Saint-François-Longchamp
Off season · opens 12 December 20261,650 mVillage altitude
2,550 mTop of the ski area
165 kmLinked pistes · Le Grand Domaine
21Ski lifts
€59.70Adult day pass · Valmorel - Le Grand Domaine · 2026-2027
Saint-François-Longchamp is a former French commune located in the département of Savoie, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. The commune lies on the northern slope of the Maurienne valley, between 808 and 2,832 m in altitude, and includes a winter sports resort. The commune became a delegated commune on 1st January 2017 after merging with Montaimont and Montgellafrey to create Saint François Longchamp.
Live webcams
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Webcam Front de neige Longchamp 1650mpanoramic
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Webcam TS Mollaret (2000mpanoramic
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Webcam Espace Nordique du Grand Coinpanoramic
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Official players of the resort, live image. 4 more cameras on the webcam page. Checked on 16 October 2026.
Snow, opening and weather
Snow report →The domain is due to open on 12 December 2026 and close on 9 April 2027. Open pistes and lifts will appear here as soon as the resort publishes its daily report.
Avalanche danger
Snow cover varies from one winter to the next — the best time runs from mid-January to mid-March. 61 days a winter at 30 cm or more on average, and 297 cm of fresh snow, measured over 63 winters at the Météo-France “ST-MARTIN DE BELLEVILLE” station. Fortnight by fortnight, over 63 measured winters →
3-day forecast
Village 1,650 m · top 2,550 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?3 / 5
Top of the ski area: 2,550 m · Bottom of the pistes: 1,450 m · Days above 30 cm per winter, measured: 61 days · Days above 30 cm, December to March, model: 94%
- Ski areaIs there enough to ski all week?4 / 5
Km skiable from the resort, linked area included: 165 km · Lifts: 21
- ValueIs the lift pass reasonable for what you get?2.5 / 5
Adult day pass: €59.70 · Day pass price per km of pistes: €0.36/km · Adult 6-day pass: €299.90 · Price read at a neighbouring resort of the same area
- Families and beginnersIs it right for children and beginners?4 / 5
Share of green and blue pistes: 77% · Magic carpets: 1 · ESF ski school · Ice rink, pool, rail sledge…: 2 · Famille Plus label
- AccessIs it easy to get to?3.5 / 5
Average drive time from 20 major cities: 4 hr 26 · Nearest railway station: 16 min · Station-to-resort shuttles per day: 0 · Nearest airport: 1 hr 14
- Atmosphere and après-skiIs there life in the evening and off the slopes?3 / 5
Bars and pubs: 2 · Nightclubs: 0 · Restaurants: 20 · Upcoming events: 0 · Collective tourist beds: 2,751 — 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: 0 · Jewellers, watchmakers, fashion boutiques: 0 · Adult day pass: €59.70 — 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).
Lift passes 2026-2027
All prices (child, family, season) →€299.90 6 days
Read on the official price list, full price, excluding promotions. Valmorel - Le Grand Domaine pass, covering the whole linked area, read on the list of Valmorel. 2026-2027 season. Official price list ↗
- Skiable vertical
- 1,100 m
- Cross-country skiing
- 9 named trails — 47 km of marked loops (16 km of distinct track: the loops overlap) · Espace Nordique du Grand Coin area, 5.1 km from the resort
- Snowpark
- Yes
Ski-area figures — village, bottom, top, km of the linked area: ANMSM — figures declared by the resort (16 Oct); lifts: STRMTG — French national lift register (1 Jan) . In a linked ski area the map cannot tell where the resort ends: its own km stay “n/a” until the resort declares them.
The ski area in figures
Measured on 7 October 20267 kmLongest piste — Le Marquis (blue), 420 m of vertical
573 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 2,177 → 1,604 m, 3 km
2,514 mHighest lift top — Lauziere (chairlift), national lift register
22,793Total lift capacity, people per hour — 21 installations: 7 chairlifts, 13 drag lifts, 1 magic carpet
27 yrsAverage age of the lift fleet — oldest 1976, newest 2023
2,800Biggest lift, people per hour — Frene (detachable chairlift, 2005)
41 kmTotal length of lifts — 40 lifts mapped
4,581 haSki area boundary (OSM)
433Inhabitants — Saint François Longchamp (INSEE 73235)
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 Saint-François-Longchamp only (“SAINT FRANCOIS LONGCHAMP”), magic carpets included.
