Valloire
Valloire is a ski resort in the Northern Alps (Savoie). The village sits at 1,402 m and the ski area rises to 2,444 m.
The area offers 113 km of alpine pistes, 111 marked pistes (20 green, 39 blue, 40 red, 12 black), 22 ski lifts, plus a snowpark.
Valloire belongs to the linked Galibier-Thabor area: one lift pass covers the neighbouring resorts.
Measured on the OpenStreetMap map: the longest piste runs 7 km (Selles) and the highest lift tops out at 2,738 m.
The resort holds the Famille Plus and Flocon Vert and Station classée de tourisme labels.
Access: 1 h 17 by road from Chambéry and 19 min from Saint-Michel - Valloire 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: 2,444 m · Bottom of the pistes: 2,444 m · Days above 30 cm per winter, measured: 88 days · Days above 30 cm, December to March, model: 82%
- Ski areaIs there enough to ski all week?4 / 5
Km of pistes at the resort: 113 km · Km of pistes across the linked area: 167 km · Lifts: 22 · Balance between piste levels: 93%
- 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: 53% · Magic carpets: 0 · Sledging runs: 0 · ESF ski school · Ice rink, pool, rail sledge…: 3 · Famille Plus label
- AccessIs it easy to get to?3.5 / 5
Average drive time from 20 major cities: 4 hr 39 · Nearest railway station: 19 min · Station-to-resort shuttles per day: 1 · Nearest airport: 1 hr 28
- Atmosphere and après-skiIs there life in the evening and off the slopes?3.5 / 5
Bars and pubs: 8 · Nightclubs: 0 · Restaurants: 41 · Upcoming events: 0 · Collective tourist beds: 3,019 — 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: 0% · Spas and saunas: 2 · 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).
The domain is due to open on 12 December 2026. Open pistes and lifts will appear here as soon as the resort publishes its daily report.
Right now at the LES ROCHILLES-NIVOSE station (2,444 m)
Avalanche danger
7-day forecast
Village 1,402 m · top 2,444 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 February.
☀️ Average daily sunshine : Nov 6.5 h · Dec 5.8 h · Jan 6.2 h · Feb 7.6 h · Mar 8.8 h · Apr 10.2 h — 26 bright days in April (Open-Meteo estimate, 2015-2025).
- November—no record
- December42 cmVariable · 68%
- January63 cmGood skiing · 84%
- February75 cmGood skiing · 97%
- March68 cmVariable · 79%
- April32 cmInsufficient · 26%
- 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
32 complete winters measured, from 1992-1993 to 2025-2026 — on average 88 days a winter with at least 30 cm on the ground.
- 1-15 Dec25 cmInsufficient · 34 %
- 16-31 Dec35 cmVariable · 53 %
- 1-15 Jan49 cmVariable · 70 %
- 16-31 Jan62 cmGood skiing · 85 %
- 1-15 Feb73 cmGood skiing · 89 %
- 16-29 Feb76 cmGood skiing · 88 %
- 1-15 Mar71 cmVariable · 77 %
- 16-31 Mar46 cmVariable · 57 %
- 1-15 Apr24 cmInsufficient · 32 %
- Best winter of the series
- 2012-2013 — 136 days at 30 cm or more
- Worst winter of the series
- 1992-1993 — 3 days at 30 cm or more
How much snow actually falls — 371 cm a winter on average, spread over 35 days of snowfall. Measured over 27 complete winters, from 1992-1993 to 2019-2020.
