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Saint-Hilaire

Northern Alps Altitude 970 – 1,320 m Checked on 18 September 2026
970 mVillage altitude
1,320 mTop of the ski area
5 kmAlpine pistes
5Ski lifts
€15Adult day pass · 2025-2026

Saint-Hilaire is a small winter sports resort in France located in Isère, in the Chartreuse massif, on the Petites Roches plateau. The five drag lifts and ten alpine ski slopes are located in Les Eyrauds, a hamlet just to the north of the village of Saint-Hilaire, at the foot of the rochers de Bellefont and the dent de Crolles.

Full page in French →
Saint-Hilaire — 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?
    1.5 / 5

    Top of the ski area: 1,320 m · Bottom of the pistes: 974 m · Days above 30 cm per winter, measured: 42 days · Days above 30 cm, December to March, model: 48%

  2. Ski areaIs there enough to ski all week?
    1.5 / 5

    Km of pistes at the resort: 5 km · Km of pistes across the linked area: 5 km · Lifts: 5 · Balance between piste levels: 75%

  3. ValueIs the lift pass reasonable for what you get?
    3 / 5

    Adult day pass: €15 · Day pass price per km of pistes: €3/km

  4. Families and beginnersIs it right for children and beginners?
    2 / 5

    Share of green and blue pistes: 55% · 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…: 0

  5. AccessIs it easy to get to?
    4 / 5

    Average drive time from 20 major cities: 3 hr 58 · Nearest railway station: 19 min · Station-to-resort shuttles per day: 0 · Nearest airport: 54 min

  6. Atmosphere and après-skiIs there life in the evening and off the slopes?
    2 / 5

    Bars and pubs: 0 · Nightclubs: 0 · Restaurants: 8 · Upcoming events: 5 · 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 · Share of hotel rooms in 4 and 5 stars: 0% · Spas and saunas: 0 · Jewellers, watchmakers, fashion boutiques: 0 · Adult day pass: €15 — 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 970 m · top 1,320 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.

Average snow depth by month

Snow cover varies from one winter to the next.

Estimate · 10-winter average (2015-2025)

☀️ Average daily sunshine : Nov 6.3 h · Dec 5.7 h · Jan 6 h · Feb 7.3 h · Mar 8.5 h · Apr 9.9 h — 25 bright days in April (Open-Meteo estimate, 2015-2025).

  1. November4 cmInsufficient · 1%
  2. December25 cmInsufficient · 33%
  3. January40 cmVariable · 59%
  4. February42 cmVariable · 57%
  5. March30 cmInsufficient · 42%
  6. April7 cmInsufficient · 7%
  7. 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
Estimate from the ERA5-Land reanalysis (Open-Meteo), about 9 km grid at 981 m. Not a resort measurement: during the season the daily report prevails. The percentage is the share of time with at least 30 cm on the ground.

Snow actually measured, winter by winter

58 complete winters measured, from 1959-1960 to 2021-2022 — on average 42 days a winter with at least 30 cm on the ground.

Météo-France — “GRANDE-CHARTREUSE” station (945 m, 9.2 km away) · 12 Sept 2026
  1. 1-15 Dec16 cmInsufficient · 19 %
  2. 16-31 Dec19 cmInsufficient · 25 %
  3. 1-15 Jan23 cmInsufficient · 34 %
  4. 16-31 Jan28 cmInsufficient · 36 %
  5. 1-15 Feb31 cmInsufficient · 42 %
  6. 16-29 Feb33 cmInsufficient · 44 %
  7. 1-15 Mar30 cmInsufficient · 39 %
  8. 16-31 Mar18 cmInsufficient · 27 %
  9. 1-15 Apr11 cmInsufficient · 14 %
Best winter of the series
1980-1981 — 119 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 — 306 cm a winter on average, spread over 33 days of snowfall. Measured over 60 complete winters.

