Sainte-Foy-Tarentaise
Sainte-Foy-Tarentaise is a ski resort in the Northern Alps (Savoie). The village sits at 1,633 m and the ski area rises to 2,593 m, a skiable vertical of 1,392 m.
The area offers 97 km of alpine pistes, 55 marked pistes (2 green, 24 blue, 23 red, 6 black), 9 ski lifts.
Measured on the OpenStreetMap map: the longest piste runs 6 km (Plan Bois) and the highest lift tops out at 2,621 m.
Access: 1 h 53 by road from Chambéry and 27 min from Bourg-Saint-Maurice railway station.
5 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: 2,593 m · Bottom of the pistes: 1,201 m · Days above 30 cm per winter, measured: 127 days · Days above 30 cm, December to March, model: 94%
- Ski areaIs there enough to ski all week?3.5 / 5
Km of pistes at the resort: 97 km · Km of pistes across the linked area: 97 km · Lifts: 9 · Balance between piste levels: 79%
- ValueIs the lift pass reasonable for what you get?3 / 5
Adult day pass: €46 · Day pass price per km of pistes: €0.47/km · Adult 6-day pass: €276
- Families and beginnersIs it right for children and beginners?2 / 5
Share of green and blue pistes: 47% · Magic carpets: 2 · Sledging runs: 1 · Special prices out of 4 (beginner, child, family, free age): 2 · ESF ski school · Ice rink, pool, rail sledge…: 0
- AccessIs it easy to get to?2 / 5
Average drive time from 20 major cities: 5 hr 14 · Nearest railway station: 27 min · Station-to-resort shuttles per day: 0 · Nearest airport: 2 hr 04
- Atmosphere and après-skiIs there life in the evening and off the slopes?2.5 / 5
Bars and pubs: 0 · Nightclubs: 0 · Restaurants: 14 · Upcoming events: 5 · Collective tourist beds: 1,249 — index: what the map and the listings publish
- Luxury and comfortHow upmarket is the resort?2 / 5
5-star hotels: 0 · 4-star hotels: 1 · Share of hotel rooms in 4 and 5 stars: 0% · Spas and saunas: 0 · Jewellers, watchmakers, fashion boutiques: 0 · Adult day pass: €46 — 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 CHEVRIL-NIVOSE station (2,559 m)
Avalanche danger
7-day forecast
Village 1,633 m · top 2,593 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 6.2 h · Feb 7.3 h · Mar 8.4 h · Apr 10.2 h — 26 bright days in April (Open-Meteo estimate, 2015-2025).
- November—no record
- December71 cmGood skiing · 82%
- January99 cmGood skiing · 92%
- February140 cmGood skiing · 100%
- March162 cmGood skiing · 100%
- April114 cmGood skiing · 96%
- 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
15 complete winters measured, from 1991-1992 to 2025-2026 — on average 127 days a winter with at least 30 cm on the ground.
- 1-15 Dec57 cmVariable · 70 %
- 16-31 Dec84 cmGood skiing · 80 %
- 1-15 Jan110 cmGood skiing · 93 %
- 16-31 Jan136 cmGood skiing · 100 %
- 1-15 Feb151 cmGood skiing · 100 %
- 16-29 Feb169 cmGood skiing · 100 %
- 1-15 Mar178 cmGood skiing · 100 %
- 16-31 Mar180 cmGood skiing · 100 %
- 1-15 Apr173 cmGood skiing · 100 %
- Best winter of the series
- 1991-1992 — 136 days at 30 cm or more
- Worst winter of the series
- 2014-2015 — 100 days at 30 cm or more
How much snow actually falls — 521 cm a winter on average, spread over 59 days of snowfall. Measured over 13 complete winters, from 1994-1995 to 2025-2026.
- Biggest 24-hour snowfall
- 80 cm — 1994-1995
- Snowiest winter
- 1994-1995 — 845 cm
- Leanest winter
- 1996-1997 — 259 cm
The ski area
Compare with another resort →55 pistes, by level — 97 km
- Skiable vertical
- 1,392 m (1,201 m → 2,593 m)
- Lifts
- 1 gondola, 4 chairlifts, 1 drag lift, 2 magic carpets
- Cross-country skiing
- 3 named trails — 10 km of marked loops (6.5 km of distinct track: the loops overlap), 13 km 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(3)
Trail Level Length Anello 6,5km difficult 5.7 km Anello intermediate 3.3 km Anello 8km expert 1.3 km - Without skis
- 1 sledging run
- Piste aspect
- N 30% · E 24% · S 7% · W 39% (descent direction of 59 OSM pistes, terrain model)
- Mountain restaurants
- Les Marquises (1912 m)
- Tourist office
- Sainte Foy Tourisme · Station, 73640 · 0479069519 · [email protected] (declared by the resort, ANMSM)
- Piste map (PDF)
- PLAN DES PISTES HIVER 2025/2026 - Sainte-Foy-Tarentaise (declared by the resort, ANMSM)
- Shuttle timetable (PDF)
- 211126 S82 S83 Tignes Val Isere (declared by the resort, ANMSM)
Resort data: declared by Sainte Foy 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 | €46 |
| 6 days | €276 |
| Season | €714 |
| Child, 1 day | €42 |
| Free | Free under 8 · free from 75 years |
Read on the official price list, full price, excluding promotions. 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.
