Bernex
Bernex is a ski resort in the Northern Alps (Haute-Savoie). The village sits at 985 m and the ski area rises to 1,841 m, a skiable vertical of 852 m.
The area offers 24 km of alpine pistes, 87 marked pistes (20 green, 39 blue, 22 red, 6 black), 21 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 2 km (Route de la Dent d'Oche) and the highest lift tops out at 1,870 m.
The resort holds the Station Verte label.
Access: 1 h 05 by road from Genève and 20 min from Évian-les-Bains 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 / 5
Top of the ski area: 1,841 m · Bottom of the pistes: 989 m · Days above 30 cm per winter, measured: 70 days · Days above 30 cm, December to March, model: 96%
- Ski areaIs there enough to ski all week?3 / 5
Km of pistes at the resort: 24 km · Km of pistes across the linked area: 24 km · Lifts: 21 · Balance between piste levels: 89%
- 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 / 5
Share of green and blue pistes: 68% · Magic carpets: 1 · Sledging runs: 0 · ESF ski school · Ice rink, pool, rail sledge…: 2
- AccessIs it easy to get to?3.5 / 5
Average drive time from 20 major cities: 4 hr 51 · Nearest railway station: 20 min · Station-to-resort shuttles per day: 5 · Nearest airport: 1 hr 30
- Atmosphere and après-skiIs there life in the evening and off the slopes?1.5 / 5
Bars and pubs: 0 · Nightclubs: 0 · Restaurants: 7 · Upcoming events: 0 · Collective tourist beds: 0 — 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 985 m · top 1,841 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 March: a long, reliable season.
☀️ Average daily sunshine : Nov 6 h · Dec 5.3 h · Jan 5.5 h · Feb 7.1 h · Mar 8.7 h · Apr 10.4 h — 27 bright days in April (Open-Meteo estimate, 2015-2025).
- November—no record
- December59 cmGood skiing · 98%
- January55 cmGood skiing · 92%
- February68 cmGood skiing · 96%
- March77 cmGood skiing · 99%
- April—no record
- May—no record
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
39 complete winters measured, from 1983-1984 to 2021-2022 — on average 70 days a winter with at least 30 cm on the ground.
- 1-15 Dec16 cmInsufficient · 17 %
- 16-31 Dec25 cmInsufficient · 39 %
- 1-15 Jan34 cmVariable · 55 %
- 16-31 Jan47 cmVariable · 75 %
- 1-15 Feb57 cmGood skiing · 80 %
- 16-29 Feb60 cmVariable · 79 %
- 1-15 Mar49 cmVariable · 68 %
- 16-31 Mar27 cmInsufficient · 33 %
- 1-15 Apr13 cmInsufficient · 19 %
- Best winter of the series
- 2012-2013 — 130 days at 30 cm or more
- Worst winter of the series
- 1989-1990 — 1 day at 30 cm or more
How much snow actually falls — 326 cm a winter on average, spread over 40 days of snowfall. Measured over 39 complete winters.
- Biggest 24-hour snowfall
- 48 cm — 1988-1989
- Snowiest winter
- 1998-1999 — 570 cm
- Leanest winter
- 1996-1997 — 110 cm
The ski area
Compare with another resort →87 pistes, by level — 24 km
- Skiable vertical
- 852 m (989 m → 1,841 m)
- Lifts
- 1 gondola, 4 chairlifts, 14 drag lifts, 1 magic carpet
- Cross-country skiing
- 5 km of nordic trails
- Snowpark
- Yes
- Without skis
- 2 km of snowshoe and walking trails
- Piste aspect
- N 56% · E 18% · S 0% · W 26% (descent direction of 48 OSM pistes, terrain model)
- Tourist office
- Bernex Dent d'Oche · 20 Route du Champ de Foire, 74500 · 0450736072 · [email protected] (declared by the resort, ANMSM)
- Piste map (PDF)
- Thollon Bernex Alpin 2018-2019 Vers SEPT 2019 (declared by the resort, ANMSM)
- Resort app
- Android (declared by the resort, ANMSM)
Resort data: declared by Bernex Dent d'Oche 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 Bernex only (“BERNEX”), magic carpets included.
Staying and hiring gear in Bernex
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Stay & accommodation
Live webcams
All webcams (4) →Official players of the resort, live image. Checked on 18 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 Bernex
From Paris: 6 hr 42 (596 km) by road.
By road
- From Genève: 1 hr 05 · 53 km
- From Annecy: 1 hr 34 · 101 km
- From Chambéry: 2 hr 01 · 143 km
- From Grenoble: 2 hr 35 · 198 km
- From Lyon: 2 hr 50 · 204 km
From other major cities (15)
- From Besançon: 3 hr 01 · 194 km
- From Saint-Étienne: 3 hr 33 · 279 km
- From Valence: 3 hr 33 · 300 km
- From Dijon: 3 hr 50 · 317 km
- From Strasbourg: 4 hr 27 · 368 km
- From Clermont-Ferrand: 4 hr 32 · 375 km
- From Nancy: 5 hr 36 · 441 km
- From Montpellier: 5 hr 40 · 505 km
- From Marseille: 5 hr 45 · 514 km
- From Paris: 6 hr 42 · 596 km
- From Nice: 7 hr 00 · 553 km
- From Perpignan: 7 hr 02 · 653 km
- From Toulouse: 7 hr 58 · 739 km
- From Bordeaux: 8 hr 31 · 762 km
- From Pau: 9 hr 52 · 929 km
Excluding traffic and winter conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.
