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Col de Porte

Northern Alps Checked on 18 September 2026
1,306 mVillage altitude
—Top of the ski area
2 kmAlpine pistes
10Ski lifts
€17Adult day pass · 2025-2026

Col de Porte is a ski resort in the Northern Alps (Isère), in the commune of Sarcenas. The village sits at 1,306 m.

Full page in French →
Col de Porte — view of the resort
Photo: Wikimedia Commons

The area offers 2 km of alpine pistes, 7 marked pistes (2 green, 4 blue, 1 red), 10 ski lifts, plus a snowpark. Green and blue runs dominate: terrain suited to beginners and families.

Measured on the OpenStreetMap map: the longest piste runs 1 km and the highest lift tops out at 1,660 m.

Access: 22 min by road from Grenoble and 22 min from Grenoble railway station.

2 official webcams show the pistes live (on the French page).

SkiRadar ratings

How ratings are computed →Computed on 18 September 2026

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.

  1. SnowCan you count on the snow?
    n/a

    Not rated: “top of the ski area” is missing from this page.

  2. Ski areaIs there enough to ski all week?
    1.5 / 5

    Km of pistes at the resort: 2 km · Km of pistes across the linked area: 2 km · Lifts: 10 · Balance between piste levels: 69%

  3. ValueIs the lift pass reasonable for what you get?
    3 / 5

    Adult day pass: €17 · Day pass price per km of pistes: €8.5/km

  4. Families and beginnersIs it right for children and beginners?
    3 / 5

    Share of green and blue pistes: 86% · Magic carpets: 1 · Sledging runs: 1 · Special prices out of 4 (beginner, child, family, free age): 2 · Ice rink, pool, rail sledge…: 0

  5. AccessIs it easy to get to?
    4 / 5

    Average drive time from 20 major cities: 3 hr 50 · Nearest railway station: 22 min · Station-to-resort shuttles per day: 0 · Nearest airport: 51 min

  6. Atmosphere and après-skiIs there life in the evening and off the slopes?
    1.5 / 5

    Bars and pubs: 0 · Nightclubs: 0 · Restaurants: 2 · Upcoming events: 10 · Collective tourist beds: 0 — index: what the map and the listings publish

  7. 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 · Adult day pass: €17 — 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).

Snow and opening

7-day forecast → Snow report →
Status unknown

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.

7-day forecast

Village 1,306 m

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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

16 complete winters measured, from 2007-2008 to 2025-2026 — on average 91 days a winter with at least 30 cm on the ground.

Météo-France — “COL DE PORTE-NIVOSE” station (1325 m, 0 km away) · 12 Sept 2026
  1. 1-15 Dec30 cmInsufficient · 35 %
  2. 16-31 Dec37 cmVariable · 52 %
  3. 1-15 Jan42 cmVariable · 63 %
  4. 16-31 Jan60 cmGood skiing · 90 %
  5. 1-15 Feb75 cmGood skiing · 83 %
  6. 16-29 Feb74 cmGood skiing · 84 %
  7. 1-15 Mar76 cmGood skiing · 84 %
  8. 16-31 Mar63 cmVariable · 69 %
  9. 1-15 Apr39 cmVariable · 50 %
Best winter of the series
2017-2018 — 136 days at 30 cm or more
Worst winter of the series
2023-2024 — 19 days at 30 cm or more

Snowfall: no long enough record of fresh snow at this station. Rather than an estimate, we show nothing.

Total snow depth on the ground measured at 06:00 at the Météo-France “COL DE PORTE-NIVOSE” station (1325 m, 0 km away), from the open “Daily climatological data” dataset (Open Licence 2.0). The season is counted from 1 December to 15 April; only winters with at least 95 % of those 136 days measured are kept, so no figure here rests on a handful of readings. The reading is taken at 1325 m. In season, the resort’s daily report prevails.

