Saint-Martin-d'Entraunes
Saint-Martin-d’Entraunes is a French commune located in the département of Alpes-Maritimes, in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Its inhabitants are called the Saint-Martinois. On the territory of this commune is the small winter sports resort of Val Pelens, on the road to the col des Champs.
Translated from the French Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), machine translation.
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.
- SnowCan you count on the snow?n/a
Not rated: “top of the ski area” is missing from this page.
- Ski areaIs there enough to ski all week?n/a
Not rated: “km of pistes at the resort” is missing from this page.
- ValueIs the lift pass reasonable for what you get?n/a
Not rated: “adult day pass” is missing from this page.
- Families and beginnersIs it right for children and beginners?n/a
Not rated: “share of green and blue pistes” is missing from this page.
- AccessIs it easy to get to?1.5 / 5
Average drive time from 20 major cities: 6 hr 55 · Nearest railway station: 1 hr 49 · Station-to-resort shuttles per day: 0 · Nearest airport: 1 hr 44
- Atmosphere and après-skiIs there life in the evening and off the slopes?1 / 5
Bars and pubs: 0 · Nightclubs: 0 · Restaurants: 2 · 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 — 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).
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
7-day forecast
Village 968 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.
Average snow depth by month
Snow cover varies from one winter to the next.
☀️ Average daily sunshine : Nov 7.4 h · Dec 7.3 h · Jan 7.4 h · Feb 8.3 h · Mar 9.7 h · Apr 10.7 h — 26 bright days in April (Open-Meteo estimate, 2015-2025).
- November5 cmInsufficient · 5%
- December21 cmInsufficient · 31%
- January27 cmInsufficient · 33%
- February33 cmVariable · 52%
- March29 cmInsufficient · 35%
- April8 cmInsufficient · 9%
- 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
Measured snow history: not available for this resort. No Météo-France station close enough (the 1 nearby station sits more than 300 m away from the altitude we aim for (968 m)). We would rather show nothing than borrow a distant valley’s reading.
The ski area
Compare with another resort →- Lifts
- 2 drag lifts
- Cross-country skiing
- 5 named trails — 64 km of marked loops (30 km of distinct track: the loops overlap), 13 km from the resortOpenStreetMap, lengths measured on the geometry, surveyed on 13 September 2026. A trail with no difficulty tag is shown as "n/a" — never guessed.
See the trails(5)
Trail Level Length Colle Baudet difficult 23 km Les Frigouliers intermediate 19 km Champlatte bis n/a 9.9 km Champlatte n/a 9.5 km Champlatte Pré de Thorame n/a 2.6 km
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 detail →
The price list for this resort is being collected: most resorts publish winter prices between September and November.
Staying and hiring gear in Saint-Martin-d'Entraunes
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Stay & accommodation
Live webcams
Saint-Martin-d'Entraunes publishes no public webcam (checked on 12 September 2026 on its website, its tourist office and the operators’ directories). Know of one? Tell us.
Getting to Saint-Martin-d'Entraunes
From Paris: 9 hr 40 (787 km) by road.
By road
- From Nice: 1 hr 49 · 106 km
- From Marseille: 3 hr 28 · 233 km
- From Montpellier: 4 hr 46 · 356 km
- From Valence: 4 hr 58 · 377 km
- From Saint-Étienne: 5 hr 36 · 366 km
From other major cities (15)
- From Perpignan: 6 hr 08 · 504 km
- From Grenoble: 6 hr 35 · 568 km · via Cagnes-sur-Mer station
- From Lyon: 6 hr 45 · 576 km · via Cagnes-sur-Mer station
- From Dijon: 6 hr 55 · 518 km
- From Clermont-Ferrand: 6 hr 56 · 485 km
- From Toulouse: 7 hr 04 · 590 km
- From Besançon: 7 hr 14 · 547 km
- From Chambéry: 7 hr 20 · 627 km · via Cagnes-sur-Mer station
- From Annecy: 7 hr 45 · 685 km · via Cagnes-sur-Mer station
- From Genève: 8 hr 15 · 723 km · via Cagnes-sur-Mer station
- From Pau: 8 hr 58 · 780 km
- From Nancy: 9 hr 02 · 729 km
- From Bordeaux: 9 hr 27 · 832 km
- From Strasbourg: 9 hr 37 · 785 km
- From Paris: 9 hr 40 · 787 km
Excluding traffic and winter conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.