Source: national register of mechanical lifts (STRMTG, CAIRN), fleet as of 1 January 2025 — lifts attributed to Sainte-Foy-Tarentaise only (“SAINTE FOY TARENTAISE”), magic carpets included.
Staying and hiring gear in Sainte-Foy-Tarentaise
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Stay & accommodation
Live webcams
All webcams (5) →Sainte-Foy-Tarentaise 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 Sainte-Foy-Tarentaise
From Paris: 7 hr 40 (692 km) by road.
By road
- From Chambéry: 1 hr 53 · 124 km
- From Annecy: 2 hr 08 · 117 km
- From Grenoble: 2 hr 09 · 153 km
- From Genève: 2 hr 50 · 164 km · avoids Col du Petit-Saint-Bernard, closed in winter
- From Lyon: 3 hr 03 · 222 km
From other major cities (15)
- From Valence: 3 hr 12 · 246 km
- From Saint-Étienne: 3 hr 36 · 271 km
- From Dijon: 4 hr 55 · 423 km
- From Clermont-Ferrand: 4 hr 56 · 391 km
- From Besançon: 5 hr 09 · 336 km
- From Montpellier: 5 hr 19 · 450 km
- From Marseille: 5 hr 24 · 459 km
- From Nice: 5 hr 53 · 435 km
- From Strasbourg: 6 hr 39 · 486 km
- From Perpignan: 6 hr 41 · 598 km
- From Nancy: 7 hr 02 · 634 km
- From Toulouse: 7 hr 37 · 684 km
- From Paris: 7 hr 40 · 692 km
- From Bordeaux: 8 hr 54 · 777 km
- From Pau: 9 hr 31 · 874 km
Excluding traffic and winter conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.
By train
Bourg-Saint-Maurice station
regional station · then 27 min drive (19 km)
Nearest main station: Chambéry - Challes-les-Eaux, 1 hr 51 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
- Chambéry-Savoie (CMF): 2 hr 04 by road · 131 km
- Grenoble-Alpes-Isère (GNB): 2 hr 42 by road · 199 km
Take me there
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Charging an electric car
1 charging station within 2 km
6 charging points · up to 72 kW
- REGIE ELECTRIQUE DE SAINTE-FOY-TARENTAISE · RAIDEN · 6 points · 72 kW · 1.7 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: Natur’ Morion · Natur’ Crystal Dark · Natur’ Shaper's Paradise · Natur' Découverte Grand Bois
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 Sainte-Foy-Tarentaise — up to 2,040 m of climb.
| Summit and route | Ski grade | Climb | Altitude | Aspect | From resort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Col de l'Aiguille · boucle S-N | 2.1 · E1 · PD- | 1,160 m | 1,550 → 2,550 m | S · N · NW · W · SW · SE | 2.2 km |
| Pointe de la Foglietta · Versant NE en boucle | 3.2 · E1 · AD | 378 m | 1,599 → 2,930 m | NE | 2.2 km |
| Pointe de la Foglietta · Versant S | 2.3 · E2 · F | 1,450 m | 1,480 → 2,930 m | S | 3 km |
| Dôme de la Sache · Voie normale par le refuge de Turia | 2.3 · E2 · PD | 1,200 m | 1,610 → 3,588 m | N · NE · SE | 3.7 km |
| Mont Turia · Traversée Face N → Glacier du Grand Col | 4.1 · E2 · D- | 2,040 m | 1,610 → 3,550 m | N | 4.1 km |
| Col des Roches · Par le Glacier du Grand Col | n/a · PD+ | 1,330 m | 1,581 → 3,443 m | NW | 4.1 km |
| Mont Turia · Arête NW par le Glacier du Grand Col (voie normale) | 4.1 · E2 · AD | 2,000 m | 1,550 → 3,550 m | NW | 4.2 km |
| Pointe d'Archeboc · Versant S | n/a · AD- | 1,572 m | 1,700 → 3,272 m | S | 4.2 km |
| Mont Turia · Face N | 5.1 · E2 · TD- | 1,140 m | 2,410 → 3,550 m | N | 4.2 km |
| Mont Pourri · Versant W par le Glacier du Grand Col et le Col des Roches | 3.3 · E2 · AD+ | 1,500 m | 2,480 → 3,779 m | W | 4.3 km |
| Pointe du Nant Cruet · En traversée par la Pointe des Mines → Pointe des Plates des Chamois | 3.3 · E2 · AD | 1,385 m | 2,220 → 3,605 m | SW | 4.3 km |
| Bec Rouge · Versant SW | 2.2 · E1 · PD | 1,120 m | 1,394 → 2,515 m | SW | 4.5 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 Sainte-Foy-Tarentaise
Swimming pool
- LA PISCINE · Bourg-Saint-Maurice · 9.2 km away
Spa and thermal baths
- La Piscine - Bien-être à Arc 1800 · Bourg-Saint-Maurice · 9.3 km away
Paragliding
- Aire d'envol parapente "Sommet TK Poletta" (été) · Montvalezan · 7.4 km away
- Aire d'envol parapente "Sommet TS Ecudets" (été) · Montvalezan · 7.9 km away
- Aire d'envol parapente "Sommet de la zone des Zittieux" (hiver) · Montvalezan · 8 km away
- Parapente Addict · Peisey-Nancroix · 8.9 km away
Museum
- Muséum des Animaux de Montagne · Landry · 9.1 km away
- Espace Saint-Eloi · Séez · 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
1,249 bed spaces in tourist residences, holiday villages and hostels
- 1 hotel · 19 rooms (1 × 3★)
- 3 tourist residences and apartment hotels · 1,249 bed spaces
Commune: Sainte-Foy-Tarentaise · 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
🌐 saintefoy-tarentaise.com/commerce-et-service/bureau-information-touristique
Ski school
ESF Ste Foy Tarentaise
41 instructors
🇬🇧 38 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.