- Biggest 24-hour snowfall
- 70 cm — 2011-2012
- Snowiest winter
- 2017-2018 — 621 cm
- Leanest winter
- 1992-1993 — 138 cm
The ski area
Compare with another resort →111 pistes, by level — 113 km
- Lifts
- 2 gondolas, 10 chairlifts, 7 drag lifts
- Cross-country skiing
- 4 named trails — 16 km of marked loops (5.5 km of distinct track: the loops overlap), 2.3 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(4)
- Snowpark
- Yes
- Without skis
- 17 km of snowshoe and walking trails
- Piste aspect
- N 44% · E 7% · S 8% · W 42% (descent direction of 93 OSM pistes, terrain model)
- Mountain restaurants
- Le Barbotin (2188 m) · L'Alpage de Geneuil (1728 m) · Le Relais du Galibier (1559 m) · La Boulange (1558 m) · La Table du Galibier (1557 m) · Restaurant du Crêt Rond (1553 m)
- Season 2026-2027
- opens on 12 December 2026
- Tourist office
- Office de Tourisme de Valloire · 210 Rue des Grandes Alpes, 73450 · 04 79 59 03 96 · [email protected] (declared by the resort, ANMSM)
- Piste map (PDF)
- plan des pistes 2425 (declared by the resort, ANMSM)
- Shuttle timetable (PDF)
- Arrêtsbus (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 de Tourisme de Valloire and distributed by ANMSM · read on 18 September
Opening hours lift by lift (6)
| Lift | Type | Opens | Closes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grandes Drozes | télésiège | 09:00 | 16:30 | OpenStreetMap |
| TSD4 Inversins | télésiège | 09:00 | 16:30 | OpenStreetMap |
| TSF4 Roi | télésiège | 09:00 | 16:30 | OpenStreetMap |
| TSD6 Jeux | télésiège | 09:15 | 16:30 | OpenStreetMap |
| TSF4 Pré Aynard | télésiège | 09:00 | 16:45 | OpenStreetMap |
| Girodière | télésiège | 09:15 | 16:30 | OpenStreetMap |
Hours as published by the source quoted, read on 15 September 2026. A lift missing from this table has no published time — no default is shown.
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 Valloire only (“VALLOIRE”), magic carpets included.
Staying and hiring gear in Valloire
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Stay & accommodation
Live webcams
All webcams (8) →Official players of the resort, live image. Checked on 18 September 2026.
Webcams provided by windy.com — add a webcam.
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 Valloire
From Paris: 7 hr 04 (673 km) by road.
By road
- From Chambéry: 1 hr 17 · 104 km
- From Grenoble: 1 hr 33 · 133 km
- From Annecy: 1 hr 46 · 151 km
- From Genève: 2 hr 16 · 189 km
- From Lyon: 2 hr 27 · 202 km
From other major cities (15)
- From Valence: 2 hr 37 · 226 km
- From Saint-Étienne: 3 hr 01 · 251 km
- From Dijon: 4 hr 19 · 403 km
- From Clermont-Ferrand: 4 hr 20 · 371 km
- From Marseille: 4 hr 28 · 313 km
- From Besançon: 4 hr 35 · 361 km
- From Montpellier: 4 hr 44 · 430 km
- From Nice: 5 hr 06 · 410 km · avoids Col du Galibier, closed in winter
- From Perpignan: 6 hr 05 · 578 km
- From Nancy: 6 hr 26 · 614 km
- From Strasbourg: 6 hr 31 · 578 km
- From Toulouse: 7 hr 01 · 664 km
- From Paris: 7 hr 04 · 673 km
- From Bordeaux: 8 hr 18 · 758 km
- From Pau: 8 hr 56 · 854 km
Excluding traffic and winter conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.
By train
Saint-Michel - Valloire station
regional station · then 19 min drive (17 km)
Nearest main station: Chambéry - Challes-les-Eaux, 1 hr 15 by road.
- From Saint-Michel - Valloire station (stop “College P.Mougin”): line S40 — ST-MICHEL DE MAURIENNE ↔ VALLOIRE (REGION - cars Région Savoie), 55 min to the “Les Granges” stop — 1 departure a day on weekdays · first 12:10, last 18:15 · 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 28 by road · 111 km
- Grenoble-Alpes-Isère (GNB): 2 hr 06 by road · 179 km
Take me there
These links open the app with Valloire 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
4 charging points · up to 24 kW
- NNML -VALLOIRE - Rue des grandes Alpes · EASYCHARGE · 2 points · 22 kW · 0 km
- Valloire-rue du Praz · EASYCHARGE · 2 points · 24 kW · 0.3 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: Cotérieux · Chamois
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 Valloire — up to 1,369 m of climb.
