Selonnet
Selonnet is a ski resort in the Southern Alps (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence). The village sits at 846 m and the ski area rises to 1,976 m.
The area offers 21 km of alpine pistes, 43 marked pistes (24 green, 6 blue, 11 red, 2 black), 11 ski lifts. Green and blue runs dominate: terrain suited to beginners and families.
Access: 2 h 31 by road from Marseille and 38 min from Chorges railway station.
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?1.5 / 5
Top of the ski area: 1,976 m · Bottom of the pistes: 846 m · Days above 30 cm per winter, measured: 5 days · Days above 30 cm, December to March, model: 30%
- Ski areaIs there enough to ski all week?2.5 / 5
Km of pistes at the resort: 21 km · Km of pistes across the linked area: 21 km · Lifts: 11 · Balance between piste levels: 79%
- ValueIs the lift pass reasonable for what you get?n/a
Not rated: “adult day pass” is missing from this page.
- Families and beginnersIs it right for children and beginners?2 / 5
Share of green and blue pistes: 70% · Magic carpets: 0 · Sledging runs: 0 · Ice rink, pool, rail sledge…: 0
- AccessIs it easy to get to?2 / 5
Average drive time from 20 major cities: 5 hr 15 · Nearest railway station: 38 min · Station-to-resort shuttles per day: 0 · Nearest airport: 2 hr 28
- Atmosphere and après-skiIs there life in the evening and off the slopes?2 / 5
Bars and pubs: 0 · Nightclubs: 0 · Restaurants: 2 · Upcoming events: 1 · Collective tourist beds: 204 — index: what the map and the listings publish
- Luxury and comfortHow upmarket is the resort?1 / 5
5-star hotels: 0 · 4-star hotels: 0 · Share of hotel rooms in 4 and 5 stars: 0% · Spas and saunas: 0 · Jewellers, watchmakers, fashion boutiques: 0 — 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 MONTCLAR_SAPC station (1,197 m)
7-day forecast
Village 846 m · top 1,976 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.
Snow actually measured, winter by winter
48 complete winters measured, from 1959-1960 to 2017-2018 — on average 5 days a winter with at least 30 cm on the ground.
- 1-15 Dec2 cmInsufficient · 1 %
- 16-31 Dec4 cmInsufficient · 5 %
- 1-15 Jan5 cmInsufficient · 7 %
- 16-31 Jan7 cmInsufficient · 6 %
- 1-15 Feb6 cmInsufficient · 4 %
- 16-29 Feb5 cmInsufficient · 4 %
- 1-15 Mar2 cmInsufficient · 3 %
- 16-31 Mar1 cmInsufficient · 1 %
- 1-15 Apr0 cmInsufficient · 0 %
- Best winter of the series
- 1983-1984 — 59 days at 30 cm or more
- Worst winter of the series
- 1959-1960 — 0 day at 30 cm or more
How much snow actually falls — 110 cm a winter on average, spread over 17 days of snowfall. Measured over 38 complete winters, from 1966-1967 to 2017-2018.
- Biggest 24-hour snowfall
- 80 cm — 1979-1980
- Snowiest winter
- 1979-1980 — 240 cm
- Leanest winter
- 1992-1993 — 11 cm
The ski area
Compare with another resort →43 pistes, by level — 21 km
- Skiable vertical
- 1,130 m (846 m → 1,976 m)
- Lifts
- 1 chairlift, 10 drag lifts
- Piste aspect
- N 80% · E 15% · S 2% · W 2% (descent direction of 36 OSM pistes, terrain model)
- Mountain restaurants
- Bar Restaurant L'après-ski (1604 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 detail →
The price list for this resort is being collected: most resorts publish winter prices between September and November.
Staying and hiring gear in Selonnet
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Stay & accommodation
Live webcams
Selonnet publishes no public webcam (checked on 12 September 2026 on its website, its tourist office and the operators’ directories). Know of one? Tell us.
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 Selonnet
From Paris: 8 hr 26 (714 km) by road.
