Saint-Jean-d’Arves
1,555 mVillage altitude
2,587 mTop of the ski area
Not published by any source: adult day pass. Not retained (conflicting sources): km of alpine pistes, ski lifts.
Saint-Jean-d'Arves is a French commune located in the département of Savoie, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.
Live webcams
All webcams (13) →Charvin Express · PanoramiqueSkaping
Pointe du CorbierSkaping
Saint Sorlin d’Arves · Le RouetSkaping
Each player is the camera operator’s own, loaded only when you ask for it — it may set its own trackers.
Official players of the resort, live image. 9 more cameras on the webcam page. Checked on 12 September 2026.
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 ST-SORLIN D'ARVES station (1,694 m)
Source: Météo-France, ST-SORLIN D'ARVES weather station, 4.2 km away. Hourly measurement — not the resort’s own snow report.
Avalanche danger
Good snow from mid-January to late February. 88 days a winter at 30 cm or more on average, and 371 cm of fresh snow, measured over 32 winters at the Météo-France “ST-SORLIN D'ARVES” station. Fortnight by fortnight, over 32 measured winters →
3-day forecast
Village 1,555 m · top 2,587 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: 2,587 m · Bottom of the pistes: 1,083 m · Days above 30 cm per winter, measured: 88 days · Days above 30 cm, December to March, model: 74%
- Ski areaIs there enough to ski all week?4 / 5
Km skiable from the resort, linked area included: 310 km
- 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?4 / 5
Share of green and blue pistes: 79% · ESF ski school · Ice rink, pool, rail sledge…: 2 · Famille Plus label
- AccessIs it easy to get to?3 / 5
Average drive time from 20 major cities: 4 hr 39 · Nearest railway station: 26 min · Station-to-resort shuttles per day: 0 · Nearest airport: 1 hr 29
- Atmosphere and après-skiIs there life in the evening and off the slopes?2.5 / 5
Bars and pubs: 1 · Nightclubs: 0 · Restaurants: 5 · Upcoming events: 0 · Collective tourist beds: 937 — 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 · 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).
- Skiable vertical
- 1,504 m
- Cross-country skiing
- 1 named trail — 2.2 km of marked loops (1.7 km of distinct track: the loops overlap) · Domaine nordique des Îles area, 2 km from the resort
Ski-area figures — bottom, top: OpenStreetMap (1 Oct) . 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 20268 kmLongest piste — Col des Lacs (blue), 532 m of vertical
620 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 2,207 → 1,587 m, 3 km
2,587 mHighest lift top — Rouet (chairlift)
51 kmTotal length of lifts — 60 lifts mapped
5,091 haSki area boundary (OSM)
273Inhabitants — Saint-Jean-d'Arves (INSEE 73242)
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.
Staying and hiring gear in Saint-Jean-d’Arves
The partners covering this resort, shown side by side, and the shop to kit out before you leave. Some links earn us a commission — never at the expense of the price or of the data.
Collective accommodation
937 bed spaces in tourist residences, holiday villages and hostels
- 2 tourist residences and apartment hotels · 937 bed spaces
Commune: Saint-Jean-d'Arves · 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-Jean-d’Arves
Without skis on — 22 km of snowshoe and walking trails
Toboggan runs
- Tubing · Fontcouverte-la-Toussuire · 4.5 km away
Swimming pool
- Piscine extérieure chauffée · Villarembert · 3 km away
- Spa d’altitude Ô des Cimes – Résidence CGH L'Alpaga · Fontcouverte-la-Toussuire · 4.3 km away
- Piscine des Soldanelles · Fontcouverte-la-Toussuire · 4.9 km away
- Centre nautique et Espace aqualudique · Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne · 9.8 km away
- Piscine du Corbier · 3 km away · OpenStreetMap
Paragliding
- Corbier Parapente · Villarembert · 3.2 km away
- Parapente Airline · Fontcouverte-la-Toussuire · 4.8 km away
- Parapente Air Line - Activités · Albiez-Montrond · 5.8 km away
Museum
- Espace ludo-éducatif de la Fromagerie Coopérative de la Vallée des Arves · Saint-Sorlin-d'Arves · 1.7 km away
- Musée de la Vie d'Autrefois · Saint-Sorlin-d'Arves · 2.4 km away
- L'Espace rural de Gévoudaz · Albiez-Montrond · 4.2 km away
- Musée des Costumes, Arts et Traditions Populaires · Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne · 9.4 km away
Cinema
- Cinéma les Aiguilles · Saint-Jean-d'Arves · 0.1 km away
- Cinéma l'Igloo · Fontcouverte-la-Toussuire · 4.5 km away
- Cinéma Casse-Massion · Albiez-Montrond · 5.9 km away
- Cinéma Star · Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne · 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. 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 Jean D Arves
22 instructors
🇬🇧 21 English-speaking instructors — lessons in English available
🗓️ This school sells its lessons online — book ↗
Source: esf.net
Tourist office
Office du tourisme de Saint-Jean d'Arves
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 → 7 Marked off-piste itineraries · 14 km
— Ski touring routes
Named itineraries: Hors piste des Sanières · Hors Piste les Roches · Hors Piste de La Turraz · Hort piste Pres de Chabert · Hord piste Combe Genin · Vallée Perdu
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-Jean-d’Arves — up to 1,550 m of climb.