By train
Évian-les-Bains station
regional station · then 20 min drive (14 km)
Nearest main station: Annecy, 1 hr 32 by road.
- From Évian-les-Bains station (stop “GARE SNCF EVIAN”): line 11B — Évian Gare SNCF ↔ Bernex Station (EVIAN - ÉVA'D), 30 min to the “EGLISE” stop — 5 departures a day on weekdays, 3 a day at weekends · first 08:45, last 18:55 · 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 30 by road · 61 km
- Chambéry-Savoie (CMF): 2 hr 05 by road · 142 km
Take me there
These links open the app with Bernex 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 24 kW
- BERNEX - Devant la mairie · EASYCHARGE · 2 points · 24 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: Les Gentianes
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 Bernex — up to 1,700 m of climb.
| Summit and route | Ski grade | Climb | Altitude | Aspect | From resort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pointe de Pelluaz · Depuis Bernex : boucle Mt Baron - Pelluaz - lac de la Case | 2.1 · E1 · PD+ | 1,190 m | 988 → 1,908 m | n/a | 0.1 km |
| Mont Baron · En boucle depuis Bernex | 1.3 · E1 · F | 746 m | 940 → 1,566 m | N | 0.6 km |
| Pointe de Pelluaz · En traversée | n/a · PD- | 1,000 m | 990 → 1,908 m | N | 1.4 km |
| Pointe de Pelluaz · Par les pistes | 2.1 · E1 · PD | 918 m | 990 → 1,908 m | N | 1.4 km |
| Mont Baron · Depuis Chevenoz par les Chesnay | 1.2 · E1 · F | 580 m | 995 → 1,577 m | N | 1.5 km |
| Pointe de Bénevent · Face NW de Bénévent en boucle par le vallon d'Oche et le couloir S de la Brèche de Darbon | 3.3 · E1 · AD | 1,560 m | 998 → 2,065 m | n/a | 1.7 km |
| Col de Rebollion · Traversée S > N | 3.1 · E1 · AD | 924 m | 1,021 → 1,925 m | NW | 1.8 km |
| Pointe de Pelluaz · Face N | 4.2 · E4 · D | 806 m | 1,102 → 1,908 m | N | 2 km |
| Pointe de Pelluaz · antécime E face E | 4.1 · E1 · D- | n/a | 1,102 → 1,915 m | E | 2 km |
| Les Portes d'Oche · Depuis Bernex | 2.1 · PD- | 940 m | 1,020 → 1,960 m | NE | 2.1 km |
| Dent d'Oche · Couloir du Pierrier et Petit Tour | n/a · D | 1,700 m | 1,100 → 2,222 m | S | 2.2 km |
| Dent d'Oche · La rampe à Pierre, Wim et Seb (face S) | 5.1 · E4 · TD | 1,122 m | 1,100 → 2,222 m | SE | 2.2 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 Bernex
Toboggan runs
- BobKart · Bernex · 0.5 km away
Swimming pool
- Centre nautique · Évian-les-Bains · 9.5 km away
Paragliding
- Thollon Parapente · Thollon-les-Mémises · 3.9 km away
- Ecole de Parapente : Air Léman · Thollon-les-Mémises · 4.4 km away
Cinema
- Cinéma "Le Royal" · Évian-les-Bains · 8.6 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
Tourist office
Office de tourisme
📍 20 Route du Champ de Foire, 74500 Bernex
Ski school
ESF Bernex
52 instructors
🇬🇧 40 English-speaking instructors — lessons in English available
🗓️ This school sells its lessons online — book ↗
Source: esf.net
Days without skiing
- Cinema · Le Starting Block
- Bowling
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 Bernex?
Bernex sits at 985 m at village level, and its ski area rises to 1,841 m.
How many kilometres of pistes does Bernex have?
Bernex has 24 km of pistes served by 21 lifts (OpenStreetMap survey).
What is the longest piste in Bernex?
The longest piste is Route de la Dent d'Oche: 2 km (blue run), for 231 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 Bernex?
The highest lift, TS de Pelluaz (chairlift), tops out at 1,871 m. Source: STRMTG, French national register of mechanical lifts (CAIRN database), file dated 1 January 2025.
How many lifts does Bernex have, and what is their capacity?
The French national register of mechanical lifts records 14 installations at Bernex (3 chairlifts, 11 drag lifts), for an authorised capacity of 13,535 people per hour, of which 2,040 for TSD de Pré Richard alone. The fleet spans 1974 to 2018, an average age of 30 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 Bernex?
By road, Bernex is 1 hr 05 from Genève (53 km), excluding traffic and winter conditions. By train, the nearest station is Évian-les-Bains, 20 min by road from the resort. From Évian-les-Bains station, line 11B — Évian Gare SNCF ↔ Bernex Station (EVIAN - ÉVA'D) reaches the “EGLISE” stop in 30 min, 5 departures a day on weekdays, 3 a day at weekends. The nearest airport is Genève, 1 hr 30 away.
How long is the drive from Paris to Bernex?
6 hr 42 for 596 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 Bernex?
Yes: good snow through most of the winter according to twenty winters of Météo-France measurements; in season the daily report prevails.
Is Bernex good for beginners and families?
68% of the pistes are green or blue: a rather easy area.
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