Sainte-Foy-Tarentaise
Off season1,550 mVillage altitude
2,620 mTop of the ski area
97 kmAlpine pistes
6Ski lifts
€46Adult day pass · 2026-2027
Sainte-Foy-Tarentaise is a ski resort in the Northern Alps (Savoie). The village sits at 1,550 m and the ski area rises to 2,620 m, a skiable vertical of 1,070 m.
Sainte-Foy-Tarentaise webcams
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Webcams de la stationimages en direct sur la page officielle de la station
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Front de neige Station 1550panoramic
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Plan Boispanoramic
Sainte-Foy-Tarentaise broadcasts its images on its own page: the link takes you there. 2 more cameras on the webcam page. Checked on 25 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 LE CHEVRIL-NIVOSE station (2,559 m)
Source: Météo-France, LE CHEVRIL-NIVOSE weather station, 9.8 km away. Hourly measurement — not the resort’s own snow report.
Avalanche danger
Good snow from mid-December to mid-April: a long, reliable season. 127 days a winter at 30 cm or more on average, and 521 cm of fresh snow, measured over 15 winters at the Météo-France “Les Arcs” station. Fortnight by fortnight, over 15 measured winters →
3-day forecast
Village 1,550 m · top 2,620 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?4 / 5
Top of the ski area: 2,620 m · Bottom of the pistes: 1,550 m · Days above 30 cm per winter, measured: 127 days · Days above 30 cm, December to March, model: 94%
- Ski areaIs there enough to ski all week?3.5 / 5
Km of pistes at the resort: 97 km · Lifts: 6 · Balance between piste levels: 79%
- ValueIs the lift pass reasonable for what you get?3 / 5
Adult day pass: €46 · Day pass price per km of pistes: €0.47/km · Adult 6-day pass: €276
- Families and beginnersIs it right for children and beginners?2 / 5
Share of green and blue pistes: 47% · Magic carpets: 2 · Sledging runs: 1 · Special prices out of 4 (beginner, child, family, free age): 2 · ESF ski school · Ice rink, pool, rail sledge…: 0
- AccessIs it easy to get to?2 / 5
Average drive time from 20 major cities: 5 hr 14 · Nearest railway station: 27 min · Station-to-resort shuttles per day: 0 · Nearest airport: 2 hr 04
- Atmosphere and après-skiIs there life in the evening and off the slopes?2.5 / 5
Bars and pubs: 0 · Nightclubs: 0 · Restaurants: 14 · Upcoming events: 3 · Collective tourist beds: 1,249 — index: what the map and the listings publish
- Luxury and comfortHow upmarket is the resort?2 / 5
5-star hotels: 0 · 4-star hotels: 1 · Share of hotel rooms in 4 and 5 stars: 0% · Spas and saunas: 0 · Jewellers, watchmakers, fashion boutiques: 0 · Adult day pass: €46 — 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).
Lift passes 2026-2027
All prices (child, family, season) →€276 6 days€714 Season€42 Child, 1 day
Read on the official price list, full price, excluding promotions. 2026-2027 season. Official price list ↗
55 pistes, by level
2 green24 blue23 red6 black
- Skiable vertical
- 1,070 m
- Cross-country skiing
- 3 named trails — 10 km of marked loops (6.5 km of distinct track: the loops overlap), 13 km from the resort
Ski-area figures — village, bottom, top: ANMSM — figures declared by the resort (25 Sept); km of pistes, pistes by level: OpenStreetMap; lifts: STRMTG — French national lift register (1 Jan) .
The ski area in figures
Measured on 9 September 20266 kmLongest piste — Plan Bois (blue), 226 m of vertical
574 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 2,418 → 1,844 m, 3 km
2,612 mHighest lift top — Aiguille (chairlift), national lift register
7,202Total lift capacity, people per hour — 6 installations: 4 chairlifts, 2 magic carpets
19 yrsAverage age of the lift fleet — oldest 1990, newest 2020
2,400Biggest lift, people per hour — Arpettaz (detachable chairlift, 2020)
5 kmTotal length of lifts — 4 lifts mapped
657 haSki area boundary (OSM)
686Inhabitants — Sainte-Foy-Tarentaise (INSEE 73232)
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.
Source: national register of mechanical lifts (STRMTG, CAIRN), fleet as of 1 January 2025 — lifts attributed to Sainte-Foy-Tarentaise only (“SAINTE FOY TARENTAISE”), magic carpets included.
