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Rouge Gazon

Vosges Checked on 18 September 2026
1,089 mVillage altitude
—Top of the ski area
—Alpine pistes
—Ski lifts
—Adult day pass

Le Rouge-Gazon is a winter sports resort in the massif des Vosges located in the commune of Saint-Maurice-sur-Moselle in the département des Vosges in the Grand Est region. The resort and its hotel are located at an altitude of 1,100 m at the foot of the Tête des Perches and facing the Tête du Rouge-Gazon.

Full page in French →
Rouge Gazon — view of the resort
Photo: Wikimedia Commons

Translated from the French Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), machine translation.

SkiRadar ratings

How ratings are computed →Computed on 18 September 2026

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.

  1. SnowCan you count on the snow?
    n/a

    Not rated: “top of the ski area” is missing from this page.

  2. Ski areaIs there enough to ski all week?
    n/a

    Not rated: “km of pistes at the resort” is missing from this page.

  3. ValueIs the lift pass reasonable for what you get?
    n/a

    Not rated: “adult day pass” is missing from this page.

  4. Families and beginnersIs it right for children and beginners?
    n/a

    Not rated: “share of green and blue pistes” is missing from this page.

  5. AccessIs it easy to get to?
    2 / 5

    Average drive time from 20 major cities: 6 hr 00 · Nearest railway station: 33 min · Station-to-resort shuttles per day: 0 · Nearest airport: 1 hr 26

  6. Atmosphere and après-skiIs there life in the evening and off the slopes?
    1.5 / 5

    Bars and pubs: 0 · Nightclubs: 0 · Restaurants: 1 · Upcoming events: 4 · Collective tourist beds: 0 — index: what the map and the listings publish

  7. 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 — 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).

Snow and opening

7-day forecast → Snow report →
Status unknown

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.

7-day forecast

Village 1,089 m

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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

10 complete winters measured, from 1989-1990 to 2018-2019 — on average 43 days a winter with at least 30 cm on the ground.

Météo-France — “LA PLANCHE” station (1030 m, 14.2 km away) · 12 Sept 2026
  1. 1-15 Dec13 cmInsufficient · 21 %
  2. 16-31 Dec19 cmInsufficient · 16 %
  3. 1-15 Jan22 cmInsufficient · 30 %
  4. 16-31 Jan33 cmInsufficient · 38 %
  5. 1-15 Feb39 cmInsufficient · 36 %
  6. 16-29 Feb48 cmVariable · 53 %
  7. 1-15 Mar49 cmVariable · 51 %
  8. 16-31 Mar27 cmInsufficient · 29 %
  9. 1-15 Apr9 cmInsufficient · 13 %
Best winter of the series
2005-2006 — 136 days at 30 cm or more
Worst winter of the series
1989-1990 — 0 day at 30 cm or more

How much snow actually falls — 282 cm a winter on average, spread over 30 days of snowfall. Measured over 10 complete winters.

Biggest 24-hour snowfall
70 cm — 2005-2006
Snowiest winter
2005-2006 — 550 cm
Leanest winter
1989-1990 — 83 cm
Total snow depth on the ground measured at 06:00 at the Météo-France “LA PLANCHE” station (1030 m, 14.2 km away), from the open “Daily climatological data” dataset (Open Licence 2.0). The season is counted from 1 December to 15 April; only winters with at least 95 % of those 136 days measured are kept, so no figure here rests on a handful of readings. The reading is taken at 1030 m. In season, the resort’s daily report prevails. Snowfall figures are the fresh snow depth over 24 hours recorded at the same station (the HNEIGEF column): a day of snowfall is a day with 1 cm or more, and only winters measured 95 % of the time on that column are counted — which is why the record can be longer or shorter than the one for snow on the ground. More snow always falls than remains: some melts, settles or blows away.

The ski area in figures

n/aLongest piste
n/aBiggest vertical without changing piste
1,247 mHighest lift top — Mur 1 (platter lift), national lift register
6,277Total lift capacity, people per hour — 7 installations: 6 drag lifts, 1 magic carpet
43 yrsAverage age of the lift fleet — oldest 1967, newest 2009
2,000Biggest lift, people per hour — Tapis roulant la Ravigotte (magic carpet, 2009)
n/aTotal length of lifts
n/aSki area boundary (OSM)
n/aInhabitants

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.

Source: national register of mechanical lifts (STRMTG, CAIRN), fleet as of 1 January 2025 — lifts attributed to Rouge Gazon only (“ROUGE GAZON”), magic carpets included.

Staying and hiring gear in Rouge Gazon

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Stay & accommodation

Ski Planet
Self-catering flats and all-inclusive ski holidays at the foot of the slopes, since 1999.
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Montagne Vacances
Flats and chalets in the resort, at direct prices.
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VVF
Family holiday villages, kids’ clubs included.
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Ski hire

Sport 2000 Location
Skis, boots and helmets booked online, collected in a resort shop.
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Skiset
Network of ski-hire shops in the resorts.
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Live webcams

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Webcams de la stationimages en direct sur la page officielle de la station
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Le Rouge Gazonthe resort’s operator

Rouge Gazon broadcasts its images on its own page: the link takes you there. Checked on 18 September 2026.

