Les Gets
Les Gets is a ski resort in the Northern Alps (Haute-Savoie). The village sits at 1,170 m and the ski area rises to 1,818 m, a skiable vertical of 831 m.
The area offers 182 km of alpine pistes, 156 marked pistes (20 green, 76 blue, 49 red, 11 black), 48 ski lifts, plus a snowpark. Green and blue runs dominate: terrain suited to beginners and families.
Les Gets belongs to the linked Portes du Soleil area: one lift pass covers the neighbouring resorts.
Measured on the OpenStreetMap map: the longest piste runs 5 km (Cabri) and the highest lift tops out at 2,227 m.
The resort holds the Station classée de tourisme label.
Access: 59 min by road from Genève and 27 min from Marignier railway station.
8 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?2.5 / 5
Top of the ski area: 1,818 m · Bottom of the pistes: 987 m · Days above 30 cm per winter, measured: 78 days · Days above 30 cm, December to March, model: 88%
- Ski areaIs there enough to ski all week?4 / 5
Km of pistes at the resort: 182 km · Km of pistes across the linked area: 182 km · Lifts: 48 · Balance between piste levels: 84%
- ValueIs the lift pass reasonable for what you get?4 / 5
Adult day pass: €41.5 · Day pass price per km of pistes: €0.23/km · Adult 6-day pass: €211 · Price read at a neighbouring resort of the same area
- Families and beginnersIs it right for children and beginners?3 / 5
Share of green and blue pistes: 62% · Magic carpets: 5 · Sledging runs: 1 · Special prices out of 4 (beginner, child, family, free age): 3 · ESF ski school · Ice rink, pool, rail sledge…: 4
- AccessIs it easy to get to?3 / 5
Average drive time from 20 major cities: 4 hr 37 · Nearest railway station: 27 min · Station-to-resort shuttles per day: 0 · Nearest airport: 1 hr 24
- Atmosphere and après-skiIs there life in the evening and off the slopes?4 / 5
Bars and pubs: 7 · Nightclubs: 1 · Restaurants: 51 · Upcoming events: 0 · Collective tourist beds: 768 — 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: 1 · Share of hotel rooms in 4 and 5 stars: 34% · Spas and saunas: 0 · Jewellers, watchmakers, fashion boutiques: 1 · Adult day pass: €41.5 — 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).
The domain is due to open on 12 December 2026 and close on 11 April 2027. Open pistes and lifts will appear here as soon as the resort publishes its daily report.
Right now at the LE PLENEY station (1,515 m)
Avalanche danger
7-day forecast
Village 1,170 m · top 1,818 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 March: a long, reliable season.
☀️ Average daily sunshine : Nov 6.2 h · Dec 5.5 h · Jan 5.8 h · Feb 7.2 h · Mar 8.6 h · Apr 10.3 h — 26 bright days in April (Open-Meteo estimate, 2015-2025).
- November—no record
- December56 cmGood skiing · 80%
- January70 cmGood skiing · 94%
- February82 cmGood skiing · 93%
- March92 cmGood skiing · 85%
- April—no record
- 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
57 complete winters measured, from 1959-1960 to 2020-2021 — on average 78 days a winter with at least 30 cm on the ground.
- 1-15 Dec22 cmInsufficient · 30 %
- 16-31 Dec33 cmInsufficient · 47 %
- 1-15 Jan42 cmVariable · 56 %
- 16-31 Jan56 cmVariable · 72 %
- 1-15 Feb66 cmVariable · 77 %
- 16-29 Feb69 cmVariable · 77 %
- 1-15 Mar63 cmVariable · 71 %
- 16-31 Mar48 cmVariable · 54 %
- 1-15 Apr31 cmInsufficient · 34 %
- Best winter of the series
- 1965-1966 — 136 days at 30 cm or more
- Worst winter of the series
- 1963-1964 — 0 day at 30 cm or more
How much snow actually falls — 404 cm a winter on average, spread over 39 days of snowfall. Measured over 57 complete winters.
- Biggest 24-hour snowfall
- 69 cm — 1993-1994
- Snowiest winter
- 1969-1970 — 816 cm
- Leanest winter
- 1963-1964 — 95 cm
The ski area
Compare with another resort →156 pistes, by level — 182 km
- Skiable vertical
- 831 m (987 m → 1,818 m)
- Lifts
- 1 cable car, 3 gondolas, 22 chairlifts, 13 drag lifts, 5 magic carpets
- Cross-country skiing
- 3 named trails — 38 km of marked loops (8 km of distinct track: the loops overlap), 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(3)
Trail Level Length Boucle noire du Chéry difficult 17 km Boucle rouge du Chéry intermediate 16 km Boucle bleue du Chéry easy 5.8 km - Snowpark
- 1 mapped zone, 4.5 km from the resort — Free Ride (expert)
OpenStreetMap, surveyed on 12 September 2026. OpenStreetMap does not map individual features (kickers, rails): what is counted here are the named zones. - Without skis
- 1 sledging run
- Piste aspect
- N 42% · E 23% · S 8% · W 27% (descent direction of 100 OSM pistes, terrain model)
- Mountain restaurants
- Les Lhottys (1657 m) · Chez Nannon (1535 m) · Le Grand Cry (1487 m) · La Croix Blanche (1484 m) · La Petite Ourse (1469 m) · Encrenaz Bar (1434 m) · La Pointe de Nyon (1420 m) · La Païka (1415 m)
- Lift opening hours
- Lifts open from 08:00 to 17:30 (du jeudi au samedi) (official website, read on 9 September 2026)
- Season 2026-2027
- opens on 12 December 2026, closes on 11 April 2027 · lifts 9h00
Opening hours lift by lift (1)
| Lift | Type | Opens | Closes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Télécabine du Mont Chéry | Télécabine | 08:00 | 17:30 | official website |
Hours as published by the source quoted, read on 9 September 2026. A lift missing from this table has no published time — no default is shown.