Staying and hiring gear in Sainte-Foy-Tarentaise
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Collective accommodation
1,249 bed spaces in tourist residences, holiday villages and hostels
- 1 hotel · 19 rooms (1 × 3★)
- 3 tourist residences and apartment hotels · 1,249 bed spaces
Commune: Sainte-Foy-Tarentaise · 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.
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 Sainte-Foy-Tarentaise
Without skis on — 1 sledging run
Swimming pool
- LA PISCINE · Bourg-Saint-Maurice · 9.2 km away
Spa and thermal baths
- La Piscine - Bien-être à Arc 1800 · Bourg-Saint-Maurice · 9.3 km away
Paragliding
- Aire d'envol parapente "Sommet TK Poletta" (été) · Montvalezan · 7.4 km away
- Aire d'envol parapente "Sommet TS Ecudets" (été) · Montvalezan · 7.9 km away
- Aire d'envol parapente "Sommet de la zone des Zittieux" (hiver) · Montvalezan · 8 km away
- Parapente Addict · Peisey-Nancroix · 8.9 km away
Museum
- Muséum des Animaux de Montagne · Landry · 9.1 km away
- Espace Saint-Eloi · Séez · 9.2 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
Ski school
ESF Ste Foy Tarentaise
41 instructors
🇬🇧 38 English-speaking instructors — lessons in English available
🗓️ This school sells its lessons online — book ↗
Source: esf.net
Resort contacts and documents
- Tourist office
- Sainte Foy Tourisme · Station, 73640 · 0479069519 · info@saintefoytourisme.com (declared by the resort, ANMSM)
- Shuttle timetable (PDF)
- 211126 S82 S83 Tignes Val Isere (declared by the resort, ANMSM)
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.
Resort data: declared by Sainte Foy Tourisme and distributed by ANMSM · read on 25 September
Off the pistes: off-piste and ski touring
The resorts for off-piste skiing → 4 Marked off-piste itineraries · 6 km
— Ski touring routes
Named itineraries: Natur’ Morion · Natur’ Crystal Dark · Natur’ Shaper's Paradise · Natur' Découverte Grand Bois
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 Sainte-Foy-Tarentaise — up to 2,040 m of climb.
| Summit and route | Ski grade | Climb | Altitude | Aspect | From resort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Col de l'Aiguille · boucle S-N | 2.1 · E1 · PD- | 1,160 m | 1,550 → 2,550 m | S · N · NW · W · SW · SE | 2.2 km |
| Pointe de la Foglietta · Versant NE en boucle | 3.2 · E1 · AD | 378 m | 1,599 → 2,930 m | NE | 2.2 km |
| Pointe de la Foglietta · Versant S | 2.3 · E2 · F | 1,450 m | 1,480 → 2,930 m | S | 3 km |
| Dôme de la Sache · Voie normale par le refuge de Turia | 2.3 · E2 · PD | 1,200 m | 1,610 → 3,588 m | N · NE · SE | 3.7 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 September 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 Sainte-Foy-Tarentaise
From Paris: 7 hr 40 (692 km) by road.
By road
- From Chambéry: 1 hr 53 · 124 km
- From Annecy: 2 hr 08 · 117 km
- From Grenoble: 2 hr 09 · 153 km
- From Genève: 2 hr 50 · 164 km · avoids Col du Petit-Saint-Bernard, closed in winter
- From Lyon: 3 hr 03 · 222 km
From other major cities (15)
- From Valence: 3 hr 12 · 246 km
- From Saint-Étienne: 3 hr 36 · 271 km
- From Dijon: 4 hr 55 · 423 km
- From Clermont-Ferrand: 4 hr 56 · 391 km
- From Besançon: 5 hr 09 · 336 km
- From Montpellier: 5 hr 19 · 450 km
- From Marseille: 5 hr 24 · 459 km
- From Nice: 5 hr 53 · 435 km
- From Strasbourg: 6 hr 39 · 486 km
- From Perpignan: 6 hr 41 · 598 km
- From Nancy: 7 hr 02 · 634 km
- From Toulouse: 7 hr 37 · 684 km
- From Paris: 7 hr 40 · 692 km
- From Bordeaux: 8 hr 54 · 777 km
- From Pau: 9 hr 31 · 874 km
Excluding traffic and winter conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.
By train
Bourg-Saint-Maurice station
regional station · then 27 min drive (19 km)
Nearest main station: Chambéry - Challes-les-Eaux, 1 hr 51 by road.
