Roubion
1,421 mBottom of the pistes
1,898 mTop of the ski area
15 kmAlpine pistes
6Ski lifts
Not published by any source: adult day pass.
Roubion is a French commune located in the département of Alpes-Maritimes, in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Its inhabitants are called the Roubionnais.
Live webcams
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Le VillageIPCamLive
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Official players of the resort, live image.
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 PEONE station (1,784 m)
Source: Météo-France, PEONE weather station, 9.6 km away. Hourly measurement — not the resort’s own snow report.
Avalanche danger
Natural snow is low on average: skiing depends on snowmaking and good years. 23 days a winter at 30 cm or more on average, and 147 cm of fresh snow, measured over 18 winters at the Météo-France “BEUIL-OBS” station. Fortnight by fortnight, over 18 measured winters →
3-day forecast
Village 1,421 m · top 1,898 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?2 / 5
Top of the ski area: 1,898 m · Bottom of the pistes: 1,421 m · Days above 30 cm per winter, measured: 23 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 · Lifts: 6 · Balance between piste levels: 73%
- 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?1.5 / 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 46 · Nearest railway station: 1 hr 13 · Station-to-resort shuttles per day: 0 · Nearest airport: 1 hr 08
- 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 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).
19 pistes, by level
1 green4 blue12 red2 black
- Skiable vertical
- 477 m
Ski-area figures — bottom, km of pistes, pistes by level: OpenStreetMap (1 Oct); top, lifts: STRMTG — French national lift register (1 Jan) .
The ski area in figures
Measured on 7 October 20262 kmLongest piste — Fracietta 1 (blue), 302 m of vertical
425 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 1,909 → 1,483 m, 2 km
1,898 mHighest lift top — Pommier (platter lift), national lift register
4,920Total lift capacity, people per hour — 6 installations: 1 chairlift, 4 drag lifts, 1 magic carpet
20 yrsAverage age of the lift fleet — oldest 1981, newest 2018
1,400Biggest lift, people per hour — Buisses (chairlift, 2018)
3 kmTotal length of lifts — 5 lifts mapped
156 haSki area boundary (OSM)
112Inhabitants — Roubion (INSEE 06110)
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.
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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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 ↗
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 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.
Ski schools and practical information
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.
Off the pistes: off-piste and ski touring
The resorts for off-piste skiing →Ski touring routes described
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 |
The other 6 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 Roubion
From Paris: 10 hr 40 (870 km) by road.
By road
- From Nice: 1 hr 14 · 71 km
- From Marseille: 3 hr 15 · 255 km
- From Montpellier: 4 hr 36 · 384 km
- From Valence: 4 hr 49 · 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 Perpignan: 5 hr 58 · 532 km
- From Annecy: 5 hr 59 · 404 km · avoids Col de la Bonette, closed in winter
- From Saint-Étienne: 6 hr 12 · 547 km
- From Toulouse: 6 hr 54 · 618 km
- From Genève: 7 hr 31 · 606 km · via L'Ariane La Trinité station
- From Clermont-Ferrand: 7 hr 44 · 688 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 58 · 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 13 drive (73 km)
Nearest main station: Nice, 1 hr 15 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
- Nice-Côte d’Azur (NCE): 1 hr 08 by road · 67 km
- Cuneo (CUF): 3 hr 53 by road · 218 km
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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 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 Roubion?
The Roubion pistes start at 1,421 m, and its ski area rises to 1,898 m.
How many kilometres of pistes does Roubion have?
Roubion has 15 km of slopes, 6 lifts.
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 13 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 08 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 the snow reliable in Roubion?
Natural snow is low on average: skiing depends on snowmaking and good years. 23 days a winter at 30 cm or more on average, and 147 cm of fresh snow, measured over 18 winters at the Météo-France “BEUIL-OBS” station. This verdict rests on 18 winters of Météo-France measurements (1994-2022); in season the daily report prevails.
Is Roubion good for beginners and families?
26% of the pistes are green or blue: a rather technical area.
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