Le Monêtier-les-Bains
Le Monêtier-les-Bains is a ski resort in the Southern Alps (Hautes-Alpes). The village sits at 1,465 m and the ski area rises to 2,764 m, a skiable vertical of 1,415 m.
The area offers 59 km of alpine pistes, 18 marked pistes (11 blue, 4 red, 3 black), 13 ski lifts.
Le Monêtier-les-Bains 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 classée de tourisme label.
Access: 1 h 46 by road from Grenoble and 21 min from Briançon railway station.
2 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?4 / 5
Top of the ski area: 2,764 m · Bottom of the pistes: 1,349 m · Days above 30 cm, December to March, model: 99%
- Ski areaIs there enough to ski all week?3 / 5
Km of pistes at the resort: 59 km · Km of pistes across the linked area: 203 km · Lifts: 13 · Balance between piste levels: 67%
- 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: 61% · Magic carpets: 0 · Sledging runs: 0 · ESF ski school · Ice rink, pool, rail sledge…: 0
- AccessIs it easy to get to?3 / 5
Average drive time from 20 major cities: 5 hr 05 · Nearest railway station: 21 min · Station-to-resort shuttles per day: 13 · Nearest airport: 2 hr 07
- Atmosphere and après-skiIs there life in the evening and off the slopes?3.5 / 5
Bars and pubs: 2 · Nightclubs: 0 · Restaurants: 18 · Upcoming events: 6 · Collective tourist beds: 1,240 — index: what the map and the listings publish
- Luxury and comfortHow upmarket is the resort?2.5 / 5
5-star hotels: 0 · 4-star hotels: 2 · Share of hotel rooms in 4 and 5 stars: 27% · 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 1,465 m · top 2,764 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 May: a long, reliable season.
☀️ 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).
- November36 cmVariable · 54%
- December97 cmGood skiing · 95%
- January134 cmGood skiing · 100%
- February153 cmGood skiing · 100%
- March172 cmGood skiing · 100%
- April158 cmGood skiing · 100%
- May110 cmGood skiing · 93%
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 6 nearby stations sit more than 300 m away from the altitude we aim for (1898 m)). We would rather show nothing than borrow a distant valley’s reading.
The ski area
Compare with another resort →18 pistes, by level — 59 km
- Skiable vertical
- 1,415 m (1,349 m → 2,764 m)
- Lifts
- 3 chairlifts
- 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, 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(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 - Piste aspect
- N 82% · E 14% · S 2% · W 2% (descent direction of 27 OSM pistes, terrain model)
- Mountain restaurants
- Le Peyra Juana (1662 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 Le Monêtier-les-Bains only (“SERRE CHEVALIER 1500 (MONETIER)”), magic carpets included.
Staying and hiring gear in Le Monêtier-les-Bains
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Stay & accommodation
Live webcams
All webcams (8) →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 Le Monêtier-les-Bains
From Paris: 7 hr 35 (675 km) by road.
By road
- From Grenoble: 1 hr 46 · 103 km
- From Chambéry: 2 hr 34 · 178 km · via Briançon station
- From Valence: 2 hr 42 · 192 km
- From Lyon: 2 hr 58 · 205 km
- From Annecy: 3 hr 03 · 225 km · via Briançon station
From other major cities (14)
- From Saint-Étienne: 3 hr 32 · 254 km
- From Genève: 3 hr 33 · 263 km · via Briançon station
- From Marseille: 3 hr 46 · 274 km
- From Montpellier: 4 hr 49 · 396 km
- From Dijon: 4 hr 50 · 406 km
- From Clermont-Ferrand: 4 hr 51 · 374 km
- From Besançon: 5 hr 09 · 436 km
- From Perpignan: 6 hr 11 · 544 km
- From Nancy: 6 hr 57 · 617 km
- From Toulouse: 7 hr 07 · 630 km
- From Strasbourg: 7 hr 15 · 618 km
- From Paris: 7 hr 35 · 675 km
- From Bordeaux: 8 hr 49 · 760 km
- From Pau: 9 hr 02 · 820 km
Excluding traffic and winter conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.
By train
Briançon station
regional station · then 21 min drive (16 km)
Nearest main station: Grenoble, 1 hr 46 by road.
