Villeneuve
Villeneuve is a ski resort in the Southern Alps (Hautes-Alpes), in the commune of La Salle-les-Alpes. The village sits at 1,394 m and the ski area rises to 2,399 m.
The area offers 202 km of alpine pistes, 158 marked pistes (67 green, 62 blue, 23 red, 6 black), 43 ski lifts, plus a snowpark. Green and blue runs dominate: terrain suited to beginners and families.
Villeneuve belongs to the linked Serre Chevalier area: one lift pass covers the neighbouring resorts.
Measured on the OpenStreetMap map: the longest piste runs 10 km (Tabuc) and the highest lift tops out at 2,764 m.
The resort holds the Station Verte and Station classée de tourisme labels.
Access: 1 h 51 by road from Grenoble and 14 min from Briançon railway station.
10 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: 2,399 m · Bottom of the pistes: 2,399 m · Days above 30 cm per winter, measured: 77 days · Days above 30 cm, December to March, model: 91%
- Ski areaIs there enough to ski all week?4 / 5
Km of pistes at the resort: 202 km · Km of pistes across the linked area: 203 km · Lifts: 43 · 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?4 / 5
Share of green and blue pistes: 82% · Magic carpets: 10 · Sledging runs: 2 · ESF ski school · Ice rink, pool, rail sledge…: 3
- AccessIs it easy to get to?3.5 / 5
Average drive time from 20 major cities: 5 hr 07 · Nearest railway station: 14 min · Station-to-resort shuttles per day: 13 · Nearest airport: 2 hr 00
- Atmosphere and après-skiIs there life in the evening and off the slopes?n/a
Not rated: “bars and pubs” is missing from this page.
- Luxury and comfortHow upmarket is the resort?n/a
Not rated: “5-star hotels” is missing from this page.
“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 VILLAR ST PANCRACE station (1,310 m)
Avalanche danger
7-day forecast
Village 1,394 m · top 2,399 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 6.9 h · Dec 6.5 h · Jan 6.8 h · Feb 8 h · Mar 9.3 h · Apr 10.5 h — 25 bright days in April (Open-Meteo estimate, 2015-2025).
- November—no record
- December46 cmVariable · 79%
- January57 cmGood skiing · 87%
- February69 cmGood skiing · 100%
- March81 cmGood skiing · 96%
- April43 cmVariable · 54%
- 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
56 complete winters measured, from 1969-1970 to 2025-2026 — on average 77 days a winter with at least 30 cm on the ground.
- 1-15 Dec19 cmInsufficient · 23 %
- 16-31 Dec31 cmInsufficient · 47 %
- 1-15 Jan42 cmVariable · 65 %
- 16-31 Jan52 cmVariable · 73 %
- 1-15 Feb58 cmVariable · 79 %
- 16-29 Feb60 cmGood skiing · 80 %
- 1-15 Mar56 cmVariable · 72 %
- 16-31 Mar38 cmInsufficient · 48 %
- 1-15 Apr22 cmInsufficient · 27 %
- Best winter of the series
- 1976-1977 — 136 days at 30 cm or more
- Worst winter of the series
- 2006-2007 — 0 day at 30 cm or more
How much snow actually falls — 276 cm a winter on average, spread over 33 days of snowfall. Measured over 54 complete winters, from 1970-1971 to 2023-2024.
- Biggest 24-hour snowfall
- 83 cm — 1992-1993
- Snowiest winter
- 1977-1978 — 617 cm
- Leanest winter
- 2004-2005 — 109 cm
The ski area
Compare with another resort →158 pistes, by level — 202 km
- Lifts
- 1 cable car, 3 gondolas, 11 chairlifts, 17 drag lifts, 10 magic carpets
- Cross-country skiing
- 9 named trails — 107 km of marked loops (35 km of distinct track: the loops overlap) · Site Nordique de Serre Chevalier area, 1 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(9)
Trail Level Length La Virade · Site Nordique de Serre Chevalier difficult 38 km La Chalp par Chirouzas · Site Nordique de Serre Chevalier intermediate 17 km La Guisane · Site Nordique de Serre Chevalier easy 11 km Le Pré des Granges · Site Nordique de Serre Chevalier intermediate 11 km La Chalp · Site Nordique de Serre Chevalier intermediate 9.4 km Chanteloube · Site Nordique de Serre Chevalier intermediate 9.2 km Variante Virade · Site Nordique de Serre Chevalier difficult 5.8 km Les Abeillers · Site Nordique de Serre Chevalier intermediate 4.6 km La Guibertine · Site Nordique de Serre Chevalier very easy 0.9 km - Snowpark
- 2 mapped zones, 2.9 km from the resort — Snow Park (intermediate) · Easy Boarder (easy)
OpenStreetMap, surveyed on 12 September 2026. OpenStreetMap does not map individual features (kickers, rails): what is counted here are the named zones. - Without skis
- 2 sledging runs
- Piste aspect
- N 45% · E 48% · S 0% · W 7% (descent direction of 94 OSM pistes, terrain model)
- Mountain restaurants
- Le Bivouac de la Casse (2272 m) · Le French (2181 m) · L'Échaillon (2132 m) · La Cabane (1981 m) · Aravet 2000 (1974 m) · Le Relais de Ratier (1896 m) · Chalet Hôtel de Serre-Ratier (1892 m) · Le White (1891 m)
- Tourist office
- Office de Tourisme · B.P.20, 05240 · 0492249898 · [email protected] (declared by the resort, ANMSM)
- Piste map (PDF)
- Plan-poster (declared by the resort, ANMSM)
- Shuttle timetable (PDF)
- 551_ BRIANCON_LE MONETIER_ETE 2023 (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 Villeneuve only (“SERRE CHEVALIER 1400 (LA SALLE)”), magic carpets included.
