Samoëns 1600
Samoëns 1600 is a ski resort in the Northern Alps (Haute-Savoie), in the commune of Samoëns. The village sits at 1,600 m and the ski area rises to 1,708 m, a skiable vertical of 258 m.
The area offers 206 km of alpine pistes, 132 marked pistes (51 green, 51 blue, 20 red, 10 black), 33 ski lifts, plus a snowpark. Green and blue runs dominate: terrain suited to beginners and families.
Samoëns 1600 belongs to the linked Grand Massif area: one lift pass covers the neighbouring resorts.
Measured on the OpenStreetMap map: the longest piste runs 11 km (Cascades) and the highest lift tops out at 2,484 m.
The resort holds the Station classée de tourisme label.
Access: 1 h 07 by road from Genève and 35 min from Marignier railway station.
2 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
Top of the ski area: 1,708 m · Bottom of the pistes: 1,450 m · Days above 30 cm per winter, measured: 104 days · Days above 30 cm, December to March, model: 91%
- Ski areaIs there enough to ski all week?4.5 / 5
Km of pistes at the resort: 206 km · Km of pistes across the linked area: 282 km · Lifts: 33 · Balance between piste levels: 88%
- ValueIs the lift pass reasonable for what you get?2.5 / 5
Adult day pass: €63 · Day pass price per km of pistes: €0.31/km · Adult 6-day pass: €378
- Families and beginnersIs it right for children and beginners?2.5 / 5
Share of green and blue pistes: 77% · Magic carpets: 6 · Sledging runs: 0 · Special prices out of 4 (beginner, child, family, free age): 3 · Ice rink, pool, rail sledge…: 0
- AccessIs it easy to get to?2.5 / 5
Average drive time from 20 major cities: 4 hr 46 · Nearest railway station: 35 min · Station-to-resort shuttles per day: 0 · Nearest airport: 1 hr 32
- Atmosphere and après-skiIs there life in the evening and off the slopes?2.5 / 5
Bars and pubs: 1 · Nightclubs: 0 · Restaurants: 12 · Upcoming events: 0 · Collective tourist beds: 4,573 — 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: 1 · Share of hotel rooms in 4 and 5 stars: 53% · Spas and saunas: 0 · Jewellers, watchmakers, fashion boutiques: 0 · Adult day pass: €63 — 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 FLAINE_SAPC station (1,611 m)
Avalanche danger
7-day forecast
Village 1,600 m · top 1,708 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 January to April: a long, reliable season.
☀️ Average daily sunshine : Nov 6.2 h · Dec 5.6 h · Jan 5.9 h · Feb 7.2 h · Mar 8.5 h · Apr 10.2 h — 26 bright days in April (Open-Meteo estimate, 2015-2025).
- November—no record
- December59 cmVariable · 76%
- January82 cmGood skiing · 89%
- February109 cmGood skiing · 100%
- March117 cmGood skiing · 100%
- April89 cmGood skiing · 97%
- 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
11 complete winters measured, from 1988-1989 to 2025-2026 — on average 104 days a winter with at least 30 cm on the ground.
- 1-15 Dec48 cmVariable · 56 %
- 16-31 Dec50 cmVariable · 63 %
- 1-15 Jan58 cmVariable · 77 %
- 16-31 Jan77 cmGood skiing · 86 %
- 1-15 Feb84 cmGood skiing · 88 %
- 16-29 Feb92 cmGood skiing · 92 %
- 1-15 Mar87 cmGood skiing · 93 %
- 16-31 Mar83 cmGood skiing · 84 %
- 1-15 Apr59 cmVariable · 62 %
- Best winter of the series
- 2007-2008 — 129 days at 30 cm or more
- Worst winter of the series
- 1995-1996 — 58 days at 30 cm or more
How much snow actually falls — 532 cm a winter on average, spread over 51 days of snowfall. Measured over 10 complete winters, from 1995-1996 to 2025-2026.
