Hirmentaz
Hirmentaz is a ski resort in the Northern Alps (Haute-Savoie), in the commune of Bellevaux. The village sits at 1,088 m and the ski area rises to 1,604 m, a skiable vertical of 525 m.
The area offers 25 km of alpine pistes, 43 marked pistes (5 green, 22 blue, 14 red, 2 black), 20 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 (Les Brettaz) and the highest lift tops out at 1,604 m.
Access: 45 min by road from Genève and 22 min from Perrignier railway station.
4 official webcams show 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: 1,604 m · Bottom of the pistes: 1,079 m · Days above 30 cm per winter, measured: 78 days · Days above 30 cm, December to March, model: 38%
- Ski areaIs there enough to ski all week?2.5 / 5
Km of pistes at the resort: 25 km · Km of pistes across the linked area: 25 km · Lifts: 20 · Balance between piste levels: 79%
- 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?2 / 5
Share of green and blue pistes: 63% · Magic carpets: 0 · Sledging runs: 2 · ESF ski school · Ice rink, pool, rail sledge…: 0
- AccessIs it easy to get to?3.5 / 5
Average drive time from 20 major cities: 4 hr 26 · Nearest railway station: 22 min · Station-to-resort shuttles per day: 0 · Nearest airport: 1 hr 09
- Atmosphere and après-skiIs there life in the evening and off the slopes?2 / 5
Bars and pubs: 1 · Nightclubs: 0 · Restaurants: 5 · Upcoming events: 0 · Collective tourist beds: 108 — 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 · 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.
Avalanche danger
7-day forecast
Village 1,088 m · top 1,604 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.
Snow actually measured, winter by winter
57 complete winters measured, from 1959-1960 to 2020-2021 — on average 78 days a winter with at least 30 cm on the ground.
- 1-15 Dec22 cmInsufficient · 30 %
- 16-31 Dec33 cmInsufficient · 47 %
- 1-15 Jan42 cmVariable · 56 %
- 16-31 Jan56 cmVariable · 72 %
- 1-15 Feb66 cmVariable · 77 %
- 16-29 Feb69 cmVariable · 77 %
- 1-15 Mar63 cmVariable · 71 %
- 16-31 Mar48 cmVariable · 54 %
- 1-15 Apr31 cmInsufficient · 34 %
- Best winter of the series
- 1965-1966 — 136 days at 30 cm or more
- Worst winter of the series
- 1963-1964 — 0 day at 30 cm or more
How much snow actually falls — 404 cm a winter on average, spread over 39 days of snowfall. Measured over 57 complete winters.
- Biggest 24-hour snowfall
- 69 cm — 1993-1994
- Snowiest winter
- 1969-1970 — 816 cm
- Leanest winter
- 1963-1964 — 95 cm
The ski area
Compare with another resort →43 pistes, by level — 25 km
- Skiable vertical
- 525 m (1,079 m → 1,604 m)
- Lifts
- 5 chairlifts, 14 drag lifts
- Cross-country skiing
- 14 named trails — 102 km of marked loops (48 km of distinct track: the loops overlap), right by 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(14)
Trail Level Length Tour des Hermones n/a 44 km Liaison Terramont n/a 12 km Tour de la Turche n/a 9.2 km La Grange de Lullin n/a 8.1 km La Bleue des Mouilles Rousses blue 6.2 km Liaison Glappaz n/a 4.9 km La Bleue de Champ Covo blue 3.1 km Liaison Replan n/a 3.1 km La Noire des Lanches black 2.9 km La Rouge des Fenillons red 2.7 km Le Tour du Mourian n/a 2.1 km La Tourbière green 1.7 km Route de Très le Mont n/a 1.2 km La Grange des Bois n/a 0.5 km - Snowpark
- 2 mapped zones, 1.6 km from the resort — Border Cross (intermediate) · Snowpark (intermediate)
OpenStreetMap, surveyed on 12 September 2026. OpenStreetMap does not map individual features (kickers, rails): what is counted here are the named zones. - Without skis
- 19 km of snowshoe and walking trails · 2 sledging runs
- Piste aspect
- N 52% · E 18% · S 1% · W 28% (descent direction of 35 OSM pistes, terrain model)
- Mountain restaurants
- Les Pivottes (1246 m)
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.
Staying and hiring gear in Hirmentaz
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Stay & accommodation
Live webcams
All webcams (4) →Official players of the resort, live image. 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 Hirmentaz
From Paris: 6 hr 11 (573 km) by road.
By road
- From Genève: 45 min · 38 km
- From Annecy: 1 hr 01 · 67 km
- From Chambéry: 1 hr 28 · 109 km
- From Grenoble: 2 hr 02 · 165 km
- From Lyon: 2 hr 19 · 181 km
From other major cities (15)
- From Valence: 3 hr 00 · 267 km
- From Saint-Étienne: 3 hr 01 · 245 km
- From Besançon: 3 hr 13 · 212 km
- From Dijon: 3 hr 20 · 294 km
- From Clermont-Ferrand: 4 hr 02 · 351 km
- From Strasbourg: 4 hr 52 · 390 km
- From Montpellier: 5 hr 07 · 471 km
- From Marseille: 5 hr 12 · 480 km
- From Nancy: 5 hr 23 · 497 km
- From Paris: 6 hr 11 · 573 km
- From Nice: 6 hr 29 · 528 km
- From Perpignan: 6 hr 29 · 619 km
- From Toulouse: 7 hr 25 · 705 km
- From Bordeaux: 8 hr 00 · 738 km
- From Pau: 9 hr 19 · 895 km
Excluding traffic and winter conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.
