Saint-Jean-d'Aulps
734 mVillage altitude
1,725 mTop of the ski area
600 kmLinked pistes · Portes du Soleil
Not published by any source: adult day pass. Not retained (conflicting sources): ski lifts.
Saint-Jean-d'Aulps is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. Situated in the heart of the Vallée d'Aulps, as well as being the home to an active farming community, it is popular with holiday-makers in the Summer, for walking, and in the Winter for skiing as it is a part of the massive Portes du Soleil ski area.
Live webcams
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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. 4 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.
Avalanche danger
Snow cover varies from one winter to the next — the best time runs from early January to late March. 78 days a winter at 30 cm or more on average, and 404 cm of fresh snow, measured over 57 winters at the Météo-France “GETS (LES)” station. Fortnight by fortnight, over 57 measured winters →
3-day forecast
Village 734 m · top 1,725 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?2 / 5
Top of the ski area: 1,725 m · Bottom of the pistes: 945 m · Days above 30 cm per winter, measured: 78 days · Days above 30 cm, December to March, model: 66%
- Ski areaIs there enough to ski all week?5 / 5
Km skiable from the resort, linked area included: 600 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?2 / 5
Share of green and blue pistes: 47% · ESF ski school · Ice rink, pool, rail sledge…: 1
- AccessIs it easy to get to?3.5 / 5
Average drive time from 20 major cities: 4 hr 48 · Nearest railway station: 27 min · Station-to-resort shuttles per day: 8 · Nearest airport: 1 hr 28
- Atmosphere and après-skiIs there life in the evening and off the slopes?2 / 5
Bars and pubs: 2 · Nightclubs: 0 · Restaurants: 6 · 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 · 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
- 780 m
- Cross-country skiing
- 3 named trails — 38 km of marked loops (8 km of distinct track: the loops overlap), 7.8 km from the resort
Ski-area figures — bottom, top: OpenStreetMap (1 Oct); km of the linked area: Resort’s official website (read by SkiRadar) (23 Sept) . 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 20262 kmLongest piste — Retour village (red), 431 m of vertical
431 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 1,382 → 951 m, 2 km
1,955 mHighest lift top — Pointe de Nyon (chairlift)
52 kmTotal length of lifts — 62 lifts mapped
13,447 haSki area boundary (OSM)
1,492Inhabitants — Saint-Jean-d'Aulps (INSEE 74238)
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'Aulps
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
- 1 campsite · 30 pitches
Commune: Saint-Jean-d'Aulps · 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 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'Aulps
Toboggan runs
- Luge d'été · Morzine · 7 km away
Ice rink
- Patinoire extérieure · Saint-Jean-d'Aulps · 1.5 km away
- Indiana'Ventures -Patinoire en plein air · Morzine · 6.9 km away
- Patinoire extérieure · Les Gets · 8.5 km away
Swimming pool
- Espace Aquatique · Morzine · 6.7 km away
- Piscine extérieure de l'Hôtel et Spa Neige et Roc · Morzine · 9.1 km away
Paragliding
- Ecole professionnelle de parapente et de Speed-riding des Portes du Soleil · Montriond · 5.1 km away
- ABC de l'Ecole professionnel de Parapente et de Speedriding des Portes du Soleil · Morzine · 7.2 km away
- Airéole - École de Parapente à Morzine · Morzine · 7.3 km away
- Aero-bi Parapente · Morzine · 7.3 km away
Museum
- Musée de la Musique Mécanique · Les Gets · 8.3 km away
- Musée de la Faune · Bellevaux · 9.9 km away
- Maison de la Belle Vallée · Bellevaux · 9.9 km away
Cinema
- Cinéma Le Rex · Morzine · 7.3 km away
- Cinéma Le Club · Les Gets · 8.7 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 de la Vallée d'Aulps
📍 1959 Route des Grandes Alpes
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-Jean-d'Aulps — up to 1,800 m of climb.
| Summit and route | Ski grade | Climb | Altitude | Aspect | From resort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Raies des Follys · Traversée des faces NNE et N du Lavanchy et retour par la Pointe du Paradis | 4.2 · E1 · D- | 1,800 m | 945 → 1,879 m | N | 1.9 km |
| Pic de la Corne · Face SW | 3.1 · E1 · PD+ | 1,100 m | 1,003 → 2,084 m | SW | 2.2 km |
| Pic de la Corne · Lanches NW | 3.3 · E3 · D- | 1,084 m | 1,000 → 2,084 m | NW | 2.2 km |
| Pic de la Corne · Couloir NW | 4.3 · E2 · D+ | 1,050 m | 1,092 → 2,084 m | NW | 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-Jean-d'Aulps
From Paris: 6 hr 39 (600 km) by road.