- Biggest 24-hour snowfall
- 55 cm — 2011-2012
- Snowiest winter
- 2020-2021 — 741 cm
- Leanest winter
- 1996-1997 — 240 cm
The ski area
Compare with another resort →132 pistes, by level — 206 km
- Skiable vertical
- 258 m (1,450 m → 1,708 m)
- Lifts
- 3 gondolas, 15 chairlifts, 9 drag lifts, 6 magic carpets
- Cross-country skiing
- 2 named trails — 22 km of marked loops (15 km of distinct track: the loops overlap) · Domaine Nordique d'Agy - Saint-Sigismond area, 3.5 km 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(2)
- Snowpark
- Yes
- Piste aspect
- N 59% · E 13% · S 6% · W 22% (descent direction of 98 OSM pistes, terrain model)
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 | €63 |
| 6 days | €378 |
| Season | €1,316 |
| Child, 1 day | €50.40 |
| Beginner, 1 day | €33.80 |
| Pedestrian, 1 day | €11 |
| Free | Free under 8 · free from 75 years |
Read on the official price list, full price, excluding promotions. 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 Samoëns 1600 only (“SAMOENS”), magic carpets included.
Staying and hiring gear in Samoëns 1600
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Stay & accommodation
Live webcams
All webcams (8) →Official players of the resort, live image. Checked on 13 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 Samoëns 1600
From Paris: 6 hr 33 (599 km) by road.
By road
- From Genève: 1 hr 07 · 64 km
- From Annecy: 1 hr 19 · 88 km
- From Chambéry: 1 hr 47 · 130 km
- From Grenoble: 2 hr 21 · 185 km
- From Lyon: 2 hr 41 · 207 km
From other major cities (15)
- From Saint-Étienne: 3 hr 19 · 266 km
- From Valence: 3 hr 19 · 287 km
- From Besançon: 3 hr 35 · 238 km
- From Dijon: 3 hr 42 · 320 km
- From Clermont-Ferrand: 4 hr 24 · 378 km
- From Montpellier: 5 hr 26 · 492 km
- From Strasbourg: 5 hr 30 · 456 km
- From Marseille: 5 hr 31 · 501 km
- From Nancy: 5 hr 45 · 523 km
- From Nice: 6 hr 24 · 519 km
- From Paris: 6 hr 33 · 599 km
- From Perpignan: 6 hr 48 · 640 km
- From Toulouse: 7 hr 44 · 726 km
- From Bordeaux: 8 hr 22 · 764 km
- From Pau: 9 hr 38 · 916 km
Excluding traffic and winter conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.
By train
Marignier station
regional station · then 35 min drive (26 km)
Nearest main station: Annecy, 1 hr 17 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
- Genève (GVA): 1 hr 32 by road · 72 km
- Chambéry-Savoie (CMF): 1 hr 50 by road · 129 km
Take me there
These links open the app with Samoëns 1600 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: Corbalanche · ancien Piste rouge Velarge · Coccinelle · Aigle noir · Aiglon
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 Samoëns 1600 — up to 1,030 m of climb.
