Corrençon-en-Vercors
Corrençon-en-Vercors is a ski resort in the Northern Alps (Isère). The village sits at 1,100 m and the ski area rises to 2,055 m, a skiable vertical of 947 m.
The area offers 63 km of alpine pistes, 61 marked pistes (21 green, 17 blue, 14 red, 9 black), 25 ski lifts. Green and blue runs dominate: terrain suited to beginners and families.
Corrençon-en-Vercors belongs to the linked Villard-Corrençon area: one lift pass covers the neighbouring resorts.
Measured on the OpenStreetMap map: the longest piste runs 3 km (Violette) and the highest lift tops out at 2,055 m.
The resort holds the Station classée de tourisme label.
Access: 50 min by road from Grenoble and 50 min from Échirolles railway station.
14 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?3 / 5
Top of the ski area: 2,055 m · Bottom of the pistes: 1,108 m · Days above 30 cm per winter, measured: 93 days · Days above 30 cm, December to March, model: 75%
- Ski areaIs there enough to ski all week?4 / 5
Km of pistes at the resort: 63 km · Km of pistes across the linked area: 63 km · Lifts: 25 · Balance between piste levels: 97%
- 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: 62% · Magic carpets: 5 · Sledging runs: 0 · ESF ski school · Ice rink, pool, rail sledge…: 2
- AccessIs it easy to get to?4 / 5
Average drive time from 20 major cities: 4 hr 00 · Nearest railway station: 50 min · Station-to-resort shuttles per day: 4 · Nearest airport: 1 hr 06
- Atmosphere and après-skiIs there life in the evening and off the slopes?2 / 5
Bars and pubs: 1 · Nightclubs: 0 · Restaurants: 11 · 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
5-star hotels: 0 · 4-star hotels: 0 · Share of hotel rooms in 4 and 5 stars: 58% · 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.
Right now at the LE GUA-NIVOSE station (1,646 m)
Avalanche danger
7-day forecast
Village 1,100 m · top 2,055 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 January to March.
☀️ Average daily sunshine : Nov 5.9 h · Dec 5.3 h · Jan 5.1 h · Feb 6.9 h · Mar 8.6 h · Apr 9.8 h — 25 bright days in April (Open-Meteo estimate, 2015-2025).
- November—no record
- December45 cmVariable · 52%
- January53 cmGood skiing · 88%
- February72 cmVariable · 77%
- March75 cmGood skiing · 84%
- 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
13 complete winters measured, from 2003-2004 to 2015-2016 — on average 93 days a winter with at least 30 cm on the ground.
- 1-15 Dec25 cmInsufficient · 38 %
- 16-31 Dec31 cmVariable · 54 %
- 1-15 Jan38 cmVariable · 57 %
- 16-31 Jan56 cmVariable · 79 %
- 1-15 Feb74 cmGood skiing · 82 %
- 16-29 Feb78 cmGood skiing · 87 %
- 1-15 Mar84 cmGood skiing · 91 %
- 16-31 Mar61 cmVariable · 78 %
- 1-15 Apr33 cmInsufficient · 49 %
- Best winter of the series
- 2005-2006 — 136 days at 30 cm or more
- Worst winter of the series
- 2015-2016 — 32 days at 30 cm or more
How much snow actually falls — 389 cm a winter on average, spread over 32 days of snowfall. Measured over 14 complete winters, from 2002-2003 to 2015-2016.
- Biggest 24-hour snowfall
- 80 cm — 2004-2005
- Snowiest winter
- 2004-2005 — 670 cm
- Leanest winter
- 2010-2011 — 179 cm
The ski area
Compare with another resort →61 pistes, by level — 63 km
- Skiable vertical
- 947 m (1,108 m → 2,055 m)
- Lifts
- 3 gondolas, 6 chairlifts, 11 drag lifts, 5 magic carpets
- Cross-country skiing
- 20 named trails — 166 km of marked loops (70 km of distinct track: the loops overlap), 600 m 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(20)
Trail Level Length La Royale n/a 66 km Col d'Herbouilly blue 11 km Malaterre blue 11 km Combe de Fer difficult 10 km La Sambue red 9.1 km Clariant red 8.2 km La Skate intermediate 7.8 km Le Pas de la Sambue red 7.5 km Château Julien red 6.5 km Oscar green 4.3 km Roche Rousse black 3.7 km Ski Roue Verte very easy 3.4 km Valchevrière green 3.3 km Les Montagnes russes red 3.1 km Pot du Loup green 2.9 km Roybon green 2.4 km Le toboggan black 1.7 km Pison blue 1.2 km Route forestière de la Grande Allée easy 1.1 km Combe Verte blue 0.8 km - Piste aspect
- N 44% · E 2% · S 1% · W 54% (descent direction of 92 OSM pistes, terrain model)
- Mountain restaurants
- Altitude 2000 (1722 m)
- Tourist office
- Office Municipal du Tourisme · 31 avenue du Général de Gaulle, 38250 · 04 76 95 10 38 · [email protected] (declared by the resort, ANMSM)
- Piste map (PDF)
- SEVLC-plan-seul-1225 (declared by the resort, ANMSM)
- Shuttle timetable (PDF)
- 2025-11-17 horaires navettes 20 déc. au 4 janv. 2026 (2) (declared by the resort, ANMSM)
- Resort app
- Android (declared by the resort, ANMSM)
- Famille Plus
- The resort’s family page (declared by the resort, ANMSM)
Resort data: declared by Office Municipal du 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 →
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 Corrençon-en-Vercors only (“CORRENCON”), magic carpets included.
