Saint-Martin-de-Belleville
Saint-Martin-de-Belleville is a former French commune located in the département of Savoie in the Rhône-Alpes region. A mountain village in the massif de la Vanoise, in Tarentaise, it had 2,618 inhabitants in 2016. The communal territory was home to three winter sports resorts: Saint-Martin-de-Belleville, Les Menuires and Val Thorens, linked to the large ski area of Les Trois Vallées.
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?3 / 5
Top of the ski area: 2,293 m · Bottom of the pistes: 1,424 m · Days above 30 cm per winter, measured: 51 days · Days above 30 cm, December to March, model: 99%
- Ski areaIs there enough to ski all week?3.5 / 5
Km of pistes at the resort: 82 km · Km of pistes across the linked area: 425 km · Lifts: 8 · Balance between piste levels: 69%
- ValueIs the lift pass reasonable for what you get?3 / 5
Adult day pass: €70 · Day pass price per km of pistes: €0.16/km · Adult 6-day pass: €350 · Price read at a neighbouring resort of the same area
- Families and beginnersIs it right for children and beginners?2 / 5
Share of green and blue pistes: 75% · Magic carpets: 2 · Sledging runs: 0 · Special prices out of 4 (beginner, child, family, free age): 0 · Ice rink, pool, rail sledge…: 0
- AccessIs it easy to get to?3.5 / 5
Average drive time from 20 major cities: 4 hr 42 · Nearest railway station: 21 min · Station-to-resort shuttles per day: 2 · Nearest airport: 1 hr 28
- Atmosphere and après-skiIs there life in the evening and off the slopes?3 / 5
Bars and pubs: 2 · Nightclubs: 0 · Restaurants: 15 · Upcoming events: 0 · Collective tourist beds: 16,730 — index: what the map and the listings publish
- Luxury and comfortHow upmarket is the resort?2.5 / 5
5-star hotels: 0 · 4-star hotels: 2 · Share of hotel rooms in 4 and 5 stars: 65% · Spas and saunas: 0 · Jewellers, watchmakers, fashion boutiques: 0 · Adult day pass: €70 — 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.
Right now at the ST-MARTIN DE BELLEVILLE station (1,443 m)
Avalanche danger
7-day forecast
Village 640 m · top 2,293 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
Good snow from December to May: a long, reliable season.
☀️ Average daily sunshine : Nov 6.5 h · Dec 5.7 h · Jan 6.1 h · Feb 7.3 h · Mar 8.3 h · Apr 10 h — 26 bright days in April (Open-Meteo estimate, 2015-2025).
- November26 cmInsufficient · 43%
- December86 cmGood skiing · 97%
- January131 cmGood skiing · 100%
- February157 cmGood skiing · 100%
- March174 cmGood skiing · 100%
- April152 cmGood skiing · 100%
- May90 cmGood skiing · 83%
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
Snow actually measured, winter by winter
13 complete winters measured, from 2007-2008 to 2019-2020 — on average 51 days a winter with at least 30 cm on the ground.
- 1-15 Dec15 cmInsufficient · 17 %
- 16-31 Dec23 cmInsufficient · 37 %
- 1-15 Jan26 cmInsufficient · 37 %
- 16-31 Jan34 cmInsufficient · 44 %
- 1-15 Feb42 cmVariable · 64 %
- 16-29 Feb38 cmVariable · 55 %
- 1-15 Mar32 cmVariable · 52 %
- 16-31 Mar15 cmInsufficient · 29 %
- 1-15 Apr2 cmInsufficient · 2 %
- Best winter of the series
- 2012-2013 — 114 days at 30 cm or more
- Worst winter of the series
- 2010-2011 — 1 day at 30 cm or more
How much snow actually falls — 289 cm a winter on average, spread over 32 days of snowfall. Measured over 13 complete winters.
- Biggest 24-hour snowfall
- 60 cm — 2011-2012
- Snowiest winter
- 2012-2013 — 480 cm
- Leanest winter
- 2010-2011 — 122 cm
The ski area
Compare with another resort →63 pistes, by level — 82 km
- Skiable vertical
- 869 m (1,424 m → 2,293 m)
- Lifts
- 1 gondola, 3 chairlifts, 2 drag lifts, 2 magic carpets
- Cross-country skiing
- 5 named trails — 39 km of marked loops (21 km of distinct track: the loops overlap), 500 m from the resortOpenStreetMap, lengths measured on the geometry, surveyed on 12 September 2026. A trail with no difficulty tag is shown as "n/a" — never guessed.