By road
- From Genève: 1 hr 04 · 58 km
- From Annecy: 1 hr 25 · 96 km
- From Chambéry: 1 hr 53 · 137 km
- From Grenoble: 2 hr 27 · 193 km
- From Lyon: 2 hr 47 · 209 km
From other major cities (15)
- From Besançon: 3 hr 24 · 217 km
- From Saint-Étienne: 3 hr 25 · 274 km
- From Valence: 3 hr 25 · 295 km
- From Dijon: 3 hr 48 · 321 km
- From Clermont-Ferrand: 4 hr 30 · 376 km
- From Strasbourg: 4 hr 50 · 391 km
- From Montpellier: 5 hr 32 · 500 km
- From Marseille: 5 hr 37 · 509 km
- From Nancy: 5 hr 50 · 525 km
- From Nice: 6 hr 29 · 527 km
- From Paris: 6 hr 39 · 600 km
- From Perpignan: 6 hr 54 · 648 km
- From Toulouse: 7 hr 50 · 734 km
- From Bordeaux: 8 hr 28 · 766 km
- From Pau: 9 hr 44 · 924 km
Excluding traffic and winter conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.
By train
Thonon-les-Bains station
regional station · then 27 min drive (25 km)
Nearest main station: Annecy, 1 hr 23 by road.
- From Thonon-les-Bains station (stop “Les Arts”): line Y91 — THONON-LES-BAINS → MORZINE → LES GETS (REGION - cars Région Haute-Savoie), 45 min to the “Chef-lieu” stop — 8 departures a day on weekdays, 6 a day at weekends · first 07:05, last 19:15 · timetable from 15 December 2026 to 15 April 2027 · official timetable ↗
Direct journeys read from the official timetable files published on transport.data.gouv.fr — no connections.
By plane
- Genève (GVA): 1 hr 28 by road · 66 km
- Chambéry-Savoie (CMF): 1 hr 56 by road · 136 km
Take me there
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Charging an electric car
1 charging station within 2 km
2 charging points · up to 22 kW
- SAINT JEAN D'AULPS - Mairie · EASYCHARGE · 2 points · 22 kW · 0.3 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.
Introduction from the English Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).
Frequently asked questions
How high is Saint-Jean-d'Aulps?
Saint-Jean-d'Aulps sits at 734 m at village level, and its ski area rises to 1,725 m.
How many kilometres of pistes does Saint-Jean-d'Aulps have?
From Saint-Jean-d'Aulps you can ski 600 km of slopes across Portes du Soleil.
What is the longest piste in Saint-Jean-d'Aulps?
The longest piste is Retour village: 2 km (red run), for 431 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'Aulps?
The highest lift, Pointe de Nyon, tops out at 1,955 m (IGN RGE ALTI terrain model). The 62 lifts mapped on OpenStreetMap total 52 km.
How do I get to Saint-Jean-d'Aulps?
By road, Saint-Jean-d'Aulps is 1 hr 04 from Genève (58 km), excluding traffic and winter conditions. By train, the nearest station is Thonon-les-Bains, 27 min by road from the resort. From Thonon-les-Bains station, line Y91 — THONON-LES-BAINS → MORZINE → LES GETS (REGION - cars Région Haute-Savoie) reaches the “Chef-lieu” stop in 45 min, 8 departures a day on weekdays, 6 a day at weekends. The nearest airport is Genève, 1 hr 28 away.
How long is the drive from Paris to Saint-Jean-d'Aulps?
6 hr 39 for 600 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'Aulps?
Snow cover varies from one winter to the next — the best time runs from early January to late March. 78 days a winter at 30 cm or more on average, and 404 cm of fresh snow, measured over 57 winters at the Météo-France “GETS (LES)” station. This verdict rests on 57 winters of Météo-France measurements (1959-2021); in season the daily report prevails.
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