Thollon-les-Mémises
ClosedThollon-les-Mémises is a ski resort in the Northern Alps (Haute-Savoie). The village sits at 1,622 m and the ski area rises to 1,873 m, a skiable vertical of 796 m.
The area offers 22 km of alpine pistes, 63 marked pistes (31 green, 15 blue, 15 red, 2 black), 16 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 (Les Vieilles Cases) and the highest lift tops out at 1,873 m.
The resort holds the Station Verte label.
Access: 2 h 06 by road from Genève and 1 h 17 from Évian-les-Bains railway station.
8 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: 1,873 m · Bottom of the pistes: 1,077 m · Days above 30 cm, December to March, model: 96%
- Ski areaIs there enough to ski all week?2.5 / 5
Km of pistes at the resort: 22 km · Km of pistes across the linked area: 22 km · Lifts: 16 · Balance between piste levels: 82%
- 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: 73% · Magic carpets: 1 · Sledging runs: 0 · ESF ski school · Ice rink, pool, rail sledge…: 1
- AccessIs it easy to get to?1.5 / 5
Average drive time from 20 major cities: 5 hr 51 · Nearest railway station: 1 hr 17 · Station-to-resort shuttles per day: 0 · Nearest airport: 2 hr 31
- Atmosphere and après-skiIs there life in the evening and off the slopes?1.5 / 5
Bars and pubs: 0 · Nightclubs: 0 · Restaurants: 5 · Upcoming events: 0 · Collective tourist beds: 225 — 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 · Share of hotel rooms in 4 and 5 stars: 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 1,622 m · top 1,873 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 h · Mar 8.4 h · Apr 10.1 h — 26 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
Measured snow history: not available for this resort. No Météo-France station close enough (the 7 nearby stations are outside the resort’s altitude range). We would rather show nothing than borrow a distant valley’s reading.
The ski area
Compare with another resort →63 pistes, by level — 22 km
- Skiable vertical
- 796 m (1,077 m → 1,873 m)
- Lifts
- 1 gondola, 3 chairlifts, 11 drag lifts, 1 magic carpet
- Cross-country skiing
- 1 named trail — 18 km of marked loops (7.8 km of distinct track: the loops overlap), right by 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(1)
Trail Level Length Combes des Mémises n/a 18 km - Snowpark
- 1 mapped zone — Snow Park (intermediate)
OpenStreetMap, surveyed on 12 September 2026. OpenStreetMap does not map individual features (kickers, rails): what is counted here are the named zones. - Without skis
- 5 km of snowshoe and walking trails
- Piste aspect
- N 44% · E 26% · S 1% · W 29% (descent direction of 37 OSM pistes, terrain model)
- Tourist office
- OFFICE DE TOURISME · STATION THOLLON LES MEMISES, 74500 · 0450709001 · [email protected] (declared by the resort, ANMSM)
- Piste map (PDF)
- plan thollon (declared by the resort, ANMSM)
- Resort app
- Android (declared by the resort, ANMSM)
Resort data: declared by OFFICE DE 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 Thollon-les-Mémises only (“THOLLON LES MEMISES”), magic carpets included.
Staying and hiring gear in Thollon-les-Mémises
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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 Thollon-les-Mémises
From Paris: 7 hr 42 (604 km) by road.
By road
- From Genève: 2 hr 06 · 61 km
- From Annecy: 2 hr 35 · 109 km
- From Chambéry: 3 hr 02 · 151 km
- From Grenoble: 3 hr 36 · 206 km
- From Lyon: 3 hr 50 · 213 km
From other major cities (15)
- From Besançon: 3 hr 55 · 197 km
- From Saint-Étienne: 4 hr 34 · 287 km
- From Valence: 4 hr 34 · 309 km
- From Dijon: 4 hr 47 · 273 km
- From Strasbourg: 5 hr 21 · 371 km
- From Clermont-Ferrand: 5 hr 33 · 383 km
- From Nancy: 6 hr 30 · 444 km
- From Montpellier: 6 hr 41 · 513 km
- From Marseille: 6 hr 46 · 522 km
- From Paris: 7 hr 42 · 604 km
- From Nice: 7 hr 57 · 552 km
- From Perpignan: 8 hr 03 · 661 km
- From Toulouse: 8 hr 59 · 747 km
- From Bordeaux: 9 hr 31 · 770 km
- From Pau: 10 hr 53 · 937 km
Excluding traffic and winter conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.
