Roubion
Roubion is a ski resort in the Southern Alps (Alpes-Maritimes). The village sits at 840 m and the ski area rises to 1,420 m.
The area offers 15 km of alpine pistes, 19 marked pistes (1 green, 4 blue, 12 red, 2 black), 5 ski lifts.
Measured on the OpenStreetMap map: the longest piste runs 2 km (Fracietta 1) and the highest lift tops out at 1,909 m.
Access: 1 h 14 by road from Nice and 1 h 14 from L'Ariane La Trinité railway station.
3 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?2 / 5
Top of the ski area: 1,420 m · Bottom of the pistes: 1,420 m · Days above 30 cm per winter, measured: 0 days · Days above 30 cm, December to March, model: 22%
- Ski areaIs there enough to ski all week?2 / 5
Km of pistes at the resort: 15 km · Km of pistes across the linked area: 15 km · Lifts: 5 · Balance between piste levels: 73%
- 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?1 / 5
Share of green and blue pistes: 26% · Magic carpets: 1 · Sledging runs: 0 · Ice rink, pool, rail sledge…: 0
- AccessIs it easy to get to?2 / 5
Average drive time from 20 major cities: 6 hr 47 · Nearest railway station: 1 hr 14 · Station-to-resort shuttles per day: 0 · Nearest airport: 1 hr 09
- Atmosphere and après-skiIs there life in the evening and off the slopes?1.5 / 5
Bars and pubs: 0 · Nightclubs: 0 · Restaurants: 4 · 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 (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 BEUIL-OBS station (1,464 m)
Avalanche danger
7-day forecast
Village 840 m · top 1,420 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.
Snow actually measured, winter by winter
19 complete winters measured, from 1992-1993 to 2021-2022 — on average 0 days a winter with at least 30 cm on the ground.
- 1-15 Dec1 cmInsufficient · 0 %
- 16-31 Dec0 cmInsufficient · 0 %
- 1-15 Jan1 cmInsufficient · 0 %
- 16-31 Jan1 cmInsufficient · 0 %
- 1-15 Feb2 cmInsufficient · 0 %
- 16-29 Feb0 cmInsufficient · 0 %
- 1-15 Mar0 cmInsufficient · 0 %
- 16-31 Mar0 cmInsufficient · 0 %
- 1-15 Apr0 cmInsufficient · 0 %
- Best winter of the series
- 2008-2009 — 2 days at 30 cm or more
- Worst winter of the series
- 1992-1993 — 0 day at 30 cm or more
How much snow actually falls — 39 cm a winter on average, spread over 7 days of snowfall. Measured over 20 complete winters.
- Biggest 24-hour snowfall
- 35 cm — 2008-2009
- Snowiest winter
- 2008-2009 — 89 cm
- Leanest winter
- 1992-1993 — 2 cm
The ski area
Compare with another resort →19 pistes, by level — 15 km
- Lifts
- 1 chairlift, 3 drag lifts, 1 magic carpet
- Piste aspect
- N 82% · E 12% · S 4% · W 2% (descent direction of 23 OSM pistes, terrain model)
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 Roubion only (“ROUBION LES BUISSES”), magic carpets included.
Staying and hiring gear in Roubion
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Stay & accommodation
Live webcams
All webcams (3) →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 Roubion
From Paris: 10 hr 40 (870 km) by road.
By road
- From Nice: 1 hr 14 · 71 km
- From Marseille: 3 hr 16 · 255 km
- From Montpellier: 4 hr 37 · 384 km
- From Valence: 4 hr 50 · 428 km
- From Grenoble: 4 hr 51 · 298 km
From other major cities (15)
- From Chambéry: 5 hr 30 · 356 km · avoids Col de la Bonette, closed in winter
- From Lyon: 5 hr 57 · 528 km
- From Annecy: 5 hr 59 · 404 km · avoids Col de la Bonette, closed in winter
- From Perpignan: 5 hr 59 · 532 km
- From Saint-Étienne: 6 hr 13 · 547 km
- From Toulouse: 6 hr 55 · 618 km
- From Genève: 7 hr 32 · 606 km · via L'Ariane La Trinité station
- From Clermont-Ferrand: 7 hr 44 · 691 km
- From Dijon: 7 hr 55 · 601 km
- From Besançon: 8 hr 14 · 630 km
- From Pau: 8 hr 49 · 808 km
- From Bordeaux: 9 hr 18 · 861 km
- From Strasbourg: 9 hr 59 · 798 km
- From Nancy: 10 hr 03 · 812 km
- From Paris: 10 hr 40 · 870 km
Excluding traffic and winter conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.