By train
Perrignier station
halt · then 22 min drive (17 km)
Nearest main station: Annecy, 59 min by road.
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
- Genève (GVA): 1 hr 09 by road · 46 km
- Chambéry-Savoie (CMF): 1 hr 32 by road · 108 km
Take me there
These links open the app with Hirmentaz 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
- HABERE POCHE - Route Vielle verde · EASYCHARGE · 2 points · 22 kW · 1.1 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: Tremplin de saut à ski
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 Hirmentaz — up to 1,200 m of climb.
| Summit and route | Ski grade | Climb | Altitude | Aspect | From resort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montagne d'Hirmentaz · Depuis Habère-Poche | 2.2 · E1 · PD | 660 m | 935 → 1,598 m | W | 0.6 km |
| Pointe de Miribel · Depuis les Granges Meynent | n/a · F | 511 m | 1,070 → 1,581 m | N | 2 km |
| Pointe de Miribel · Par le Martinet et la Tête des Cudres | n/a · PD- | 700 m | 949 → 1,581 m | N | 2.8 km |
| Mont Forchat · Boucle par l'Oratoire des Moises et Très la Paraz | n/a · PD | 550 m | 1,080 → 1,539 m | W | 3.5 km |
| Mont Forchat · Versant NW | n/a · PD | 500 m | 1,120 → 1,539 m | NW | 3.5 km |
| Pointe de Miribel · Par Plaine Joux | 1.1 · E1 · F | 332 m | 1,249 → 1,581 m | S | 3.6 km |
| Rochers de la Motte ou Sur la Pointe · Depuis l'Ermont | n/a · F | 650 m | 1,040 → 1,657 m | E | 4.3 km |
| Pointe des Jottis/Les Rebelas · Boucle par les Rebelas, la Tête des Supplies et les Jottis - depuis le Châtelet | n/a · F | 500 m | 1,054 → 1,548 m | NW | 4.4 km |
| Pointe des Jottis/Les Rebelas · Par Mégevette | n/a · F | 680 m | 880 → 1,548 m | SW | 4.8 km |
| Rochers de la Motte ou Sur la Pointe · Depuis le lac de Vallon | 1.3 · E1 · F | 600 m | 1,060 → 1,657 m | S | 5.1 km |
| Pointe des Follys (Mégevette) · Traversée par la Pointe des Jottis | n/a · F | 1,050 m | 978 → 1,713 m | NW | 5.5 km |
| Tête des Follys · Traversée des faces N des Follys | 3.1 · E1 · AD- | 1,200 m | 1,125 → 1,770 m | N | 5.9 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 Hirmentaz
Paragliding
- Aires de départ parapente et delta de Très le Mont · Lullin · 4.7 km away
- Aire de départ parapente et delta des Couteaux · Lullin · 5.8 km away
- Aire de départ parapente et delta des Hermones · Vailly · 7.4 km away
Museum
- Maison de la Belle Vallée · Bellevaux · 3.7 km away
- Musée de la Faune · Bellevaux · 3.8 km away
- Musée d'art et de folklore régional (Muséâm) · Fessy · 6.8 km away
Cinema
- Cinéma La Trace · Villard · 4.4 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
108 bed spaces in tourist residences, holiday villages and hostels
- 1 holiday village or family centre · 108 bed spaces
Commune: Habère-Poche · 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
Office de tourisme des Alpes du Léman
📍 18 Route du Col, 74420 Habère-Poche
🌐 alpesduleman.com/office-de-tourisme-des-alpes-du-leman-bureau-d-accueil-d-habere-poche-147042.html
Ski school
ESF La Vallee Verte
25 instructors
🇬🇧 5 English-speaking instructors — lessons in English available
🗓️ This school sells its lessons online — book ↗
Source: esf.net
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 Hirmentaz?
Hirmentaz sits at 1,088 m at village level, and its ski area rises to 1,604 m.
How many kilometres of pistes does Hirmentaz have?
Hirmentaz has 25 km of pistes served by 20 lifts (OpenStreetMap survey).
What is the longest piste in Hirmentaz?
The longest piste is Les Brettaz: 1 km (red run), for 213 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 Hirmentaz?
The highest lift, Rhodos, tops out at 1,604 m (IGN RGE ALTI terrain model). The 17 lifts mapped on OpenStreetMap total 9 km.
How do I get to Hirmentaz?
By road, Hirmentaz is 45 min from Genève (38 km), excluding traffic and winter conditions. By train, the nearest station is Perrignier, 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 Genève, 1 hr 09 away.
How long is the drive from Paris to Hirmentaz?
6 hr 11 for 573 km from central Paris, excluding traffic and winter conditions. Computed on the real road network (OpenStreetMap): allow more on a school-holiday Saturday.
Is Hirmentaz good for beginners and families?
63% of the pistes are green or blue: a rather easy area.
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