Plagne Villages
Plagne Villages is a ski resort in the Northern Alps (Savoie), in the commune of La Plagne Tarentaise. The ski area rises to 2,106 m, a skiable vertical of 583 m.
The area offers 339 km of alpine pistes, 229 marked pistes (26 green, 152 blue, 30 red, 21 black), 59 ski lifts, plus a snowpark. Green and blue runs dominate: terrain suited to beginners and families.
Plagne Villages belongs to the linked La Plagne area: one lift pass covers the neighbouring resorts.
Measured on the OpenStreetMap map: the longest piste runs 7 km (Bauches) and the highest lift tops out at 3,058 m.
The resort holds the Station classée de tourisme label.
Access: 1 h 35 by road from Chambéry and 24 min from Aime - La Plagne railway station.
24 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?3.5 / 5
Top of the ski area: 2,106 m · Bottom of the pistes: 1,523 m · Days above 30 cm per winter, measured: 124 days · Days above 30 cm, December to March, model: 94%
- Ski areaIs there enough to ski all week?4 / 5
Km of pistes at the resort: 339 km · Km of pistes across the linked area: 356 km · Lifts: 59 · Balance between piste levels: 72%
- ValueIs the lift pass reasonable for what you get?3.5 / 5
Adult day pass: €58 · Day pass price per km of pistes: €0.17/km
- Families and beginnersIs it right for children and beginners?3.5 / 5
Share of green and blue pistes: 78% · Magic carpets: 6 · Sledging runs: 1 · Special prices out of 4 (beginner, child, family, free age): 2 · ESF ski school · Ice rink, pool, rail sledge…: 5
- AccessIs it easy to get to?2.5 / 5
Average drive time from 20 major cities: 5 hr 00 · Nearest railway station: 24 min · Station-to-resort shuttles per day: 0 · Nearest airport: 1 hr 47
- Atmosphere and après-skiIs there life in the evening and off the slopes?3.5 / 5
Bars and pubs: 13 · Nightclubs: 0 · Restaurants: 50 · Upcoming events: 0 · Collective tourist beds: 11,577 — 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: 0 · Share of hotel rooms in 4 and 5 stars: 12% · Spas and saunas: 1 · Jewellers, watchmakers, fashion boutiques: 1 · Adult day pass: €58 — 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 24 April 2027. Open pistes and lifts will appear here as soon as the resort publishes its daily report.
Right now at the LA PLAGNE_SAPC station (2,120 m)
Avalanche danger
7-day forecast
Village 1,523 m · top 2,106 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 January to April: a long, reliable season.
☀️ Average daily sunshine : Nov 6.5 h · Dec 5.7 h · Jan 6.2 h · Feb 7.4 h · Mar 8.5 h · Apr 10.2 h — 26 bright days in April (Open-Meteo estimate, 2015-2025).
- November19 cmInsufficient · 25%
- December62 cmVariable · 79%
- January101 cmGood skiing · 95%
- February128 cmGood skiing · 100%
- March146 cmGood skiing · 100%
- April102 cmGood skiing · 93%
- May26 cmInsufficient · 37%
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
34 complete winters measured, from 1972-1973 to 2024-2025 — on average 124 days a winter with at least 30 cm on the ground.
- 1-15 Dec40 cmVariable · 56 %
- 16-31 Dec57 cmVariable · 79 %
- 1-15 Jan75 cmGood skiing · 94 %
- 16-31 Jan93 cmGood skiing · 100 %
- 1-15 Feb107 cmGood skiing · 100 %
- 16-29 Feb118 cmGood skiing · 100 %
- 1-15 Mar123 cmGood skiing · 99 %
- 16-31 Mar112 cmGood skiing · 100 %
- 1-15 Apr95 cmGood skiing · 97 %
- Best winter of the series
- 1999-2000 — 137 days at 30 cm or more
- Worst winter of the series
- 2016-2017 — 92 days at 30 cm or more
How much snow actually falls — 429 cm a winter on average, spread over 52 days of snowfall. Measured over 29 complete winters, from 1994-1995 to 2024-2025.
