Courchevel Le Praz
Courchevel Le Praz is a ski resort in the Northern Alps (Savoie), in the commune of Courchevel. The village sits at 1,264 m and the ski area rises to 2,305 m, a skiable vertical of 955 m.
The area offers 184 km of alpine pistes, 266 marked pistes (117 green, 76 blue, 53 red, 20 black), 41 ski lifts, plus a snowpark. Green and blue runs dominate: terrain suited to beginners and families.
Courchevel Le Praz belongs to the linked Les 3 Vallées area: one lift pass covers the neighbouring resorts.
Measured on the OpenStreetMap map: the longest piste runs 7 km (Biolley) and the highest lift tops out at 2,700 m.
The resort holds the Famille Plus and Station Verte and Station classée de tourisme labels.
Access: 1 h 15 by road from Chambéry and 18 min from Moûtiers - Salins - Brides-les-Bains railway station.
6 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 / 5
Top of the ski area: 2,305 m · Bottom of the pistes: 1,350 m · Days above 30 cm per winter, measured: 115 days · Days above 30 cm, December to March, model: 95%
- Ski areaIs there enough to ski all week?4.5 / 5
Km of pistes at the resort: 184 km · Km of pistes across the linked area: 425 km · Lifts: 41 · Balance between piste levels: 89%
- ValueIs the lift pass reasonable for what you get?3 / 5
Adult day pass: €70 · Day pass price per km of pistes: €0.16/km · Adult 6-day pass: €350 · Price read at a neighbouring resort of the same area
- Families and beginnersIs it right for children and beginners?3.5 / 5
Share of green and blue pistes: 73% · Magic carpets: 8 · Sledging runs: 7 · Special prices out of 4 (beginner, child, family, free age): 0 · ESF ski school · Ice rink, pool, rail sledge…: 3 · Famille Plus label
- AccessIs it easy to get to?4 / 5
Average drive time from 20 major cities: 4 hr 40 · Nearest railway station: 18 min · Station-to-resort shuttles per day: 1 · Nearest airport: 1 hr 26
- Atmosphere and après-skiIs there life in the evening and off the slopes?3 / 5
Bars and pubs: 5 · Nightclubs: 0 · Restaurants: 28 · Upcoming events: 0 · Collective tourist beds: 1,014 — index: what the map and the listings publish
- Luxury and comfortHow upmarket is the resort?2.5 / 5
5-star hotels: 0 · 4-star hotels: 0 · Share of hotel rooms in 4 and 5 stars: 79% · Spas and saunas: 0 · Jewellers, watchmakers, fashion boutiques: 6 · Adult day pass: €70 — 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 LA PLAGNE_SAPC station (2,120 m)
Avalanche danger
7-day forecast
Village 1,264 m · top 2,305 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 April: a long, reliable season.
☀️ Average daily sunshine : Nov 6.4 h · Dec 5.6 h · Jan 6.1 h · Feb 7.2 h · Mar 8.2 h · Apr 9.9 h — 25 bright days in April (Open-Meteo estimate, 2015-2025).
- November15 cmInsufficient · 15%
- December63 cmGood skiing · 84%
- January96 cmGood skiing · 95%
- February120 cmGood skiing · 100%
- March136 cmGood skiing · 100%
- April98 cmGood skiing · 94%
- 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
27 complete winters measured, from 1991-1992 to 2025-2026 — on average 115 days a winter with at least 30 cm on the ground.
- 1-15 Dec29 cmInsufficient · 40 %
- 16-31 Dec43 cmVariable · 62 %
- 1-15 Jan59 cmGood skiing · 93 %
- 16-31 Jan74 cmGood skiing · 97 %
- 1-15 Feb87 cmGood skiing · 99 %
- 16-29 Feb95 cmGood skiing · 100 %
- 1-15 Mar93 cmGood skiing · 100 %
- 16-31 Mar76 cmGood skiing · 100 %
- 1-15 Apr53 cmGood skiing · 80 %
- Best winter of the series
- 2021-2022 — 135 days at 30 cm or more
- Worst winter of the series
- 2016-2017 — 67 days at 30 cm or more
How much snow actually falls — 344 cm a winter on average, spread over 45 days of snowfall. Measured over 28 complete winters, from 1995-1996 to 2025-2026.
