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Le Planolet

Northern Alps Altitude 1,085 – 1,356 m Checked on 18 September 2026
1,085 mVillage altitude
1,356 mTop of the ski area
5 kmAlpine pistes
11Ski lifts
—Adult day pass

Le Planolet is a ski resort in the Northern Alps (Isère), in the commune of Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse. The village sits at 1,085 m and the ski area rises to 1,356 m, a skiable vertical of 273 m.

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Le Planolet — view of the resort
Photo: Wikimedia Commons

The area offers 5 km of alpine pistes, 14 marked pistes (7 green, 4 blue, 3 red), 11 ski lifts. Green and blue runs dominate: terrain suited to beginners and families.

Measured on the OpenStreetMap map: the longest piste runs 1 km (Col) and the highest lift tops out at 1,270 m.

Access: 36 min by road from Grenoble and 33 min from Saint-Béron - La Bridoire railway station.

SkiRadar ratings

How ratings are computed →Computed on 18 September 2026

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.

  1. SnowCan you count on the snow?
    2 / 5

    Top of the ski area: 1,356 m · Bottom of the pistes: 1,083 m · Days above 30 cm per winter, measured: 91 days · Days above 30 cm, December to March, model: 22%

  2. Ski areaIs there enough to ski all week?
    1.5 / 5

    Km of pistes at the resort: 5 km · Km of pistes across the linked area: 5 km · Lifts: 11 · Balance between piste levels: 75%

  3. ValueIs the lift pass reasonable for what you get?
    n/a

    Not rated: “adult day pass” is missing from this page.

  4. Families and beginnersIs it right for children and beginners?
    2 / 5

    Share of green and blue pistes: 79% · Magic carpets: 0 · Sledging runs: 0 · Ice rink, pool, rail sledge…: 0

  5. AccessIs it easy to get to?
    4 / 5

    Average drive time from 20 major cities: 3 hr 54 · Nearest railway station: 33 min · Station-to-resort shuttles per day: 1 · Nearest airport: 58 min

  6. Atmosphere and après-skiIs there life in the evening and off the slopes?
    1.5 / 5

    Bars and pubs: 0 · Nightclubs: 0 · Restaurants: 0 · Upcoming events: 5 · Collective tourist beds: 0 — index: what the map and the listings publish

  7. 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).

Snow and opening

7-day forecast → Snow report →
Status unknown

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.

7-day forecast

Village 1,085 m · top 1,356 m

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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

16 complete winters measured, from 2007-2008 to 2025-2026 — on average 91 days a winter with at least 30 cm on the ground.

Météo-France — “COL DE PORTE-NIVOSE” station (1325 m, 10 km away) · 12 Sept 2026
  1. 1-15 Dec30 cmInsufficient · 35 %
  2. 16-31 Dec37 cmVariable · 52 %
  3. 1-15 Jan42 cmVariable · 63 %
  4. 16-31 Jan60 cmGood skiing · 90 %
  5. 1-15 Feb75 cmGood skiing · 83 %
  6. 16-29 Feb74 cmGood skiing · 84 %
  7. 1-15 Mar76 cmGood skiing · 84 %
  8. 16-31 Mar63 cmVariable · 69 %
  9. 1-15 Apr39 cmVariable · 50 %
Best winter of the series
2017-2018 — 136 days at 30 cm or more
Worst winter of the series
2023-2024 — 19 days at 30 cm or more

Snowfall: no long enough record of fresh snow at this station. Rather than an estimate, we show nothing.

Total snow depth on the ground measured at 06:00 at the Météo-France “COL DE PORTE-NIVOSE” station (1325 m, 10 km away), from the open “Daily climatological data” dataset (Open Licence 2.0). The season is counted from 1 December to 15 April; only winters with at least 95 % of those 136 days measured are kept, so no figure here rests on a handful of readings. The reading is taken at 1325 m. In season, the resort’s daily report prevails.

