Roc d'Enfer
Roc d'Enfer is a French ski area composed of the ski resorts of La Grande-Terche located on the territory of the commune of Saint-Jean-d'Aulps and La Chèvrerie in Bellevaux, in the Chablais, département of Haute-Savoie. It is part of the large Portes du Soleil ski area.
Translated from the French Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), machine translation.
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?2.5 / 5
Top of the ski area: 1,790 m · Bottom of the pistes: 945 m · Days above 30 cm per winter, measured: 78 days · Days above 30 cm, December to March, model: 88%
- Ski areaIs there enough to ski all week?2.5 / 5
Km of pistes at the resort: 21 km · Km of pistes across the linked area: 182 km · Lifts: 11 · Balance between piste levels: 73%
- ValueIs the lift pass reasonable for what you get?3 / 5
Adult day pass: €41.5 · Day pass price per km of pistes: €1.98/km · Adult 6-day pass: €211
- Families and beginnersIs it right for children and beginners?2 / 5
Share of green and blue pistes: 35% · Magic carpets: 0 · Sledging runs: 0 · Special prices out of 4 (beginner, child, family, free age): 3 · ESF ski school · Ice rink, pool, rail sledge…: 1
- AccessIs it easy to get to?3 / 5
Average drive time from 20 major cities: 4 hr 51 · Nearest railway station: 30 min · Station-to-resort shuttles per day: 8 · Nearest airport: 1 hr 32
- Atmosphere and après-skiIs there life in the evening and off the slopes?2 / 5
Bars and pubs: 2 · Nightclubs: 0 · Restaurants: 8 · 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 · Spas and saunas: 0 · Jewellers, watchmakers, fashion boutiques: 0 · Adult day pass: €41.5 — 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).
The domain is due to open on 19 December 2026 and close on 28 March 2027. Open pistes and lifts will appear here as soon as the resort publishes its daily report.
Right now at the LE PLENEY station (1,515 m)
Avalanche danger
7-day forecast
Village 943 m · top 1,790 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 December to March: a long, reliable season.
☀️ Average daily sunshine : Nov 6.2 h · Dec 5.5 h · Jan 5.8 h · Feb 7.2 h · Mar 8.6 h · Apr 10.3 h — 26 bright days in April (Open-Meteo estimate, 2015-2025).
- November—no record
- December56 cmGood skiing · 80%
- January70 cmGood skiing · 94%
- February82 cmGood skiing · 93%
- March92 cmGood skiing · 85%
- April—no record
- 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
57 complete winters measured, from 1959-1960 to 2020-2021 — on average 78 days a winter with at least 30 cm on the ground.
- 1-15 Dec22 cmInsufficient · 30 %
- 16-31 Dec33 cmInsufficient · 47 %
- 1-15 Jan42 cmVariable · 56 %
- 16-31 Jan56 cmVariable · 72 %
- 1-15 Feb66 cmVariable · 77 %
- 16-29 Feb69 cmVariable · 77 %
- 1-15 Mar63 cmVariable · 71 %
- 16-31 Mar48 cmVariable · 54 %
- 1-15 Apr31 cmInsufficient · 34 %
- Best winter of the series
- 1965-1966 — 136 days at 30 cm or more
- Worst winter of the series
- 1963-1964 — 0 day at 30 cm or more
How much snow actually falls — 404 cm a winter on average, spread over 39 days of snowfall. Measured over 57 complete winters.
- Biggest 24-hour snowfall
- 69 cm — 1993-1994
- Snowiest winter
- 1969-1970 — 816 cm
- Leanest winter
- 1963-1964 — 95 cm
The ski area
Compare with another resort →40 pistes, by level — 21 km
- Skiable vertical
- 845 m (945 m → 1,790 m)
- Lifts
- 1 gondola, 3 chairlifts, 7 drag lifts
- Cross-country skiing
- 3 named trails — 38 km of marked loops (8 km of distinct track: the loops overlap), 6.9 km 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(3)
Trail Level Length Boucle noire du Chéry difficult 17 km Boucle rouge du Chéry intermediate 16 km Boucle bleue du Chéry easy 5.8 km - Piste aspect
- N 31% · E 43% · S 5% · W 22% (descent direction of 38 OSM pistes, terrain model)
- Season 2026-2027
- opens on 19 December 2026, closes on 28 March 2027
Opening hours lift by lift (6)
| Lift | Type | Opens | Closes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chéry Nord | télésiège | 09:15 | 16:00 | OpenStreetMap |
| Mont Chéry | télécabine | 09:00 | 16:20 | OpenStreetMap |
| La Pointe | télésiège | 09:15 | 16:00 | OpenStreetMap |
| Planeys | télésiège | 09:15 | 16:00 | OpenStreetMap |
| Perrières Express | télésiège | 09:00 | 16:10 | OpenStreetMap |
| Turche | téléski | 09:00 | 16:30 | OpenStreetMap |
Hours as published by the source quoted, read on 15 September 2026. A lift missing from this table has no published time — no default is shown.
