Serre-Eyraud
Serre-Eyraud is both a mountain village and a small winter sports resort, located in the commune of Orcières (Hautes-Alpes). The hamlet of Serre-Eyraud overlooks the Champsaur and the confluence of the Drac Noir and the Drac Blanc, at an altitude of 1,450 m, facing the Champoléon valley.
Translated from the French Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), machine translation.
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: 1,960 m · Bottom of the pistes: 1,960 m · Days above 30 cm per winter, measured: 87 days · Days above 30 cm, December to March, model: 83%
- Ski areaIs there enough to ski all week?2 / 5
Km of pistes at the resort: 16 km · Km of pistes across the linked area: 16 km · Lifts: 5 · Balance between piste levels: 82%
- 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?1 / 5
Share of green and blue pistes: 50% · Magic carpets: 0 · Sledging runs: 0 · Ice rink, pool, rail sledge…: 0
- AccessIs it easy to get to?2.5 / 5
Average drive time from 20 major cities: 5 hr 01 · Nearest railway station: 35 min · Station-to-resort shuttles per day: 1 · Nearest airport: 2 hr 32
- Atmosphere and après-skiIs there life in the evening and off the slopes?2 / 5
Bars and pubs: 0 · Nightclubs: 0 · Restaurants: 0 · Upcoming events: 1 · Collective tourist beds: 3,316 — 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 ANCELLE station (1,354 m)
Avalanche danger
7-day forecast
Village 1,446 m · top 1,960 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 March.
☀️ Average daily sunshine : Nov 7.2 h · Dec 6.7 h · Jan 7 h · Feb 8.2 h · Mar 9.6 h · Apr 10.6 h — 26 bright days in April (Open-Meteo estimate, 2015-2025).
- November8 cmInsufficient · 7%
- December36 cmVariable · 56%
- January60 cmGood skiing · 84%
- February74 cmGood skiing · 98%
- March73 cmGood skiing · 93%
- April31 cmInsufficient · 33%
- May2 cmInsufficient · 1%
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
27 complete winters measured, from 1992-1993 to 2023-2024 — on average 87 days a winter with at least 30 cm on the ground.
- 1-15 Dec21 cmInsufficient · 37 %
- 16-31 Dec33 cmVariable · 56 %
- 1-15 Jan46 cmVariable · 74 %
- 16-31 Jan58 cmGood skiing · 82 %
- 1-15 Feb66 cmGood skiing · 90 %
- 16-29 Feb65 cmGood skiing · 90 %
- 1-15 Mar60 cmVariable · 78 %
- 16-31 Mar38 cmVariable · 52 %
- 1-15 Apr16 cmInsufficient · 22 %
- Best winter of the series
- 2005-2006 — 126 days at 30 cm or more
- Worst winter of the series
- 1992-1993 — 10 days at 30 cm or more
How much snow actually falls — 267 cm a winter on average, spread over 24 days of snowfall. Measured over 31 complete winters.
- Biggest 24-hour snowfall
- 76 cm — 2012-2013
- Snowiest winter
- 2012-2013 — 470 cm
- Leanest winter
- 1992-1993 — 83 cm
The ski area
Compare with another resort →30 pistes, by level — 16 km
- Lifts
- 1 chairlift, 4 drag lifts
- Piste aspect
- N 30% · E 21% · S 27% · W 22% (descent direction of 22 OSM pistes, terrain model)
- Tourist office
- Office de Tourisme d'Orcières · 1 rue des Écrins, 05170 · 04 92 55 89 89 · [email protected] (declared by the resort, ANMSM)
- Piste map (PDF)
- plan des pistes serre eyraud 2015 (declared by the resort, ANMSM)
Resort data: declared by Office de Tourisme d'Orcières and distributed by ANMSM · read on 18 September
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.
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 Serre-Eyraud only (“SERRE EYRAUD”), magic carpets included.