Staying and hiring gear in Villeneuve
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Stay & accommodation
Live webcams
All webcams (10) →Official players of the resort, live image. Checked on 12 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 Villeneuve
From Paris: 7 hr 40 (680 km) by road.
By road
- From Grenoble: 1 hr 51 · 108 km
- From Chambéry: 2 hr 27 · 172 km · via Briançon station
- From Valence: 2 hr 47 · 197 km
- From Annecy: 2 hr 56 · 219 km · via Briançon station
- From Lyon: 3 hr 03 · 210 km
From other major cities (14)
- From Genève: 3 hr 26 · 257 km · via Briançon station
- From Saint-Étienne: 3 hr 36 · 259 km
- From Marseille: 3 hr 39 · 268 km
- From Montpellier: 4 hr 54 · 401 km
- From Dijon: 4 hr 55 · 411 km
- From Clermont-Ferrand: 4 hr 56 · 379 km
- From Besançon: 5 hr 14 · 441 km
- From Perpignan: 6 hr 16 · 549 km
- From Nancy: 7 hr 02 · 622 km
- From Toulouse: 7 hr 12 · 635 km
- From Strasbourg: 7 hr 20 · 623 km
- From Paris: 7 hr 40 · 680 km
- From Bordeaux: 8 hr 54 · 765 km
- From Pau: 9 hr 06 · 825 km
Excluding traffic and winter conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.
By train
Briançon station
regional station · then 14 min drive (10 km)
Nearest main station: Grenoble, 1 hr 51 by road.
- From Briançon station (stop “BRIANCON- GARE SNCF/GARE ROUTIÈRE”): line LIGNE 6 — LIGNE 6 LE MONETIER LES BAINS ↔ BRIANCON (ALTIGO), 21 min to the “LA SALLE LES ALPES- LES ALPES D'AZUR” stop — 9 departures a day on weekdays, 7 a day at weekends · first 06:25, last 18:15 · summer timetable, from 13 September 2026 to 29 November 2026 · official timetable ↗
- From Grenoble station (stop “Gare Routière”): line 55 — 55 _ BRIANCON - GRENOBLE via SERRE CHEVALIER (ZOU ! Express Bus), 1 hr 33 to the “Serre Chevalier - Prélong” stop — 4 departures a day on weekdays · first 08:45, last 15:45 · timetable from 15 December 2026 to 28 January 2027 · official timetable ↗
Direct journeys read from the official timetable files published on transport.data.gouv.fr — no connections.
By plane
- Turin-Caselle (TRN): 2 hr 00 by road · 129 km
- Grenoble-Alpes-Isère (GNB): 2 hr 17 by road · 150 km
Take me there
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Charging an electric car
12 charging stations within 2 km
27 charging points · up to 50 kW
- PARKING L'ARAVET - LA SALLE-LES-ALPES · ELECTRIC 55 CHARGING · 2 points · 22 kW · 0 km
- LA SALLE LES ALPES - Parking entre les Eaux · EASYCHARGE · 3 points · 50 kW · 0.1 km
- PARKING ENTRE LES EAUX - LA SALLE-LES-ALPES · ELECTRIC 55 CHARGING · 2 points · 22 kW · 0.1 km
- PARKING MAIRIE - LA SALLE-LES-ALPES · ELECTRIC 55 CHARGING · 2 points · 22 kW · 0.2 km
- PARKING VERNAY - LA SALLE-LES-ALPES · ELECTRIC 55 CHARGING · 2 points · 22 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: Bois · Isolée · Super Draye · Trafleche · Mur Chevalier
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 Villeneuve — up to 1,424 m of climb.
