SkiRadar FR

Bourg Saint Maurice

Northern Alps Altitude 815 – 1,875 m Linked area Paradiski Checked on 18 September 2026
815 mVillage altitude
1,875 mTop of the ski area
17 kmAlpine pistes
7Ski lifts
€76Adult day pass

Bourg Saint Maurice is a ski resort in the Northern Alps (Savoie), in the commune of Bourg-Saint-Maurice. The village sits at 815 m and the ski area rises to 1,875 m, a skiable vertical of 987 m.

Flocon Vert Full page in French →
Bourg Saint Maurice — view of the resort
Photo: Wikimedia Commons

The area offers 17 km of alpine pistes, 41 marked pistes (1 green, 38 blue, 2 red), 7 ski lifts. Green and blue runs dominate: terrain suited to beginners and families.

Bourg Saint Maurice belongs to the linked Paradiski area: one lift pass covers the neighbouring resorts.

Measured on the OpenStreetMap map: the longest piste runs 7 km (Grands Mélèzes) and the highest lift tops out at 3,201 m.

The resort holds the Flocon Vert label.

Access: 1 h 27 by road from Chambéry and 1 min from Bourg-Saint-Maurice railway station.

9 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?
    2.5 / 5

    Top of the ski area: 1,875 m · Bottom of the pistes: 888 m · Days above 30 cm per winter, measured: 57 days · Days above 30 cm, December to March, model: 99%

  2. Ski areaIs there enough to ski all week?
    2.5 / 5

    Km of pistes at the resort: 17 km · Km of pistes across the linked area: 337 km · Lifts: 7 · Balance between piste levels: 22%

  3. ValueIs the lift pass reasonable for what you get?
    2.5 / 5

    Adult day pass: €76 · Day pass price per km of pistes: €0.23/km · Adult 6-day pass: €401 · Price read at a neighbouring resort of the same area

  4. Families and beginnersIs it right for children and beginners?
    3.5 / 5

    Share of green and blue pistes: 95% · Magic carpets: 2 · Sledging runs: 0 · Special prices out of 4 (beginner, child, family, free age): 3 · Ice rink, pool, rail sledge…: 4

  5. AccessIs it easy to get to?
    3.5 / 5

    Average drive time from 20 major cities: 4 hr 51 · Nearest railway station: 1 min · Nearest airport: 1 hr 38

  6. Atmosphere and après-skiIs there life in the evening and off the slopes?
    3 / 5

    Bars and pubs: 0 · Nightclubs: 0 · Restaurants: 34 · Upcoming events: 22 · Collective tourist beds: 11,524 — index: what the map and the listings publish

  7. Luxury and comfortHow upmarket is the resort?
    2 / 5

    5-star hotels: 0 · 4-star hotels: 0 · Share of hotel rooms in 4 and 5 stars: 28% · Spas and saunas: 0 · Jewellers, watchmakers, fashion boutiques: 3 · Adult day pass: €76 — 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 815 m · top 1,875 m

Loading the forecast…

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 May: a long, reliable season.

Estimate · 10-winter average (2015-2025)

☀️ Average daily sunshine : Nov 6.3 h · Dec 5.5 h · Jan 5.9 h · Feb 7 h · Mar 8 h · Apr 9.9 h — 25 bright days in April (Open-Meteo estimate, 2015-2025).

  1. November30 cmInsufficient · 45%
  2. December94 cmGood skiing · 96%
  3. January144 cmGood skiing · 100%
  4. February169 cmGood skiing · 100%
  5. March186 cmGood skiing · 100%
  6. April164 cmGood skiing · 100%
  7. May109 cmGood skiing · 90%

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
Estimate from the ERA5-Land reanalysis (Open-Meteo), about 9 km grid at 815 m. Not a resort measurement: during the season the daily report prevails. The percentage is the share of time with at least 30 cm on the ground.

Snow actually measured, winter by winter

50 complete winters measured, from 1959-1960 to 2025-2026 — on average 57 days a winter with at least 30 cm on the ground.

Météo-France — “SAINTE-FOY_NEIGE” station (1230 m, 9.2 km away) · 12 Sept 2026
  1. 1-15 Dec18 cmInsufficient · 22 %
  2. 16-31 Dec27 cmInsufficient · 34 %
  3. 1-15 Jan36 cmInsufficient · 45 %
  4. 16-31 Jan41 cmVariable · 56 %
  5. 1-15 Feb47 cmVariable · 69 %
  6. 16-29 Feb47 cmVariable · 72 %
  7. 1-15 Mar34 cmVariable · 51 %
  8. 16-31 Mar17 cmInsufficient · 24 %
  9. 1-15 Apr8 cmInsufficient · 9 %
Best winter of the series
1969-1970 — 131 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 — 328 cm a winter on average, spread over 35 days of snowfall. Measured over 51 complete winters.