By train
Cagnes-sur-Mer station
regional station · then 1 hr 49 drive (109 km)
Nearest main station: Nice, 1 hr 51 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
- Nice-Côte d’Azur (NCE): 1 hr 44 by road · 102 km
- Toulon-Hyères (TLN): 3 hr 19 by road · 244 km
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Charging an electric car
No freely accessible charge point is declared within 2 km of the resort (checked on 9 September 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 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-Martin-d'Entraunes — up to 1,710 m of climb.
| Summit and route | Ski grade | Climb | Altitude | Aspect | From resort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grande Aiguille de Pelens · Couloir du Rocher des Chèvres. | 4.1 · E1 | 850 m | 1,600 → 2,448 m | N | 3.1 km |
| Les Fourcheïres · Cime des Fourchëires par Enaux. | 3.1 · E2 · PD | 970 m | 1,400 → 2,369 m | N | 4.3 km |
| Val Pelens · Serre du Bois Vert | 2.1 · E1 · F+ | 650 m | 1,600 → 2,244 m | n/a | 4.4 km |
| Le Cairas · Par Val Pelens | 4.3 · E3 · D+ | 1,130 m | 1,604 → 2,681 m | N | 4.5 km |
| Col des Champs · depuis Val Pelens | 1.3 · E1 · F | 480 m | 1,608 → 2,086 m | E | 6.3 km |
| Sommet du Carton · Face N par Mouries | n/a · PD+ | 1,000 m | 1,600 → 2,614 m | N | 7.4 km |
| Grand Coyer · Depuis Peyresq | 3.1 · E2 · AD- | 1,710 m | 1,528 → 2,693 m | SW | 7.7 km |
| Sommet de Noncière · Versant N et NW | 2.2 · E1 · PD- | 900 m | 2,579 m | W · NW · N | 7.7 km |
| Tête du Lançonet · Traversée Laupon -->Tête du Lançonet | 3.3 · E1 · AD- | 1,700 m | 1,231 → 2,514 m | N | 8.3 km |
| Sommet de la Frema · Face W - depuis Colmars-les-Alpes | n/a · D | 1,516 m | 1,231 → 2,747 m | W | 8.4 km |
| Dent de Lièvre · Versant N | n/a · D- | 1,100 m | 1,700 → 2,670 m | N | 9.1 km |
| Cime de Pal · en aller-retour depuis Estenc | n/a | 1,040 m | 1,787 → 2,818 m | W | 9.1 km |
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 ↗
Practical information
Collective accommodation
- 1 hotel · 10 rooms
- 1 campsite · 42 pitches
Commune: Saint-Martin-d'Entraunes · 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
Point d'information touristique d'Entraunes
📍 06470
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.
Nearby resorts
Frequently asked questions
How high is Saint-Martin-d'Entraunes?
Saint-Martin-d'Entraunes sits at 968 m at village level.
How do I get to Saint-Martin-d'Entraunes?
By road, Saint-Martin-d'Entraunes is 1 hr 49 from Nice (106 km), excluding traffic and winter conditions. By train, the nearest station is Cagnes-sur-Mer, 1 hr 49 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 Nice-Côte d’Azur, 1 hr 44 away.
How long is the drive from Paris to Saint-Martin-d'Entraunes?
9 hr 40 for 787 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-Martin-d'Entraunes?
It varies from one winter to the next according to ten winters of reanalysis (estimate); in season the daily report prevails.
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