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 | €41.50 |
| 6 days | €211 |
| Season | €490 |
| Child, 1 day | €31.50 |
| Beginner, 1 day | €23.50 |
| Pedestrian, 1 day | €8 |
| 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 Roc d'Enfer. Official price list ↗
Official piste map
Open the piste map (PDF, 4.9 MB) ↗
Link to the resort’s own file — a piste map is a copyrighted artwork, we host no copy.
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 Les Gets only (“GETS (LES)”), magic carpets included.
Staying and hiring gear in Les Gets
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Stay & accommodation
Live webcams
All webcams (8) →Official players of the resort, live image.
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 Gets
From Paris: 6 hr 25 (588 km) by road.
By road
- From Genève: 59 min · 54 km
- From Annecy: 1 hr 12 · 84 km
- From Chambéry: 1 hr 39 · 126 km
- From Grenoble: 2 hr 13 · 181 km
- From Lyon: 2 hr 33 · 197 km
From other major cities (15)
- From Saint-Étienne: 3 hr 11 · 262 km
- From Valence: 3 hr 11 · 283 km
- From Besançon: 3 hr 27 · 228 km
- From Dijon: 3 hr 34 · 310 km
- From Clermont-Ferrand: 4 hr 16 · 367 km
- From Strasbourg: 5 hr 05 · 403 km
- From Montpellier: 5 hr 18 · 488 km
- From Marseille: 5 hr 23 · 497 km
- From Nancy: 5 hr 37 · 513 km
- From Nice: 6 hr 16 · 515 km
- From Paris: 6 hr 25 · 588 km
- From Perpignan: 6 hr 40 · 636 km
- From Toulouse: 7 hr 36 · 722 km
- From Bordeaux: 8 hr 14 · 754 km
- From Pau: 9 hr 30 · 912 km
Excluding traffic and winter conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.
By train
Marignier station
regional station · then 27 min drive (22 km)
Nearest main station: Annecy, 1 hr 10 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
- Genève (GVA): 1 hr 24 by road · 62 km
- Chambéry-Savoie (CMF): 1 hr 43 by road · 125 km
Take me there
These links open the app with Les Gets as the destination. Your starting point is never sent by us — the app asks you for it, if you agree.
Charging an electric car
8 charging stations within 2 km
18 charging points · up to 60 kW
- LES GETS - Parking du Pic · EASYCHARGE · 2 points · 22 kW · 0.1 km
- LES GETS - Parking du Pic · EASYCHARGE · 2 points · 24 kW · 0.1 km
- LES GETS - Skilove · EASYCHARGE · 3 points · 60 kW · 0.3 km
- 826 Rue du Centre · QOVOLTIS · 2 points · 22 kW · 0.7 km
- 266 Route du léry · QOVOLTIS · 3 points · 22 kW · 0.8 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: Mouflon · Chevreuil · Bouquetin · Lièvre · Aigle noir · Orchis
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 Gets — up to 1,001 m of climb.