| Summit and route | Ski grade | Climb | Altitude | Aspect | From resort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mont Charvin · Versant NNE par Arrondaz | 3.1 · E1 | 961 m | 1,238 → 2,207 m | NE | 1.4 km |
| Mont Charvin · Combe Génin | 2.3 | 950 m | 1,280 → 2,207 m | SE | 1.4 km |
| Mont Charvin · Couloir NW | 5.1 · E2 · TD- | 600 m | 1,600 → 2,207 m | NW | 1.4 km |
| Crêt d'Ornon · Versant N | 2.2 · E1 · PD | 598 m | 1,465 → 2,063 m | N · NE | 2.5 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-Jean-d’Arves
From Paris: 7 hr 05 (663 km) by road.
By road
- From Chambéry: 1 hr 18 · 94 km
- From Grenoble: 1 hr 34 · 123 km · avoids Col de la Croix-de-Fer, closed in winter
- From Annecy: 1 hr 47 · 141 km
- From Genève: 2 hr 17 · 179 km
- From Lyon: 2 hr 28 · 192 km
From other major cities (15)
- From Valence: 2 hr 39 · 217 km · via Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne Arvan station
- From Saint-Étienne: 3 hr 02 · 241 km
- From Dijon: 4 hr 20 · 393 km
- From Clermont-Ferrand: 4 hr 21 · 358 km
- From Montpellier: 4 hr 36 · 379 km
- From Besançon: 4 hr 36 · 351 km
- From Marseille: 4 hr 42 · 388 km
- From Nice: 5 hr 24 · 426 km
- From Perpignan: 5 hr 58 · 527 km
- From Nancy: 6 hr 27 · 604 km
- From Strasbourg: 6 hr 32 · 568 km
- From Toulouse: 6 hr 54 · 613 km
- From Paris: 7 hr 05 · 663 km
- From Bordeaux: 8 hr 19 · 748 km
- From Pau: 8 hr 49 · 803 km
Excluding traffic and winter conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.
By train
Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne Arvan station
regional station · then 26 min drive (20 km)
Nearest main station: Chambéry - Challes-les-Eaux, 1 hr 16 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 29 by road · 101 km
- Grenoble-Alpes-Isère (GNB): 2 hr 12 by road · 183 km
Take me there
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Charging an electric car
No freely accessible charge point is declared within 2 km of the resort (checked on 9 October 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 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-Jean-d’Arves?
Saint-Jean-d’Arves sits at 1,555 m at village level, and its ski area rises to 2,587 m.
What is the longest piste in Saint-Jean-d’Arves?
The longest piste is Col des Lacs: 8 km (blue run), for 532 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-Jean-d’Arves?
The highest lift, Rouet, tops out at 2,587 m (IGN RGE ALTI terrain model). The 60 lifts mapped on OpenStreetMap total 51 km.
How do I get to Saint-Jean-d’Arves?
By road, Saint-Jean-d’Arves is 1 hr 18 from Chambéry (94 km), excluding traffic and winter conditions. By train, the nearest station is Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne Arvan, 26 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 29 away.
How long is the drive from Paris to Saint-Jean-d’Arves?
7 hr 05 for 663 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 Saint-Jean-d’Arves?
Good snow from mid-January to late February. 88 days a winter at 30 cm or more on average, and 371 cm of fresh snow, measured over 32 winters at the Météo-France “ST-SORLIN D'ARVES” station. This verdict rests on 32 winters of Météo-France measurements (1992-2026); in season the daily report prevails.
Is Saint-Jean-d’Arves good for beginners and families?
The resort holds the Famille Plus family label.
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