Samoëns 1600
1,600 mVillage altitude
2,118 mTop of the ski area
265 kmLinked pistes · Grand Massif
14Ski lifts
€63Adult day pass · Grand Massif · 2026-2027
Samoëns is a French commune located in the south of the département of Haute-Savoie, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, adjoining the Swiss border. A village of the communauté de communes des Montagnes du Giffre, the commune had 2,203 inhabitants in 2023. Its ski resort and its ski area have merged with the Grand Massif area.
Live webcams
All webcams (8) →Col de Joux PlaneSkaping
Flaine — Grandes PlatièresFlaine
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Official players of the resort, live image. 4 more cameras on the webcam page. Checked on 13 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 FLAINE_SAPC station (1,611 m)
Source: Météo-France, FLAINE_SAPC weather station, 5.7 km away. Hourly measurement — not the resort’s own snow report.
Avalanche danger
Good snow from mid-January to late March. 104 days a winter at 30 cm or more on average, and 532 cm of fresh snow, measured over 11 winters at the Météo-France “Flaine” station. Fortnight by fortnight, over 11 measured winters →
3-day forecast
Village 1,600 m · top 2,118 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?3 / 5
Top of the ski area: 2,118 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
Km skiable from the resort, linked area included: 265 km · Lifts: 14
- ValueIs the lift pass reasonable for what you get?3 / 5
Adult day pass: €63 · Day pass price per km of pistes: €0.24/km · Adult 6-day pass: €378 · Price read at a neighbouring resort of the same area
- Families and beginnersIs it right for children and beginners?3 / 5
Share of green and blue pistes: 77% · Magic carpets: 4 · 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 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) →€378 6 days€1,316 Season€50.40 Child, 1 day€33.80 Beginner, 1 day€11 Pedestrian, 1 day
Read on the official price list, full price, excluding promotions. Grand Massif pass, covering the whole linked area. 2026-2027 season. Official price list ↗
- Skiable vertical
- 668 m
- 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 resort
- Snowpark
- Yes
Ski-area figures — bottom: OpenStreetMap (1 Oct); top, lifts: STRMTG — French national lift register (1 Jan); km of the linked area: Resort’s official website (read by SkiRadar) (23 Sept) . In a linked ski area the map cannot tell where the resort ends: its own km stay “n/a” until the resort declares them.
The ski area in figures
Measured on 7 October 202611 kmLongest piste — Cascades (red), 1,594 m of vertical
1,594 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 2,376 → 781 m, 11 km
2,118 mHighest lift top — TSD de Chariande Express (detachable chairlift), national lift register
19,652Total lift capacity, people per hour — 14 installations: 2 gondolas, 3 chairlifts, 5 drag lifts, 4 magic carpets
16 yrsAverage age of the lift fleet — oldest 1975, newest 2020
3,059Biggest lift, people per hour — TS des Demoiselles (chairlift, 2016)
59 kmTotal length of lifts — 56 lifts mapped
5,962 haSki area boundary (OSM)
2,203Inhabitants — Samoëns (INSEE 74258)
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 Samoëns 1600 only (“SAMOENS”), magic carpets included.
Staying and hiring gear in Samoëns 1600
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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 ↗
Stay & accommodation
Vacances Bleues
Club hotels and holiday villages, often full board.
Holidu
Holiday-rental comparison site.
Ski Planet
Self-catering flats and all-inclusive ski holidays at the foot of the slopes, since 1999.
Ski hire
Skiset UK
Skiset’s UK site: ski hire in the resort shops, booked in English, paid in pounds.
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 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.
Ski schools and practical information
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.
Off the pistes: off-piste and ski touring
The resorts for off-piste skiing → 6 Marked off-piste itineraries · 10 km
1 km Ski touring routes
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
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 |
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 October 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 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 · 375 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 11 October 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
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Charging an electric car
No freely accessible charge point is declared within 2 km of the resort (checked on 9 October 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 October 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.
Translated from the French Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), machine translation.
Frequently asked questions
How high is Samoëns 1600?
Samoëns 1600 sits at 1,600 m at village level, and its ski area rises to 2,118 m.
How many kilometres of pistes does Samoëns 1600 have?
From Samoëns 1600 you can ski 265 km of slopes across Grand Massif, 14 lifts.
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 for the Grand Massif linked area costs €63 and the 6-day pass €378 (2026-2027 season, 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?
Good snow from mid-January to late March. 104 days a winter at 30 cm or more on average, and 532 cm of fresh snow, measured over 11 winters at the Météo-France “Flaine” station. This verdict rests on 11 winters of Météo-France measurements (1988-2026); in season the daily report prevails.
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