| Summit and route | Ski grade | Climb | Altitude | Aspect | From resort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Col du Prorel · Traversée S → N | n/a · F | 760 m | 1,350 → 2,396 m | N · W · NW · SW · S · SE · E · NE | 2 km |
| Le Grand Aréa · Versant S | 3.1 · E2 · AD- | 1,371 m | 1,498 → 2,869 m | S | 2.3 km |
| Le Grand Aréa · face/couloir SE avec variantes | 4.1 · E2 · AD+ | 1,370 m | 1,500 → 2,869 m | n/a | 2.3 km |
| Le Grand Aréa · dalla strada del col du Granon | 4.1 · E1 · AD | 1,070 m | 1,800 → 2,870 m | E | 2.3 km |
| Tête du Grand-Pré · par les chalets de Fréjus | n/a · PD | 1,200 m | 1,400 → 2,562 m | SE · E | 3 km |
| Roches Corneille · Couloir W | 3.2 · AD- | n/a | 2,270 → 2,435 m | NW · W | 3.6 km |
| La Gardiole · Versant S - Depuis le Villard Laté | 2.1 · E1 · F+ | 1,250 m | 2,753 m | S | 3.9 km |
| Col de Buffère · Versant S | 2.3 · E1 · PD | 987 m | 1,440 → 2,427 m | S · SW | 4 km |
| Le Grand Aréa · Traversée S >> N de Monêtier aux Chalets de Buffère | 2.3 · E1 · PD+ | 1,424 m | 1,453 → 2,844 m | n/a | 4.1 km |
| Le Petit Meyret · Voie normale de St-Chaffrey | 2.1 · E1 · F | 1,000 m | 1,455 → 2,473 m | S | 4.1 km |
| Le Grand Aréa · Couloirs E | 4.1 · E2 · D- | 1,370 m | 1,500 → 2,869 m | E | 4.2 km |
| Col de Granon · Versant SW - depuis le Villard Laté | n/a · F | 900 m | 1,500 → 2,404 m | S | 4.3 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 Villeneuve
Ice rink
- Patinoire couverte - Parc des Sports · Briançon · 7.9 km away
Swimming pool
- Piscine du Chazelay · La Salle-les-Alpes · 0.5 km away
- Piscine Municipale « Alain Fardella » · La Salle-les-Alpes · 0.8 km away
- Centre Aquatique - Parc des Sports · Briançon · 7.8 km away
Spa and thermal baths
- Spa Nuxe - Grand Hôtel · Saint-Chaffrey · 2.1 km away
- Hôtel Le Monêtier - Espace Bien-Etre · Le Monêtier-les-Bains · 5.7 km away
- Les Grands Bains du Monêtier · Le Monêtier-les-Bains · 5.8 km away
- Spa la Rotonde - Les Grands Bains du Monêtier · Le Monêtier-les-Bains · 5.8 km away
Dog sledding
- Chiens de traineaux en Clarée - Jordi Allirand · Névache · 10 km away
Paragliding
- Axesse Parapente · La Salle-les-Alpes · 0.5 km away
- Serre Chevalier Parapente · Saint-Chaffrey · 2.1 km away
- Briançon Parapente - Emotion'Air · Briançon · 6.6 km away
- Parapente Premium · Briançon · 8.2 km away
Museum
- Musée Autrefois mon village · La Salle-les-Alpes · 0.2 km away
- Musée d'Art Sacré · Le Monêtier-les-Bains · 5.7 km away
- Mini musée du four à pain du Serre · Val-des-Prés · 9.1 km away
Cinema
- Cinéma Le Lumière · Le Monêtier-les-Bains · 5.8 km away
- Cosmo Cinémas · Briançon · 7.2 km away
- Cinéma Art et Essai Eden Studio · Briançon · 8.1 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
2,811 bed spaces in tourist residences, holiday villages and hostels
- 8 hotels · 275 rooms (2 × 4★, 4 × 3★)
- 3 holiday villages and family centres · 1,539 bed spaces
- 2 tourist residences and apartment hotels · 1,202 bed spaces
- 1 youth hostel or sports centre · 70 bed spaces
Commune: La Salle-les-Alpes · 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 Chantemerle
📍 Place du Téléphérique
Ski school
ESF Serre Che. Villeneuve
🌐 esf-serrechevalier-villeneuve.com
174 instructors
🇬🇧 148 English-speaking instructors — lessons in English available
🗓️ This school sells its lessons online — book ↗
Source: esf.net
Days without skiing
- Swimming pool · La Baignade Bio de Chantemerle
- Cinema · Cinéma Le Serre d'Aigle
- Bowling · Bowling des neiges
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 Villeneuve
All 11 upcoming events →-
18 September 2026 · 10:00
Découverte familiale des fresques
Chapelle Saint-Barthélemy · La Salle-les-Alpes
Petits et grands, venez en famille pour découvrir les peintures murales, des chefs d'œuvres du XVème siècle mis à la portée des petits.