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 (2026-2027) detail →
| Adult pass | Price |
|---|---|
| 1 day | €41.50 |
| 6 days | €211 |
| Season | €490 |
| Child, 1 day | €31.50 |
| Beginner, 1 day | €23.50 |
| Pedestrian, 1 day | €8 |
| Free | Free under 5 · free from 75 years |
Read on the official price list, full price, excluding promotions. Official price list ↗
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.
Staying and hiring gear in Roc d'Enfer
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Stay & accommodation
Live webcams
All webcams (8) →Official players of the resort, live image.
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 Roc d'Enfer
From Paris: 6 hr 42 (602 km) by road.
By road
- From Genève: 1 hr 08 · 61 km
- From Annecy: 1 hr 28 · 98 km
- From Chambéry: 1 hr 55 · 139 km
- From Grenoble: 2 hr 29 · 195 km
- From Lyon: 2 hr 50 · 210 km
From other major cities (15)
- From Valence: 3 hr 27 · 297 km
- From Besançon: 3 hr 28 · 220 km
- From Saint-Étienne: 3 hr 28 · 275 km
- From Dijon: 3 hr 50 · 323 km
- From Clermont-Ferrand: 4 hr 32 · 381 km
- From Strasbourg: 4 hr 54 · 394 km
- From Montpellier: 5 hr 34 · 502 km
- From Marseille: 5 hr 40 · 511 km
- From Nancy: 5 hr 53 · 527 km
- From Nice: 6 hr 33 · 529 km
- From Paris: 6 hr 42 · 602 km
- From Perpignan: 6 hr 56 · 649 km
- From Toulouse: 7 hr 52 · 736 km
- From Bordeaux: 8 hr 31 · 768 km
- From Pau: 9 hr 47 · 926 km
Excluding traffic and winter conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.
By train
Thonon-les-Bains station
regional station · then 30 min drive (27 km)
Nearest main station: Annecy, 1 hr 26 by road.
- From Thonon-les-Bains station (stop “Les Arts”): line Y91 — THONON-LES-BAINS → MORZINE → LES GETS (REGION - cars Région Haute-Savoie), 45 min to the “Chef-lieu” stop — 8 departures a day on weekdays, 6 a day at weekends · first 07:05, last 19:15 · timetable from 15 December 2026 to 15 April 2027 · official timetable ↗
Direct journeys read from the official timetable files published on transport.data.gouv.fr — no connections.
By plane
- Genève (GVA): 1 hr 32 by road · 69 km
- Chambéry-Savoie (CMF): 1 hr 59 by road · 138 km
Take me there
These links open the app with Roc d'Enfer 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 22 kW
- SAINT JEAN D'AULPS - Mairie · EASYCHARGE · 2 points · 22 kW · 1.3 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.
Ski touring routes described
Resorts for ski touring →12 ski touring routes documented within 10 km of Roc d'Enfer — up to 1,800 m of climb.
