Saint-Hilaire
970 mVillage altitude
1,415 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.
Webcams near Saint-Hilaire
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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 COL DE PORTE-NIVOSE station (1,325 m)
Source: Météo-France, COL DE PORTE-NIVOSE 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. 42 days a winter at 30 cm or more on average, and 306 cm of fresh snow, measured over 58 winters at the Météo-France “GRANDE-CHARTREUSE” station. Fortnight by fortnight, over 58 measured winters →
3-day forecast
Village 970 m · top 1,415 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?1.5 / 5
Top of the ski area: 1,415 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%
- Ski areaIs there enough to ski all week?1.5 / 5
Km of pistes at the resort: 5 km · Lifts: 5 · Balance between piste levels: 75%
- ValueIs the lift pass reasonable for what you get?3 / 5
Adult day pass: €15 · Day pass price per km of pistes: €3/km
- 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
- 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
- Atmosphere and après-skiIs there life in the evening and off the slopes?1.5 / 5
Bars and pubs: 0 · Nightclubs: 0 · Restaurants: 8 · 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 · 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 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 2025-2026
All prices (child, family, season) →€12 Child, 1 day€6 Beginner, 1 day
Read on the official price list, full price, excluding promotions. 2025-2026 season, the latest price list published. Official price list ↗
11 pistes, by level
2 green4 blue5 red0 black
- Skiable vertical
- 441 m
- 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
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 20261 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 — 6 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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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 ↗
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 Saint-Hilaire
Without skis on — 1 km of snowshoe and walking trails
Swimming pool
- Piscine municipale · Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse · 6.8 km away
Spa and thermal baths
- O d'là de l'O · Lumbin · 2.1 km away
- Espace Bien-être - L'évasion au naturel · Plateau-des-Petites-Roches · 5.3 km away
- Millésime Spa · Saint-Ismier · 9 km away
Paragliding
- Là-Haut Parapente · Plateau-des-Petites-Roches · 0.5 km away
- Aérobase, air bulle parapente · Lumbin · 2 km away
- Site d'atterissage parapente · Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse · 3.7 km away
- Site de décollage parapente · Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse · 4.7 km away
Museum
- Musée Arcabas en Chartreuse · Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse · 6.3 km away
- Musée de la Grande Chartreuse · Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse · 8.4 km away
- Maison Bergès · Villard-Bonnot · 8.9 km away
- La Comba Autrafé - Musée de La Combe-de-Lancey · La Combe-de-Lancey · 9 km away
Cinema
- Cinéma Espace Aragon · Villard-Bonnot · 8.4 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 du Plateau des Petites Roches
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
12 ski touring routes documented within 10 km of Saint-Hilaire — up to 1,600 m of climb.
| Summit and route | Ski grade | Climb | Altitude | Aspect | From resort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rochers de Bellefont (Rocheplane) · Face E du Pas de Rocheplane | 4.1 · E3 · D | 980 m | 960 → 1,938 m | E | 1.4 km |
| Dent de Crolles et Dôme de Bellefont en boucle depuis Perquelin | 3.1 · E3 · AD- | 1,600 m | n/a | n/a | 2.4 km |
| Dent de Crolles · Face SW par le Pas de l'Œille | 4.1 · E4 · D- | 842 m | 1,220 → 2,062 m | SW | 2.5 km |
| Rocher du Midi · Versant NW | 3.1 · E1 · AD- | 1,020 m | 978 → 1,993 m | NW | 2.6 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-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 · 299 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 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): 54 min by road · 55 km
- Grenoble-Alpes-Isère (GNB): 1 hr 06 by road · 73 km
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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 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-Hilaire?
Saint-Hilaire sits at 970 m at village level, and its ski area rises to 1,415 m.
How many kilometres of pistes does Saint-Hilaire have?
Saint-Hilaire has 5 km of slopes, 5 lifts.
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 season, the latest price list published, 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 2026-2027), according to the official website (read on 29 September 2026).
Is the snow reliable in Saint-Hilaire?
Natural snow is low on average: skiing depends on snowmaking and good years. 42 days a winter at 30 cm or more on average, and 306 cm of fresh snow, measured over 58 winters at the Météo-France “GRANDE-CHARTREUSE” station. This verdict rests on 58 winters of Météo-France measurements (1959-2022); 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.
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