By train
L'Ariane La Trinité station
halt · then 1 hr 14 drive (73 km)
Nearest main station: Nice, 1 hr 16 by road.
No direct bus line from the station to the resort appears in the open-data timetables (checked on 13 September 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
- Nice-Côte d’Azur (NCE): 1 hr 09 by road · 67 km
- Cuneo (CUF): 3 hr 54 by road · 218 km
Take me there
These links open the app with Roubion 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
- Roubion - Parking Village · IZIVIA · 2 points · 22 kW · 0 km
- Roubion - Parking STATION Les Buisses · IZIVIA · 2 points · 22 kW · 1.2 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 →10 ski touring routes documented within 10 km of Roubion — up to 1,755 m of climb.
| Summit and route | Ski grade | Climb | Altitude | Aspect | From resort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Autcellier · Par la crête de la Clauetta. | 1.3 · E1 · F | 1,000 m | 1,270 → 2,204 m | NE | 2.6 km |
| Gravières · Par le Mt Autcellier de Roure | 2.3 · E1 · F+ | 1,755 m | 1,270 → 2,331 m | n/a | 3.8 km |
| Les Cluots · En boucle, descente versant N de la Tête de Giarons | 2.3 · E1 · PD+ | 900 m | 1,288 → 2,106 m | N | 4.9 km |
| Les Cluots · par Roubion-les-Buisses | 1.1 · E1 · F | 800 m | 1,500 → 2,106 m | NE | 6.1 km |
| Mont Démant · par le col des Molines - depuis Beuil | n/a · PD | 1,050 m | 1,400 → 2,473 m | SE | 6.6 km |
| Mont Mounier · Versant S, par les Passes du Cloutet et le Mont Démant | 3.1 · E2 · AD- | 1,367 m | 1,450 → 2,812 m | S | 6.7 km |
| Mont Mounier · De Vignols, par le mont des Moulines et le mont Démant | 2.2 · E1 · PD | 1,300 m | 1,662 → 2,817 m | SE | 8 km |
| Mont Mounier · De Valberg, par le Mont des Moulines et le Mont Démant | 2.2 · PD | 1,300 m | 1,748 → 2,817 m | SE | 8.7 km |
| Mont Démant · Versant S depuis Valberg | n/a · PD | 942 m | 1,670 → 2,473 m | S | 8.8 km |
| Petit Mounier · Depuis Roya | 3.1 · PD | 1,400 m | 1,430 → 2,727 m | N · NW | 9.5 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 Roubion
Cinema
- Salle de Cinéma · Valdeblore · 9.6 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 hotel · 7 rooms
Commune: Roubion · 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
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 Roubion?
Roubion sits at 840 m at village level, and its ski area rises to 1,420 m.
How many kilometres of pistes does Roubion have?
Roubion has 15 km of pistes served by 5 lifts (OpenStreetMap survey).
What is the longest piste in Roubion?
The longest piste is Fracietta 1: 2 km (blue run), for 302 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 Roubion?
The highest lift, Pommier (platter lift), tops out at 1,898 m. Source: STRMTG, French national register of mechanical lifts (CAIRN database), file dated 1 January 2025.
How many lifts does Roubion have, and what is their capacity?
The French national register of mechanical lifts records 6 installations at Roubion (1 chairlift, 4 drag lifts, 1 magic carpet), for an authorised capacity of 4,920 people per hour, of which 1,400 for Buisses alone. The fleet spans 1981 to 2018, an average age of 20 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 Roubion?
By road, Roubion is 1 hr 14 from Nice (71 km), excluding traffic and winter conditions. By train, the nearest station is L'Ariane La Trinité, 1 hr 14 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 Nice-Côte d’Azur, 1 hr 09 away.
How long is the drive from Paris to Roubion?
10 hr 40 for 870 km from central Paris, excluding traffic and winter conditions. Computed on the real road network (OpenStreetMap): allow more on a school-holiday Saturday.
Is Roubion good for beginners and families?
26% of the pistes are green or blue: a rather technical area.
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