Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval
Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval is a ski resort in the Northern Alps (Haute-Savoie). The village sits at 728 m and the ski area rises to 1,507 m, a skiable vertical of 732 m.
The area offers 22 km of alpine pistes, 21 marked pistes (6 green, 6 blue, 6 red, 3 black), 6 ski lifts.
Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval belongs to the linked Grand Massif area: one lift pass covers the neighbouring resorts.
Measured on the OpenStreetMap map: the longest piste runs 11 km (Cascades) and the highest lift tops out at 2,484 m.
Access: 1 h 02 by road from Genève and 31 min from Cluses railway station.
1 official webcam shows the pistes live (on the French page).
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?2 / 5
Top of the ski area: 1,507 m · Bottom of the pistes: 775 m · Days above 30 cm per winter, measured: 12 days · Days above 30 cm, December to March, model: 99%
- Ski areaIs there enough to ski all week?3 / 5
Km of pistes at the resort: 22 km · Km of pistes across the linked area: 282 km · Lifts: 6 · Balance between piste levels: 98%
- ValueIs the lift pass reasonable for what you get?3 / 5
Adult day pass: €63 · Day pass price per km of pistes: €0.22/km · Price read at a neighbouring resort of the same area
- Families and beginnersIs it right for children and beginners?2 / 5
Share of green and blue pistes: 57% · Magic carpets: 0 · Sledging runs: 0 · Special prices out of 4 (beginner, child, family, free age): 3 · Ice rink, pool, rail sledge…: 0
- AccessIs it easy to get to?3.5 / 5
Average drive time from 20 major cities: 4 hr 41 · Nearest railway station: 31 min · Station-to-resort shuttles per day: 8 · Nearest airport: 1 hr 27
- Atmosphere and après-skiIs there life in the evening and off the slopes?2.5 / 5
Bars and pubs: 2 · Nightclubs: 0 · Restaurants: 6 · Upcoming events: 0 · Collective tourist beds: 83 — index: what the map and the listings publish
- Luxury and comfortHow upmarket is the resort?1.5 / 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 · 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 (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 FLAINE_SAPC station (1,611 m)
Avalanche danger
7-day forecast
Village 728 m · top 1,507 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 December to April: a long, reliable season.
☀️ Average daily sunshine : Nov 6.2 h · Dec 5.6 h · Jan 5.9 h · Feb 7.2 h · Mar 8.5 h · Apr 10.2 h — 26 bright days in April (Open-Meteo estimate, 2015-2025).
- November22 cmInsufficient · 35%
- December84 cmGood skiing · 96%
- January133 cmGood skiing · 100%
- February162 cmGood skiing · 100%
- March172 cmGood skiing · 100%
- April132 cmGood skiing · 96%
- May59 cmVariable · 65%
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
33 complete winters measured, from 1993-1994 to 2025-2026 — on average 12 days a winter with at least 30 cm on the ground.
- 1-15 Dec9 cmInsufficient · 9 %
- 16-31 Dec9 cmInsufficient · 8 %
- 1-15 Jan9 cmInsufficient · 3 %
- 16-31 Jan14 cmInsufficient · 14 %
- 1-15 Feb15 cmInsufficient · 22 %
- 16-29 Feb13 cmInsufficient · 17 %
- 1-15 Mar7 cmInsufficient · 8 %
- 16-31 Mar2 cmInsufficient · 1 %
- 1-15 Apr2 cmInsufficient · 1 %
- Best winter of the series
- 2012-2013 — 45 days at 30 cm or more
- Worst winter of the series
- 2001-2002 — 0 day at 30 cm or more
How much snow actually falls — 223 cm a winter on average, spread over 30 days of snowfall. Measured over 33 complete winters.
- Biggest 24-hour snowfall
- 42 cm — 2016-2017
- Snowiest winter
- 1998-1999 — 525 cm
- Leanest winter
- 1996-1997 — 71 cm
The ski area
Compare with another resort →21 pistes, by level — 22 km
- Skiable vertical
- 732 m (775 m → 1,507 m)
- Lifts
- 2 chairlifts, 4 drag lifts
- 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, 9.3 km from the resortOpenStreetMap, lengths measured on the geometry, surveyed on 12 September 2026. A trail with no difficulty tag is shown as "n/a" — never guessed.