- Biggest 24-hour snowfall
- 61 cm — 1994-1995
- Snowiest winter
- 1994-1995 — 724 cm
- Leanest winter
- 1996-1997 — 179 cm
The ski area
Compare with another resort →229 pistes, by level — 339 km
- Skiable vertical
- 583 m (1,523 m → 2,106 m)
- Lifts
- 1 cable car, 6 gondolas, 22 chairlifts, 20 drag lifts, 6 magic carpets
- Cross-country skiing
- 5 named trails — 44 km of marked loops (18 km of distinct track: the loops overlap) · Plateau du Tovet area, 12 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(5)
Trail Level Length Bozon · Plateau du Tovet difficult 18 km Les Thuiles · Plateau du Tovet intermediate 11 km Les Terreaux · Plateau du Tovet intermediate 8.7 km Carolet · Plateau du Tovet expert 3.7 km Grand Plan · Plateau du Tovet intermediate 2.3 km - Snowpark
- Yes
- Without skis
- 1 km of snowshoe and walking trails · 1 sledging run
- Piste aspect
- N 38% · E 17% · S 21% · W 24% (descent direction of 164 OSM pistes, terrain model)
- Mountain restaurants
- Chalet de la Grande Rochette (2495 m) · Chalet des Dolines (2105 m) · Le Hors-Piste (2089 m) · La pierra Menta (2073 m) · La Godille (2073 m) · Le Matafan (2067 m) · Le Grizzli (2056 m) · Araucaria (1991 m)
- Season 2026-2027
- opens on 12 December 2026, closes on 24 April 2027 (declared by the resort, ANMSM)
- Tourist office
- Office de Tourisme de la Grande Plagne · Plagne Centre, 73210 · 0479090201 · [email protected] (declared by the resort, ANMSM)
- Piste map (PDF)
- PlanPistesParadiski2026_compressed (declared by the resort, ANMSM)
- Resort app
- Android (declared by the resort, ANMSM)
Resort data: declared by Office de Tourisme de la Grande Plagne and distributed by ANMSM · read on 18 September
Opening hours lift by lift (1)
| Lift | Type | Opens | Closes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lovatière | télésiège | 09:00 | 16:55 | OpenStreetMap |
Hours as published by the source quoted, read on 15 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 (2025-2026) detail →
| Adult pass | Price |
|---|---|
| 1 day | €58 |
| Beginner, 1 day | €39 |
| Free | Free under 5 years |
Read on the official price list, full price, excluding promotions. 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 Plagne Villages
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Stay & accommodation
Live webcams
All webcams (24) →Official players of the resort, live image. Checked on 18 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 Plagne Villages
From Paris: 7 hr 23 (681 km) by road.
By road
- From Chambéry: 1 hr 35 · 112 km
- From Annecy: 1 hr 51 · 106 km
- From Grenoble: 1 hr 52 · 141 km
- From Genève: 2 hr 33 · 152 km
- From Lyon: 2 hr 46 · 211 km
From other major cities (15)
- From Valence: 2 hr 55 · 234 km
- From Saint-Étienne: 3 hr 19 · 259 km
- From Dijon: 4 hr 38 · 412 km
- From Clermont-Ferrand: 4 hr 39 · 379 km
- From Besançon: 4 hr 52 · 324 km
- From Montpellier: 5 hr 02 · 439 km
- From Marseille: 5 hr 07 · 448 km
- From Perpignan: 6 hr 24 · 587 km
- From Nice: 6 hr 28 · 526 km
- From Nancy: 6 hr 45 · 622 km
- From Strasbourg: 6 hr 47 · 542 km
- From Toulouse: 7 hr 20 · 673 km
- From Paris: 7 hr 23 · 681 km
- From Bordeaux: 8 hr 37 · 766 km
- From Pau: 9 hr 14 · 863 km
Excluding traffic and winter conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.
By train
Aime - La Plagne station
regional station · then 24 min drive (21 km)
Nearest main station: Chambéry - Challes-les-Eaux, 1 hr 34 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 47 by road · 120 km
- Grenoble-Alpes-Isère (GNB): 2 hr 25 by road · 187 km
Take me there
These links open the app with Plagne Villages 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
6 charging points · up to 125 kW
- LA PLAGNE - Parking les mines · TotalEnergies Charging Services · 6 points · 125 kW · 1.4 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: Les Étroits · Dérochoir · Frisbee · Grande Pente · Hara Kiri · Tracé de l'ancien téléski des Leitchoums
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 Plagne Villages — up to 2,700 m of climb.