Staying and hiring gear in Saint-François-Longchamp
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Collective accommodation
2,751 bed spaces in tourist residences, holiday villages and hostels
- 5 hotels · 101 rooms (3 × 3★, 1 × 2★)
- 8 tourist residences and apartment hotels · 2,751 bed spaces
Commune: Saint François Longchamp · 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.
Ski Planet
Self-catering flats and all-inclusive ski holidays at the foot of the slopes, since 1999.
Montagne Vacances
Flats and chalets in the resort, at direct prices.
Ski hire
Skiset UK
Skiset’s UK site: ski hire in the resort shops, booked in English, paid in pounds.
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 Saint-François-Longchamp
Without skis on — 1 sledging run
Swimming pool
- Espace aquatique de Valmorel - Kanopé · Les Avanchers-Valmorel · 9.5 km away
Paragliding
- ENVERGURE PARAPENTE - LA FILLE DE L'AIR · Saint François Longchamp · 1.4 km away
- Envergure Parapente · La Chambre · 6.6 km away
- Aire de décollage parapente des Lanchettes · Les Avanchers-Valmorel · 8.2 km away
- Aire de décollage parapente de Crève-Tête · Les Avanchers-Valmorel · 9.3 km away
Museum
- Musée du Félicien · Argentine · 9.7 km away
Cinema
- Le Studio - cinéma · Les Avanchers-Valmorel · 9.5 km away
- Le Fanny · 1.5 km away · OpenStreetMap
Bowling
- Le Strike · 1.6 km away · OpenStreetMap
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. Lines marked OpenStreetMap come from the map, within 3 km — opening times on site. Opening times and prices are the operator’s — check before you go.
Ski schools and practical information
Ski school
ESF St Francois Longchamp
67 instructors
🇬🇧 31 English-speaking instructors — lessons in English available
🗓️ This school sells its lessons online — book ↗
Source: esf.net
Resort contacts and documents
- Tourist office
- Saint Francois Longchamp Tourisme · Maison du Tourisme, 73130 · 0479591056 · info@saintfrancoislongchamp.fr (declared by the resort, ANMSM)
- Shuttle timetable (PDF)
- Faure Transport (declared by the resort, ANMSM)
- Resort app
- Android (declared by the resort, ANMSM)
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.
Resort data: declared by Saint Francois Longchamp Tourisme and distributed by ANMSM · read on 16 October
Off the pistes: off-piste and ski touring
The resorts for off-piste skiing → 2 Marked off-piste itineraries · 3 km
— Ski touring routes
Named itineraries: Le Loup · La Lauzière
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
12 ski touring routes documented within 10 km of Saint-François-Longchamp — up to 3,700 m of climb.
| Summit and route | Ski grade | Climb | Altitude | Aspect | From resort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Traversée du Massif de la Lauzière · S > N à ski | 3.2 · E2 · PD+ | 3,700 m | 1,265 → 2,829 m | n/a | 1.7 km |
| Roc Rouge · Versant SW | 2.3 · E1 · PD- | 690 m | 1,690 → 2,375 m | n/a | 1.9 km |
| Col de Montjoie · Depuis le refuge de la Grande Léchère | 1.3 · F | 570 m | 1,680 → 2,250 m | n/a | 2.3 km |
| Rocher de Sarvatan · Couloir NE en boucle | n/a · PD+ | 775 m | 1,600 → 2,375 m | SE | 2.4 km |
The other 8 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 Saint-François-Longchamp
From Paris: 6 hr 50 (648 km) by road.