Biggest 24-hour snowfall
67 cm — 1969-1970
Snowiest winter
1969-1970 — 732 cm
Leanest winter
1996-1997 — 79 cm
Total snow depth on the ground measured at 06:00 at the Météo-France “GRANDE-CHARTREUSE” station (945 m, 9.2 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 945 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

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11 pistes, by level — 5 km

2 green4 blue5 red0 black
Skiable vertical
346 m (974 m → 1,320 m)
Lifts
5 drag lifts
Cross-country skiing
3 named trails — 20 km of marked loops (12 km of distinct track: the loops overlap) · Espace Ludique du Col de Marcieu area, 700 m from the resort
See the trails(3)
TrailLevelLength
Combe Noire · Espace Ludique du Col de Marcieun/a9.4 km
Liaison St Hilaire - Col de Marcieu · Espace Ludique du Col de Marcieun/a8.6 km
La Chapelle · Espace Ludique du Col de Marcieun/a1.6 km
OpenStreetMap, lengths measured on the geometry, surveyed on 12 September 2026. A trail with no difficulty tag is shown as "n/a" — never guessed.
Without skis
1 km of snowshoe and walking trails
Piste aspect
N 0% · E 100% · S 0% · W 0% (descent direction of 10 OSM pistes, terrain model)
Lift opening hours
Lifts open from 09:30 to 16:30 (saison 2025-2026) (official website, read on 9 September 2026)

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 (2025-2026) detail →

Adult passPrice
1 day€15
Child, 1 day€12
Beginner, 1 day€6
FreeFree under 5 years

Read on the official price list, full price, excluding promotions. Official price list ↗

The ski area in figures

Measured on 9 September 2026
1 kmLongest piste — Le S (blue), 165 m of vertical
244 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 1,320 → 1,076 m, 1 km
1,415 mHighest lift top — Sauzet (platter lift), national lift register
3,134Total lift capacity, people per hour — 5 installations: 5 drag lifts
51 yrsAverage age of the lift fleet — oldest 1968, newest 1981
900Biggest lift, people per hour — Bois Bossu (platter lift, 1981)
3 kmTotal length of lifts — 8 lifts mapped
35 haSki area boundary (OSM)
2,433Inhabitants — Plateau-des-Petites-Roches (INSEE 38395)

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-Hilaire only (“SAINT HILAIRE DU TOUVET”), magic carpets included.

Staying and hiring gear in Saint-Hilaire

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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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Plateau-des-Petites-RochesWindy · 0.7 km away

Nearby cameras listed by Windy: the link opens the image at its publisher. Checked on 12 September 2026.

Webcams provided by windy.com — add a webcam.

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 Saint-Hilaire

From Paris: 6 hr 28 (603 km) by road.

By road

  • From Grenoble: 32 min · 27 km
  • From Chambéry: 43 min · 48 km
  • From Annecy: 1 hr 12 · 95 km
  • From Valence: 1 hr 36 · 120 km
  • From Genève: 1 hr 42 · 133 km
From other major cities (15)
  • From Lyon: 1 hr 51 · 133 km
  • From Saint-Étienne: 2 hr 25 · 182 km
  • From Montpellier: 3 hr 43 · 324 km
  • From Dijon: 3 hr 43 · 334 km
  • From Clermont-Ferrand: 3 hr 44 · 301 km
  • From Marseille: 3 hr 48 · 334 km
  • From Besançon: 4 hr 01 · 305 km
  • From Perpignan: 5 hr 04 · 472 km
  • From Nice: 5 hr 25 · 492 km
  • From Nancy: 5 hr 51 · 545 km
  • From Strasbourg: 5 hr 56 · 522 km
  • From Toulouse: 6 hr 00 · 558 km
  • From Paris: 6 hr 28 · 603 km
  • From Bordeaux: 7 hr 43 · 688 km
  • From Pau: 7 hr 55 · 748 km

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

By train

Goncelin station

regional station · then 19 min drive (17 km)

Nearest main station: Grenoble, 35 min 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

  • Chambéry-Savoie (CMF): 54 min by road · 55 km
  • Grenoble-Alpes-Isère (GNB): 1 hr 06 by road · 73 km

Take me there

These links open the app with Saint-Hilaire 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 HILAIRE DU TOUVET - Route des 3 Villages · EASYCHARGE · 2 points · 22 kW · 0.4 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 Saint-Hilaire — up to 1,600 m of climb.

