by the resort, ANMSM)
Resort data: declared by Office de Tourisme du Pays des Écrins 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 →
The price list for this resort is being collected: most resorts publish winter prices between September and November.
The ski area in figures
Measured on 9 September 2026Measured 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 Puy-Saint-Vincent only (“PUY SAINT VINCENT”), magic carpets included.
Staying and hiring gear in Puy-Saint-Vincent
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Stay & accommodation
Live webcams
All webcams (2) →Official players of the resort, live image. Checked on 18 September 2026.
Piste map
Open on OpenSnowMap ↗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 Puy-Saint-Vincent
From Paris: 8 hr 14 (708 km) by road.
By road
- From Grenoble: 2 hr 25 · 135 km
- From Chambéry: 2 hr 35 · 181 km
- From Annecy: 3 hr 04 · 228 km
- From Valence: 3 hr 21 · 224 km
- From Marseille: 3 hr 24 · 255 km
From other major cities (14)
- From Genève: 3 hr 34 · 265 km
- From Lyon: 3 hr 37 · 237 km
- From Saint-Étienne: 4 hr 10 · 286 km
- From Montpellier: 4 hr 42 · 378 km
- From Dijon: 5 hr 29 · 438 km
- From Clermont-Ferrand: 5 hr 30 · 406 km
- From Besançon: 5 hr 48 · 468 km
- From Perpignan: 6 hr 04 · 525 km
- From Toulouse: 7 hr 00 · 612 km
- From Nancy: 7 hr 36 · 649 km
- From Strasbourg: 7 hr 49 · 655 km
- From Paris: 8 hr 14 · 708 km
- From Pau: 8 hr 54 · 802 km
- From Bordeaux: 9 hr 23 · 854 km
Excluding traffic and winter conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.
By train
L'Argentière Les Écrins station
halt · then 13 min drive (10 km)
Nearest main station: Grenoble, 2 hr 25 by road.
- From L'Argentière Les Écrins station (stop “Giratoire de la Gare”): line 542 — 542 _ PELVOUX-VALLOUISE-L'ARGENTIERE-BRIANCON (ZOU ! Proximité), 10 min to the “La Casse” stop — 2 departures a day on weekdays · first 12:45, last 18:45 · timetable from 15 December 2026 to 31 December 2026 · official timetable ↗
Direct journeys read from the official timetable files published on transport.data.gouv.fr — no connections.
By plane
- Turin-Caselle (TRN): 2 hr 15 by road · 141 km
- Cuneo (CUF): 2 hr 58 by road · 204 km
Take me there
These links open the app with Puy-Saint-Vincent as the destination. Your starting point is never sent by us — the app asks you for it, if you agree.
Charging an electric car
2 charging stations within 2 km
4 charging points · up to 22 kW
- PUY SAINT VINCENT - Le Laux · EASYCHARGE · 2 points · 22 kW · 1 km
- VALLOUISE PELVOUX - Pelvoux · EASYCHARGE · 2 points · 22 kW · 1.6 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 →Named itineraries: Rocher Noir · Carmen · Pendine
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 Puy-Saint-Vincent — up to 1,850 m of climb.
| Summit and route | Ski grade | Climb | Altitude | Aspect | From resort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crête de Reychard · Versant E | n/a · PD- | 950 m | 1,462 → 2,400 m | SE | 1.7 km |
| Crête de la Pendine · Par les pistes de ski | 2.2 · E1 · F | 900 m | 1,462 → 2,749 m | NE | 2.2 km |
| Le Coul Mélèze · De la chapelle St Vincent | n/a · PD- | 900 m | 1,400 → 2,300 m | E | 2.2 km |
| Crête de Plarol · Vallon de Narreyroux | n/a · PD | 1,250 m | 1,500 → 2,750 m | N | 2.9 km |
| Tête d'Oréac · depuis les Vigneaux | n/a | 1,052 m | 1,031 → 2,083 m | n/a | 3 km |
| Pointe de l'Aiglière · Face E | 3.3 · E1 · AD+ | 1,850 m | 1,462 → 3,308 m | E | 3.2 km |
| Épaule SW de l'Aiglière · Versant E | n/a · PD+ | 1,500 m | 1,700 → 3,200 m | E | 3.2 km |
| Puy-St Vincent, les Lauzes · Combe de Narreyroux [Hors Piste] | n/a | 1 m | 1,400 → 2,400 m | N | 3.2 km |
| Belle Vue · Versant W | 2.2 · E1 · PD | 675 m | 1,235 → 1,909 m | W | 3.3 km |
| Pointe des Queyrettes · Couloir NE | 4.2 · E2 · D- | 1,480 m | 1,700 → 3,189 m | NE | 3.7 km |
| Pointes des Neyzets · Vallon de Narreyroux | n/a · PD | 1,800 m | 1,462 → 3,236 m | N | 3.8 km |
| La Blanche · versant E par le Chastellet | 2.1 · E2 · PD | 1,353 m | 1,600 → 2,953 m | E | 3.8 km |
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 Puy-Saint-Vincent
Swimming pool
- Piscine intercommunale du Pays des Écrins · L'Argentière-la-Bessée · 7.6 km away
Paragliding
- Parapente "Pollen" · Vallouise-Pelvoux · 1.1 km away
Cinema
- Cinéma L'eau vive · L'Argentière-la-Bessée · 7 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.
