Saint-Nicolas-de-Véroce
Saint-Nicolas-de-Véroce is a ski resort in the Northern Alps (Haute-Savoie), in the commune of Saint-Gervais-les-Bains. The village sits at 1,164 m and the ski area rises to 2,445 m, a skiable vertical of 1,626 m.
The area offers 72 km of alpine pistes, 73 marked pistes (16 green, 25 blue, 27 red, 5 black), 26 ski lifts, plus a snowpark.
Saint-Nicolas-de-Véroce belongs to the linked Évasion Mont-Blanc area: one lift pass covers the neighbouring resorts.
Measured on the OpenStreetMap map: the longest piste runs 3 km (Mandarines) and the highest lift tops out at 2,444 m.
The resort holds the Flocon Vert and Station classée de tourisme labels.
Access: 1 h 04 by road from Genève and 16 min from Saint-Gervais-les-Bains Le Fayet railway station.
4 official webcams show the pistes live (on the French page).
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 / 5
Top of the ski area: 2,445 m · Bottom of the pistes: 819 m · Days above 30 cm per winter, measured: 115 days · Days above 30 cm, December to March, model: 96%
- Ski areaIs there enough to ski all week?4 / 5
Km of pistes at the resort: 72 km · Km of pistes across the linked area: 123 km · Lifts: 26 · Balance between piste levels: 90%
- ValueIs the lift pass reasonable for what you get?4 / 5
Adult day pass: €30 · Day pass price per km of pistes: €0.24/km · 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: 56% · Magic carpets: 2 · Sledging runs: 1 · Special prices out of 4 (beginner, child, family, free age): 1 · ESF ski school · Ice rink, pool, rail sledge…: 0
- AccessIs it easy to get to?4 / 5
Average drive time from 20 major cities: 4 hr 31 · Nearest railway station: 16 min · Station-to-resort shuttles per day: 11 · Nearest airport: 1 hr 28
- Atmosphere and après-skiIs there life in the evening and off the slopes?3 / 5
Bars and pubs: 3 · Nightclubs: 0 · Restaurants: 8 · Upcoming events: 5 · Collective tourist beds: 735 — index: what the map and the listings publish
- Luxury and comfortHow upmarket is the resort?3 / 5
5-star hotels: 1 · 4-star hotels: 0 · Share of hotel rooms in 4 and 5 stars: 27% · Spas and saunas: 0 · Jewellers, watchmakers, fashion boutiques: 0 · Adult day pass: €30 — 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 MONT ARBOIS station (1,833 m)
Avalanche danger
7-day forecast
Village 1,164 m · top 2,445 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 March: a long, reliable season.
☀️ Average daily sunshine : Nov 6.3 h · Dec 5.7 h · Jan 6 h · Feb 7.2 h · Mar 8.5 h · Apr 10.3 h — 26 bright days in April (Open-Meteo estimate, 2015-2025).
- November—no record
- December75 cmGood skiing · 89%
- January106 cmGood skiing · 93%
- February135 cmGood skiing · 100%
- March156 cmGood skiing · 100%
- April—no record
- 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
Snow actually measured, winter by winter
10 complete winters measured, from 2016-2017 to 2025-2026 — on average 115 days a winter with at least 30 cm on the ground.
- 1-15 Dec35 cmVariable · 58 %
- 16-31 Dec50 cmVariable · 72 %
- 1-15 Jan61 cmVariable · 77 %
- 16-31 Jan87 cmGood skiing · 100 %
- 1-15 Feb97 cmGood skiing · 100 %
- 16-29 Feb98 cmGood skiing · 97 %
- 1-15 Mar101 cmGood skiing · 94 %
- 16-31 Mar91 cmGood skiing · 96 %
- 1-15 Apr65 cmVariable · 71 %
- Best winter of the series
- 2021-2022 — 136 days at 30 cm or more
- Worst winter of the series
- 2022-2023 — 70 days at 30 cm or more
Snowfall: no long enough record of fresh snow at this station. Rather than an estimate, we show nothing.