The ski area

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14 pistes, by level — 5 km

7 green4 blue3 red0 black
Skiable vertical
273 m (1,083 m → 1,356 m)
Lifts
1 gondola, 2 chairlifts, 10 drag lifts
Cross-country skiing
4 named trails — 26 km of marked loops (12 km of distinct track: the loops overlap) · Centre Nordique La Ruchère area, 4.6 km from the resort
See the trails(4)
TrailLevelLength
Noire · Centre Nordique La Ruchèreexpert11 km
Rouge · Centre Nordique La Ruchèredifficult6.6 km
Jaune · Centre Nordique La Ruchèren/a4.8 km
Piste bleue · Centre Nordique La Ruchèreintermediate4 km
OpenStreetMap, lengths measured on the geometry, surveyed on 12 September 2026. A trail with no difficulty tag is shown as "n/a" — never guessed.
Piste aspect
N 78% · E 0% · S 0% · W 22% (descent direction of 11 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 2026
1 kmLongest piste — Col (red), 178 m of vertical
187 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 1,270 → 1,083 m, 1 km
1,270 mHighest lift top — Écureuils (drag lift)
1 kmTotal length of lifts — 5 lifts mapped
n/aSki area boundary (OSM)
581Inhabitants — Saint-Pierre-d'Entremont (INSEE 38446)

Measured 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.

Staying and hiring gear in Le Planolet

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Stay & accommodation

Ski Planet
Self-catering flats and all-inclusive ski holidays at the foot of the slopes, since 1999.
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Montagne Vacances
Flats and chalets in the resort, at direct prices.
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VVF
Family holiday villages, kids’ clubs included.
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Ski hire

Sport 2000 Location
Skis, boots and helmets booked online, collected in a resort shop.
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Skiset
Network of ski-hire shops in the resorts.
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Live webcams

Le Planolet publishes no public webcam (checked on 12 September 2026 on its website, its tourist office and the operators’ directories). Know of one? Tell us.

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 Planolet

From Paris: 6 hr 21 (591 km) by road.

By road

  • From Grenoble: 36 min · 32 km
  • From Chambéry: 45 min · 32 km
  • From Annecy: 1 hr 16 · 86 km
  • From Valence: 1 hr 30 · 112 km
  • From Lyon: 1 hr 44 · 121 km
From other major cities (15)
  • From Genève: 1 hr 45 · 124 km
  • From Saint-Étienne: 2 hr 17 · 170 km
  • From Dijon: 3 hr 36 · 322 km
  • From Clermont-Ferrand: 3 hr 36 · 290 km
  • From Montpellier: 3 hr 37 · 316 km
  • From Marseille: 3 hr 42 · 325 km
  • From Besançon: 3 hr 55 · 352 km
  • From Perpignan: 4 hr 59 · 464 km
  • From Nice: 5 hr 20 · 483 km
  • From Nancy: 5 hr 43 · 533 km
  • From Toulouse: 5 hr 55 · 550 km
  • From Strasbourg: 6 hr 00 · 514 km
  • From Paris: 6 hr 21 · 591 km
  • From Bordeaux: 7 hr 35 · 676 km
  • From Pau: 7 hr 49 · 740 km

Excluding traffic and winter conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.

By train

Saint-Béron - La Bridoire station

halt · then 33 min drive (28 km)

Nearest main station: Grenoble, 36 min by road.

  • From Grenoble station (stop “Gare Routiere”): line T40 — ST PIERRE DE CHARTREUSE-GRENOBLE (REGION - cars Région Isère), 1 hr 20 to the “Le Planolet Station” stop — 1 departure a day on weekdays, 1 a day at weekends · first 08:50, last 08:50 · 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): 58 min by road · 46 km
  • Grenoble-Alpes-Isère (GNB): 58 min by road · 61 km

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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 →
0 Marked off-piste itineraries
6 km Ski touring routes
273 m Skiable vertical · top 1,356 m
Safety. Off-piste terrain is neither marked nor made safe by the resort: a transceiver, a shovel, a probe and reading the avalanche bulletin are the minimum — and going with a mountain guide is better still. Today's avalanche risk (Météo-France scale of 1 to 5) will appear here during the season.