Summit and routeSki gradeClimbAltitudeAspectFrom resort
Rochers de Bellefont (Rocheplane) · Face E du Pas de Rocheplane4.1 · E3 · D980 m960 → 1,938 mE1.4 km
Dent de Crolles et Dôme de Bellefont en boucle depuis Perquelin3.1 · E3 · AD-1,600 mn/an/a2.4 km
Dent de Crolles · Face SW par le Pas de l'Œille4.1 · E4 · D-842 m1,220 → 2,062 mSW2.5 km
Rocher du Midi · Versant NW3.1 · E1 · AD-1,020 m978 → 1,993 mNW2.6 km
Rochers de Bellefont (Rocheplane) · Traversée Col du Coq - habert de Bellefont, retour par Perquelin.n/a · PD-300 m1,380 → 1,938 mn/a2.6 km
Rochers de Bellefont (Rocheplane) · Combe du Prayet3.2 · E2 · AD958 m980 → 1,938 mW2.7 km
Dent de Crolles · Circuit Dôme d'Arguille >> Pré qui tue2.2 · E1 · PD1,010 m1,434 → 2,062 mSW2.8 km
Dent de Crolles · Intégrale par la Gorgette et le Col de Bauren/a · D860 m1,400 → 2,062 mS2.9 km
Dent de Crolles · Face S par le Ravin de la Gorgette5.1 · E2 · D+842 m1,200 → 2,062 mSE2.9 km
Dôme de Bellefont · Face SW directe - depuis Perquelinn/a · AD1,000 m937 → 1,975 mSW3 km
Dôme de Bellefont · Face SW - depuis Perquelin3.1 · E1 · PD+1,000 m978 → 1,975 mSW3.1 km
Dent de Crolles · Traversée SW >> NW - depuis le Col du Coq3.1 · E2 · AD1,168 m1,434 → 2,062 mNW3.2 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 Saint-Hilaire

Swimming pool

  • Piscine municipale · Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse · 6.8 km away

Spa and thermal baths

Paragliding

Museum

Cinema

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 · 5 rooms
  • 1 campsite · 67 pitches

Commune: Plateau-des-Petites-Roches · 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 du Plateau des Petites Roches

Ski school

ESF Les Petites Roches

📞 04 76 08 37 00

🌐 esfpetitesroches.com

2 instructors

Source: esf.net

All about the ski school in Saint-Hilaire →

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 Saint-Hilaire

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

La Stass' 5 kmSaint-Hugues les Egaux 7 kmLe Planolet 7 kmCol de Porte 10 kmPrapoutel 11 kmLe Sappey-en-Chartreuse 11 km

Frequently asked questions

How high is Saint-Hilaire?

Saint-Hilaire sits at 970 m at village level, and its ski area rises to 1,320 m.

How many kilometres of pistes does Saint-Hilaire have?

Saint-Hilaire has 5 km of pistes served by 5 lifts (OpenStreetMap survey).

What is the longest piste in Saint-Hilaire?

The longest piste is Le S: 1 km (blue run), for 165 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-Hilaire?

The highest lift, Sauzet (platter lift), tops out at 1,415 m. Source: STRMTG, French national register of mechanical lifts (CAIRN database), file dated 1 January 2025.

How many lifts does Saint-Hilaire have, and what is their capacity?

The French national register of mechanical lifts records 5 installations at Saint-Hilaire (5 drag lifts), for an authorised capacity of 3,134 people per hour, of which 900 for Bois Bossu alone. The fleet spans 1968 to 1981, an average age of 51 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-Hilaire?

The adult day pass costs €15 (2025-2026, read on the official price list).

How do I get to Saint-Hilaire?

By road, Saint-Hilaire is 32 min from Grenoble (27 km), excluding traffic and winter conditions. By train, the nearest station is Goncelin, 19 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, 54 min away.

How long is the drive from Paris to Saint-Hilaire?

6 hr 28 for 603 km from central Paris, excluding traffic and winter conditions. Computed on the real road network (OpenStreetMap): allow more on a school-holiday Saturday.

What time do the lifts open in Saint-Hilaire?

Lifts are announced open from 09:30 to 16:30 (saison 2025-2026), according to the official website (read on 9 September 2026).

Is the snow reliable in Saint-Hilaire?

It varies from one winter to the next according to ten winters of reanalysis (estimate); in season the daily report prevails.

Is Saint-Hilaire good for beginners and families?

55% of the pistes are green or blue: a rather technical area.

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. Saint-Hilaire in French →

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