Serre Chevalier de Briançon
Off season1,292 mSector altitude
Serre Chevalier de Briançon is a ski resort in the Southern Alps (Hautes-Alpes), in the commune of Briançon. The village sits at 1,292 m and the ski area rises to 2,404 m.
A sector of Serre Chevalier
The Serre Chevalier resort page →Serre Chevalier de Briançon is one of the ski villages of Serre Chevalier, and shares its ski area (137 km of pistes, 59 lifts). The area, the lift passes, the piste map, the off-piste routes and the SkiRadar ratings are described once, on the Serre Chevalier page — this page keeps what belongs to Serre Chevalier de Briançon: its own altitude, its webcams, where to stay in the village, how to get there and its ski school.
Live webcams
All webcams (8) →MonetierSerre Chevalier
ColdulautaretSerre Chevalier
BrianconSerre Chevalier
Each player is the camera operator’s own, loaded only when you ask for it — it may set its own trackers.
Official players of the resort, live image. 4 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 CERVIERES station (1,614 m)
Source: Météo-France, CERVIERES weather station, 8.2 km away. Hourly measurement — not the resort’s own snow report.
Avalanche danger
Reliable snow mainly in the second half of February; more irregular the rest of the winter. 77 days a winter at 30 cm or more on average, and 276 cm of fresh snow, measured over 56 winters at the Météo-France “ARVIEUX LA CHALP” station. Fortnight by fortnight, over 56 measured winters →
3-day forecast
Village 1,292 m · top 2,404 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.
Staying and hiring gear in Serre Chevalier de Briançon
The partners covering this resort, shown side by side, and the shop to kit out before you leave. Some links earn us a commission — never at the expense of the price or of the data.
Collective accommodation
678 bed spaces in tourist residences, holiday villages and hostels
- 12 hotels · 378 rooms (1 × 4★, 5 × 3★, 3 × 2★)
- 1 holiday village or family centre · 169 bed spaces
- 2 tourist residences and apartment hotels · 397 bed spaces
- 1 youth hostel or sports centre · 112 bed spaces
- 1 campsite · 210 pitches
Commune: Briançon · 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
Sowell
Club hotels and flats in the resorts, northern and southern Alps.
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 Serre Chevalier de Briançon
Ice rink
- Patinoire couverte - Parc des Sports · Briançon · 0.9 km away
Swimming pool
- Centre Aquatique - Parc des Sports · Briançon · 0.8 km away
- Piscine du Chazelay · La Salle-les-Alpes · 7.5 km away
- Piscine Municipale « Alain Fardella » · La Salle-les-Alpes · 7.9 km away
- Parc 1326 · 0.9 km away · OpenStreetMap
Spa and thermal baths
- Spa Nuxe - Grand Hôtel · Saint-Chaffrey · 5.1 km away
- Ahimsa Le Spa · 0.6 km away · OpenStreetMap
Dog sledding
- Lounoock's - Chiens de traineau · Montgenèvre · 7.8 km away
Paragliding
- Briançon Parapente - Emotion'Air · Briançon · 0.8 km away
- Parapente Premium · Briançon · 1.1 km away
- Origin'Air Parapente - Serre Chevalier · Briançon · 1.4 km away
- Serre Chevalier Parapente · Saint-Chaffrey · 5.3 km away
Museum
- Mini musée du four à pain du Serre · Val-des-Prés · 7.1 km away
- Musée Autrefois mon village · La Salle-les-Alpes · 7.3 km away
- Maison de Françoise et Mamès · Cervières · 8.1 km away
Cinema
- Cosmo Cinémas · Briançon · 0.6 km away
- Cinéma Art et Essai Eden Studio · Briançon · 1 km away
Bowling
- 0.8 km away · OpenStreetMap
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. Lines marked OpenStreetMap come from the map, within 3 km — opening times on site. Opening times and prices are the operator’s — check before you go.
Ski schools and practical information
Ski school
ESF Serre Che Briancon
46 instructors
🇬🇧 26 English-speaking instructors — lessons in English available
🗓️ This school sells its lessons online — book ↗
Source: esf.net
Resort contacts and documents
- Tourist office
- Office de Tourisme · B.P.20, 05240 · 0492249898 · contact@serrechevalier.fr (declared by the resort, ANMSM)
- Shuttle timetable (PDF)
- 551_ BRIANCON_LE MONETIER_ETE 2023 (declared by the resort, ANMSM)
- Resort app
- Android (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 Office de Tourisme and distributed by ANMSM · read on 25 September
Getting to Serre Chevalier de Briançon
From Paris: 7 hr 55 (690 km) by road.
By road
- From Grenoble: 2 hr 06 · 118 km
- From Chambéry: 2 hr 17 · 163 km
- From Annecy: 2 hr 46 · 210 km
- From Valence: 3 hr 03 · 207 km
- From Genève: 3 hr 15 · 248 km
From other major cities (14)
- From Lyon: 3 hr 18 · 220 km
- From Marseille: 3 hr 31 · 261 km
- From Saint-Étienne: 3 hr 52 · 269 km
- From Montpellier: 4 hr 50 · 384 km
- From Dijon: 5 hr 10 · 421 km
- From Clermont-Ferrand: 5 hr 11 · 388 km
- From Besançon: 5 hr 29 · 450 km
- From Perpignan: 6 hr 11 · 532 km
- From Toulouse: 7 hr 07 · 618 km
- From Nancy: 7 hr 18 · 632 km
- From Strasbourg: 7 hr 30 · 638 km
- From Paris: 7 hr 55 · 690 km
- From Pau: 9 hr 02 · 808 km
- From Bordeaux: 9 hr 10 · 775 km
Excluding traffic and winter conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.
By train
Briançon station
regional station · then 6 min drive (2 km)
Nearest main station: Grenoble, 2 hr 06 by road.
Shuttles and buses from the station: see the resort’s official website.
By plane
- Turin-Caselle (TRN): 1 hr 57 by road · 123 km
- Chambéry-Savoie (CMF): 2 hr 28 by road · 171 km
Take me there
These links open the app with Serre Chevalier de Briançon as the destination. Your starting point is never sent by us — the app asks you for it, if you agree.
Charging an electric car
10 charging stations within 2 km
50 charging points · up to 250 kW
- Avenue René Froger · QOVOLTIS · 3 points · 22 kW · 0.5 km
- Briançon, France · Tesla · 9 points · 250 kW · 0.8 km
- IZIVIA FAST - McDonald's - BRIANCON · IZIVIA · 6 points · 150 kW · 0.8 km
- BRIANCON · ALDI SARL · 4 points · 22 kW · 1.5 km
- Marie Blachère - Briançon · Power Dot France · 4 points · 100 kW · 1.5 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.
Nearby resorts
Full page in French. The French page carries the editorial guides and a few extra readings; every figure, webcam and price on this page is the same one. Serre Chevalier de Briançon in French →
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