No direct bus line from the station to the resort appears in the open-data timetables (checked on 20 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
- Chambéry-Savoie (CMF): 2 hr 04 by road · 131 km
- Grenoble-Alpes-Isère (GNB): 2 hr 42 by road · 199 km
Take me there
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Charging an electric car
1 charging station within 2 km
6 charging points · up to 72 kW
- REGIE ELECTRIQUE DE SAINTE-FOY-TARENTAISE · RAIDEN · 6 points · 72 kW · 1.7 km
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.
What's on around Sainte-Foy-Tarentaise
All events →-
25 September 2026 · 18:30
Rencontre autrice / Expo / Vernissage
Maison d'Emilien - Médiathèque de Séez · Séez
Rencontre autrice / Dédicaces / Expo / Vernissage
Source: OpenAgenda, agenda “Les Evènements en Haute Tarentaise” · View on OpenAgenda ↗
Also near: Bourg Saint Maurice (2.2 km), La Rosière (3.9 km), Les Arcs (5.7 km), Montchavin (8.5 km)
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26 September 2026 · 10:00
Partagez vos lectures
Maison d'Emilien - Médiathèque de Séez · Séez
On parle de lilvres
Source: OpenAgenda, agenda “Les Evènements en Haute Tarentaise” · View on OpenAgenda ↗
Also near: Bourg Saint Maurice (2.2 km), La Rosière (3.9 km), Les Arcs (5.7 km), Montchavin (8.5 km)
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26 September 2026 · 16:00
Atelier créatif
Maison d'Emilien - Médiathèque de Séez · Séez
Moulage d'objets au béton
Source: OpenAgenda, agenda “Les Evènements en Haute Tarentaise” · View on OpenAgenda ↗
Also near: Bourg Saint Maurice (2.2 km), La Rosière (3.9 km), Les Arcs (5.7 km), Montchavin (8.5 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.
The area offers 97 km of alpine pistes, 55 marked pistes (2 green, 24 blue, 23 red, 6 black), 6 ski lifts.
Measured on the OpenStreetMap map: the longest piste runs 6 km (Plan Bois) and the highest lift tops out at 2,621 m.
Access: 1 h 53 by road from Chambéry and 27 min from Bourg-Saint-Maurice railway station.
5 official webcams show the pistes live (on the French page).
Frequently asked questions
How high is Sainte-Foy-Tarentaise?
Sainte-Foy-Tarentaise sits at 1,550 m at village level, and its ski area rises to 2,620 m.
How many kilometres of pistes does Sainte-Foy-Tarentaise have?
Sainte-Foy-Tarentaise has 97 km of slopes, 6 lifts.
What is the longest piste in Sainte-Foy-Tarentaise?
The longest piste is Plan Bois: 6 km (blue run), for 226 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 Sainte-Foy-Tarentaise?
The highest lift, Aiguille (chairlift), tops out at 2,612 m. Source: STRMTG, French national register of mechanical lifts (CAIRN database), file dated 1 January 2025.
How many lifts does Sainte-Foy-Tarentaise have, and what is their capacity?
The French national register of mechanical lifts records 6 installations at Sainte-Foy-Tarentaise (4 chairlifts, 2 magic carpets), for an authorised capacity of 7,202 people per hour, of which 2,400 for Arpettaz alone. The fleet spans 1990 to 2020, an average age of 19 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 Sainte-Foy-Tarentaise?
The adult day pass costs €46 and the 6-day pass €276 (2026-2027 season, read on the official price list).
How do I get to Sainte-Foy-Tarentaise?
By road, Sainte-Foy-Tarentaise is 1 hr 53 from Chambéry (124 km), excluding traffic and winter conditions. By train, the nearest station is Bourg-Saint-Maurice, 27 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, 2 hr 04 away.
How long is the drive from Paris to Sainte-Foy-Tarentaise?
7 hr 40 for 692 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 Sainte-Foy-Tarentaise?
Good snow from mid-December to mid-April: a long, reliable season. 127 days a winter at 30 cm or more on average, and 521 cm of fresh snow, measured over 15 winters at the Météo-France “Les Arcs” station. This verdict rests on 15 winters of Météo-France measurements (1991-2026); in season the daily report prevails.
Is Sainte-Foy-Tarentaise good for beginners and families?
47% of the pistes are green or blue: a rather technical area.
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