Biggest 24-hour snowfall
80 cm — 1973-1974
Snowiest winter
1969-1970 — 801 cm
Leanest winter
1996-1997 — 81 cm
Total snow depth on the ground measured at 06:00 at the Météo-France “SAINTE-FOY_NEIGE” station (1230 m, 9.2 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 1230 m, well below the top of the ski area (1875 m), where snow lies deeper. In season, the resort’s daily report prevails. Snowfall figures are the fresh snow depth over 24 hours recorded at the same station (the HNEIGEF column): a day of snowfall is a day with 1 cm or more, and only winters measured 95 % of the time on that column are counted — which is why the record can be longer or shorter than the one for snow on the ground. More snow always falls than remains: some melts, settles or blows away.

The ski area

Compare with another resort →

41 pistes, by level — 17 km

1 green38 blue2 red0 black
Skiable vertical
987 m (888 m → 1,875 m)
Lifts
3 funiculars, 2 chairlifts, 3 drag lifts, 2 magic carpets
Cross-country skiing
1 km of nordic trails
Night skiing
2 floodlit pistes (OSM)
Piste aspect
N 47% · E 0% · S 3% · W 49% (descent direction of 30 OSM pistes, terrain model)
Mountain restaurants
The French Cantine (1730 m) · Les Pizzas de Charlotte (1617 m) · La Pierre Blanche (1617 m) · Plumes & Cassolettes (1617 m) · Rocky Mountain (1616 m) · Le Geneux (1616 m) · Labuche (1616 m) · Labuche (1616 m)
Resort app
Android (declared by the resort, ANMSM)

Resort data: declared by Les Arcs Bourg Saint Maurice Tourisme 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 →

Adult passPrice
1 day€76
6 days€401
Child, 1 day€61
Beginner, 1 day€45
FreeFree under 5 · free from 75 years

Read on the official price list, full price, excluding promotions. Price list of the linked area, read on Arc 1950. Official price list ↗

The ski area in figures

Measured on 13 September 2026
7 kmLongest piste — Grands Mélèzes (red), 540 m of vertical
721 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 2,118 → 1,397 m, 2 km
3,201 mHighest lift top — Aiguille Rouge (cable car)
60 kmTotal length of lifts — 66 lifts mapped
13,011 haSki area boundary (OSM)
7,270Inhabitants — Bourg-Saint-Maurice (INSEE 73054)

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.

Staying and hiring gear in Bourg Saint Maurice

We compare the partners that cover this resort. Some links earn us a commission — never at the expense of the price or of the data.

Stay & accommodation

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

Ski hire

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

Live webcams

All webcams (9) →
▶ Watch live
Arcabullepanoramique
▶ Watch live
Arpettepanoramique
▶ Watch live
Snowparkpanoramique
▶ Watch live
Grizzlypanoramique
▶ Watch live
Vanoise Expresspanoramique
▶ Watch live
Mille8panoramique
▶ Watch live
Aiguille Rougepanoramique
▶ Watch live
Le Lodge - Le Golfpanoramique
▶ Watch live
Mont Blancpanoramique

Bourg Saint Maurice broadcasts its images on its own page: the link takes you there. 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 Bourg Saint Maurice

From Paris: 7 hr 14 (674 km) by road.

By road

  • From Chambéry: 1 hr 27 · 105 km
  • From Annecy: 1 hr 42 · 98 km
  • From Grenoble: 1 hr 44 · 134 km
  • From Genève: 2 hr 24 · 145 km
  • From Lyon: 2 hr 37 · 203 km
From other major cities (15)
  • From Valence: 2 hr 47 · 227 km
  • From Saint-Étienne: 3 hr 11 · 252 km
  • From Dijon: 4 hr 30 · 404 km
  • From Clermont-Ferrand: 4 hr 30 · 372 km
  • From Besançon: 4 hr 44 · 317 km
  • From Montpellier: 4 hr 54 · 431 km
  • From Marseille: 4 hr 59 · 441 km
  • From Nice: 6 hr 04 · 446 km
  • From Perpignan: 6 hr 16 · 579 km
  • From Strasbourg: 6 hr 35 · 488 km
  • From Nancy: 6 hr 37 · 615 km
  • From Toulouse: 7 hr 12 · 666 km
  • From Paris: 7 hr 14 · 674 km
  • From Bordeaux: 8 hr 29 · 759 km
  • From Pau: 9 hr 06 · 855 km

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

By train

Bourg-Saint-Maurice station

regional station · then 1 min drive

Nearest main station: Chambéry - Challes-les-Eaux, 1 hr 26 by road.

Shuttles and buses from the station: see the resort’s official website.

By plane

  • Chambéry-Savoie (CMF): 1 hr 38 by road · 112 km
  • Grenoble-Alpes-Isère (GNB): 2 hr 17 by road · 180 km

Take me there

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

Charging an electric car

12 charging stations within 2 km

58 charging points · up to 360 kW

  • Bump - SAGS - Bourg-Saint-Maurice - Alpins · Bump · 18 points · 11 kW · 0.1 km
  • TotalEnergies - QPARK - Bourg Saint Maurice · TotalEnergies Charging Services · 8 points · 200 kW · 0.3 km
  • TotalEnergies - SAGS - Bourg Saint Maurice · TotalEnergies Charging Services · 4 points · 200 kW · 0.3 km
  • Bump - SAGS – Bourg-Saint-Maurice – Centre · Bump · 3 points · 7 kW · 0.4 km
  • ABB 50+22 BOURG SAINT MAURICE D · SOWATT SOLUTIONS · 3 points · 50 kW · 0.8 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 →
2 Marked off-piste itineraries · 2 km
1 km Ski touring routes
987 m Skiable vertical · top 1,875 m

Named itineraries: Rouelles · Tommelet

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 Bourg Saint Maurice — up to 1,657 m of climb.