Practical information
Collective accommodation
1,439 bed spaces in tourist residences, holiday villages and hostels
- 3 hotels · 73 rooms (1 × 3★, 2 × 2★)
- 1 holiday village or family centre · 643 bed spaces
- 2 tourist residences and apartment hotels · 796 bed spaces
- 1 campsite · 45 pitches
Commune: Puy-Saint-Vincent · 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
Ski school
ESF Puy St Vincent
🌐 esf-puy-st-vincent-pelvoux.com
109 instructors
🇬🇧 51 English-speaking instructors — lessons in English available
🗓️ This school sells its lessons online — book ↗
Source: esf.net
Days without skiing
- Cinema · Cinéma Jean Marais
- Swimming pool · Piscine 1600
- Alpine coaster · Luge sur rail
- Spa / wellness · PSV308C
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 Puy-Saint-Vincent
All events →-
2 October 2026 · 18:30
Rencontre et dédicace avec Éric Savoldelli
Bibliothèque municipale Vallouise-Pelvoux · Vallouise-Pelvoux
Biblis en folie 2026
Source: OpenAgenda, agenda “Hautes-Alpes” · View on OpenAgenda ↗
Also near: Pelvoux Vallouise (2.3 km), La Blanche (2.3 km)
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 Puy-Saint-Vincent?
Puy-Saint-Vincent sits at 1,155 m at village level, and its ski area rises to 2,274 m.
How many kilometres of pistes does Puy-Saint-Vincent have?
Puy-Saint-Vincent has 57 km of pistes served by 19 lifts (OpenStreetMap survey).
What is the longest piste in Puy-Saint-Vincent?
The longest piste is Vallouise: 2 km (blue run), for 428 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 Puy-Saint-Vincent?
The highest lift, La PENDINE (chairlift), tops out at 2,668 m. Source: STRMTG, French national register of mechanical lifts (CAIRN database), file dated 1 January 2025.
How many lifts does Puy-Saint-Vincent have, and what is their capacity?
The French national register of mechanical lifts records 16 installations at Puy-Saint-Vincent (8 chairlifts, 7 drag lifts, 1 magic carpet), for an authorised capacity of 20,408 people per hour, of which 2,525 for CRETE des BANS alone. The fleet spans 1971 to 2018, an average age of 25 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 Puy-Saint-Vincent?
By road, Puy-Saint-Vincent is 2 hr 25 from Grenoble (135 km), excluding traffic and winter conditions. By train, the nearest station is L'Argentière Les Écrins, 13 min by road from the resort. From L'Argentière Les Écrins station, line 542 — 542 _ PELVOUX-VALLOUISE-L'ARGENTIERE-BRIANCON (ZOU ! Proximité) reaches the “La Casse” stop in 10 min, 2 departures a day on weekdays. The nearest airport is Turin-Caselle, 2 hr 15 away.
How long is the drive from Paris to Puy-Saint-Vincent?
8 hr 14 for 708 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 Puy-Saint-Vincent?
Yes: good snow through most of the winter according to twenty winters of Météo-France measurements; in season the daily report prevails.
Is Puy-Saint-Vincent good for beginners and families?
77% of the pistes are green or blue: a very accessible area.
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