- Biggest 24-hour snowfall
- 53 cm — 2011-2012
- Snowiest winter
- 2011-2012 — 517 cm
- Leanest winter
- 2010-2011 — 157 cm
The ski area
Compare with another resort →266 pistes, by level — 184 km
- Skiable vertical
- 955 m (1,350 m → 2,305 m)
- Lifts
- 1 cable car, 2 funiculars, 7 gondolas, 9 chairlifts, 16 drag lifts, 8 magic carpets
- Cross-country skiing
- 7 named trails — 69 km of marked loops (21 km of distinct track: the loops overlap), 700 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(7)
Trail Level Length Méribel Altiport - Courchevel La Tania n/a 15 km Méribel Altiport - Courchevel 1850 n/a 15 km Le Plantin - Méribel Altiport n/a 12 km Courchevel 1850 - La Tania n/a 12 km Le Fontany - Méribel Altiport n/a 8.1 km Le Bouc Blanc n/a 5.3 km L’Altiport - Méribel Altiport n/a 1.4 km - Snowpark
- Yes
- Night skiing
- 1 floodlit pistes (OSM)
- Without skis
- 4 km of snowshoe and walking trails · 7 sledging runs
- Piste aspect
- N 63% · E 27% · S 4% · W 6% (descent direction of 112 OSM pistes, terrain model)
- Mountain restaurants
- Bagatelle (2239 m) · La Soucoupe (2181 m) · Les Verdons (2076 m) · Waikiki (1900 m) · Petit Stop (1899 m) · De Laroche (1899 m) · Le Bouc Blanc (1877 m) · La Pauze (1867 m)
- Tourist office
- COURCHEVEL TOURISME · 9 rue de l'église, 73120 · 0479080029 · [email protected] (declared by the resort, ANMSM)
- Piste map (PDF)
- Panorama Courchevel 2015 2016 V8 (BAT5) (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 COURCHEVEL 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 (2026-2027) detail →
| Adult pass | Price |
|---|---|
| 1 day | €70 |
| 6 days | €350 |
Read on the official price list, full price, excluding promotions. Price list of the linked area, read on Les Menuires. Official price list ↗
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 Courchevel Le Praz
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Stay & accommodation
Live webcams
All webcams (8) →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 Courchevel Le Praz
From Paris: 7 hr 02 (662 km) by road.
By road
- From Chambéry: 1 hr 15 · 93 km
- From Annecy: 1 hr 30 · 87 km
- From Grenoble: 1 hr 31 · 123 km
- From Genève: 2 hr 12 · 133 km
- From Lyon: 2 hr 25 · 192 km
From other major cities (15)
- From Valence: 2 hr 34 · 215 km
- From Saint-Étienne: 2 hr 59 · 241 km
- From Dijon: 4 hr 17 · 393 km
- From Clermont-Ferrand: 4 hr 18 · 360 km
- From Besançon: 4 hr 32 · 306 km
- From Montpellier: 4 hr 41 · 420 km
- From Marseille: 4 hr 47 · 429 km
- From Perpignan: 6 hr 03 · 568 km
- From Nice: 6 hr 07 · 507 km
- From Nancy: 6 hr 24 · 604 km
- From Strasbourg: 6 hr 27 · 523 km
- From Toulouse: 6 hr 59 · 654 km
- From Paris: 7 hr 02 · 662 km
- From Bordeaux: 8 hr 16 · 747 km
- From Pau: 8 hr 54 · 844 km
Excluding traffic and winter conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.
By train
Moûtiers - Salins - Brides-les-Bains station
regional station · then 18 min drive (17 km)
Nearest main station: Chambéry - Challes-les-Eaux, 1 hr 13 by road.
- From Moûtiers - Salins - Brides-les-Bains station (stop “Gare Routiere”): line S65 — COURCHEVEL ↔ MOUTIERS (REGION - cars Région Savoie), 29 min to the “Grand Carrey” stop — 1 departure a day on weekdays · first 13:00, last 17:45 · 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
- Chambéry-Savoie (CMF): 1 hr 26 by road · 101 km
- Grenoble-Alpes-Isère (GNB): 2 hr 04 by road · 168 km
Take me there
These links open the app with Courchevel Le Praz as the destination. Your starting point is never sent by us — the app asks you for it, if you agree.
Charging an electric car
No freely accessible charge point is declared within 2 km of the resort (checked on 9 September 2026). Covered car parks in the resort may offer chargers reserved for their customers: those are not listed here.
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: Tétras · Bouc Blanc
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 Courchevel Le Praz — up to 2,002 m of climb.