See the trails(5)
Trail Level Length Au Fil du Doron n/a 25 km Téton n/a 6.6 km Vincent Jay n/a 3.8 km Preyerand n/a 1.9 km Les Roseaux n/a 0.9 km - Night skiing
- 1 floodlit pistes (OSM)
- Without skis
- 6 km of snowshoe and walking trails
- Piste aspect
- N 26% · E 36% · S 8% · W 29% (descent direction of 39 OSM pistes, terrain model)
- Mountain restaurants
- Le Chardon Bleu (1804 m) · Le Corbeleys (1801 m) · SIMPLE & MEILLEUR (1443 m) · Le Dahlia (1420 m) · Le Grenier (1417 m)
- Tourist office
- Maison du Tourisme · Saint Martin de Belleville, 73440 · 0479002000 · [email protected] (declared by the resort, ANMSM)
- Piste map (PDF)
- Plan-Menuires-18-19-HD (declared by the resort, ANMSM)
Resort data: declared by Maison du Tourisme and distributed by ANMSM · read on 18 September
Opening hours lift by lift (2)
| Lift | Type | Opens | Closes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masse | téléski | 09:15 | 16:50 | OpenStreetMap |
| Pointe de la Masse | télécabine | 09:05 | 16:35 | OpenStreetMap |
Hours as published by the source quoted, read on 15 September 2026. A lift missing from this table has no published time — no default is shown.
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 (2026-2027) detail →
| Adult pass | Price |
|---|---|
| 1 day | €70 |
| 6 days | €350 |
Read on the official price list, full price, excluding promotions. Price list of the linked area, read on Les Menuires. Official price list ↗
Official piste map
Open the piste map (PDF, 3.9 MB) ↗
Link to the resort’s own file — a piste map is a copyrighted artwork, we host no copy.
The ski area in figures
Measured on 9 September 2026Measured 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-Martin-de-Belleville
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Stay & accommodation
Live webcams
All webcams (8) →Official players of the resort, live image. Checked on 18 September 2026.
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-Martin-de-Belleville
From Paris: 7 hr 04 (665 km) by road.
By road
- From Chambéry: 1 hr 17 · 97 km
- From Annecy: 1 hr 32 · 90 km
- From Grenoble: 1 hr 34 · 126 km
- From Genève: 2 hr 14 · 136 km
- From Lyon: 2 hr 27 · 195 km
From other major cities (15)
- From Valence: 2 hr 37 · 219 km
- From Saint-Étienne: 3 hr 01 · 244 km
- From Dijon: 4 hr 20 · 396 km
- From Clermont-Ferrand: 4 hr 20 · 364 km
- From Besançon: 4 hr 34 · 309 km
- From Montpellier: 4 hr 44 · 423 km
- From Marseille: 4 hr 49 · 432 km
- From Perpignan: 6 hr 05 · 571 km
- From Nice: 6 hr 10 · 510 km
- From Nancy: 6 hr 27 · 607 km
- From Strasbourg: 6 hr 29 · 526 km
- From Toulouse: 7 hr 01 · 657 km
- From Paris: 7 hr 04 · 665 km
- From Bordeaux: 8 hr 19 · 750 km
- From Pau: 8 hr 56 · 847 km
Excluding traffic and winter conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.
By train
Moûtiers - Salins - Brides-les-Bains station
regional station · then 21 min drive (20 km)
Nearest main station: Chambéry - Challes-les-Eaux, 1 hr 16 by road.
- From Moûtiers - Salins - Brides-les-Bains station (stop “Gare Routiere”): line S63 — MOUTIERS ↔ LES MENUIRES ↔ VAL THORENS (REGION - cars Région Savoie), 26 min to the “Villarbon” stop — 2 departures a day on weekdays · first 13:00, last 18:45 · 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
- Chambéry-Savoie (CMF): 1 hr 28 by road · 104 km
- Grenoble-Alpes-Isère (GNB): 2 hr 07 by road · 172 km
Take me there
These links open the app with Saint-Martin-de-Belleville as the destination. Your starting point is never sent by us — the app asks you for it, if you agree.
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.
Off-piste & ski touring
The resorts for off-piste skiing →Named itineraries: Liberty Ride La Riondaz
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
Resorts for ski touring →12 ski touring routes documented within 10 km of Saint-Martin-de-Belleville — up to 1,360 m of climb.