| Summit and route | Ski grade | Climb | Altitude | Aspect | From resort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roc du Bécoin · Traversée des arêtes du Dou de Moûtiers, Mont Jovet, Roc du Bécoin, Roc des Verdons | 2.2 · E2 · PD+ | 1,500 m | 1,250 → 2,594 m | n/a | 2.3 km |
| Roc du Bécoin · Couloir NW | 4.3 · E2 · D+ | 1,150 m | 1,400 → 2,550 m | NW | 2.3 km |
| Mont Saint-Jacques · Couloir N | 3.2 · E1 · D+ | 800 m | 1,600 → 2,457 m | N | 2.3 km |
| Col du Lac · Versant E depuis Montalbert | 2.1 · E1 · F | 750 m | 1,620 → 2,378 m | E | 3.5 km |
| Mont de la Guerre · Versant SE | 2.1 · E1 · F | 1,036 m | 1,250 → 2,286 m | SE | 3.6 km |
| Pointe du Tougne · Versant N | 2.1 · E1 · PD | n/a | 2,709 m | N · NW · NE | 3.6 km |
| Mont Jovet · Couloirs N | 3.3 · E1 · AD- | 1,200 m | 1,400 m | N | 3.9 km |
| Tête du Jarset · Depuis la station de Montalbert | 2.3 · E1 · PD+ | 926 m | 1,345 → 2,271 m | N | 3.9 km |
| Pointe de la Vélière · Couloir S (couloir amada) | 3.3 · E3 · D | 1,100 m | 1,400 → 2,467 m | S | 4.5 km |
| Sommet de Bellecôte · Face N Directe / couloir Blanc - Vallençant | 5.3 · E3 · TD- | 320 m | 3,100 → 3,417 m | N | 4.5 km |
| Sommet de Bellecôte · Combe du Grand Nant | 4.1 · E2 | 50 m | 1,520 → 3,250 m | n/a | 4.5 km |
| Sommet de Bellecôte · couloir Valençant face N de Bellecôte | 4.2 · E2 · AD | 2,700 m | 1,500 → 3,126 m | N | 4.9 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 Plagne Villages
Ice rink
- Patinoire de Plagne Centre · La Plagne Tarentaise · 0.9 km away
- Patinoire · La Plagne Tarentaise · 6.5 km away
Swimming pool
- Piscine municipale · Champagny-en-Vanoise · 5.6 km away
Spa and thermal baths
- Spa Bellecôte · La Plagne Tarentaise · 1.3 km away
Dog sledding
- Génération Musher - Traîneau à chiens · Champagny-en-Vanoise · 6.7 km away
Paragliding
- Air La Plagne Parapente · Aime-la-Plagne · 0.8 km away
- Fly in Paradise - Sébastien - Parapente · La Plagne Tarentaise · 1 km away
- Plagn'Air - Parapente · La Plagne Tarentaise · 1.4 km away
- Paradifly, école de parapente et Snakegliss · Aime-la-Plagne · 1.5 km away
Museum
- Tour Sarrazine, musée · Bozel · 7.4 km away
- Muséum des Animaux de Montagne · Landry · 9.4 km away
Cinema
- Salle de spectacle et de cinéma · Aime-la-Plagne · 6.4 km away
- Cinéma Montchavin-Les Coches · La Plagne Tarentaise · 7.3 km away
- Cinéma l'Eterlou · Bourg-Saint-Maurice · 8.2 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
11,577 bed spaces in tourist residences, holiday villages and hostels
- 8 hotels · 386 rooms (1 × 4★, 4 × 3★)
- 4 holiday villages and family centres · 1,977 bed spaces
- 24 tourist residences and apartment hotels · 8,898 bed spaces
- 2 youth hostels and sports centres · 702 bed spaces
- 2 campsites · 74 pitches
Commune: La Plagne Tarentaise · 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
Ski school
ESF La Plagne-Centre
174 instructors
🇬🇧 166 English-speaking instructors — lessons in English available
🗓️ This school sells its lessons online — book ↗
Source: esf.net
Days without skiing
- Cinema · Cinema - Espace les Ecrins
- Bowling · Bowling le Holidays
- Ice rink · Ice Rink - Seasonal
- Spa / wellness · Spa Nuxe Araucaria
- Bowling · Bowling de Belle Plagne
- Swimming pool · Les Bains de Belle Plagne
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 Plagne Villages?
Plagne Villages sits at 1,523 m at village level, and its ski area rises to 2,106 m.
How many kilometres of pistes does Plagne Villages have?
Plagne Villages has 339 km of pistes served by 59 lifts, within the linked La Plagne area (OpenStreetMap survey).
What is the longest piste in Plagne Villages?
The longest piste is Bauches: 7 km (blue run), for 269 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 Plagne Villages?
The highest lift, Glaciers 2, tops out at 3,058 m (IGN RGE ALTI terrain model). The 53 lifts mapped on OpenStreetMap total 46 km.
How much is a lift pass in Plagne Villages?
The adult day pass costs €58 (2025-2026, read on the official price list).
How do I get to Plagne Villages?
By road, Plagne Villages is 1 hr 35 from Chambéry (112 km), excluding traffic and winter conditions. By train, the nearest station is Aime - La Plagne, 24 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 47 away.
How long is the drive from Paris to Plagne Villages?
7 hr 23 for 681 km from central Paris, excluding traffic and winter conditions. Computed on the real road network (OpenStreetMap): allow more on a school-holiday Saturday.
When does Plagne Villages open?
According to the dates declared by the resort (ANMSM feed), the resort opens on 12 December 2026 and closes on 24 April 2027 (2026-2027 season).
Is the snow reliable in Plagne Villages?
Yes: good snow through most of the winter according to twenty winters of Météo-France measurements; in season the daily report prevails.
Is Plagne Villages good for beginners and families?
78% of the pistes are green or blue: a very accessible area.
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