Getting to Rouge Gazon

From Paris: 5 hr 23 (458 km) by road.

By road

  • From Nancy: 1 hr 54 · 135 km
  • From Besançon: 2 hr 10 · 149 km
  • From Strasbourg: 2 hr 20 · 161 km
  • From Dijon: 2 hr 57 · 231 km
  • From Genève: 4 hr 15 · 280 km
From other major cities (15)
  • From Lyon: 4 hr 33 · 389 km
  • From Annecy: 4 hr 45 · 324 km
  • From Chambéry: 5 hr 13 · 366 km
  • From Grenoble: 5 hr 19 · 476 km
  • From Saint-Étienne: 5 hr 22 · 449 km
  • From Paris: 5 hr 23 · 458 km
  • From Valence: 5 hr 39 · 489 km
  • From Clermont-Ferrand: 5 hr 59 · 532 km
  • From Montpellier: 7 hr 42 · 690 km
  • From Marseille: 7 hr 47 · 699 km
  • From Perpignan: 9 hr 03 · 838 km
  • From Nice: 9 hr 04 · 745 km
  • From Bordeaux: 9 hr 31 · 869 km
  • From Toulouse: 9 hr 35 · 873 km
  • From Pau: 11 hr 32 · 1064 km

Excluding traffic and winter conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.

By train

Wesserling station

halt · then 33 min drive (28 km)

Nearest main station: Mulhouse, 1 hr 12 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

  • Bâle-Mulhouse (BSL): 1 hr 26 by road · 89 km
  • Strasbourg-Entzheim (SXB): 2 hr 13 by road · 151 km

Take me there

These links open the app with Rouge Gazon 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 September 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 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 Rouge Gazon — up to 3,800 m of climb.

Summit and routeSki gradeClimbAltitudeAspectFrom resort
Tête des Perches · par le lac des Perches2.1 · E1 · PD-612 m610 → 1,222 mS0.6 km
Tête des Neufs Bois · Par l'épaulement NE, et le col des Allemandsn/a · E1600 m650 → 1,230 mN1.9 km
Tête des Neufs Bois · Par le Steingrabenn/a · E2600 m650 → 1,230 mN2.4 km
Vosges du Sud (Traversée) · De St Maurice à Gérardmern/a3,800 m600 → 1,305 mn/a3.8 km
Tête des Russiers · Couloir S et Carrièren/a · AD585 m650 → 1,187 mS4.5 km
Drumont · Par la Comben/a · PD+500 m700 → 1,200 mE5.3 km
Ballon d'Alsace · Danielus Roadn/a · PD+1,600 m600 → 1,247 mn/a6.5 km
Ballon d'Alsace · Tricotage au Ballon d'Alsace2.3 · F+820 m850 → 1,247 mNW · N6.5 km
Ballon d'Alsace · "Marcus Road"2.3 · PD+820 m780 → 1,247 mW6.5 km
Les Vosges (Grande Traversée) · Du Ballon d'Alsace au Hohneckn/a · PD+3,400 m560 → 1,305 mn/a8.7 km
Thanner Hubel · Par l'Altrain et le Willerlochn/a · E1850 m350 → 1,190 mN8.7 km
Ermitage Frère Joseph à Ventron · Tricotage à Frère Jon/an/an/an/a8.7 km
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 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 Rouge Gazon

Toboggan runs

Swimming pool

Paragliding

Museum

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 · 142 pitches

Commune: Saint-Maurice-sur-Moselle · 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 Bussang

📞 +33 3 29 61 50 37

🌐 bussang.com

Ski school

ESF Rouge Gazon

📞 03 29 25 01 57

🌐 esf-rouge-gazon.net

9 instructors

Source: esf.net

All about the ski school in Rouge Gazon →

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 Rouge Gazon

All events →

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

Bussang 6 kmLarcenaire 6 kmBallon d'Alsace 7 kmFrère-Joseph 9 kmVentron 9 kmLe Markstein 12 km

Frequently asked questions

How high is Rouge Gazon?

Rouge Gazon sits at 1,089 m at village level.

How high do the lifts go in Rouge Gazon?

The highest lift, Mur 1 (platter lift), tops out at 1,247 m. Source: STRMTG, French national register of mechanical lifts (CAIRN database), file dated 1 January 2025.

How many lifts does Rouge Gazon have, and what is their capacity?

The French national register of mechanical lifts records 7 installations at Rouge Gazon (6 drag lifts, 1 magic carpet), for an authorised capacity of 6,277 people per hour, of which 2,000 for Tapis roulant la Ravigotte alone. The fleet spans 1967 to 2009, an average age of 43 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 Rouge Gazon?

By road, Rouge Gazon is 1 hr 54 from Nancy (135 km), excluding traffic and winter conditions. By train, the nearest station is Wesserling, 33 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 Bâle-Mulhouse, 1 hr 26 away.

How long is the drive from Paris to Rouge Gazon?

5 hr 23 for 458 km from central Paris, excluding traffic and winter conditions. Computed on the real road network (OpenStreetMap): allow more on a school-holiday Saturday.

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. Rouge Gazon in French →

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