| Summit and route | Ski grade | Climb | Altitude | Aspect | From resort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Raies des Follys · Traversée des faces NNE et N du Lavanchy et retour par la Pointe du Paradis | 4.2 · E1 · D- | 1,800 m | 945 → 1,879 m | N | 0.5 km |
| Les Raies des Follys · Tour et sommet | n/a · PD- | 250 m | 1,000 → 1,873 m | n/a | 1.8 km |
| Les Raies des Follys · Face N | 4.1 · E1 · AD+ | 900 m | 950 → 1,857 m | N | 2.5 km |
| Col de Graydon · Par Graydon | n/a · PD- | 900 m | 1,000 → 1,787 m | NW | 2.9 km |
| Roc d'Enfer · Tour - depuis le col de l'Encrenaz ou Bonnavaz | 3.3 · AD | 1,605 m | 1,433 → 2,243 m | n/a | 3.4 km |
| Roc d'Enfer - Sommet E · par la Combe du Couvent | 3.1 · E3 · AD | 1,230 m | 990 → 2,188 m | N | 3.5 km |
| Pointe de Haute Béne · voie du Z | 5.1 · E3 · TD- | 1,100 m | 1,120 → 2,215 m | NW | 3.5 km |
| Pointe de Haute Béne · Face NW directe | 5.1 · E2 · D+ | 1,100 m | 1,118 → 2,243 m | NW | 3.5 km |
| Les Raies des Follys · Versant S du point 1857 | 2.3 · E2 · PD- | 650 m | 1,118 → 1,857 m | SW | 3.5 km |
| Pic de la Corne · Face SW | 3.1 · E1 · PD+ | 1,100 m | 1,003 → 2,084 m | SW | 3.6 km |
| Pic de la Corne · Lanches NW | 3.3 · E3 · D- | 1,084 m | 1,000 → 2,084 m | NW | 3.6 km |
| Roc de Tavaneuse · Tour et Sommet depuis Essert-la-Pierre | 3.1 · E1 · AD | 1,700 m | 940 → 2,156 m | NE | 3.7 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 Roc d'Enfer
Toboggan runs
- Luge d'été · Morzine · 6.8 km away
Ice rink
- Patinoire extérieure · Saint-Jean-d'Aulps · 0 km away
- Indiana'Ventures -Patinoire en plein air · Morzine · 6.9 km away
- Patinoire extérieure · Les Gets · 7.7 km away
Swimming pool
- Espace Aquatique · Morzine · 6.7 km away
- Piscine extérieure de l'Hôtel et Spa Neige et Roc · Morzine · 9.6 km away
- Piscine de la Grande Ourse · Taninges · 10 km away
Paragliding
- Ecole professionnelle de parapente et de Speed-riding des Portes du Soleil · Montriond · 5.4 km away
- ABC de l'Ecole professionnel de Parapente et de Speedriding des Portes du Soleil · Morzine · 7.1 km away
- Airéole - École de Parapente à Morzine · Morzine · 7.2 km away
- Aero-bi Parapente · Morzine · 7.3 km away
Museum
- Musée de la Musique Mécanique · Les Gets · 7.6 km away
- Musée de la Faune · Bellevaux · 9.2 km away
- Maison de la Belle Vallée · Bellevaux · 9.2 km away
Cinema
- Cinéma Le Rex · Morzine · 7.2 km away
- Cinéma Le Club · Les Gets · 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. Opening times and prices are the operator’s — check before you go.
Practical information
Collective accommodation
- 1 campsite · 30 pitches
Commune: Saint-Jean-d'Aulps · 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 de la Vallée d'Aulps
📍 1959 Route des Grandes Alpes
Days without skiing
- Ice rink · Patinoire
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.
Nearby resorts
Frequently asked questions
How high is Roc d'Enfer?
Roc d'Enfer sits at 943 m at village level, and its ski area rises to 1,790 m.
How many kilometres of pistes does Roc d'Enfer have?
Roc d'Enfer has 21 km of pistes served by 11 lifts, within the linked Portes du Soleil area (OpenStreetMap survey).
What is the longest piste in Roc d'Enfer?
The longest piste is Cabri: 5 km (red run), for 355 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 Roc d'Enfer?
The highest lift, Pointe de Nyon, tops out at 1,955 m (IGN RGE ALTI terrain model). The 54 lifts mapped on OpenStreetMap total 46 km.
How much is a lift pass in Roc d'Enfer?
The adult day pass costs €41.50 and the 6-day pass €211 (2026-2027, read on the official price list).
How do I get to Roc d'Enfer?
By road, Roc d'Enfer is 1 hr 08 from Genève (61 km), excluding traffic and winter conditions. By train, the nearest station is Thonon-les-Bains, 30 min by road from the resort. From Thonon-les-Bains station, line Y91 — THONON-LES-BAINS → MORZINE → LES GETS (REGION - cars Région Haute-Savoie) reaches the “Chef-lieu” stop in 45 min, 8 departures a day on weekdays, 6 a day at weekends. The nearest airport is Genève, 1 hr 32 away.
How long is the drive from Paris to Roc d'Enfer?
6 hr 42 for 602 km from central Paris, excluding traffic and winter conditions. Computed on the real road network (OpenStreetMap): allow more on a school-holiday Saturday.
When does Roc d'Enfer open?
According to the official website, the resort opens on 19 December 2026 and closes on 28 March 2027 (2026-2027 season).
Is the snow reliable in Roc d'Enfer?
Yes: good snow through most of the winter according to twenty winters of Météo-France measurements; in season the daily report prevails.
Is Roc d'Enfer good for beginners and families?
35% of the pistes are green or blue: a rather technical area.
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