The ski area
Compare with another resort →73 pistes, by level — 72 km
- Skiable vertical
- 1,626 m (819 m → 2,445 m)
- Lifts
- 2 gondolas, 13 chairlifts, 9 drag lifts, 2 magic carpets
- Cross-country skiing
- 11 named trails — 43 km of marked loops (32 km of distinct track: the loops overlap) · Megeve Mont Arbois area, 600 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(11)
Trail Level Length Megeve-Bettex-St.Nicolas intermediate 20 km Livraz - Cote2000 black 4.5 km Planellet red 3.6 km Javen black 2.5 km Livraz green 2.5 km Planay black 2 km La Croix blue 1.8 km Le Lait blue 1.7 km Odier n/a 1.6 km Le Maz red 1.5 km Petit Vorasset · Megeve Mont Arbois easy 1.3 km - Snowpark
- Yes
- Without skis
- 5 km of snowshoe and walking trails · 1 sledging run
- Piste aspect
- N 32% · E 36% · S 2% · W 31% (descent direction of 112 OSM pistes, terrain model)
- Mountain restaurants
- Les Marmottes (1930 m) · Sous les Freddy's (1739 m) · La Cha (1715 m) · Le Gouët (1556 m) · L'Alpage (1415 m) · Spot Mont Blanc (1398 m) · Le Presteau (1396 m)
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 | €30 |
| Child, 1 day | €25 |
Read on the official price list, full price, excluding promotions. Price list of the linked area, read on Portes du Mont-Blanc. Official price list ↗
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.
Source: national register of mechanical lifts (STRMTG, CAIRN), fleet as of 1 January 2025 — lifts attributed to Saint-Nicolas-de-Véroce only (“SAINT NICOLAS DE VEROCE”), magic carpets included.
Staying and hiring gear in Saint-Nicolas-de-Véroce
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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-Nicolas-de-Véroce
From Paris: 6 hr 30 (611 km) by road.
By road
- From Genève: 1 hr 04 · 76 km
- From Annecy: 1 hr 16 · 100 km
- From Chambéry: 1 hr 30 · 101 km
- From Grenoble: 1 hr 47 · 130 km
- From Lyon: 2 hr 38 · 219 km
From other major cities (15)
- From Valence: 2 hr 50 · 223 km
- From Saint-Étienne: 3 hr 14 · 248 km
- From Besançon: 3 hr 32 · 250 km
- From Dijon: 3 hr 39 · 332 km
- From Clermont-Ferrand: 4 hr 21 · 390 km
- From Montpellier: 4 hr 57 · 427 km
- From Marseille: 5 hr 02 · 437 km
- From Strasbourg: 5 hr 23 · 440 km
- From Nancy: 5 hr 41 · 536 km
- From Nice: 5 hr 48 · 485 km
- From Perpignan: 6 hr 19 · 575 km
- From Paris: 6 hr 30 · 611 km
- From Toulouse: 7 hr 15 · 662 km
- From Bordeaux: 8 hr 19 · 776 km
- From Pau: 9 hr 09 · 852 km
Excluding traffic and winter conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.
By train
Saint-Gervais-les-Bains Le Fayet station
regional station · then 16 min drive (13 km)
Nearest main station: Annecy, 1 hr 14 by road.
- From Saint-Gervais-les-Bains Le Fayet station (stop “Casino”): line Y84 — SALLANCHES → CONTAMINES (REGION - cars Région Haute-Savoie), 30 min to the “Bionnay” stop — 11 departures a day on weekdays, 13 a day at weekends · first 06:40, last 19:41 · 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 · 85 km
- Chambéry-Savoie (CMF): 1 hr 42 by road · 109 km
Take me there
These links open the app with Saint-Nicolas-de-Véroce 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 →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-Nicolas-de-Véroce — up to 1,500 m of climb.