Summit and routeSki gradeClimbAltitudeAspectFrom resort
Les Deux Antoines · Versant SE2.1 · E1 · PD1,068 m1,333 → 2,401 mSE3 km
Aiguille de Praina · Versant SEn/a · PD1,287 m1,320 → 2,607 mSE3.1 km
Pointe de l'Enfer · Versant En/a · PD+1,260 m1,325 → 2,535 mSE3.2 km
Pointe de Couchet · Versant Sn/a · PD1,319 m1,320 → 2,639 mS3.3 km
Aiguille de Coupet · Versant Sn/a · PD+1,310 m1,328 → 2,639 mS3.3 km
Aiguille de Terrassin · Versant SEn/a · AD+1,500 m1,320 → 2,836 mSE3.8 km
Brèche de Terrassin · Couloir des Tougnes4.3 · E2 · D1,420 m1,320 → 2,740 mSW3.9 km
Pointe de la Terrasse · Face S directe4.3 · E3 · D+1,560 m1,320 → 2,880 mS4.1 km
Grand Châtelet - Sommet S · Crête S par le Versant E du Dôme de Vaugelaz2.1 · E1 · F1,262 m1,267 → 2,461 mE4.7 km
Pointe de la Combe Neuve · Traversée E > SE par le Col de Leisette3.3 · E1 · AD1,657 m1,304 → 2,961 mSE4.9 km
Dôme de Vaugelaz · Versant SE2.1 · E1 · F905 m1,320 → 2,225 mSE4.9 km
Aiguille du Clapet · Traversée SW > Sn/a · PD1,230 m1,297 → 2,615 mS5 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 Bourg Saint Maurice

Ice rink

  • Patinoire · La Plagne Tarentaise · 8.1 km away

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

11,524 bed spaces in tourist residences, holiday villages and hostels

  • 15 hotels · 1,019 rooms (1 × 5★, 4 × 4★, 4 × 3★, 3 × 2★)
  • 5 holiday villages and family centres · 3,574 bed spaces
  • 13 tourist residences and apartment hotels · 7,460 bed spaces
  • 1 youth hostel or sports centre · 490 bed spaces
  • 1 campsite · 201 pitches

Commune: Bourg-Saint-Maurice · 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 de Bourg-Saint-Maurice - Les Arcs

🌐 savoie-mont-blanc.com/offices-de-tourisme/office-de-tourisme-de-bourg-saint-maurice-495486

Days without skiing

  • Cinema · Cinéma Le Coeur d'Or
  • Swimming pool · Bassin de natation extérieur
  • Swimming pool · Patogeoire extérieure
  • Swimming pool · Toboggans aquatiques

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 Bourg Saint Maurice

All 22 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

Arc 1600 3 kmArc 1800 5 kmLa Rosière 6 kmArc 1950 7 kmArc 2000 7 kmMontchavin 7 km

Frequently asked questions

How high is Bourg Saint Maurice?

Bourg Saint Maurice sits at 815 m at village level, and its ski area rises to 1,875 m.

How many kilometres of pistes does Bourg Saint Maurice have?

Bourg Saint Maurice has 17 km of pistes served by 7 lifts, within the linked Paradiski area (OpenStreetMap survey).

What is the longest piste in Bourg Saint Maurice?

The longest piste is Grands Mélèzes: 7 km (red run), for 540 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 Bourg Saint Maurice?

The highest lift, Aiguille Rouge, tops out at 3,201 m (IGN RGE ALTI terrain model). The 66 lifts mapped on OpenStreetMap total 60 km.

How much is a lift pass in Bourg Saint Maurice?

The adult day pass costs €76 and the 6-day pass €401 (current season, read on the official price list, shared with Arc 1950).

How do I get to Bourg Saint Maurice?

By road, Bourg Saint Maurice is 1 hr 27 from Chambéry (105 km), excluding traffic and winter conditions. By train, the nearest station is Bourg-Saint-Maurice, 1 min by road from the resort. The nearest airport is Chambéry-Savoie, 1 hr 38 away.

How long is the drive from Paris to Bourg Saint Maurice?

7 hr 14 for 674 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 Bourg Saint Maurice?

Yes: good snow through most of the winter according to ten winters of reanalysis (estimate); in season the daily report prevails.

Is Bourg Saint Maurice good for beginners and families?

95% 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. Bourg Saint Maurice in French →

Every figure carries its source and date; a missing figure shows as “—”, never estimated. Embed this widget on your site