See the trails(2)
- Piste aspect
- N 39% · E 18% · S 0% · W 43% (descent direction of 17 OSM pistes, terrain model)
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 (2026-2027) detail →
| Adult pass | Price |
|---|---|
| 1 day | €63 |
| Season | €1,316 |
| Child, 1 day | €50.40 |
| Beginner, 1 day | €30.50 |
| Pedestrian, 1 day | €23 |
| Free | Free under 8 · free from 75 years |
Read on the official price list, full price, excluding promotions. Price list of the linked area, read on Flaine. Official price list ↗
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 Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval only (“SIXT”), magic carpets included.
Staying and hiring gear in Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval
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Stay & accommodation
Live webcams
All webcams (8) →Official players of the resort, live image. Checked on 13 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 Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval
From Paris: 6 hr 28 (598 km) by road.
By road
- From Genève: 1 hr 02 · 63 km
- From Annecy: 1 hr 14 · 87 km
- From Chambéry: 1 hr 42 · 129 km
- From Grenoble: 2 hr 16 · 185 km
- From Lyon: 2 hr 36 · 206 km
From other major cities (15)
- From Saint-Étienne: 3 hr 14 · 265 km
- From Valence: 3 hr 14 · 287 km
- From Besançon: 3 hr 30 · 237 km
- From Dijon: 3 hr 37 · 319 km
- From Clermont-Ferrand: 4 hr 19 · 377 km
- From Montpellier: 5 hr 21 · 491 km
- From Strasbourg: 5 hr 25 · 455 km
- From Marseille: 5 hr 26 · 501 km
- From Nancy: 5 hr 40 · 523 km
- From Nice: 6 hr 19 · 519 km
- From Paris: 6 hr 28 · 598 km
- From Perpignan: 6 hr 43 · 639 km
- From Toulouse: 7 hr 39 · 725 km
- From Bordeaux: 8 hr 17 · 764 km
- From Pau: 9 hr 33 · 915 km
Excluding traffic and winter conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.
By train
Cluses station
regional station · then 31 min drive (25 km)
Nearest main station: Annecy, 1 hr 12 by road.
- From Cluses station (stop “Gare Routiere”): line Y94 — CLUSES → SIXT-FER-A-CHEVAL (REGION - cars Région Haute-Savoie), 50 min to the “Gare Routiere” stop — 8 departures a day on weekdays, 5 a day at weekends · first 05:55, last 18:20 · timetable from 15 December 2026 to 15 April 2027 · official timetable ↗
Direct journeys read from the official timetable files published on transport.data.gouv.fr — no connections.
By plane
- Genève (GVA): 1 hr 27 by road · 72 km
- Chambéry-Savoie (CMF): 1 hr 45 by road · 128 km
Take me there
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Charging an electric car
1 charging station within 2 km
3 charging points · up to 24 kW
- SIXT FER À CHEVAL - Place de la Gare · EASYCHARGE · 3 points · 24 kW · 0.2 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.
Off-piste & ski touring
The resorts for off-piste skiing →Named itineraries: Acces Vagnys
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
Resorts for ski touring →12 ski touring routes documented within 10 km of Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval — up to 1,800 m of climb.
