Les Habères
Les Habères is a ski resort in the Northern Alps (Haute-Savoie), in the commune of Habère-Poche. The village sits at 941 m.
The area offers 25 km of alpine pistes, 43 marked pistes (5 green, 22 blue, 14 red, 2 black), 19 ski lifts, plus a snowpark. Green and blue runs dominate: terrain suited to beginners and families.
Access: 42 min by road from Genève and 20 min from Perrignier 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?n/a
Not rated: “top of the ski area” is missing from this page.
- Ski areaIs there enough to ski all week?2.5 / 5
Km of pistes at the resort: 25 km · Km of pistes across the linked area: 25 km · Lifts: 19 · Balance between piste levels: 79%
- 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?2 / 5
Share of green and blue pistes: 63% · Magic carpets: 0 · Sledging runs: 2 · ESF ski school · Ice rink, pool, rail sledge…: 0
- AccessIs it easy to get to?3.5 / 5
Average drive time from 20 major cities: 4 hr 23 · Nearest railway station: 20 min · Station-to-resort shuttles per day: 0 · Nearest airport: 1 hr 06
- Atmosphere and après-skiIs there life in the evening and off the slopes?1.5 / 5
Bars and pubs: 0 · Nightclubs: 0 · Restaurants: 4 · Upcoming events: 0 · Collective tourist beds: 108 — 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 · 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 941 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
33 complete winters measured, from 1993-1994 to 2025-2026 — on average 12 days a winter with at least 30 cm on the ground.
- 1-15 Dec9 cmInsufficient · 9 %
- 16-31 Dec9 cmInsufficient · 8 %
- 1-15 Jan9 cmInsufficient · 3 %
- 16-31 Jan14 cmInsufficient · 14 %
- 1-15 Feb15 cmInsufficient · 22 %
- 16-29 Feb13 cmInsufficient · 17 %
- 1-15 Mar7 cmInsufficient · 8 %
- 16-31 Mar2 cmInsufficient · 1 %
- 1-15 Apr2 cmInsufficient · 1 %
- Best winter of the series
- 2012-2013 — 45 days at 30 cm or more
- Worst winter of the series
- 2001-2002 — 0 day at 30 cm or more
How much snow actually falls — 223 cm a winter on average, spread over 30 days of snowfall. Measured over 33 complete winters.
- Biggest 24-hour snowfall
- 42 cm — 2016-2017
- Snowiest winter
- 1998-1999 — 525 cm
- Leanest winter
- 1996-1997 — 71 cm
The ski area
Compare with another resort →43 pistes, by level — 25 km
- Lifts
- 5 chairlifts, 14 drag lifts
- Cross-country skiing
- 12 named trails — 127 km of marked loops (65 km of distinct track: the loops overlap) · Domaine nordique des Moises area, 900 m 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(12)
Trail Level Length Tour de la Pointe de Miribel n/a 31 km Tour de la Tête du Char n/a 23 km Très le Mont n/a 22 km Tour des Arces n/a 9.5 km Les Moises · Domaine nordique des Moises intermediate 9.1 km Le Bois de Bouleau · Domaine nordique des Moises easy 8 km Itinéraire nordique du Col du Feu · Domaine nordique des Moises intermediate 7.8 km Granges Mamet · Domaine nordique des Moises n/a 5.1 km Boucle de Trécout · Domaine nordique des Moises intermediate 4.2 km Boucle de l'Epinguy · Domaine nordique des Moises difficult 3.4 km Les Planeurs · Domaine nordique des Moises very easy 2.8 km Backcountry Trécout n/a 1.6 km - Snowpark
- Yes
- Without skis
- 21 km of snowshoe and walking trails · 2 sledging runs
- Piste aspect
- N 52% · E 18% · S 1% · W 28% (descent direction of 35 OSM pistes, terrain model)
- Mountain restaurants
- Les Pivottes (1246 m) · Hôtel les Skieurs (1225 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 detail →
The price list for this resort is being collected: most resorts publish winter prices between September and November.
Staying and hiring gear in Les Habères
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Stay & accommodation
Live webcams
All webcams (1) →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 Les Habères
From Paris: 6 hr 08 (571 km) by road.
By road
- From Genève: 42 min · 36 km
- From Annecy: 57 min · 65 km
- From Chambéry: 1 hr 25 · 107 km
- From Grenoble: 1 hr 59 · 162 km
- From Lyon: 2 hr 16 · 179 km
From other major cities (15)
- From Saint-Étienne: 2 hr 57 · 243 km
- From Valence: 2 hr 57 · 265 km
- From Besançon: 3 hr 10 · 210 km
- From Dijon: 3 hr 17 · 292 km
- From Clermont-Ferrand: 3 hr 59 · 349 km
- From Strasbourg: 4 hr 50 · 389 km
- From Montpellier: 5 hr 04 · 469 km
- From Marseille: 5 hr 09 · 478 km
- From Nancy: 5 hr 19 · 495 km
- From Paris: 6 hr 08 · 571 km
- From Perpignan: 6 hr 26 · 617 km
- From Nice: 6 hr 27 · 539 km
- From Toulouse: 7 hr 22 · 703 km
- From Bordeaux: 7 hr 57 · 736 km
- From Pau: 9 hr 16 · 893 km
Excluding traffic and winter conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.