| Summit and route | Ski grade | Climb | Altitude | Aspect | From resort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pointe de la Fenêtre · Versant N | 2.1 · E1 · F | 929 m | 1,339 → 2,268 m | N | 1.9 km |
| Le Verdet · La Combe Cure | n/a · PD | 1 m | 2,294 → 2,294 m | NE | 2.8 km |
| Le Verdet · Itinéraire de Béranger | n/a · PD- | 1 m | 2,294 → 2,294 m | NW | 2.8 km |
| Le Verdet · Itinéraire de Saint Martin | n/a · PD- | 1 m | 2,294 → 2,294 m | W | 2.8 km |
| Le Verdet · Saint Martin par Villarabout | n/a · PD- | 1 m | 2,294 → 2,294 m | W | 2.8 km |
| Le Verdet · Le Creux de la Stetta | n/a · PD+ | 1 m | 2,294 → 2,294 m | E | 2.8 km |
| Geffriand · Versant NE - depuis Saint Marcel | n/a · PD- | 1,000 m | 1,450 → 2,396 m | NE | 3.4 km |
| Aiguilles de la Grande Moendaz · Face SE, par le vallon des Encombres | n/a · AD- | 1,336 m | 1,360 → 2,696 m | SE | 3.6 km |
| Plan des Queux · Croupe N | 1.2 · E1 | 780 m | 1,370 → 2,145 m | N | 3.7 km |
| Dos de Crêt Voland · En boucle par le Roc de la Lune, Le Prés des Cristaux et la Combe des Dogettes | 1.1 · E1 · F | 900 m | 1,589 → 2,092 m | SW | 3.9 km |
| Dos de Crêt Voland · Depuis Béranger | 1.2 · E1 | 511 m | 1,581 → 2,092 m | SW | 3.9 km |
| Le Grand Coin · Traversée Col du Bonnet du Prêtre >> Col de Valbuche - depuis le vallon du Nant Brun | n/a · PD+ | 1,360 m | 1,370 → 2,730 m | NE | 5.7 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 ↗
Beyond skiing at Saint-Martin-de-Belleville
Swimming pool
- Parc Olympique · Les Allues · 5 km away
- La Bulle des Bruyères - Piscine Aqualudique · Les Belleville · 8 km away
- Piscine en plein-air de la Tania · Courchevel · 9.1 km away
- Piscine publique · Brides-les-Bains · 9.6 km away
Spa and thermal baths
- Le Grand Spa Thermal · Brides-les-Bains · 9.5 km away
- Les Thermes de Brides-Les-Bains · Brides-les-Bains · 9.5 km away
Paragliding
- Audacius by Prosneige Parapente · Les Allues · 5.1 km away
- A Parapente · Les Allues · 8.2 km away
- Aire de décollage parapente du Gollet · Les Avanchers-Valmorel · 8.3 km away
- Aire de décollage parapente de Crève-Tête · Les Avanchers-Valmorel · 8.7 km away
Museum
- Musée de Saint Martin, 150 ans d'histoire d'une haute-vallée de Savoie · Les Belleville · 0.1 km away
- Musée des Allues · Les Allues · 7 km away
Cinema
- Cinéma Méribel-Mottaret · Les Allues · 6 km away
- Cinéma Le Doron · Brides-les-Bains · 9.4 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.
Practical information
Collective accommodation
16,730 bed spaces in tourist residences, holiday villages and hostels
- 29 hotels · 1,512 rooms (6 × 5★, 10 × 4★, 8 × 3★, 1 × 2★, 2 × 1★)
- 3 holiday villages and family centres · 1,862 bed spaces
- 41 tourist residences and apartment hotels · 14,488 bed spaces
- 1 youth hostel or sports centre · 380 bed spaces
- 1 campsite · 56 pitches
Commune: Les Belleville · 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
Maison du Tourisme
📍 54 Rue du Clocher, 73440 Les Belleville
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-de-Belleville?
Saint-Martin-de-Belleville sits at 640 m at village level, and its ski area rises to 2,293 m.
How many kilometres of pistes does Saint-Martin-de-Belleville have?
Saint-Martin-de-Belleville has 82 km of pistes served by 8 lifts, within the linked Les 3 Vallées area (OpenStreetMap survey).
What is the longest piste in Saint-Martin-de-Belleville?
The longest piste is Biolley: 8 km (blue run), for 375 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-Martin-de-Belleville?
The highest lift, Mont Vallon, tops out at 2,916 m (IGN RGE ALTI terrain model). The 84 lifts mapped on OpenStreetMap total 103 km.
How much is a lift pass in Saint-Martin-de-Belleville?
The adult day pass costs €70 and the 6-day pass €350 (2026-2027, read on the official price list, shared with Les Menuires).
How do I get to Saint-Martin-de-Belleville?
By road, Saint-Martin-de-Belleville is 1 hr 17 from Chambéry (97 km), excluding traffic and winter conditions. By train, the nearest station is Moûtiers - Salins - Brides-les-Bains, 21 min by road from the resort. From Moûtiers - Salins - Brides-les-Bains station, line S63 — MOUTIERS ↔ LES MENUIRES ↔ VAL THORENS (REGION - cars Région Savoie) reaches the “Villarbon” stop in 26 min, 2 departures a day on weekdays. The nearest airport is Chambéry-Savoie, 1 hr 28 away.
How long is the drive from Paris to Saint-Martin-de-Belleville?
7 hr 04 for 665 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-de-Belleville?
Yes: good snow through most of the winter according to ten winters of reanalysis (estimate); in season the daily report prevails.
Is Saint-Martin-de-Belleville good for beginners and families?
75% of the pistes are green or blue: a rather easy area.
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