The ski area

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7 pistes, by level — 2 km

2 green4 blue1 red0 black
Lifts
1 chairlift, 8 drag lifts, 1 magic carpet
Cross-country skiing
14 km of nordic trails
Snowpark
Yes
Without skis
1 sledging run
Piste aspect
N 91% · E 9% · S 0% · W 0% (descent direction of 5 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 (2025-2026) detail →

Adult passPrice
1 day€17
Season€180
Child, 1 day€15.50
Beginner, 1 day€9.50
Pedestrian, 1 day€9.50

Read on the official price list, full price, excluding promotions. Official price list ↗

Official piste map

Open the piste map (PDF, 4.9 MB) ↗

Published by Col de Porte · file dated 18 November 2024 · link checked on 12 September 2026 · official page

Link to the resort’s own file — a piste map is a copyrighted artwork, we host no copy.

The ski area in figures

Measured on 9 September 2026
1 kmLongest piste — unnamed on the map (blue), 100 m of vertical
100 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 1,326 → 1,226 m, 1 km
1,701 mHighest lift top — Charmant Som (chairlift), national lift register
2,450Total lift capacity, people per hour — 4 installations: 1 chairlift, 2 drag lifts, 1 magic carpet
46 yrsAverage age of the lift fleet — oldest 1958, newest 2017
800Biggest lift, people per hour — Zouzous (magic carpet, 2017)
4 kmTotal length of lifts — 5 lifts mapped
90 haSki area boundary (OSM)
261Inhabitants — Sarcenas (INSEE 38472)

Measured 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 Col de Porte only (“COL DE PORTE”), magic carpets included.

Staying and hiring gear in Col de Porte

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Stay & accommodation

Ski Planet
Self-catering flats and all-inclusive ski holidays at the foot of the slopes, since 1999.
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Montagne Vacances
Flats and chalets in the resort, at direct prices.
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VVF
Family holiday villages, kids’ clubs included.
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Ski hire

Sport 2000 Location
Skis, boots and helmets booked online, collected in a resort shop.
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Skiset
Network of ski-hire shops in the resorts.
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Live webcams

All webcams (2) →
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Ski AlpinSkaping

Official players of the resort, live image.

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 Col de Porte

From Paris: 6 hr 14 (592 km) by road.

By road

  • From Grenoble: 22 min · 19 km
  • From Chambéry: 55 min · 47 km
  • From Valence: 1 hr 22 · 108 km
  • From Annecy: 1 hr 28 · 95 km
  • From Lyon: 1 hr 37 · 121 km
From other major cities (15)
  • From Genève: 1 hr 57 · 133 km
  • From Saint-Étienne: 2 hr 11 · 170 km
  • From Montpellier: 3 hr 29 · 313 km
  • From Dijon: 3 hr 29 · 322 km
  • From Clermont-Ferrand: 3 hr 30 · 290 km
  • From Marseille: 3 hr 34 · 322 km
  • From Besançon: 3 hr 48 · 352 km
  • From Perpignan: 4 hr 50 · 460 km
  • From Nice: 5 hr 11 · 480 km
  • From Nancy: 5 hr 37 · 533 km
  • From Toulouse: 5 hr 46 · 547 km
  • From Strasbourg: 6 hr 12 · 590 km
  • From Paris: 6 hr 14 · 592 km
  • From Bordeaux: 7 hr 28 · 677 km
  • From Pau: 7 hr 41 · 737 km

Excluding traffic and winter conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.

By train

Grenoble station

main station, high-speed trains · then 22 min drive (19 km)

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

  • Grenoble-Alpes-Isère (GNB): 51 min by road · 61 km
  • Chambéry-Savoie (CMF): 1 hr 10 by road · 55 km

Take me there

These links open the app with Col de Porte as the destination. Your starting point is never sent by us — the app asks you for it, if you agree.

Charging an electric car

1 charging station within 2 km

2 charging points · up to 22 kW

  • SARCENAS - Parking Route du Charmant Som · Bouygues Energies & Services · 2 points · 22 kW · 0.5 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.

Off-piste & ski touring

The resorts for off-piste skiing →
0 Marked off-piste itineraries
2 km Ski touring routes
— Skiable vertical
Safety. Off-piste terrain is neither marked nor made safe by the resort: a transceiver, a shovel, a probe and reading the avalanche bulletin are the minimum — and going with a mountain guide is better still. Today's avalanche risk (Météo-France scale of 1 to 5) will appear here during the season.

