Getting to Serre Chevalier
Serre Chevalier is 1 h 51 by road from Grenoble (108 km), 7 h 40 from Paris, 14 min from Briançon railway station. 2 coach lines run directly from the station to the resort.
Serre Chevalier is a ski resort in the Southern Alps (Hautes-Alpes). The village sits at 1,200 m and the ski area rises to 2,800 m, a skiable vertical of 1,600 m.
Getting to Serre Chevalier
By road
- From Grenoble : 1 h 51 · 108 km
- From Chambéry : 2 h 27 · 172 km · via Briançon station
- From Valence : 2 h 47 · 197 km
- From Annecy : 2 h 56 · 219 km · via Briançon station
- From Lyon : 3 h 03 · 210 km
From other major cities (14)
- From Genève : 3 h 26 · 257 km · via Briançon station
- From Saint-Étienne : 3 h 36 · 259 km
- From Marseille : 3 h 39 · 268 km
- From Montpellier : 4 h 54 · 401 km
- From Dijon : 4 h 55 · 411 km
- From Clermont-Ferrand : 4 h 56 · 376 km
- From Besançon : 5 h 14 · 440 km
- From Perpignan : 6 h 16 · 549 km
- From Nancy : 7 h 02 · 622 km
- From Toulouse : 7 h 12 · 635 km
- From Strasbourg : 7 h 20 · 623 km
- From Paris : 7 h 40 · 680 km
- From Bordeaux : 8 h 54 · 765 km
- From Pau : 9 h 06 · 825 km
Excluding traffic and winter driving conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.
By train
Briançon station
regional station · then 14 min by road (10 km)
Nearest main station: Grenoble, 1 h 51 by road.
- From Briançon station (stop « BRIANCON- GARE SNCF/GARE ROUTIÈRE ») : LIGNE 6 — LIGNE 6 LE MONETIER LES BAINS ↔ BRIANCON (ALTIGO), 21 min to the “LA SALLE LES ALPES- LES ALPES D'AZUR” stop — 8 departures a day on weekdays, 3 a day at weekends · first 06:25, last 18:15 · timetable du 15 décembre 2026 au 15 avril 2027, Altigo (Briançonnais) · official timetable ↗
- From Briançon station (stop « Briançon - Gare SNCF ») : 55 — 55 _ BRIANCON - GRENOBLE via SERRE CHEVALIER (ZOU ! Express Bus), 1 h 20 to the “Serre Chevalier - Mairie” stop — 4 departures a day on weekdays · first 08:45, last 15:45 · timetable du 15 décembre 2026 au 7 avril 2027, Zou ! Express · official timetable ↗
Direct journeys, from transport.data.gouv.fr timetables.
By plane
- Turin-Caselle (TRN) : 2 h 00 by road · 128 km
- Grenoble-Alpes-Isère (GNB) : 2 h 17 by road · 150 km
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By electric car
14 charging locations within 2 km
31charging points · up to50 kW
- PARKING MAIRIE - LA SALLE-LES-ALPES · ELECTRIC 55 CHARGING · 2points · 22 kW · 0 km
- PARKING ENTRE LES EAUX - LA SALLE-LES-ALPES · ELECTRIC 55 CHARGING · 2points · 22 kW · 0.2 km
- LA SALLE LES ALPES - Parking entre les Eaux · EASYCHARGE · 3points · 50 kW · 0.2 km
- PARKING L'ARAVET - LA SALLE-LES-ALPES · ELECTRIC 55 CHARGING · 2points · 22 kW · 0.2 km
- PARKING PEYTAVINES - LA SALLE-LES-ALPES · ELECTRIC 55 CHARGING · 2points · 22 kW · 0.4 km
Publicly accessible charging points from the French national charging-point database ↗, checked on 9 October 2026. Installed, not necessarily free tonight.
Road conditions
- Inforoute 05 (Hautes-Alpes) ↗ — passes, snow chains, winter maintenance
- Bison Futé (national) ↗
From 1 November to 31 March, snow chains or winter tyres are compulsory in most mountain municipalities (French “loi Montagne II”).
Driving times: OpenStreetMap (OSRM); stations: SNCF open data; airports: Wikidata — read on 2 October 2026. Allow more in the snow.
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Resort data: declared by Office de Tourisme and distributed by ANMSM · read on 16 October