By train
Évian-les-Bains station
regional station · then 1 hr 17 drive (20 km)
Nearest main station: Annecy, 2 hr 33 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
- Genève (GVA): 2 hr 31 by road · 69 km
- Chambéry-Savoie (CMF): 3 hr 06 by road · 150 km
Take me there
These links open the app with Thollon-les-Mémises 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: 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 Thollon-les-Mémises — up to 1,300 m of climb.
| Summit and route | Ski grade | Climb | Altitude | Aspect | From resort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pic Boré · Traversée Arête E > Face SE - depuis Novel | n/a · AD | 770 m | 1,205 → 1,974 m | SE | 1 km |
| Pic Boré · Versant W - depuis Bernex | n/a · AD- | 875 m | 1,061 → 1,974 m | NW | 1.5 km |
| Pic des Mémises · Couloir NNW | 4.2 · E2 · D | 665 m | 1,010 → 1,675 m | NW | 1.5 km |
| Pic Boré · Traversée de Novel à Bernex et retour par le col de la Neuva | n/a · AD- | 1,300 m | 1,200 → 1,974 m | W | 2 km |
| Pointe de Pétalouse · Combe SE | 2.3 · E1 | 683 m | 1,205 → 1,888 m | SE | 2.2 km |
| Roc de Rianda · Le huit des faces N | 3.1 · E1 · PD+ | 1,045 m | 1,205 → 1,951 m | NE | 2.3 km |
| Pic Boré · Par le Col de Neuva - depuis Novel | 2.3 · PD- | 770 m | 1,200 → 1,974 m | E | 2.3 km |
| Roc de Rianda · En traversée depuis Novel | n/a · PD | 750 m | 1,205 → 1,951 m | SE | 2.3 km |
| Roc de Rianda · Depuis Novel | n/a · PD | 750 m | 1,205 → 1,951 m | NE | 2.3 km |
| Dent d'Oche · Petit Tour | n/a · AD+ | 1,200 m | 1,100 → 2,222 m | N | 2.5 km |
| Pointe de Pétalouse · Face ENE | 4.1 · E3 · D- | 1,130 m | 1,220 → 1,888 m | NE | 2.6 km |
| Dent d'Oche · Face NE | 5.2 · E4 · TD | 1,100 m | 1,210 → 2,222 m | NE | 2.6 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 Thollon-les-Mémises
Toboggan runs
- BobKart · Bernex · 4.4 km away
Paragliding
- Ecole de Parapente : Air Léman · Thollon-les-Mémises · 2.1 km away
- Thollon Parapente · Thollon-les-Mémises · 2.9 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
225 bed spaces in tourist residences, holiday villages and hostels
- 2 hotels · 41 rooms (1 × 3★, 1 × 2★)
- 2 holiday villages and family centres · 225 bed spaces
Commune: Thollon-les-Mémises · 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 Thollon Les Memises
30 instructors
🇬🇧 19 English-speaking instructors — lessons in English available
Source: esf.net
Days without skiing
- Cinema · Le Roc
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 Thollon-les-Mémises?
Thollon-les-Mémises sits at 1,622 m at village level, and its ski area rises to 1,873 m.
How many kilometres of pistes does Thollon-les-Mémises have?
Thollon-les-Mémises has 22 km of pistes served by 16 lifts (OpenStreetMap survey).
What is the longest piste in Thollon-les-Mémises?
The longest piste is Les Vieilles Cases: 2 km (red run), for 492 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 Thollon-les-Mémises?
The highest lift, TSF du Parchet (chairlift), tops out at 1,878 m. Source: STRMTG, French national register of mechanical lifts (CAIRN database), file dated 1 January 2025.
How many lifts does Thollon-les-Mémises have, and what is their capacity?
The French national register of mechanical lifts records 15 installations at Thollon-les-Mémises (1 gondola, 3 chairlifts, 11 drag lifts), for an authorised capacity of 13,495 people per hour, of which 1,750 for TSF du Parchet alone. The fleet spans 1954 to 2013, an average age of 40 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 Thollon-les-Mémises?
By road, Thollon-les-Mémises is 2 hr 06 from Genève (61 km), excluding traffic and winter conditions. By train, the nearest station is Évian-les-Bains, 1 hr 17 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 Genève, 2 hr 31 away.
How long is the drive from Paris to Thollon-les-Mémises?
7 hr 42 for 604 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 Thollon-les-Mémises?
Yes: good snow through most of the winter according to twenty winters of Météo-France measurements; in season the daily report prevails.
Is Thollon-les-Mémises good for beginners and families?
73% of the pistes are green or blue: a rather easy area.
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