| Summit and route | Ski grade | Climb | Altitude | Aspect | From resort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crey du Meigno · Versant SE | n/a · PD | 1,100 m | 1,450 → 2,546 m | SE | 2 km |
| Grande Chible · Versant SE - depuis Valloire | 3.3 · E2 · AD | 1,300 m | 1,644 → 2,932 m | SE | 2.1 km |
| Crey Rond · Versant SE | n/a · PD- | 1,170 m | 1,500 → 2,667 m | SE | 2.6 km |
| Crey Rond · par les Balais | n/a · PD | 1,110 m | 1,550 → 2,667 m | SE | 2.6 km |
| Le Gros Grenier · Versant SE | n/a · PD- | 1,369 m | 1,542 → 2,911 m | E | 3.1 km |
| Pointe des Adrets · Par le versant E | 2.2 · E2 · PD | 870 m | 1,620 → 2,486 m | E | 3.2 km |
| Crey du Meigno · Versant N du Col de Pertuité | 2.3 · E1 · PD | 920 m | 1,620 → 2,546 m | N | 3.6 km |
| Passage de la Pissine · Versant W | 2.2 · E1 · PD | 1,220 m | 1,545 → 2,724 m | W | 3.7 km |
| Paroi du Midi · Couloirs N | 4.1 · D- | 1,000 m | 1,610 → 2,564 m | N | 3.9 km |
| Col d'Emy · Versant E | n/a · PD | 1,060 m | 1,630 → 2,694 m | E | 4.1 km |
| La Sétaz des Prés · Couloir des Chamois | 2.3 · E1 · PD+ | 250 m | 2,000 → 2,543 m | E | 4.1 km |
| Grande Chible · Versant NE | 3.1 · E1 · AD- | 1,311 m | 1,621 → 2,932 m | NE | 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 Valloire
Swimming pool
- Piscine de Valloire · Valloire · 0.4 km away
- Espace Aquatique et Piscine · Montricher-Albanne · 7.4 km away
Dog sledding
- MUSHING SPIRIT · Valloire · 0.3 km away
Paragliding
- Lenvair Parapente · Valloire · 2.9 km away
- Envergure - Parapente · Valmeinier · 5.2 km away
- Parapente Air Line - Activités · Albiez-Montrond · 9.2 km away
Museum
- Espace Alu · Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne · 6.9 km away
- Ecomusée "Montricher autrefois" · Montricher-Albanne · 8 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
3,019 bed spaces in tourist residences, holiday villages and hostels
- 11 hotels · 249 rooms (4 × 3★, 6 × 2★, 1 × 1★)
- 4 holiday villages and family centres · 507 bed spaces
- 5 tourist residences and apartment hotels · 2,262 bed spaces
- 1 youth hostel or sports centre · 250 bed spaces
- 1 campsite · 78 pitches
Commune: Valloire · 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 de Valloire
Ski school
ESF Valloire
105 instructors
🇬🇧 52 English-speaking instructors — lessons in English available
🗓️ This school sells its lessons online — book ↗
Source: esf.net
Days without skiing
- Spa / wellness · Les Sens des Cimes
- Bowling · Le Mafayo
- Ice rink · Patinoire Philippe Candeloro
- Cinema · Cinéma Centre Culturel
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 Valloire?
Valloire sits at 1,402 m at village level, and its ski area rises to 2,444 m.
How many kilometres of pistes does Valloire have?
Valloire has 113 km of pistes served by 22 lifts, within the linked Galibier-Thabor area (OpenStreetMap survey).
What is the longest piste in Valloire?
The longest piste is Selles: 7 km (blue run), for 673 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 Valloire?
The highest lift, Brive 2 (detachable chairlift), tops out at 2,530 m. Source: STRMTG, French national register of mechanical lifts (CAIRN database), file dated 1 January 2025.
How many lifts does Valloire have, and what is their capacity?
The French national register of mechanical lifts records 18 installations at Valloire (1 gondola, 7 chairlifts, 6 drag lifts, 4 magic carpets), for an authorised capacity of 24,259 people per hour, of which 3,000 for Brive 2 alone. The fleet spans 1971 to 2019, an average age of 22 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 Valloire?
By road, Valloire is 1 hr 17 from Chambéry (104 km), excluding traffic and winter conditions. By train, the nearest station is Saint-Michel - Valloire, 19 min by road from the resort. From Saint-Michel - Valloire station, line S40 — ST-MICHEL DE MAURIENNE ↔ VALLOIRE (REGION - cars Région Savoie) reaches the “Les Granges” stop in 55 min, 1 departure a day on weekdays. The nearest airport is Chambéry-Savoie, 1 hr 28 away.
How long is the drive from Paris to Valloire?
7 hr 04 for 673 km from central Paris, excluding traffic and winter conditions. Computed on the real road network (OpenStreetMap): allow more on a school-holiday Saturday.
When does Valloire open?
According to the official website, the resort opens on 12 December 2026 (2026-2027 season).
Is the snow reliable in Valloire?
Yes: good snow through most of the winter according to twenty winters of Météo-France measurements; in season the daily report prevails.
Is Valloire good for beginners and families?
53% of the pistes are green or blue: a rather technical area. The resort holds the Famille Plus family label.
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