By road
- From Chambéry: 1 hr 02 · 79 km
- From Grenoble: 1 hr 19 · 108 km
- From Annecy: 1 hr 31 · 126 km
- From Genève: 2 hr 01 · 164 km
- From Lyon: 2 hr 13 · 177 km
From other major cities (15)
- From Valence: 2 hr 22 · 201 km
- From Saint-Étienne: 2 hr 46 · 226 km
- From Dijon: 4 hr 05 · 378 km
- From Clermont-Ferrand: 4 hr 06 · 343 km
- From Besançon: 4 hr 21 · 336 km
- From Montpellier: 4 hr 29 · 405 km
- From Marseille: 4 hr 34 · 414 km
- From Nice: 5 hr 18 · 428 km
- From Perpignan: 5 hr 51 · 553 km
- From Nancy: 6 hr 12 · 589 km
- From Strasbourg: 6 hr 16 · 553 km
- From Toulouse: 6 hr 47 · 639 km
- From Paris: 6 hr 50 · 648 km
- From Bordeaux: 8 hr 04 · 732 km
- From Pau: 8 hr 41 · 829 km
Excluding traffic and winter conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.
By train
Saint-Avre - La Chambre station
halt · then 16 min drive (12 km)
Nearest main station: Chambéry - Challes-les-Eaux, 1 hr 01 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
- Chambéry-Savoie (CMF): 1 hr 14 by road · 86 km
- Grenoble-Alpes-Isère (GNB): 1 hr 52 by road · 154 km
Take me there
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Charging an electric car
3 charging stations within 2 km
6 charging points · up to 22 kW
- SAINT FRANÇOIS LONGCHAMP - Parking Mairie · EASYCHARGE · 2 points · 22 kW · 0 km
- SAINT FRANÇOIS LONGCHAMP - Route de la Madeleine · EASYCHARGE · 2 points · 22 kW · 1.7 km
- SAINT FRANÇOIS LONGCHAMP - Route de la Madeleine · EASYCHARGE · 2 points · 22 kW · 1.7 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 Saint-François-Longchamp?
Saint-François-Longchamp sits at 1,650 m at village level, and its ski area rises to 2,550 m.
How many kilometres of pistes does Saint-François-Longchamp have?
From Saint-François-Longchamp you can ski 165 km of slopes across Le Grand Domaine, 21 lifts.
What is the longest piste in Saint-François-Longchamp?
The longest piste is Le Marquis: 7 km (blue run), for 420 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 Saint-François-Longchamp?
The highest lift, Lauziere (chairlift), tops out at 2,514 m. Source: STRMTG, French national register of mechanical lifts (CAIRN database), file dated 1 January 2025.
How many lifts does Saint-François-Longchamp have, and what is their capacity?
The French national register of mechanical lifts records 21 installations at Saint-François-Longchamp (7 chairlifts, 13 drag lifts, 1 magic carpet), for an authorised capacity of 22,793 people per hour, of which 2,800 for Frene alone. The fleet spans 1976 to 2023, an average age of 27 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 much is a lift pass in Saint-François-Longchamp?
The adult day pass for the Valmorel - Le Grand Domaine linked area costs €59.70 and the 6-day pass €299.90 (2026-2027 season, read on the official price list of Valmorel).
How do I get to Saint-François-Longchamp?
By road, Saint-François-Longchamp is 1 hr 02 from Chambéry (79 km), excluding traffic and winter conditions. By train, the nearest station is Saint-Avre - La Chambre, 16 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 Chambéry-Savoie, 1 hr 14 away.
How long is the drive from Paris to Saint-François-Longchamp?
6 hr 50 for 648 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 Saint-François-Longchamp open?
According to the official website, the resort opens on 12 December 2026 and closes on 9 April 2027 (2026-2027 season).
Is the snow reliable in Saint-François-Longchamp?
Snow cover varies from one winter to the next — the best time runs from mid-January to mid-March. 61 days a winter at 30 cm or more on average, and 297 cm of fresh snow, measured over 63 winters at the Météo-France “ST-MARTIN DE BELLEVILLE” station. This verdict rests on 63 winters of Météo-France measurements (1959-2026); in season the daily report prevails.
Is Saint-François-Longchamp good for beginners and families?
The resort holds the Famille Plus family label.
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