Staying and hiring gear in Corrençon-en-Vercors
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Stay & accommodation
Live webcams
All webcams (14) →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 Corrençon-en-Vercors
From Paris: 6 hr 29 (602 km) by road.
By road
- From Grenoble: 50 min · 38 km
- From Valence: 1 hr 13 · 73 km
- From Chambéry: 1 hr 31 · 96 km
- From Lyon: 1 hr 52 · 132 km
- From Annecy: 2 hr 00 · 143 km
From other major cities (15)
- From Saint-Étienne: 2 hr 26 · 180 km
- From Genève: 2 hr 30 · 181 km
- From Montpellier: 3 hr 20 · 277 km
- From Marseille: 3 hr 26 · 286 km
- From Dijon: 3 hr 44 · 333 km
- From Clermont-Ferrand: 3 hr 45 · 300 km
- From Besançon: 4 hr 03 · 362 km
- From Perpignan: 4 hr 42 · 425 km
- From Nice: 5 hr 03 · 445 km
- From Toulouse: 5 hr 38 · 511 km
- From Nancy: 5 hr 51 · 544 km
- From Strasbourg: 6 hr 26 · 600 km
- From Paris: 6 hr 29 · 602 km
- From Pau: 7 hr 33 · 701 km
- From Bordeaux: 7 hr 43 · 687 km
Excluding traffic and winter conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.
By train
Échirolles station
regional station · then 50 min drive (40 km)
Nearest main station: Grenoble, 48 min by road.
- From Grenoble station (stop “Gare Routiere”): line T64 — CORRENCON EN VERCORS-GRENOBLE via ENGINS (REGION - cars Région Isère), 1 hr 15 to the “Place du Village” stop — 4 departures a day on weekdays, 6 a day at weekends · first 07:40, last 17:50 · 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
- Grenoble-Alpes-Isère (GNB): 1 hr 06 by road · 72 km
- Lyon-Saint-Exupéry (LYS): 1 hr 36 by road · 119 km
Take me there
These links open the app with Corrençon-en-Vercors as the destination. Your starting point is never sent by us — the app asks you for it, if you agree.
Charging an electric car
2 charging stations within 2 km
6 charging points · up to 22 kW
- CORRENÇON EN VERCORS - Parking RD 215 · EASYCHARGE · 2 points · 22 kW · 0.1 km
- CORRENÇON-EN-VERCORS - Parking des Hauts Plateaux - D215 · EASYCHARGE · 4 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: Loup · Épervier · Escalier · Mouflon · Petite Moucherolle
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 Corrençon-en-Vercors — up to 1,070 m of climb.