| Summit and route | Ski grade | Climb | Altitude | Aspect | From resort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aiguille du Fruit · Couloir N | 3.3 · E1 · AD+ | 550 m | 1,850 → 2,926 m | N | 3.7 km |
| Mont Jovet · Par les Monts depuis Brides-Les-Bains | 2.3 · E1 · F+ | 2,002 m | 556 → 2,558 m | NE · SE · SW | 4.8 km |
| Dou de Moûtiers · Versant SE depuis Villemartin | 1.2 · E1 · PD- | 1,025 m | 1,276 → 2,301 m | SE | 4.8 km |
| Mont de la Guerre · Versant SW | 2.1 · E1 · F | 1,000 m | 1,300 → 2,293 m | SW | 4.8 km |
| Croix des Verdons / Dent de Burgin · Couloir Ouest | 4.1 · E1 · PD | 1,240 m | 1,440 → 2,650 m | W | 4.9 km |
| Mont Jovet · Versant S | 2.3 · E1 · PD | 1,070 m | 1,520 → 2,558 m | S · SW · SE | 5 km |
| La Saulire · Par les pistes de Courchevel | 2.1 · E1 · PD | 900 m | 1,850 → 2,740 m | N | 5.5 km |
| Mont de la Guerre · Versant SE | 2.1 · E1 · F | 1,036 m | 1,250 → 2,286 m | SE | 6.2 km |
| Rocher de Plassa · Tour de la Grande Val par le Rocher de la Plassa | 2.2 · E3 · PD | 1,510 m | 1,760 → 2,867 m | n/a | 6.3 km |
| Rocher de Plassa · Versant S | n/a · F | 1,135 m | 1,700 → 2,835 m | S | 6.3 km |
| Roc Merlet · Par le Mont Bel-Air | n/a · AD- | 1,012 m | 1,722 → 2,734 m | SE | 6.5 km |
| Col de la Grande Pierre · Combe N | 2.3 · E1 · PD+ | 1,000 m | 1,450 → 2,450 m | N | 7 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 Courchevel Le Praz
Toboggan runs
- Piste de luge (Courchevel 1850 - Courchevel Village) · Courchevel · 2.1 km away
- Piste de luge Moriond Racing · Courchevel · 3 km away
Swimming pool
- Piscine en plein-air de la Tania · Courchevel · 2 km away
- Aquamotion · Courchevel · 2.7 km away
- Piscine publique · Brides-les-Bains · 4.7 km away
- Parc Olympique · Les Allues · 6 km away
Spa and thermal baths
- Aquamotion - SPA · Courchevel · 2.7 km away
- Le Grand Spa Thermal · Brides-les-Bains · 4.7 km away
- Les Thermes de Brides-Les-Bains · Brides-les-Bains · 4.7 km away
Paragliding
- Team FBI Parapente Tandem · Courchevel · 0.2 km away
- DEJOUY Jean-Jacques - Parapente · Courchevel · 1.2 km away
- TandemTOP Paragliding · Courchevel · 2.2 km away
- Smiles Parapente · Bozel · 2.9 km away
Museum
- Tour Sarrazine, musée · Bozel · 2.5 km away
- Musée des Allues · Les Allues · 5 km away
- Musée d'Histoire et d'Archéologie · Moûtiers · 8.8 km away
- Galerie d'exposition / Patio au Centre Culturel Marius Hudry · Moûtiers · 8.9 km away
Cinema
- Cinéma Le Doron · Brides-les-Bains · 4.7 km away
- Cinéma Méribel-Mottaret · Les Allues · 7.2 km away
- Cinéma "Le Rex" · Moûtiers · 9.2 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
1,014 bed spaces in tourist residences, holiday villages and hostels
- 47 hotels · 2,076 rooms (23 × 5★, 12 × 4★, 7 × 3★, 1 × 2★)
- 2 holiday villages and family centres · 386 bed spaces
- 5 tourist residences and apartment hotels · 628 bed spaces
Commune: Courchevel · INSEE tourist accommodation survey, 2026, read on 12 September 2026. Collective accommodation only — privately let flats and second homes are not counted. INSEE dataset ↗
Ski school
ESF La Tania
36 instructors
🇬🇧 33 English-speaking instructors — lessons in English available
🗓️ This school sells its lessons online — book ↗
Source: esf.net
Days without skiing
- Cinema · Cinéma
- Ice rink · Patinoire de Courchevel
- Cinema · Megarama Le Tremplin
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 Courchevel Le Praz?
Courchevel Le Praz sits at 1,264 m at village level, and its ski area rises to 2,305 m.
How many kilometres of pistes does Courchevel Le Praz have?
Courchevel Le Praz has 184 km of pistes served by 41 lifts, within the linked Les 3 Vallées area (OpenStreetMap survey).
What is the longest piste in Courchevel Le Praz?
The longest piste is Biolley: 7 km (blue run), for 334 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 Courchevel Le Praz?
The highest lift, Saulire Express 2, tops out at 2,700 m (IGN RGE ALTI terrain model). The 85 lifts mapped on OpenStreetMap total 95 km.
How much is a lift pass in Courchevel Le Praz?
The adult day pass costs €70 and the 6-day pass €350 (2026-2027, read on the official price list, shared with Les Menuires).
How do I get to Courchevel Le Praz?
By road, Courchevel Le Praz is 1 hr 15 from Chambéry (93 km), excluding traffic and winter conditions. By train, the nearest station is Moûtiers - Salins - Brides-les-Bains, 18 min by road from the resort. From Moûtiers - Salins - Brides-les-Bains station, line S65 — COURCHEVEL ↔ MOUTIERS (REGION - cars Région Savoie) reaches the “Grand Carrey” stop in 29 min, 1 departure a day on weekdays. The nearest airport is Chambéry-Savoie, 1 hr 26 away.
How long is the drive from Paris to Courchevel Le Praz?
7 hr 02 for 662 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 Courchevel Le Praz?
Yes: good snow through most of the winter according to twenty winters of Météo-France measurements; in season the daily report prevails.
Is Courchevel Le Praz good for beginners and families?
73% of the pistes are green or blue: a rather easy area. The resort holds the Famille Plus family label.
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