Les Bottières
Les Bottières is a small winter sports resort located in France in the commune of Saint-Pancrace in the département of Savoie in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.
Translated from the French Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), machine translation.
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
Top of the ski area: 2,584 m · Bottom of the pistes: 1,083 m · Days above 30 cm per winter, measured: 88 days · Days above 30 cm, December to March, model: 74%
- Ski areaIs there enough to ski all week?3 / 5
Km of pistes at the resort: 25 km · Km of pistes across the linked area: 125 km · Lifts: 16 · Balance between piste levels: 77%
- ValueIs the lift pass reasonable for what you get?2.5 / 5
Adult day pass: €60.5 · Day pass price per km of pistes: €0.48/km · Adult 6-day pass: €307.2 · Price read at a neighbouring resort of the same area
- Families and beginnersIs it right for children and beginners?2.5 / 5
Share of green and blue pistes: 77% · Magic carpets: 5 · Sledging runs: 0 · Special prices out of 4 (beginner, child, family, free age): 3 · Ice rink, pool, rail sledge…: 0
- AccessIs it easy to get to?3.5 / 5
Average drive time from 20 major cities: 4 hr 30 · Nearest railway station: 15 min · Station-to-resort shuttles per day: 0 · Nearest airport: 1 hr 18
- Atmosphere and après-skiIs there life in the evening and off the slopes?1.5 / 5
Bars and pubs: 0 · Nightclubs: 0 · Restaurants: 2 · Upcoming events: 0 · Collective tourist beds: 305 — 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 · Spas and saunas: 0 · Jewellers, watchmakers, fashion boutiques: 0 · Adult day pass: €60.5 — 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 ST-SORLIN D'ARVES station (1,694 m)
Avalanche danger
7-day forecast
Village 1,259 m · top 2,584 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
Reliable snow mainly in February; more irregular the rest of the winter.
☀️ Average daily sunshine : Nov 6.5 h · Dec 5.7 h · Jan 6.1 h · Feb 7.4 h · Mar 8.4 h · Apr 9.9 h — 26 bright days in April (Open-Meteo estimate, 2015-2025).
- November—no record
- December40 cmVariable · 61%
- January50 cmVariable · 77%
- February64 cmGood skiing · 87%
- March61 cmVariable · 70%
- April33 cmInsufficient · 36%
- 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 →52 pistes, by level — 25 km
- Skiable vertical
- 1,501 m (1,083 m → 2,584 m)
- Lifts
- 3 chairlifts, 8 drag lifts, 5 magic carpets
- Cross-country skiing
- 1 named trail — 2.2 km of marked loops (1.7 km of distinct track: the loops overlap) · Domaine nordique des Îles area, 6.9 km from 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(1)
Trail Level Length Piste des Îles · Domaine nordique des Îles green 2.2 km - Without skis
- 18 km of snowshoe and walking trails
- Piste aspect
- N 7% · E 70% · S 23% · W 1% (descent direction of 49 OSM pistes, terrain model)
- Mountain restaurants
- La côte du bois (1741 m) · L'Elan (1716 m) · Le Marolay (1715 m) · Le Chamois (1704 m) · L'Écurie (1699 m) · Le Tonneau (1699 m) · La Boule de Neige (1693 m) · Les Alpes (1690 m)
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 (2026-2027) detail →
| Adult pass | Price |
|---|---|
| 1 day | €60.50 |
| 6 days | €307.20 |
| Child, 1 day | €49 |
| Free | Free under 5 · free from 75 years |
Read on the official price list, full price, excluding promotions. Price list of the linked area, read on Le Corbier. Official price list ↗
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.
Staying and hiring gear in Les Bottières
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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 Les Bottières
From Paris: 6 hr 54 (653 km) by road.
By road
- From Chambéry: 1 hr 07 · 85 km
- From Grenoble: 1 hr 23 · 114 km
- From Annecy: 1 hr 36 · 132 km
- From Genève: 2 hr 06 · 169 km
- From Lyon: 2 hr 17 · 183 km
From other major cities (15)
- From Valence: 2 hr 27 · 207 km
- From Saint-Étienne: 2 hr 51 · 232 km
- From Dijon: 4 hr 09 · 384 km
- From Clermont-Ferrand: 4 hr 10 · 352 km
- From Besançon: 4 hr 25 · 342 km
- From Montpellier: 4 hr 33 · 411 km
- From Marseille: 4 hr 39 · 420 km
- From Nice: 5 hr 13 · 416 km
- From Perpignan: 5 hr 55 · 559 km
- From Nancy: 6 hr 16 · 595 km
- From Strasbourg: 6 hr 20 · 559 km
- From Toulouse: 6 hr 51 · 645 km
- From Paris: 6 hr 54 · 653 km
- From Bordeaux: 8 hr 08 · 738 km
- From Pau: 8 hr 46 · 835 km
Excluding traffic and winter conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.
By train
Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne Arvan station
regional station · then 15 min drive (10 km)
Nearest main station: Chambéry - Challes-les-Eaux, 1 hr 05 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
- Chambéry-Savoie (CMF): 1 hr 18 by road · 92 km
- Grenoble-Alpes-Isère (GNB): 1 hr 56 by road · 160 km
Take me there
These links open the app with Les Bottières 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.