- From Briançon station (stop “BRIANCON- GARE SNCF/GARE ROUTIÈRE”): line LIGNE 6 — LIGNE 6 LE MONETIER LES BAINS ↔ BRIANCON (ALTIGO), 27 min to the “LE MONETIER LES BAINS- LE SERRE BARBIN” 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 - l'Église” 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 07 by road · 135 km
- Grenoble-Alpes-Isère (GNB): 2 hr 12 by road · 145 km
Take me there
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Charging an electric car
8 charging stations within 2 km
16 charging points · up to 22 kW
- PARKING PRE CHABERT - MONETIER-LES-BAINS · ELECTRIC 55 CHARGING · 2 points · 22 kW · 0.1 km
- PARKING DE LA POSTE - MONETIER-LES-BAINS · ELECTRIC 55 CHARGING · 2 points · 22 kW · 0.5 km
- LE MONETIER LES BAINS - Route de Grenoble · EASYCHARGE · 2 points · 22 kW · 0.6 km
- PARKING DU MARCHE - LE MONETIER-LES-BAINS · ELECTRIC 55 CHARGING · 2 points · 22 kW · 0.6 km
- PARKING LES CONCHIERS - LE MONETIER-LES-BAINS · ELECTRIC 55 CHARGING · 2 points · 22 kW · 0.7 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: Cibouït · Col du Vent · Col du vent · Cibouit
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 Le Monêtier-les-Bains — up to 2,300 m of climb.
| Summit and route | Ski grade | Climb | Altitude | Aspect | From resort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brèche supérieure du Casset · versant S depuis Le Monetier | 3.2 · E1 · PD+ | 1,350 m | 1,490 → 2,821 m | N · NE · S · SE · E | 0.5 km |
| La Cucumelle · Combe N | 2.2 | n/a | 1,500 → 2,698 m | n/a | 1.8 km |
| Rocher de l'Yret · Vallon de la Montagnolle | 4.1 · AD+ | 1,400 m | 1,470 → 2,830 m | NW | 1.9 km |
| Vallon du Grand Tabuc · En aller-retour | 1.2 · E1 · PD- | 600 m | 1,500 → 2,100 m | NE | 1.9 km |
| Crête du Grand Vallon · Versant S | 2.2 · E1 · F | 950 m | 1,450 → 2,472 m | S | 2 km |
| Tête Noire (Cerces) · versant S | 2.3 · E1 | 1,450 m | 1,500 → 2,922 m | S | 2.4 km |
| Col du Raisin · Versant S par le Grand Vallon | 2.3 · E1 · PD+ | 1,220 m | 1,470 → 2,691 m | S · SE | 2.5 km |
| Col de Roche Noire · versant S (vallon de la Moulette) | 2.3 · E1 · PD+ | 1,200 m | 1,490 → 2,693 m | S | 2.5 km |
| Roches Corneille · Couloir W | 3.2 · AD- | n/a | 2,270 → 2,435 m | NW · W | 3 km |
| Dôme de Monêtier · Traversée des Dômes de Monêtier, boucle depuis Monêtier | n/a | 2,300 m | 1,465 → 3,478 m | NE | 3.2 km |
| Pic du Rif · Par le Glacier de Monêtier - depuis le Monêtier | n/a · PD+ | 2,000 m | 1,490 → 3,478 m | E | 3.2 km |
| Pic du Rif · Petits Couloirs des Italiens - depuis le Monêtier | 4.3 · D+ | 1,930 m | 1,560 → 3,478 m | N | 3.2 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 Le Monêtier-les-Bains
Swimming pool
- Piscine Municipale « Alain Fardella » · La Salle-les-Alpes · 4.6 km away
- Piscine du Chazelay · La Salle-les-Alpes · 5 km away
Spa and thermal baths
- Les Grands Bains du Monêtier · Le Monêtier-les-Bains · 0.4 km away
- Spa la Rotonde - Les Grands Bains du Monêtier · Le Monêtier-les-Bains · 0.4 km away
- Hôtel Le Monêtier - Espace Bien-Etre · Le Monêtier-les-Bains · 0.5 km away
- Spa Nuxe - Grand Hôtel · Saint-Chaffrey · 7.5 km away
Paragliding
- Axesse Parapente · La Salle-les-Alpes · 4.9 km away
- Serre Chevalier Parapente · Saint-Chaffrey · 7.4 km away
Museum
- Musée d'Art Sacré · Le Monêtier-les-Bains · 0.5 km away
- Musée Autrefois mon village · La Salle-les-Alpes · 5.2 km away
Cinema
- Cinéma Le Lumière · Le Monêtier-les-Bains · 0.4 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
1,240 bed spaces in tourist residences, holiday villages and hostels
- 7 hotels · 122 rooms (2 × 4★, 2 × 2★)
