Le Grand Puy
Le Grand Puy is a ski resort in the Southern Alps (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence), in the commune of Seyne. The village sits at 1,373 m and the ski area rises to 1,753 m, a skiable vertical of 472 m.
The area offers 11 km of alpine pistes, 13 marked pistes (1 blue, 9 red, 3 black), 4 ski lifts. The share of black runs makes it a rather technical area.
Measured on the OpenStreetMap map: the longest piste runs 3 km (Tourtourel) and the highest lift tops out at 1,749 m.
Access: 2 h 27 by road from Marseille and 50 min from Chorges railway station.
1 official webcam shows 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
Top of the ski area: 1,753 m · Bottom of the pistes: 1,281 m · Days above 30 cm per winter, measured: 5 days · Days above 30 cm, December to March, model: 37%
- Ski areaIs there enough to ski all week?1.5 / 5
Km of pistes at the resort: 11 km · Km of pistes across the linked area: 11 km · Lifts: 4 · Balance between piste levels: 57%
- 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?1.5 / 5
Share of green and blue pistes: 8% · Magic carpets: 0 · Sledging runs: 1 · Ice rink, pool, rail sledge…: 0
- AccessIs it easy to get to?1.5 / 5
Average drive time from 20 major cities: 5 hr 21 · Nearest railway station: 50 min · Station-to-resort shuttles per day: 0 · Nearest airport: 2 hr 25
- Atmosphere and après-skiIs there life in the evening and off the slopes?2 / 5
Bars and pubs: 0 · Nightclubs: 0 · Restaurants: 1 · Upcoming events: 2 · Collective tourist beds: 175 — 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.
Right now at the MONTCLAR_SAPC station (1,197 m)
7-day forecast
Village 1,373 m · top 1,753 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.
Snow actually measured, winter by winter
48 complete winters measured, from 1959-1960 to 2017-2018 — on average 5 days a winter with at least 30 cm on the ground.
- 1-15 Dec2 cmInsufficient · 1 %
- 16-31 Dec4 cmInsufficient · 5 %
- 1-15 Jan5 cmInsufficient · 7 %
- 16-31 Jan7 cmInsufficient · 6 %
- 1-15 Feb6 cmInsufficient · 4 %
- 16-29 Feb5 cmInsufficient · 4 %
- 1-15 Mar2 cmInsufficient · 3 %
- 16-31 Mar1 cmInsufficient · 1 %
- 1-15 Apr0 cmInsufficient · 0 %
- Best winter of the series
- 1983-1984 — 59 days at 30 cm or more
- Worst winter of the series
- 1959-1960 — 0 day at 30 cm or more
How much snow actually falls — 110 cm a winter on average, spread over 17 days of snowfall. Measured over 38 complete winters, from 1966-1967 to 2017-2018.
- Biggest 24-hour snowfall
- 80 cm — 1979-1980
- Snowiest winter
- 1979-1980 — 240 cm
- Leanest winter
- 1992-1993 — 11 cm
The ski area
Compare with another resort →13 pistes, by level — 11 km
- Skiable vertical
- 472 m (1,281 m → 1,753 m)
- Lifts
- 4 drag lifts
- Cross-country skiing
- 2 named trails — 17 km of marked loops (16 km of distinct track: the loops overlap), right by the resortOpenStreetMap, lengths measured on the geometry, surveyed on 13 September 2026. A trail with no difficulty tag is shown as "n/a" — never guessed.
See the trails(2)
Trail Level Length Grangeasse black 10 km Charcherie - Le Grand Puy red 7.2 km - Without skis
- 1 sledging run
- Piste aspect
- N 21% · E 79% · S 0% · W 0% (descent direction of 15 OSM pistes, terrain model)
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 Le Grand Puy only (“GRAND PUY (LE)”), magic carpets included.
Staying and hiring gear in Le Grand Puy
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Stay & accommodation
Live webcams
All webcams (1) →Le Grand Puy broadcasts its images on its own page: the link takes you there. 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 Le Grand Puy
From Paris: 8 hr 38 (725 km) by road.
By road
- From Marseille: 2 hr 27 · 175 km
- From Grenoble: 2 hr 49 · 152 km
- From Nice: 3 hr 10 · 185 km
- From Chambéry: 3 hr 28 · 211 km
- From Valence: 3 hr 38 · 210 km
From other major cities (15)
- From Montpellier: 3 hr 46 · 298 km
- From Annecy: 3 hr 57 · 258 km
- From Lyon: 4 hr 01 · 254 km
- From Genève: 4 hr 27 · 296 km
- From Saint-Étienne: 4 hr 34 · 303 km
- From Perpignan: 5 hr 07 · 446 km
- From Dijon: 5 hr 53 · 455 km
- From Clermont-Ferrand: 5 hr 54 · 423 km
- From Toulouse: 6 hr 03 · 532 km
- From Besançon: 6 hr 12 · 485 km
- From Pau: 7 hr 58 · 722 km
- From Nancy: 8 hr 00 · 666 km
- From Bordeaux: 8 hr 27 · 774 km
- From Strasbourg: 8 hr 35 · 723 km
- From Paris: 8 hr 38 · 725 km
Excluding traffic and winter conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.