Off-piste & ski touring
The resorts for off-piste skiing →Named itineraries: Sapins
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 Les Bottières — up to 1,600 m of climb.
| Summit and route | Ski grade | Climb | Altitude | Aspect | From resort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crête de Roche Noir (aussi dite Morandet - Massuet) · Par le col de Cressua | 1.1 · E1 · F | 754 m | 1,400 → 2,154 m | E | 2.6 km |
| Le Grand Truc · Versant SE | 2.1 · E1 · F+ | 929 m | 1,280 → 2,209 m | E · SE | 2.8 km |
| Le Grand Châtelard · Versant E - depuis Jarrier | 2.1 · F | 800 m | 1,370 → 2,143 m | E · SE | 3.7 km |
| Crête de Lacha · Versant W | 2.2 · E2 · PD- | 859 m | 1,364 → 2,223 m | W | 4.7 km |
| Tête de Bellard · Combe S | 1.1 · F | 700 m | 1,560 → 2,225 m | n/a | 5.3 km |
| Mont Charvin · Versant NNE par Arrondaz | 3.1 · E1 | 961 m | 1,238 → 2,207 m | NE | 5.4 km |
| Mont Charvin · Combe Génin | 2.3 | 950 m | 1,280 → 2,207 m | SE | 5.4 km |
| Mont Charvin · Couloir NW | 5.1 · E2 · TD- | 600 m | 1,600 → 2,207 m | NW | 5.4 km |
| Rochers de Vallorin · Versant NW | 3.3 · E1 · AD | 1,250 m | 1,350 → 2,593 m | NW | 6.8 km |
| l'Ouillon · Versant S | 2.1 · E1 · PD+ | 900 m | 1,530 → 2,431 m | S | 7.4 km |
| Pic de Fremezan · Tour du pic de Fremezan par la combe Rousse | 4.1 · E3 | 1,600 m | 1,150 → 2,438 m | n/a | 7.5 km |
| Brèche du Villonet · Traversée NE >> SW | n/a · PD+ | 1,460 m | 1,200 → 2,660 m | S | 7.9 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 Les Bottières
Toboggan runs
- Tubing · Fontcouverte-la-Toussuire · 3.3 km away
Swimming pool
- Piscine des Soldanelles · Fontcouverte-la-Toussuire · 3.5 km away
- Spa d’altitude Ô des Cimes – Résidence CGH L'Alpaga · Fontcouverte-la-Toussuire · 3.6 km away
- Piscine extérieure chauffée · Villarembert · 3.7 km away
- Centre nautique et Espace aqualudique · Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne · 4.1 km away
Paragliding
- Parapente Airline · Fontcouverte-la-Toussuire · 3.5 km away
- Corbier Parapente · Villarembert · 3.7 km away
- Parapente Air Line - Activités · Albiez-Montrond · 6.1 km away
Museum
- Musée des Costumes, Arts et Traditions Populaires · Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne · 3.9 km away
- L'Espace rural de Gévoudaz · Albiez-Montrond · 4 km away
- Musée Opinel · Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne · 4 km away
- Visite guidée - Le Musée Opinel · Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne · 4 km away
Cinema
- Cinéma l'Igloo · Fontcouverte-la-Toussuire · 3.3 km away
- Cinéma Star · Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne · 4 km away
- Cinéma Casse-Massion · Albiez-Montrond · 6.4 km away
- Cinéma les Aiguilles · Saint-Jean-d'Arves · 6.4 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
305 bed spaces in tourist residences, holiday villages and hostels
- 2 tourist residences and apartment hotels · 305 bed spaces
Commune: Saint-Pancrace · 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.
Nearby resorts
Frequently asked questions
How high is Les Bottières?
Les Bottières sits at 1,259 m at village level, and its ski area rises to 2,584 m.
How many kilometres of pistes does Les Bottières have?
Les Bottières has 25 km of pistes served by 16 lifts, within the linked Les Sybelles area (OpenStreetMap survey).
What is the longest piste in Les Bottières?
The longest piste is Panoramique: 5 km (blue run), for 440 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 Les Bottières?
The highest lift, Rouet, tops out at 2,587 m (IGN RGE ALTI terrain model). The 59 lifts mapped on OpenStreetMap total 50 km.
How much is a lift pass in Les Bottières?
The adult day pass costs €60.50 and the 6-day pass €307.20 (2026-2027, read on the official price list, shared with Le Corbier).
How do I get to Les Bottières?
By road, Les Bottières is 1 hr 07 from Chambéry (85 km), excluding traffic and winter conditions. By train, the nearest station is Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne Arvan, 15 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 Chambéry-Savoie, 1 hr 18 away.
How long is the drive from Paris to Les Bottières?
6 hr 54 for 653 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 Les Bottières?
Yes: good snow in the core of the winter according to twenty winters of Météo-France measurements; in season the daily report prevails.
Is Les Bottières good for beginners and families?
77% of the pistes are green or blue: a very accessible area.
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