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 Col de Porte — up to 4,000 m of climb.

Summit and routeSki gradeClimbAltitudeAspectFrom resort
Charmant Som · Couloir NW en boucle3.3 · E3 · AD+1,200 m1,080 → 1,867 mNW0.6 km
Chamechaude · Directe du Grand Ravin en boucle4.2 · E2 · D756 m1,326 → 2,082 mW1.2 km
Charmant Som · Par Canaple (ancienne piste)1.3 · E1 · F757 m1,110 → 1,867 mS1.4 km
Mont Fromage - Balme de l'Air · Traversée par le Montvernet et par le Routinn/a · F400 m1,326 → 1,662 mn/a1.6 km
Mont Fromage - Balme de l'Air · Tour par les Girieux et la Comboursièren/a · F950 m954 → 1,662 mW1.8 km
Chamechaude · Face NW Directe4.2 · E2 · D+758 m1,324 → 2,082 mNW1.8 km
Chamechaude · Face NW par le Canyon3.2 · E2 · AD756 m1,326 → 2,082 mNW · W1.8 km
Charmant Som · Par la route - depuis le Col de Porte1.2 · E1 · F550 m1,326 → 1,867 mS1.8 km
Mont Fromage - Balme de l'Air · Traversée S >> N1.2 · E1 · F550 m1,300 → 1,662 mNE1.8 km
Chamechaude · Versant W2.3 · E1 · PD+835 m1,250 → 2,082 mW1.9 km
les 4x2000m de Chartreuse4.2 · E4 · D4,000 m850 → 2,082 mN · E · S · W2 km
Chamechaude · La Pref'5.1 · E4n/a1,000 → 2,082 mNE · E2 km
Not a piste. Neither marked, nor patrolled, nor secured: transceiver, shovel, probe, the day’s avalanche bulletin and, better still, a guide. Ski grade (1.1–5.6) = steepness and commitment; exposure (E1–E4) = consequence of a fall.

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 Col de Porte

Swimming pool

Spa and thermal baths

Paragliding

Museum

Cinema

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

  • 1 hotel · 21 rooms

Commune: Sarcenas · 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.

What's on around Col de Porte

All 10 upcoming events →

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

Saint-Hugues les Egaux 4 kmLe Sappey-en-Chartreuse 4 kmLa Stass' 9 kmSaint-Hilaire 10 kmLe Planolet 10 kmPrapoutel 19 km

Frequently asked questions

How high is Col de Porte?

Col de Porte sits at 1,306 m at village level.

How many kilometres of pistes does Col de Porte have?

Col de Porte has 2 km of pistes served by 10 lifts (OpenStreetMap survey).

What is the longest piste in Col de Porte?

The longest single descent: 1 km (blue run), for 100 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 Col de Porte?

The highest lift, Charmant Som (chairlift), tops out at 1,701 m. Source: STRMTG, French national register of mechanical lifts (CAIRN database), file dated 1 January 2025.

How many lifts does Col de Porte have, and what is their capacity?

The French national register of mechanical lifts records 4 installations at Col de Porte (1 chairlift, 2 drag lifts, 1 magic carpet), for an authorised capacity of 2,450 people per hour, of which 800 for Zouzous alone. The fleet spans 1958 to 2017, an average age of 46 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 Col de Porte?

The adult day pass costs €17 (2025-2026, read on the official price list).

How do I get to Col de Porte?

By road, Col de Porte is 22 min from Grenoble (19 km), excluding traffic and winter conditions. By train, the nearest station is Grenoble (main station, high-speed trains), 22 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 Grenoble-Alpes-Isère, 51 min away.

How long is the drive from Paris to Col de Porte?

6 hr 14 for 592 km from central Paris, excluding traffic and winter conditions. Computed on the real road network (OpenStreetMap): allow more on a school-holiday Saturday.

Is Col de Porte good for beginners and families?

86% of the pistes are green or blue: a very accessible area.

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. Col de Porte in French →

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