By train
Chorges station
halt · then 50 min drive (44 km)
Nearest main station: Les Arcs - Draguignan, 2 hr 40 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
- Marseille-Provence (MRS): 2 hr 25 by road · 171 km
- Cuneo (CUF): 2 hr 57 by road · 167 km
Take me there
These links open the app with Le Grand Puy 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.
Ski touring routes described
Resorts for ski touring →12 ski touring routes documented within 10 km of Le Grand Puy — up to 1,460 m of climb.
| Summit and route | Ski grade | Climb | Altitude | Aspect | From resort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aiguillette de Seyne · Par la Crête de Conforan | 2.3 · E2 · AD- | 1,265 m | 1,345 → 2,610 m | W | 3.5 km |
| Aiguillette de Seyne · Couloir SW | n/a · D- | 1,200 m | 1,450 → 2,610 m | SW | 3.8 km |
| Col la Pierre (Seyne) · Versant SW | n/a · AD | 1,000 m | 1,460 → 2,452 m | W | 3.9 km |
| La Moutière ou Dos du Chameau · Couloir W | n/a · D | 1,150 m | 1,450 → 2,596 m | W | 4 km |
| La Moutière ou Dos du Chameau · Face S par le col de la Pierre | n/a · AD- | 1,100 m | 1,500 → 2,596 m | S | 4.3 km |
| La Mournière · Face N | n/a · D | 1,300 m | 1,430 → 2,710 m | N | 4.4 km |
| Pic des Têtes · Versant W | n/a · AD | 1,250 m | 1,462 → 2,661 m | W | 4.6 km |
| Pic de Bernardez · Traversée Col Bas - Col de Bernardez | n/a · PD+ | 950 m | 1,480 → 2,430 m | SW | 5.2 km |
| Pic de Bernardez · Versant W et SW | 2.3 · F+ | n/a | 1,470 → 2,430 m | SW · W | 5.3 km |
| La Mournière · Face E | n/a · PD+ | 1,460 m | 1,250 → 2,710 m | E | 6.3 km |
| Pic des Têtes · Vallon SW depuis Roussimal | n/a · AD | 1,380 m | 1,280 → 2,661 m | SW | 6.4 km |
| La Moutière ou Dos du Chameau · Par le vallon de l'Encoungoura | n/a | 1,175 m | 1,420 → 2,596 m | n/a | 6.4 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 Le Grand Puy
Swimming pool
- Centre Aqualudique de Seyne · Seyne · 3.8 km away
Museum
- La Maison du Mulet · Seyne · 5.6 km away
- Musée archéologique de Montclar · Montclar · 9.3 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
175 bed spaces in tourist residences, holiday villages and hostels
- 1 hotel · 18 rooms (1 × 2★)
- 1 tourist residence or apartment hotel · 175 bed spaces
- 2 campsites · 200 pitches
Commune: Seyne · INSEE tourist accommodation survey, 2026, read on 12 September 2026. Collective accommodation only — privately let flats and second homes are not counted. INSEE dataset ↗
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 Le Grand Puy
All events →-
19 September 2026 – 20 September 2026
Mulet et environnement naturel
La Maison du mulet · Seyne
Visite libre des expositions "Le miracle du mulet" et "Les animaux, la nuit",
Source: OpenAgenda, agenda “Tourisme Alpes-de-Haute-Provence” · View on OpenAgenda ↗
Also near: Chabanon (2.9 km), Selonnet (3.3 km), Montclar les 2 Vallées (6 km)
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20 September 2026 · 10:30
Le Lauzet au rythme des traditions
Place de l'Eglise · Le Lauzet-Ubaye
Musiques, danses et convivialité seront au rendez-vous grâce à l'association Mantendren. Un moment festif et intergénérationnel pour découvrir les traditions populaires de la vallée avant de partager…
Source: OpenAgenda, agenda “Tourisme Alpes-de-Haute-Provence” · View on OpenAgenda ↗
Also near: Montclar les 2 Vallées (7.5 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 Le Grand Puy?
Le Grand Puy sits at 1,373 m at village level, and its ski area rises to 1,753 m.
How many kilometres of pistes does Le Grand Puy have?
Le Grand Puy has 11 km of pistes served by 4 lifts (OpenStreetMap survey).
What is the longest piste in Le Grand Puy?
The longest piste is Tourtourel: 3 km (blue run), for 383 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 Le Grand Puy?
The highest lift, TSF Les Crêtes (chairlift), tops out at 1,759 m. Source: STRMTG, French national register of mechanical lifts (CAIRN database), file dated 1 January 2025.
How many lifts does Le Grand Puy have, and what is their capacity?
The French national register of mechanical lifts records 5 installations at Le Grand Puy (1 chairlift, 4 drag lifts), for an authorised capacity of 3,635 people per hour, of which 1,200 for TSF Les Crêtes alone. The fleet spans 1979 to 2016, an average age of 18 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 Le Grand Puy?
By road, Le Grand Puy is 2 hr 27 from Marseille (175 km), excluding traffic and winter conditions. By train, the nearest station is Chorges, 50 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 Marseille-Provence, 2 hr 25 away.
How long is the drive from Paris to Le Grand Puy?
8 hr 38 for 725 km from central Paris, excluding traffic and winter conditions. Computed on the real road network (OpenStreetMap): allow more on a school-holiday Saturday.
Is Le Grand Puy good for beginners and families?
8% of the pistes are green or blue: a rather technical area.
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