- 1 holiday village or family centre · 420 bed spaces
- 3 tourist residences and apartment hotels · 820 bed spaces
- 1 campsite · 98 pitches
Commune: Le Monêtier-les-Bains · 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 Serre Che. Monetier
96 instructors
🇬🇧 64 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 Le Monêtier-les-Bains
All 6 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), Villeneuve (0.4 km), Chantemerle (2.1 km), Serre Chevalier de Briançon (7.1 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: Villeneuve (8 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: Villeneuve (6.3 km), Serre Chevalier (6.3 km), Chantemerle (8.3 km)
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20 September 2026 · 10:00
Découverte des Eglises Baroques
Église du Casset · Le Monêtier-les-Bains
Découvrez nos magnifiques églises baroques et leurs secrets insoupçonnés. Prévoir un déplacement en voiture entre les deux églises, possibilité de covoiturage.
Source: OpenAgenda, agenda “Hautes-Alpes” · View on OpenAgenda ↗
Also near: Villeneuve (6.3 km), Serre Chevalier (6.3 km), Chantemerle (8.3 km)
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20 September 2026 · 14:00
Découverte sensorielle d'une église
Église paroissiale Saint-Marcellin · La Salle-les-Alpes
Découverte pour le moins originale du patrimoine, pour cette visite, laissez-vous guider !
Source: OpenAgenda, agenda “Hautes-Alpes” · View on OpenAgenda ↗
Also near: Serre Chevalier (0.1 km), Villeneuve (0.4 km), Chantemerle (2.1 km), Serre Chevalier de Briançon (7.1 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.
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Frequently asked questions
How high is Le Monêtier-les-Bains?
Le Monêtier-les-Bains sits at 1,465 m at village level, and its ski area rises to 2,764 m.
How many kilometres of pistes does Le Monêtier-les-Bains have?
Le Monêtier-les-Bains has 59 km of pistes served by 13 lifts, within the linked Serre Chevalier area (OpenStreetMap survey).
What is the longest piste in Le Monêtier-les-Bains?
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 Le Monêtier-les-Bains?
The highest lift, Yret (chairlift), tops out at 2,750 m. Source: STRMTG, French national register of mechanical lifts (CAIRN database), file dated 1 January 2025.
How many lifts does Le Monêtier-les-Bains have, and what is their capacity?
The French national register of mechanical lifts records 16 installations at Le Monêtier-les-Bains (7 chairlifts, 6 drag lifts, 3 magic carpets), for an authorised capacity of 17,477 people per hour, of which 2,400 for Eychauda alone. The fleet spans 1961 to 2019, an average age of 29 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 Monêtier-les-Bains?
By road, Le Monêtier-les-Bains is 1 hr 46 from Grenoble (103 km), excluding traffic and winter conditions. By train, the nearest station is Briançon, 21 min by road from the resort. From Briançon station, line LIGNE 6 — LIGNE 6 LE MONETIER LES BAINS ↔ BRIANCON (ALTIGO) reaches the “LE MONETIER LES BAINS- LE SERRE BARBIN” stop in 27 min, 9 departures a day on weekdays, 7 a day at weekends. The nearest airport is Turin-Caselle, 2 hr 07 away.
How long is the drive from Paris to Le Monêtier-les-Bains?
7 hr 35 for 675 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 Le Monêtier-les-Bains?
Yes: good snow through most of the winter according to ten winters of reanalysis (estimate); in season the daily report prevails.
Is Le Monêtier-les-Bains good for beginners and families?
61% of the pistes are green or blue: a rather easy area.
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