| Summit and route | Ski grade | Climb | Altitude | Aspect | From resort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mont Joly · Arête NE depuis Plan de la Croix | 2.3 · E2 · PD+ | 1,085 m | 1,440 → 2,525 m | NE | 1.9 km |
| Mont Joly · En traversée au départ des Chattrix | n/a · PD+ | 1,340 m | 1,185 → 2,525 m | E | 2.6 km |
| Mont Joly · Depuis Les Communailles | 2.1 · E1 · PD+ | 1,155 m | 1,405 → 2,525 m | NE | 2.8 km |
| Bionnassay - le Crozat · Bionnassay Crozat | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 2.9 km |
| Mont Truc · Par les chalets du Truc | 1.3 · E1 · F | 700 m | 1,110 → 1,811 m | W | 3 km |
| Envers du Truc, Pointe 2048 m · Depuis La Frasse | n/a · F | 800 m | 1,263 → 2,048 m | NW | 3.1 km |
| Mont Vorassay · Face S par Sous le Truc | 3.1 · E1 · AD- | 1,500 m | 1,263 → 2,299 m | S | 3.2 km |
| Mont Truc · Versant NE par les chalets de Miage | 2.2 · E2 · PD | 721 m | 1,090 → 1,811 m | NE | 3.2 km |
| Mont Joux · Depuis Les Communailles | 1.2 · E1 · PD- | 541 m | 1,417 → 1,958 m | NE | 3.2 km |
| Mont Vorassay · Face N en boucle | 5.1 · E3 · D+ | 900 m | 1,400 → 2,299 m | N | 3.8 km |
| Pointe Inférieure de Tricot · Face NW | 5.1 · E3 · D | 1,280 m | 1,801 → 2,830 m | NW | 3.9 km |
| Col de Tricot · Traversée S > N par le TMB | n/a · PD | 1,150 m | 1,050 → 2,120 m | n/a | 3.9 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-Nicolas-de-Véroce
Toboggan runs
- Piste sur neige "La Luge" · Demi-Quartier · 5.9 km away
Ice rink
- Patinoire de Saint-Gervais · Saint-Gervais-les-Bains · 3.7 km away
- Patinoire des Houches · Les Houches · 7.2 km away
- Patinoire de plein air · Megève · 8 km away
- Patinoire olympique · Megève · 8.1 km away
Swimming pool
- Piscine de Saint-Gervais · Saint-Gervais-les-Bains · 3.3 km away
- Piscine de Marlioz · Passy · 7.1 km away
- Piscines intérieures · Megève · 8.2 km away
Spa and thermal baths
- Les Thermes de Saint-Gervais - Les cures thermales · Saint-Gervais-les-Bains · 4.8 km away
- Saunas · Megève · 8.1 km away
- Hammam · Megève · 8.1 km away
Paragliding
- Parapente en biplace · Les Contamines-Montjoie · 3.8 km away
- Itinér’Air Parapente · Saint-Gervais-les-Bains · 4.1 km away
- A2L-Parapente · Saint-Gervais-les-Bains · 4.1 km away
- 2D : Didier Daval Parapente · Saint-Gervais-les-Bains · 4.1 km away
Museum
- Musée des Colporteurs · Saint-Gervais-les-Bains · 0.1 km away
- 2KM3 Acte II · Saint-Gervais-les-Bains · 3.3 km away
- 2KM3 Acte IV · Saint-Gervais-les-Bains · 3.3 km away
- Jardin Samivel · Les Contamines-Montjoie · 3.8 km away
Cinema
- Espace Animation · Les Houches · 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.
Practical information
Collective accommodation
735 bed spaces in tourist residences, holiday villages and hostels
- 19 hotels · 381 rooms (1 × 5★, 2 × 4★, 6 × 3★, 1 × 2★)
- 2 holiday villages and family centres · 402 bed spaces
- 3 tourist residences and apartment hotels · 234 bed spaces
- 2 youth hostels and sports centres · 99 bed spaces
- 1 campsite · 151 pitches
Commune: Saint-Gervais-les-Bains · 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
Office de tourisme
Ski school
ESF St Nicolas De Veroce
26 instructors
🇬🇧 21 English-speaking instructors — lessons in English available
🗓️ This school sells its lessons online — book ↗
Source: esf.net
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.
What's on around Saint-Nicolas-de-Véroce
All events →-
17 October 2026 · 10:00
Evolution architecturale de Megève au XXe siècle
Office de tourisme de Megève · Megève
Du paisible village montagnard à la station de ski internationale, le visage de Megève n'a eu de cesse de se transformer depuis le développement du tourisme au début du XXe siècle. Des besoins et de …
Source: OpenAgenda, agenda “Plan Libre, la gazette” · View on OpenAgenda ↗
Also near: Megève (0.1 km), Portes du Mont-Blanc (3.6 km), Domaine de Praz sur Arly (4.3 km), Combloux (4.8 km)
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17 October 2026 · 14:30
L’église Saint Jean-Baptiste, un patrimoine à sauvegarder
Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste · Les Houches
Découvrez l’église paroissiale Saint Jean-Baptiste des Houches et en particulier les travaux nécessaires à sa restauration future.