Staying and hiring gear in Serre-Eyraud
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Stay & accommodation
Live webcams
All webcams (1) →Serre-Eyraud broadcasts its images on its own page: the link takes you there. Checked on 12 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 Serre-Eyraud
From Paris: 7 hr 54 (682 km) by road.
By road
- From Grenoble: 2 hr 05 · 109 km
- From Chambéry: 2 hr 44 · 168 km
- From Marseille: 2 hr 45 · 210 km
- From Valence: 3 hr 02 · 198 km
- From Annecy: 3 hr 13 · 215 km
From other major cities (15)
- From Lyon: 3 hr 17 · 211 km
- From Genève: 3 hr 43 · 253 km
- From Saint-Étienne: 3 hr 51 · 260 km
- From Montpellier: 4 hr 03 · 333 km
- From Nice: 4 hr 04 · 319 km
- From Dijon: 5 hr 09 · 412 km
- From Clermont-Ferrand: 5 hr 10 · 380 km
- From Perpignan: 5 hr 25 · 481 km
- From Besançon: 5 hr 28 · 442 km
- From Toulouse: 6 hr 21 · 567 km
- From Nancy: 7 hr 17 · 623 km
- From Strasbourg: 7 hr 52 · 680 km
- From Paris: 7 hr 54 · 682 km
- From Pau: 8 hr 15 · 757 km
- From Bordeaux: 8 hr 44 · 809 km
Excluding traffic and winter conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.
By train
Gap station
regional station · then 35 min drive (29 km)
Nearest main station: Grenoble, 2 hr 05 by road.
- From Gap station (stop “IUT - Pôle d'Échanges Reynier”): line 524 — 524 _ ORCIERES-GAP (ZOU ! Proximité), 40 min to the “Les Garnauds” stop — 1 departure a day on weekdays, 1 a day at weekends · first 12:15, last 18:15 · timetable from 15 December 2026 to 31 December 2026 · official timetable ↗
Direct journeys read from the official timetable files published on transport.data.gouv.fr — no connections.
By plane
- Grenoble-Alpes-Isère (GNB): 2 hr 32 by road · 151 km
- Chambéry-Savoie (CMF): 2 hr 56 by road · 176 km
Take me there
These links open the app with Serre-Eyraud 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.
Ski touring routes described
Resorts for ski touring →12 ski touring routes documented within 10 km of Serre-Eyraud — up to 1,800 m of climb.
| Summit and route | Ski grade | Climb | Altitude | Aspect | From resort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Recula (Petite Autane d'Orcières) · Versant N | 3.2 · E2 · AD | 1,070 m | 1,470 → 2,549 m | N | 1.5 km |
| Grande Autane · Couloir N du point 2599 | 4.2 · E3 · D | 1,400 m | 1,400 → 2,782 m | S | 1.8 km |
| Col de Combeau · versant N | 3.1 · E1 · PD+ | 1,000 m | 1,370 → 2,363 m | N | 2.1 km |
| Petite Autane · Versants NE et SE en boucle | 3.3 · E2 · AD | 1,800 m | 1,330 → 2,519 m | E | 2.6 km |
| Petite Autane · Versant NE | 3.1 · E1 · AD- | 1,150 m | 1,370 → 2,519 m | N | 2.6 km |
| Col de Combeau · Versant N : Boucle Serre Aupette >> vallon de Combeau | 2.3 · E2 · PD+ | 1,080 m | 1,370 → 2,350 m | N | 2.8 km |
| La Recula (Petite Autane d'Orcières) · Point 2420 de l'arête E (voie normale) | 2.2 · E1 · F | 830 m | 1,590 → 2,420 m | E | 3.1 km |
| Grande Autane · Face NE de l'antecime SE | n/a · E3 · D- | 1,190 m | 1,590 → 2,782 m | NE | 3.2 km |
| Grande Autane · Couloir E | 4.1 · E2 · D- | 1,190 m | 1,590 → 2,782 m | NE | 3.2 km |
| Arête SE de la Grande Autane · Versant E | 2.2 · E1 · F | 1,000 m | 1,498 → 2,492 m | E | 3.6 km |
| Col de la Casse du Diable · Par la cabane de Combeau | 2.1 · E1 · F | 835 m | 1,250 → 2,185 m | NW | 3.8 km |