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 Planolet — up to 2,350 m of climb.

Summit and routeSki gradeClimbAltitudeAspectFrom resort
La Scia · Par les pistes du Planolet1.1 · E1 · F715 m1,080 → 1,791 mW1.2 km
Grand Som · Face E en traversée par la Combe des Éparres4.2 · E2 · D-1,060 m970 → 2,026 mE1.8 km
Grand Som · Face E4.2 · E2 · D-924 m1,102 → 2,026 mSE1.8 km
Grand Som · Face E en boucle par l'Arête N et la Combe du Frenay4.2 · E2 · D-1,400 m813 → 2,026 mE2 km
Grand Som · Face W5.1 · E3 · D+1,100 m960 → 2,026 mW · NW2 km
Grand Som · Arête N - depuis la Ruchère2.3 · E1 · PD+1,030 m1,130 → 2,026 mN2 km
Traversée de la Chartreuse · N>>S Du Mont Granier à la Dent de Crolles - version hivernale/printanière3.3 · E1 · AD+2,350 m285 → 1,933 mn/a2.3 km
La Scia · Bec de la Scia par les pistes de Saint Pierre de Chartreuse2.2 · PD883 m900 → 1,783 mN · W2.5 km
Col du Frêt · Versant W4.1 · E2 · D-870 m930 → 1,800 mW2.5 km
Petit Som · Tour anti-horaire - depuis la Ruchère (hiver)2.1 · E1 · PD-930 m1,110 → 1,772 mN · S · W · E2.6 km
Col de Fontanieu · Versant W en boucle par le Grand Pré3.3 · E1 · AD555 m926 → 1,481 mW2.6 km
Traversée de la Chartreuse · S >> N Orientale - version hivernalen/a · PD2,000 m1,400 → 2,062 mN2.7 km
Not a piste. Neither marked, nor patrolled, nor secured: transceiver, shovel, probe, the day’s avalanche bulletin and, better still, a guide. Ski grade (1.1–5.6) = steepness and commitment; exposure (E1–E4) = consequence of a fall.

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 Planolet

Swimming pool

  • Piscine municipale · Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse · 4.2 km away

Spa and thermal baths

Paragliding

Museum

Cinema

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 hotel · 9 rooms (1 × 2★)

Commune: Saint-Pierre-d'Entremont · 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 de tourisme

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 Planolet

All events →

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

La Stass' 2 kmSaint-Hugues les Egaux 7 kmSaint-Hilaire 7 kmCol de Porte 10 kmLe Désert d'Entremont 11 kmLe Granier 12 km

Frequently asked questions

How high is Le Planolet?

Le Planolet sits at 1,085 m at village level, and its ski area rises to 1,356 m.

How many kilometres of pistes does Le Planolet have?

Le Planolet has 5 km of pistes served by 11 lifts (OpenStreetMap survey).

What is the longest piste in Le Planolet?

The longest piste is Col: 1 km (red run), for 178 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 Planolet?

The highest lift, Écureuils, tops out at 1,270 m (IGN RGE ALTI terrain model). The 5 lifts mapped on OpenStreetMap total 1 km.

How do I get to Le Planolet?

By road, Le Planolet is 36 min from Grenoble (32 km), excluding traffic and winter conditions. By train, the nearest station is Saint-Béron - La Bridoire, 33 min by road from the resort. From Grenoble station, line T40 — ST PIERRE DE CHARTREUSE-GRENOBLE (REGION - cars Région Isère) reaches the “Le Planolet Station” stop in 1 hr 20, 1 departure a day on weekdays, 1 a day at weekends. The nearest airport is Chambéry-Savoie, 58 min away.

How long is the drive from Paris to Le Planolet?

6 hr 21 for 591 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 Planolet good for beginners and families?

79% of the pistes are green or blue: a very accessible area.

Full page in French. The French page carries the editorial guides and a few extra readings; every figure, webcam and price on this page is the same one. Le Planolet in French →

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