Source: OpenAgenda, agenda “Plan Libre, la gazette” · View on OpenAgenda ↗
Also near: Les Houches (0.1 km), Servoz (5.1 km), Chamonix-Mont-Blanc (6.5 km), Saint-Gervais-les-Bains (6.6 km)
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18 October 2026 · 10:45
Pastoralisme toujours, de 1832 à aujourd’hui
Ferme à Isidore · Combloux
Découvrez la ferme à Isidore, bâtisse pastorale emblématique de 1832, témoin précieux de l’architecture et des modes de vie comblorans liés à l’économie rurale. Puis, dans la grange, l’exposition de…
Source: OpenAgenda, agenda “Plan Libre, la gazette” · View on OpenAgenda ↗
Also near: Combloux (0.4 km), Portes du Mont-Blanc (3.6 km), Cordon (3.9 km), Megève (4.8 km)
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18 October 2026 · 14:00
La chapelle de Lépigny
Chapelle Notre-Dame de La Salette à Lépigny · Domancy
Poussez la porte de la chapelle néo-gothique du XIX° siècle dédiée à Notre-Dame de la Salette à Lépigny.
Source: OpenAgenda, agenda “Plan Libre, la gazette” · View on OpenAgenda ↗
Also near: Combloux (2.1 km), Cordon (3.6 km), Portes du Mont-Blanc (4.9 km), Saint-Gervais-les-Bains (5.2 km)
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18 October 2026 · 14:00
L’architecture du chef-lieu de Passy et son évolution
Eglise Saint-Pierre Saint-Paul de Passy · Passy
Laissez-vous entrainer dans une visite inhabituelle du Chef-lieu de Passy et partez à la rencontre de son patrimoine architectural. L’occasion pour vous de découvrir les sites emblématiques de ce que…
Source: OpenAgenda, agenda “Plan Libre, la gazette” · View on OpenAgenda ↗
Also near: Saint-Gervais-les-Bains (3.9 km), Combloux (4.6 km), Plaine Joux (5.3 km), Passy Plaine-Joux (5.4 km)
Events published on OpenAgenda by the agendas named above, kept when they take place within 10 km of the resort. We organise nothing: times, prices and cancellations are the organiser's.
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Frequently asked questions
How high is Saint-Nicolas-de-Véroce?
Saint-Nicolas-de-Véroce sits at 1,164 m at village level, and its ski area rises to 2,445 m.
How many kilometres of pistes does Saint-Nicolas-de-Véroce have?
Saint-Nicolas-de-Véroce has 72 km of pistes served by 26 lifts, within the linked Évasion Mont-Blanc area (OpenStreetMap survey).
What is the longest piste in Saint-Nicolas-de-Véroce?
The longest piste is Mandarines: 3 km (green run), for 530 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-Nicolas-de-Véroce?
The highest lift, TS du Mont Joly (chairlift), tops out at 2,364 m. Source: STRMTG, French national register of mechanical lifts (CAIRN database), file dated 1 January 2025.
How many lifts does Saint-Nicolas-de-Véroce have, and what is their capacity?
The French national register of mechanical lifts records 10 installations at Saint-Nicolas-de-Véroce (5 chairlifts, 5 drag lifts), for an authorised capacity of 13,133 people per hour, of which 2,700 for TSD Croix du Christ alone. The fleet spans 1970 to 2019, an average age of 37 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-Nicolas-de-Véroce?
The adult day pass costs €30 (2026-2027, read on the official price list, shared with Portes du Mont-Blanc).
How do I get to Saint-Nicolas-de-Véroce?
By road, Saint-Nicolas-de-Véroce is 1 hr 04 from Genève (76 km), excluding traffic and winter conditions. By train, the nearest station is Saint-Gervais-les-Bains Le Fayet, 16 min by road from the resort. From Saint-Gervais-les-Bains Le Fayet station, line Y84 — SALLANCHES → CONTAMINES (REGION - cars Région Haute-Savoie) reaches the “Bionnay” stop in 30 min, 11 departures a day on weekdays, 13 a day at weekends. The nearest airport is Genève, 1 hr 28 away.
How long is the drive from Paris to Saint-Nicolas-de-Véroce?
6 hr 30 for 611 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-Nicolas-de-Véroce?
Yes: good snow through most of the winter according to twenty winters of Météo-France measurements; in season the daily report prevails.
Is Saint-Nicolas-de-Véroce good for beginners and families?
56% of the pistes are green or blue: a rather technical area.
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