| Summit and route | Ski grade | Climb | Altitude | Aspect | From resort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tête du Pré des Saix · Depuis Morillon par les pistes | 2.1 · E1 · F | 1,030 m | 1,091 → 2,118 m | E | 1.4 km |
| Tête du Pré des Saix · Pointe de la Corne en circuit. | n/a · PD- | 710 m | 1,615 → 2,118 m | N | 1.7 km |
| Pointe des Biollaires · De Morillon | 1.3 · F | 1,011 m | 700 → 1,711 m | n/a | 2.4 km |
| Tête du Pré des Saix · depuis les Carroz, par les pistes | n/a · F | 980 m | 1,160 → 2,118 m | NW | 2.5 km |
| Tête du Pré des Saix · Versant N | n/a · PD- | 503 m | 1,615 → 2,118 m | N | 2.6 km |
| Tête du Pré des Saix · Versant S | 1.2 · E1 · F | 370 m | 1,750 → 2,118 m | S | 3.2 km |
| Tête de Véret · Depuis Les Molliets | 2.2 · E1 · F | 920 m | 1,460 → 2,309 m | W | 4.3 km |
| Tête de Véret · Couloir NE depuis Vernant | 3.2 · E1 · AD- | 950 m | 1,747 → 2,309 m | NE | 4.4 km |
| Pointe de Véret · Couloir "aux Poubelles" | 5.1 · E2 · D | 340 m | 1,780 → 2,122 m | NW | 4.5 km |
| Les Grands Vans · Versant NW | 1.2 · E1 · F | 750 m | 1,460 → 2,208 m | NW | 4.7 km |
| Tête de Véret · Depuis Vernant | 2.2 · E1 · PD | 750 m | 1,747 → 2,309 m | n/a | 4.8 km |
| Pointe de Véret · depuis Flaine | n/a · PD- | 450 m | 1,678 → 2,122 m | SE | 5 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 Samoëns 1600
Ice rink
- Jardin de glace à la Patinoire de Samoëns · Samoëns · 3.5 km away
Swimming pool
- Piscine de Samoëns · Samoëns · 3.1 km away
- Espace piscine -Aquacîme · Arâches-la-Frasse · 5.9 km away
Paragliding
- Aire d'atterrissage de parapente · Samoëns · 3.2 km away
- Profeel parapente · Morillon · 3.7 km away
- ABC Spirale Parapente · Samoëns · 3.8 km away
- Ecole de parapente - Les Hirondailes · Samoëns · 3.8 km away
Museum
- Ferme Ecomusée du Clos Parchet · Samoëns · 5.3 km away
- Musée de l'Horlogerie et du Décolletage · Cluses · 9.3 km away
Cinema
- Ciné Cluses · Cluses · 9 km away
- Cinétoiles - Cinéma Art & Essais · Cluses · 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.
Practical information
Collective accommodation
4,573 bed spaces in tourist residences, holiday villages and hostels
- 5 hotels · 152 rooms (2 × 4★, 1 × 3★, 2 × 2★)
- 4 holiday villages and family centres · 1,633 bed spaces
- 8 tourist residences and apartment hotels · 2,940 bed spaces
- 1 campsite · 190 pitches
Commune: Samoëns · 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 de Morillon
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 Samoëns 1600?
Samoëns 1600 sits at 1,600 m at village level, and its ski area rises to 1,708 m.
How many kilometres of pistes does Samoëns 1600 have?
Samoëns 1600 has 206 km of pistes served by 33 lifts, within the linked Grand Massif area (OpenStreetMap survey).
What is the longest piste in Samoëns 1600?
The longest piste is Cascades: 11 km (red run), for 1,594 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 Samoëns 1600?
The highest lift, TSD de Chariande Express (detachable chairlift), tops out at 2,118 m. Source: STRMTG, French national register of mechanical lifts (CAIRN database), file dated 1 January 2025.
How many lifts does Samoëns 1600 have, and what is their capacity?
The French national register of mechanical lifts records 14 installations at Samoëns 1600 (2 gondolas, 3 chairlifts, 5 drag lifts, 4 magic carpets), for an authorised capacity of 19,652 people per hour, of which 3,059 for TS des Demoiselles alone. The fleet spans 1975 to 2020, an average age of 16 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 Samoëns 1600?
The adult day pass costs €63 and the 6-day pass €378 (2026-2027, read on the official price list).
How do I get to Samoëns 1600?
By road, Samoëns 1600 is 1 hr 07 from Genève (64 km), excluding traffic and winter conditions. By train, the nearest station is Marignier, 35 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 Genève, 1 hr 32 away.
How long is the drive from Paris to Samoëns 1600?
6 hr 33 for 599 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 Samoëns 1600?
Yes: good snow through most of the winter according to twenty winters of Météo-France measurements; in season the daily report prevails.
Is Samoëns 1600 good for beginners and families?
77% of the pistes are green or blue: a very accessible area.
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