| Summit and route | Ski grade | Climb | Altitude | Aspect | From resort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pointe de Sans Bet · Versant W | 2.3 · E1 · PD+ | 1,420 m | 830 → 2,243 m | W | 1 km |
| Dent de Verreu · Versant SSW - depuis le Mont | 2.2 · PD- | 930 m | 971 → 1,901 m | SW | 1.4 km |
| Frêtes de Villy · De Sixt par les Fonts et le Bas du Col d'Anterne | n/a · PD | 1,569 m | 834 → 2,495 m | NW | 1.6 km |
| Pralet ou Triangle de Sixt · Par la combe de l'Essert et les Vagnys | 2.2 · E1 · PD | 785 m | 805 → 1,590 m | W | 1.6 km |
| Pointe de Ressassat en mémoire d'Annie · Par la Dent de Verreu | 2.3 · E1 · PD+ | 1,250 m | 980 → 2,220 m | W | 1.7 km |
| Pointe de l'Écorchoir · Face W | 2.3 · E1 · PD+ | 1,690 m | 720 → 2,409 m | W | 2.3 km |
| Refuge de Grenairon · Accès | 2.3 · E1 · PD+ | 1,054 m | 896 → 1,950 m | W | 2.3 km |
| Le Grenier de Commune · Tour et traversée: versant NW et arête NW, versant S, retour par la Croix de Commune. | 4.3 · E2 · D+ | 1,800 m | 1,050 → 2,775 m | NW | 2.5 km |
| Le Grenier de Commune · Les Frêtes du Grenier depuis Sixt | n/a · D | 1,600 m | 900 → 2,500 m | NW | 2.5 km |
| Pointe d'Anterne · Couloir de la Mitraille - en boucle depuis Flaine | 5.1 · E3 · D+ | 800 m | 2,480 → 2,733 m | NE | 2.5 km |
| Col des Grands Fats · Face S | 3.3 · E3 · AD+ | 1,670 m | 818 → 2,475 m | S | 3 km |
| Aouille de Criou · Par les chalets de Criou | 2.3 · E1 · PD+ | 1,500 m | 710 → 2,227 m | S | 3.2 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 Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval
Ice rink
- Jardin de glace à la Patinoire de Samoëns · Samoëns · 5.1 km away
Swimming pool
- Piscine de Samoëns · Samoëns · 5.5 km away
Paragliding
- ABC Spirale Parapente · Samoëns · 4.9 km away
- Ecole de parapente - Les Hirondailes · Samoëns · 4.9 km away
- Aire d'atterrissage de parapente · Samoëns · 5.6 km away
- Profeel parapente · Morillon · 8.3 km away
Museum
- Ferme Ecomusée du Clos Parchet · Samoëns · 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
83 bed spaces in tourist residences, holiday villages and hostels
- 1 hotel · 26 rooms (1 × 2★)
- 1 holiday village or family centre · 83 bed spaces
- 2 campsites · 129 pitches
Commune: Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval · INSEE tourist accommodation survey, 2026, read on 12 September 2026. Collective accommodation only — privately let flats and second homes are not counted. INSEE dataset ↗
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.
Nearby resorts
Frequently asked questions
How high is Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval?
Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval sits at 728 m at village level, and its ski area rises to 1,507 m.
How many kilometres of pistes does Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval have?
Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval has 22 km of pistes served by 6 lifts, within the linked Grand Massif area (OpenStreetMap survey).
What is the longest piste in Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval?
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 Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval?
The highest lift, TK de la Fontaine (ou Feulatière) (platter lift), tops out at 948 m. Source: STRMTG, French national register of mechanical lifts (CAIRN database), file dated 1 January 2025.
How many lifts does Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval have, and what is their capacity?
The French national register of mechanical lifts records 5 installations at Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval (5 drag lifts), for an authorised capacity of 3,445 people per hour, of which 900 for TK Cascades alone. The fleet spans 1969 to 2001, an average age of 43 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 Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval?
The adult day pass costs €63 (2026-2027, read on the official price list, shared with Flaine).
How do I get to Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval?
By road, Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval is 1 hr 02 from Genève (63 km), excluding traffic and winter conditions. By train, the nearest station is Cluses, 31 min by road from the resort. From Cluses station, line Y94 — CLUSES → SIXT-FER-A-CHEVAL (REGION - cars Région Haute-Savoie) reaches the “Gare Routiere” stop in 50 min, 8 departures a day on weekdays, 5 a day at weekends. The nearest airport is Genève, 1 hr 27 away.
How long is the drive from Paris to Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval?
6 hr 28 for 598 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 Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval?
Yes: good snow through most of the winter according to ten winters of reanalysis (estimate); in season the daily report prevails.
Is Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval good for beginners and families?
57% of the pistes are green or blue: a rather technical area.
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