| Summit and route | Ski grade | Climb | Altitude | Aspect | From resort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mont Chéry · par le Mont Caly | 1.3 · E1 · F | 636 m | 1,190 → 1,826 m | S | 1.9 km |
| Mont Chéry · Depuis le Col de l'Encrenaz | 2.1 · E1 · F | 400 m | 1,433 → 1,826 m | N | 2.5 km |
| Roc d'Enfer - Sommet E · Par l'arête E - depuis le col de l'Encrenaz | 3.1 · E4 · AD | 850 m | 1,433 → 2,188 m | NE | 3.4 km |
| Pointe Ratti · Depuis La Villiaz par le col de la Basse | n/a | 650 m | 1,280 → 1,923 m | S · E | 3.6 km |
| Roc d'Enfer - Sommet E · Face SE | 4.3 · E3 · D | 1,001 m | 1,187 → 2,188 m | SE | 3.9 km |
| Pointe du Replan · Pente SW | 3.2 · E1 · AD | 800 m | 1,300 → 2,115 m | SW | 3.9 km |
| Roc d'Enfer - Sommet E · Rampe SE | 5.1 · E3 · D+ | 750 m | 1,433 → 2,188 m | SE | 3.9 km |
| Pointe du Replan · Couloir E et Combe SE | 3.2 · E1 · AD- | 700 m | 1,433 → 2,115 m | SE | 3.9 km |
| Pointe Ratti · Depuis le Col de l'Encrenaz | n/a · F | 500 m | 1,433 → 1,923 m | SE | 3.9 km |
| Pointe du Replan · Face SE | 3.1 · E1 · AD- | 760 m | 1,434 → 2,115 m | SE | 4 km |
| Pointe Ratti · Par Bonnavaz et le Foron | n/a · PD- | 750 m | 1,180 → 1,923 m | S | 4 km |
| La Pointe · Depuis Bonnavaz | n/a · PD+ | 830 m | 1,170 → 2,000 m | SE | 4.1 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 Gets
Toboggan runs
- Luge d'été · Morzine · 3.2 km away
Ice rink
- Patinoire extérieure · Les Gets · 0.2 km away
- Indiana'Ventures -Patinoire en plein air · Morzine · 3.5 km away
- Patinoire extérieure · Saint-Jean-d'Aulps · 7.6 km away
- Patinoire en plein air · Morzine · 8.9 km away
Swimming pool
- Espace Aquatique · Morzine · 3.7 km away
- Piscine de la Grande Ourse · Taninges · 6.4 km away
- Piscine extérieure de l'Hôtel et Spa Neige et Roc · Morzine · 7.3 km away
- Piscine de Samoëns · Samoëns · 9.6 km away
Paragliding
- Les Gets Parapente · Les Gets · 0.1 km away
- Air Libre - Parapente · Les Gets · 0.3 km away
- ABC de l'Ecole professionnel de Parapente et de Speedriding des Portes du Soleil · Morzine · 3.3 km away
- Airéole - École de Parapente à Morzine · Morzine · 3.4 km away
Museum
- Musée de la Musique Mécanique · Les Gets · 0.2 km away
- Ferme Ecomusée du Clos Parchet · Samoëns · 7 km away
- Maison du Patrimoine · Taninges · 8.4 km away
- Espace Jacquem'Arts · Taninges · 8.4 km away
Cinema
- Cinéma Le Club · Les Gets · 0.5 km away
- Cinéma Le Rex · Morzine · 3.5 km away
- Cinéma Cinébus · Taninges · 8.6 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
768 bed spaces in tourist residences, holiday villages and hostels
- 13 hotels · 292 rooms (3 × 4★, 4 × 3★, 1 × 2★)
- 4 tourist residences and apartment hotels · 768 bed spaces
- 1 campsite · 43 pitches
Commune: Les Gets · 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
📍 89 Route du Front de Neige, 74260 Les Gets
Ski school
ESF Les Gets
171 instructors
🇬🇧 137 English-speaking instructors — lessons in English available
🗓️ This school sells its lessons online — book ↗
Source: esf.net
Days without skiing
- Ice rink · Patinoire extérieure
- Bowling
- Cinema · Le Club
- Swimming pool · Wibit Les Gets
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 Gets?
Les Gets sits at 1,170 m at village level, and its ski area rises to 1,818 m.
How many kilometres of pistes does Les Gets have?
Les Gets has 182 km of pistes served by 48 lifts, within the linked Portes du Soleil area (OpenStreetMap survey).
What is the longest piste in Les Gets?
The longest piste is Cabri: 5 km (red run), for 355 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 Gets?
The highest lift, TS des Planeys (chairlift), tops out at 2,131 m. Source: STRMTG, French national register of mechanical lifts (CAIRN database), file dated 1 January 2025.
How many lifts does Les Gets have, and what is their capacity?
The French national register of mechanical lifts records 30 installations at Les Gets (2 gondolas, 12 chairlifts, 14 drag lifts, 2 magic carpets), for an authorised capacity of 41,493 people per hour, of which 3,300 for TSD du Ranfoilly alone. The fleet spans 1945 to 2024, an average age of 38 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 much is a lift pass in Les Gets?
The adult day pass costs €41.50 and the 6-day pass €211 (2026-2027, read on the official price list, shared with Roc d'Enfer).
How do I get to Les Gets?
By road, Les Gets is 59 min from Genève (54 km), excluding traffic and winter conditions. By train, the nearest station is Marignier, 27 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 Genève, 1 hr 24 away.
How long is the drive from Paris to Les Gets?
6 hr 25 for 588 km from central Paris, excluding traffic and winter conditions. Computed on the real road network (OpenStreetMap): allow more on a school-holiday Saturday.
What time do the lifts open in Les Gets?
Lifts are announced open from 08:00 to 17:30 (du jeudi au samedi), according to the official website (read on 9 September 2026).
When does Les Gets open?
According to the official website, the resort opens on 12 December 2026 and closes on 11 April 2027 (2026-2027 season).
Is the snow reliable in Les Gets?
Yes: good snow through most of the winter according to twenty winters of Météo-France measurements; in season the daily report prevails.
Is Les Gets good for beginners and families?
62% of the pistes are green or blue: a rather easy area.
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