| Col de Combeau · depuis Pont du Fossé et la combe de l'Abeille | 2.2 · E2 · PD- | 1,400 m | 1,160 → 2,303 m | NE | 3.9 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 Serre-Eyraud
Ice rink
- Patinoire - Orcières Arena 1850 · Orcières · 4.1 km away
Swimming pool
- Piscine - Orcières Arena 1850 · Orcières · 4.1 km away
Paragliding
- JP Parapente 05 · Saint-Jean-Saint-Nicolas · 4.8 km away
Museum
- Musée du moulin - visite de l'annexe · Saint-Jean-Saint-Nicolas · 3.9 km away
- Le refuge des animaux · Saint-Léger-les-Mélèzes · 7.1 km away
- Du vent dans les plumes - Le Refuge des animaux · Saint-Léger-les-Mélèzes · 7.1 km away
- Musée de la Casse · Orcières · 7.7 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
3,316 bed spaces in tourist residences, holiday villages and hostels
- 5 hotels · 80 rooms (1 × 3★, 2 × 2★)
- 1 holiday village or family centre · 588 bed spaces
- 5 tourist residences and apartment hotels · 2,728 bed spaces
- 1 campsite · 25 pitches
Commune: Orcières · 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
Bureau d'accueil touristique de Pont du Fossé
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 Serre-Eyraud
All events →-
19 September 2026 · 10:00
Sortie à la découverte des murets en pierres sèches
Iscle de Réallon · Réallon
Les murets en pierres sèches des terrasses de la vallée de Réallon : histoire, et biodiversité associée à ce patrimoine.
Source: OpenAgenda, agenda “Hautes-Alpes” · View on OpenAgenda ↗
Also near: Réallon (2.5 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.
Nearby resorts
Frequently asked questions
How high is Serre-Eyraud?
Serre-Eyraud sits at 1,446 m at village level, and its ski area rises to 1,960 m.
How many kilometres of pistes does Serre-Eyraud have?
Serre-Eyraud has 16 km of pistes served by 5 lifts (OpenStreetMap survey).
What is the longest piste in Serre-Eyraud?
The longest piste is La Croix du Lauzet: 1 km (red run), for 320 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 Serre-Eyraud?
The highest lift, Croix Du Louret (platter lift), tops out at 1,986 m. Source: STRMTG, French national register of mechanical lifts (CAIRN database), file dated 1 January 2025.
How many lifts does Serre-Eyraud have, and what is their capacity?
The French national register of mechanical lifts records 3 installations at Serre-Eyraud (3 drag lifts), for an authorised capacity of 2,035 people per hour, of which 900 for Croix Du Louret alone. The fleet spans 1963 to 1983, an average age of 52 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 do I get to Serre-Eyraud?
By road, Serre-Eyraud is 2 hr 05 from Grenoble (109 km), excluding traffic and winter conditions. By train, the nearest station is Gap, 35 min by road from the resort. From Gap station, line 524 — 524 _ ORCIERES-GAP (ZOU ! Proximité) reaches the “Les Garnauds” stop in 40 min, 1 departure a day on weekdays, 1 a day at weekends. The nearest airport is Grenoble-Alpes-Isère, 2 hr 32 away.
How long is the drive from Paris to Serre-Eyraud?
7 hr 54 for 682 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 Serre-Eyraud?
Yes: good snow through most of the winter according to ten winters of reanalysis (estimate); in season the daily report prevails.
Is Serre-Eyraud good for beginners and families?
50% of the pistes are green or blue: a rather technical area.
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