| Summit and route | Ski grade | Climb | Altitude | Aspect | From resort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grande Moucherolle · Couloir du gazex | 4.2 · E3 · D+ | 970 m | 1,230 → 2,150 m | W | 2.7 km |
| Rochers de la Balme · Traversée des Crêtes | 2.1 | 1,000 m | 1,240 → 2,063 m | W | 3 km |
| Rochers des Jaux (La Cote 2000) · Versant NW - depuis le Balcon de Villard | 1.3 · E1 · F | 800 m | 1,130 → 2,062 m | NW | 3.3 km |
| Pas de l'Œille · Versant W | n/a · PD- | 250 m | 1,120 → 1,960 m | NW | 3.4 km |
| Tête des Chaudières · Versant NE depuis Corrençon, par la combe du Souillet | 2.1 · E1 · PD- | 950 m | 1,170 → 2,029 m | W · NE · NW | 3.5 km |
| Col des Deux Sœurs · Versant N | 2.1 · E1 · F | 950 m | 1,232 → 2,056 m | N | 3.6 km |
| Petite Moucherolle · Face NW | 2.2 · E1 · F | 940 m | 1,220 → 2,156 m | NW | 3.7 km |
| Rochers de la Balme · Versant W | 2.2 · E1 · PD- | 913 m | 1,150 → 2,063 m | W | 3.8 km |
| Les Deux Sœurs - Dôme de l'Œille · Par la combe Charbonnière | 2.2 · E2 · PD | 950 m | 1,230 → 2,105 m | NW | 4 km |
| Petite Moucherolle · depuis le Clos de la Balme | n/a | 925 m | 1,230 → 2,156 m | NW | 4 km |
| Grande Moucherolle · Face SW directe | 4.3 · E2 · D | 1,070 m | 1,225 → 2,284 m | SW | 4.2 km |
| Grande Moucherolle · Traversée E>W | 4.2 · E4 · D+ | 1,050 m | 1,230 → 2,284 m | n/a | 4.2 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 Corrençon-en-Vercors
Ice rink
- Patinoire André Ravix · Villard-de-Lans · 4.9 km away
Swimming pool
- Centre Aquatique · Villard-de-Lans · 5 km away
Dog sledding
- Traineaux à chiens avec Musher Evasion Polaire · Saint-Martin-en-Vercors · 6.4 km away
- Musher Evasion Polaire · Rencurel · 9.8 km away
Paragliding
- Vercors Passions/ Aérolab parapente · La Chapelle-en-Vercors · 6.6 km away
- Baptême de parapente avec Vercors Passions/Aérolab · La Chapelle-en-Vercors · 6.6 km away
- Le Belvédère - Parapente · Lans-en-Vercors · 8.3 km away
- Enseignement parapente avec Aérolab /Vercors Passion · La Chapelle-en-Vercors · 8.8 km away
Museum
- Maison du Patrimoine · Villard-de-Lans · 4.7 km away
- Micro Musée International et Indépendant de l'Art Postal · Rencurel · 9.5 km away
Cinema
- Cinéma Le Rex · Villard-de-Lans · 4.7 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
- 2 hotels · 38 rooms (1 × 4★, 1 × 3★)
Commune: Corrençon-en-Vercors · 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 du tourisme
Ski school
ESF Correncon
51 instructors
🇬🇧 17 English-speaking instructors — lessons in English available
🗓️ This school sells its lessons online — book ↗
Source: esf.net
Days without skiing
- Swimming pool · Piscine de La Pomme de pin
- Swimming pool · Piscine de L'Hôtel du Golf
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 Corrençon-en-Vercors?
Corrençon-en-Vercors sits at 1,100 m at village level, and its ski area rises to 2,055 m.
How many kilometres of pistes does Corrençon-en-Vercors have?
Corrençon-en-Vercors has 63 km of pistes served by 25 lifts, within the linked Villard-Corrençon area (OpenStreetMap survey).
What is the longest piste in Corrençon-en-Vercors?
The longest piste is Violette: 3 km (green run), for 392 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 Corrençon-en-Vercors?
The highest lift, Belvédère (Gd couloir) (chairlift), tops out at 2,052 m. Source: STRMTG, French national register of mechanical lifts (CAIRN database), file dated 1 January 2025.
How many lifts does Corrençon-en-Vercors have, and what is their capacity?
The French national register of mechanical lifts records 12 installations at Corrençon-en-Vercors (3 chairlifts, 6 drag lifts, 3 magic carpets), for an authorised capacity of 11,316 people per hour, of which 2,000 for Grand Buisson alone. The fleet spans 1967 to 2017, an average age of 27 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 Corrençon-en-Vercors?
By road, Corrençon-en-Vercors is 50 min from Grenoble (38 km), excluding traffic and winter conditions. By train, the nearest station is Échirolles, 50 min by road from the resort. From Grenoble station, line T64 — CORRENCON EN VERCORS-GRENOBLE via ENGINS (REGION - cars Région Isère) reaches the “Place du Village” stop in 1 hr 15, 4 departures a day on weekdays, 6 a day at weekends. The nearest airport is Grenoble-Alpes-Isère, 1 hr 06 away.
How long is the drive from Paris to Corrençon-en-Vercors?
6 hr 29 for 602 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 Corrençon-en-Vercors?
Yes: good snow through most of the winter according to twenty winters of Météo-France measurements; in season the daily report prevails.
Is Corrençon-en-Vercors good for beginners and families?
62% of the pistes are green or blue: a rather easy area.
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