By road
- From Marseille: 2 hr 31 · 200 km
- From Grenoble: 2 hr 37 · 142 km
- From Chambéry: 3 hr 16 · 201 km
- From Nice: 3 hr 18 · 194 km
- From Valence: 3 hr 26 · 199 km
From other major cities (15)
- From Annecy: 3 hr 45 · 248 km
- From Lyon: 3 hr 49 · 244 km
- From Montpellier: 3 hr 49 · 323 km
- From Genève: 4 hr 14 · 286 km
- From Saint-Étienne: 4 hr 22 · 293 km
- From Perpignan: 5 hr 11 · 471 km
- From Dijon: 5 hr 41 · 445 km
- From Clermont-Ferrand: 5 hr 42 · 413 km
- From Besançon: 6 hr 00 · 475 km
- From Toulouse: 6 hr 07 · 557 km
- From Nancy: 7 hr 48 · 656 km
- From Pau: 8 hr 01 · 747 km
- From Strasbourg: 8 hr 23 · 713 km
- From Paris: 8 hr 26 · 714 km
- From Bordeaux: 8 hr 30 · 799 km
Excluding traffic and winter conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.
By train
Chorges station
halt · then 38 min drive (33 km)
Nearest main station: Grenoble, 2 hr 37 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
- Marseille-Provence (MRS): 2 hr 28 by road · 196 km
- Cuneo (CUF): 2 hr 45 by road · 157 km
Take me there
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Charging an electric car
1 charging station within 2 km
2 charging points · up to 22 kW
- SELONNET - Place de La Mairie · EASYCHARGE · 2 points · 22 kW · 0.1 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.
Ski touring routes described
Resorts for ski touring →8 ski touring routes documented within 10 km of Selonnet — up to 1,240 m of climb.
| Summit and route | Ski grade | Climb | Altitude | Aspect | From resort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clot de Bouc · du col du Fanget | 1.1 · E1 | 550 m | 1,460 → 1,963 m | N | 6.8 km |
| Tête du Vallon du Loup · Depuis la Maison Forestière de Bellevue | n/a | 650 m | 1,590 → 2,239 m | S · W · SW | 7.1 km |
| Dormillouse (Montagne de la Blanche) · Couloir Central W | 4.3 · D+ | 1,240 m | 1,330 → 2,505 m | W | 7.4 km |
| Dormillouse (Montagne de la Blanche) · Couloir SW | n/a · AD+ | 1,210 m | 1,330 → 2,505 m | W | 7.4 km |
| Pic de Savernes · Crête de Savernes, couloir SW | 3.2 · E2 | 900 m | 1,470 → 2,344 m | SW | 7.4 km |
| Pic de Savernes · Par la route du Col Bas | n/a · F | 600 m | 1,830 → 2,430 m | SW | 7.4 km |
| Pic de Bernardez · Versant W et SW | 2.3 · F+ | n/a | 1,470 → 2,430 m | SW · W | 8 km |
| Pic de Bernardez · Traversée Col Bas - Col de Bernardez | n/a · PD+ | 950 m | 1,480 → 2,430 m | SW | 8.3 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 Selonnet
Swimming pool
- Centre Aqualudique de Seyne · Seyne · 4.7 km away
- Piscine de la Bréole · Ubaye-Serre-Ponçon · 9.8 km away
Paragliding
- Belvéd'air Parapente · Montclar · 5.4 km away
Museum
- La Maison du Mulet · Seyne · 3.2 km away
- Musée archéologique de Montclar · Montclar · 3.5 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
204 bed spaces in tourist residences, holiday villages and hostels
- 3 hotels · 52 rooms (1 × 3★, 1 × 2★)
- 1 tourist residence or apartment hotel · 204 bed spaces
- 1 campsite · 33 pitches
Commune: Selonnet · 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 Chabanon
📍 Station de Chabanon, 04140 Selonnet
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 Selonnet
All events →-
19 September 2026 – 20 September 2026
Mulet et environnement naturel
La Maison du mulet · Seyne
Visite libre des expositions "Le miracle du mulet" et "Les animaux, la nuit",
Source: OpenAgenda, agenda “Tourisme Alpes-de-Haute-Provence” · View on OpenAgenda ↗
Also near: Chabanon (2.9 km), Le Grand Puy (5.5 km), Montclar les 2 Vallées (6 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 Selonnet?
Selonnet sits at 846 m at village level, and its ski area rises to 1,976 m.
How many kilometres of pistes does Selonnet have?
Selonnet has 21 km of pistes served by 11 lifts (OpenStreetMap survey).
How do I get to Selonnet?
By road, Selonnet is 2 hr 31 from Marseille (200 km), excluding traffic and winter conditions. By train, the nearest station is Chorges, 38 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 Marseille-Provence, 2 hr 28 away.
How long is the drive from Paris to Selonnet?
8 hr 26 for 714 km from central Paris, excluding traffic and winter conditions. Computed on the real road network (OpenStreetMap): allow more on a school-holiday Saturday.
Is Selonnet good for beginners and families?
70% of the pistes are green or blue: a rather easy area.
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