Source: OpenAgenda, agenda “Hautes-Alpes” · View on OpenAgenda ↗
Also near: Serre Chevalier (0.1 km), Chantemerle (2.1 km), Le Monêtier-les-Bains (5.4 km), Serre Chevalier de Briançon (7.1 km)
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18 September 2026 · 18:00
Conférence à deux voix sur les mines de Puy-Saint-André
Salle des associations · Puy-Saint-André
Gérard BARNÉOUD et Aymeric LENNE vous entraînent sur les traces des mineurs pour comprendre l’importance de cette activité durant près de deux siècles.
Source: OpenAgenda, agenda “Hautes-Alpes” · View on OpenAgenda ↗
Also near: Serre Chevalier de Briançon (3.1 km), Chantemerle (6.1 km), Serre Chevalier (7.7 km), La Blanche (8.9 km)
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19 September 2026 · 10:00
Découverte du Moulin du Casset avec mise en eau
Moulin du casset · Le Monêtier-les-Bains
Vivez une immersion fascinante dans l'histoire de la montagne avec la visite du Moulin du Casset, au cœur du pittoresque village du Monêtier-les-Bains.
Source: OpenAgenda, agenda “Hautes-Alpes” · View on OpenAgenda ↗
Also near: Le Monêtier-les-Bains (2.6 km), Serre Chevalier (8.1 km)
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19 September 2026 · 14:00
Peintures Murales en Val de Guisane
Église paroissiale · Le Monêtier-les-Bains
Toute la vallée offre une multitude de peintures du XVème siècle
Source: OpenAgenda, agenda “Hautes-Alpes” · View on OpenAgenda ↗
Also near: Le Monêtier-les-Bains (1.1 km), Serre Chevalier (6.3 km), Chantemerle (8.3 km)
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19 September 2026 · 14:30
Visite guidée du Théâtre Du Briançonnais
TDB - Théâtre Du Briançonnais · Briançon
A l'occasion des Journées Européennes du Patrimoine, (re)découvrez le TDB - Théâtre Du Briançonnais, bâtiment historique de la ville de Briançon et acteur culturel majeur du territoire ! Une occasion…
Source: OpenAgenda, agenda “Hautes-Alpes” · View on OpenAgenda ↗
Also near: Serre Chevalier de Briançon (0.9 km), Chantemerle (5.6 km), Montgenèvre (7.5 km), Serre Chevalier (7.7 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 Villeneuve?
Villeneuve sits at 1,394 m at village level, and its ski area rises to 2,399 m.
How many kilometres of pistes does Villeneuve have?
Villeneuve has 202 km of pistes served by 43 lifts, within the linked Serre Chevalier area (OpenStreetMap survey).
What is the longest piste in Villeneuve?
The longest piste is Tabuc: 10 km (black run), for 633 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 Villeneuve?
The highest lift, Eychauda (platter lift), tops out at 2,657 m. Source: STRMTG, French national register of mechanical lifts (CAIRN database), file dated 1 January 2025.
How many lifts does Villeneuve have, and what is their capacity?
The French national register of mechanical lifts records 24 installations at Villeneuve (2 gondolas, 5 chairlifts, 12 drag lifts, 5 magic carpets), for an authorised capacity of 28,062 people per hour, of which 2,800 for Vallons alone. The fleet spans 1963 to 2023, 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 Villeneuve?
By road, Villeneuve is 1 hr 51 from Grenoble (108 km), excluding traffic and winter conditions. By train, the nearest station is Briançon, 14 min by road from the resort. From Briançon station, line LIGNE 6 — LIGNE 6 LE MONETIER LES BAINS ↔ BRIANCON (ALTIGO) reaches the “LA SALLE LES ALPES- LES ALPES D'AZUR” stop in 21 min, 9 departures a day on weekdays, 7 a day at weekends. The nearest airport is Turin-Caselle, 2 hr 00 away.
How long is the drive from Paris to Villeneuve?
7 hr 40 for 680 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 Villeneuve?
Yes: good snow through most of the winter according to twenty winters of Météo-France measurements; in season the daily report prevails.
Is Villeneuve good for beginners and families?
82% of the pistes are green or blue: a very accessible area.
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