By train
Perrignier station
halt · then 20 min drive (15 km)
Nearest main station: Annecy, 56 min 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 06 by road · 44 km
- Chambéry-Savoie (CMF): 1 hr 29 by road · 106 km
Take me there
These links open the app with Les Habères as the destination. Your starting point is never sent by us — the app asks you for it, if you agree.
Charging an electric car
1 charging station within 2 km
2 charging points · up to 22 kW
- HABERE POCHE - Route Vielle verde · EASYCHARGE · 2 points · 22 kW · 0.4 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: Tremplin de saut à ski
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 Habères — up to 1,200 m of climb.
| Summit and route | Ski grade | Climb | Altitude | Aspect | From resort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montagne d'Hirmentaz · Depuis Habère-Poche | 2.2 · E1 · PD | 660 m | 935 → 1,598 m | W | 1.2 km |
| Pointe de Miribel · Depuis les Granges Meynent | n/a · F | 511 m | 1,070 → 1,581 m | N | 2.1 km |
| Pointe de Miribel · Par le Martinet et la Tête des Cudres | n/a · PD- | 700 m | 949 → 1,581 m | N | 2.6 km |
| Mont Forchat · Boucle par l'Oratoire des Moises et Très la Paraz | n/a · PD | 550 m | 1,080 → 1,539 m | W | 3.5 km |
| Mont Forchat · Versant NW | n/a · PD | 500 m | 1,120 → 1,539 m | NW | 3.5 km |
| Pointe de Miribel · Par Plaine Joux | 1.1 · E1 · F | 332 m | 1,249 → 1,581 m | S | 3.7 km |
| Pointe des Jottis/Les Rebelas · Boucle par les Rebelas, la Tête des Supplies et les Jottis - depuis le Châtelet | n/a · F | 500 m | 1,054 → 1,548 m | NW | 5.3 km |
| Rochers de la Motte ou Sur la Pointe · Depuis l'Ermont | n/a · F | 650 m | 1,040 → 1,657 m | E | 5.4 km |
| Pointe des Jottis/Les Rebelas · Par Mégevette | n/a · F | 680 m | 880 → 1,548 m | SW | 5.5 km |
| Rochers de la Motte ou Sur la Pointe · Depuis le lac de Vallon | 1.3 · E1 · F | 600 m | 1,060 → 1,657 m | S | 6.2 km |
| Pointe des Follys (Mégevette) · Traversée par la Pointe des Jottis | n/a · F | 1,050 m | 978 → 1,713 m | NW | 6.5 km |
| Tête des Follys · Traversée des faces N des Follys | 3.1 · E1 · AD- | 1,200 m | 1,125 → 1,770 m | N | 6.9 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 Habères
Paragliding
- Aires de départ parapente et delta de Très le Mont · Lullin · 4.7 km away
- Aire de départ parapente et delta des Couteaux · Lullin · 5.9 km away
- Aire de départ parapente et delta des Hermones · Vailly · 7.6 km away
Museum
- Maison de la Belle Vallée · Bellevaux · 4.6 km away
- Musée de la Faune · Bellevaux · 4.8 km away
- Musée d'art et de folklore régional (Muséâm) · Fessy · 5.8 km away
Cinema
- Cinéma La Trace · Villard · 3.8 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
108 bed spaces in tourist residences, holiday villages and hostels
- 1 holiday village or family centre · 108 bed spaces
Commune: Habère-Poche · 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 des Alpes du Léman
📍 18 Route du Col, 74420 Habère-Poche
🌐 alpesduleman.com/office-de-tourisme-des-alpes-du-leman-bureau-d-accueil-d-habere-poche-147042.html
Ski school
ESF La Vallee Verte
25 instructors
🇬🇧 5 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.
Nearby resorts
Frequently asked questions
How high is Les Habères?
Les Habères sits at 941 m at village level.
How many kilometres of pistes does Les Habères have?
Les Habères has 25 km of pistes served by 19 lifts (OpenStreetMap survey).
How do I get to Les Habères?
By road, Les Habères is 42 min from Genève (36 km), excluding traffic and winter conditions. By train, the nearest station is Perrignier, 20 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 06 away.
How long is the drive from Paris to Les Habères?
6 hr 08 for 571 km from central Paris, excluding traffic and winter conditions. Computed on the real road network (OpenStreetMap): allow more on a school-holiday Saturday.
Is Les Habères good for beginners and families?
63% of the pistes are green or blue: a rather easy area.
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