What's on around Sainte-Foy-Tarentaise
All events →-
18 September 2026 · 18:30
voyage à vélo
Maison d'Emilien - Médiathèque de Séez · Séez
A vélo Bruxelles - Amsterdam
Source: OpenAgenda, agenda “Les Evènements en Haute Tarentaise” · View on OpenAgenda ↗
Also near: Bourg Saint Maurice (2.2 km), Arc 1600 (3.1 km), La Rosière (3.9 km), Arc 1800 (5.8 km)
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24 September 2026 · 10:15
Animation 0 - 3 ans
Maison d'Emilien - Médiathèque de Séez · Séez
animation jeunesse lecture d'albums
Source: OpenAgenda, agenda “Les Evènements en Haute Tarentaise” · View on OpenAgenda ↗
Also near: Bourg Saint Maurice (2.2 km), Arc 1600 (3.1 km), La Rosière (3.9 km), Arc 1800 (5.8 km)
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25 September 2026 · 18:30
Rencontre autrice / Expo / Vernissage
Maison d'Emilien - Médiathèque de Séez · Séez
Rencontre autrice / Dédicaces / Expo / Vernissage
Source: OpenAgenda, agenda “Les Evènements en Haute Tarentaise” · View on OpenAgenda ↗
Also near: Bourg Saint Maurice (2.2 km), Arc 1600 (3.1 km), La Rosière (3.9 km), Arc 1800 (5.8 km)
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26 September 2026 · 10:00
Partagez vos lectures
Maison d'Emilien - Médiathèque de Séez · Séez
On parle de lilvres
Source: OpenAgenda, agenda “Les Evènements en Haute Tarentaise” · View on OpenAgenda ↗
Also near: Bourg Saint Maurice (2.2 km), Arc 1600 (3.1 km), La Rosière (3.9 km), Arc 1800 (5.8 km)
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26 September 2026 · 16:00
Atelier créatif
Maison d'Emilien - Médiathèque de Séez · Séez
Moulage d'objets au béton
Source: OpenAgenda, agenda “Les Evènements en Haute Tarentaise” · View on OpenAgenda ↗
Also near: Bourg Saint Maurice (2.2 km), Arc 1600 (3.1 km), La Rosière (3.9 km), Arc 1800 (5.8 km)
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
Frequently asked questions
How high is Sainte-Foy-Tarentaise?
Sainte-Foy-Tarentaise sits at 1,633 m at village level, and its ski area rises to 2,593 m.
How many kilometres of pistes does Sainte-Foy-Tarentaise have?
Sainte-Foy-Tarentaise has 97 km of pistes served by 9 lifts (OpenStreetMap survey).
What is the longest piste in Sainte-Foy-Tarentaise?
The longest piste is Plan Bois: 6 km (blue run), for 226 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 Sainte-Foy-Tarentaise?
The highest lift, Aiguille (chairlift), tops out at 2,612 m. Source: STRMTG, French national register of mechanical lifts (CAIRN database), file dated 1 January 2025.
How many lifts does Sainte-Foy-Tarentaise have, and what is their capacity?
The French national register of mechanical lifts records 6 installations at Sainte-Foy-Tarentaise (4 chairlifts, 2 magic carpets), for an authorised capacity of 7,202 people per hour, of which 2,400 for Arpettaz alone. The fleet spans 1990 to 2020, an average age of 19 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 much is a lift pass in Sainte-Foy-Tarentaise?
The adult day pass costs €46 and the 6-day pass €276 (2026-2027, read on the official price list).
How do I get to Sainte-Foy-Tarentaise?
By road, Sainte-Foy-Tarentaise is 1 hr 53 from Chambéry (124 km), excluding traffic and winter conditions. By train, the nearest station is Bourg-Saint-Maurice, 27 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 Chambéry-Savoie, 2 hr 04 away.
How long is the drive from Paris to Sainte-Foy-Tarentaise?
7 hr 40 for 692 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 Sainte-Foy-Tarentaise?
Yes: good snow through most of the winter according to twenty winters of Météo-France measurements; in season the daily report prevails.
Is Sainte-Foy-Tarentaise good for beginners and families?
47% of the pistes are green or blue: a rather technical area.
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