Terre Ronde
947 mVillage altitude
1,195 mTop of the ski area
6 kmAlpine pistes
5Ski lifts
Not published by any source: adult day pass.
Terre Ronde is a ski resort in the Jura (Ain), in the commune of Plateau d'Hauteville. The village sits at 947 m and the ski area rises to 1,195 m, a skiable vertical of 262 m.
Live webcams
All webcams (3) →Hauteville Lompnes Site de Terre RondeWebcam-HD
Bike Park Cormaranche en BugeyWebcam-HD
Each player is the camera operator’s own, loaded only when you ask for it — it may set its own trackers.
Official players of the resort, live image.
Snow, opening and weather
Snow report →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.
Natural snow is low on average: skiing depends on snowmaking and good years. 8 days a winter at 30 cm or more on average, measured over 11 winters at the Météo-France “SUTRIEU” station. Fortnight by fortnight, over 11 measured winters →
3-day forecast
Village 947 m · top 1,195 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.
Seven criteria rated from 1 to 5 stars, in half-stars, from this page's sourced data. A rating is a rank among the 315 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?1.5 / 5
Top of the ski area: 1,195 m · Bottom of the pistes: 933 m · Days above 30 cm per winter, measured: 8 days · Days above 30 cm, December to March, model: 2%
- Ski areaIs there enough to ski all week?2 / 5
Km of pistes at the resort: 6 km · Lifts: 5 · Balance between piste levels: 91%
- ValueIs the lift pass reasonable for what you get?n/a
Not rated: no official price list could be found.
- Families and beginnersIs it right for children and beginners?2.5 / 5
Share of green and blue pistes: 55% · Magic carpets: 0 · Sledging runs: 2 · ESF ski school · Ice rink, pool, rail sledge…: 1
- AccessIs it easy to get to?4.5 / 5
Average drive time from 20 major cities: 4 hr 00 · Nearest railway station: 20 min · Station-to-resort shuttles per day: 4 · Nearest airport: 1 hr 17
- Atmosphere and après-skiIs there life in the evening and off the slopes?2.5 / 5
Bars and pubs: 2 · Nightclubs: 0 · Restaurants: 5 · Upcoming events: 0 · Collective tourist beds: 116 — index: what the map and the listings publish
- Luxury and comfortHow upmarket is the resort?2 / 5
5-star hotels: 0 · 4-star hotels: 0 · Share of hotel rooms in 4 and 5 stars: 0% · Spas and saunas: 1 · Jewellers, watchmakers, fashion boutiques: 1 — 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 declared by the resort (ANMSM, official website), STRMTG register, OpenStreetMap; snow depth observed at the Météo-France station, ERA5-Land model) ; ski area (figures declared by the resort (ANMSM, official website), national lift register (STRMTG), OpenStreetMap) ; 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).
11 pistes, by level
4 green2 blue4 red1 black
- Skiable vertical
- 262 m
- Lifts
- 5 drag lifts
- Cross-country skiing
- 9 named trails — 55 km of marked loops (25 km of distinct track: the loops overlap) · Plateau de Retord area, 1 km from the resort
Ski-area figures — bottom, top, km of pistes, lifts, pistes by level: OpenStreetMap (1 Oct) .
The ski area in figures
Measured on 7 October 20261 kmLongest piste — Lys (blue), 229 m of vertical
229 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 1,195 → 966 m, 1 km
1,195 mHighest lift top — Grand Couloir (platter lift)
2 kmTotal length of lifts — 6 lifts mapped
67 haSki area boundary (OSM)
4,857Inhabitants — Plateau d'Hauteville (INSEE 01185)
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 Terre Ronde
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Collective accommodation
116 bed spaces in tourist residences, holiday villages and hostels
- 3 hotels · 28 rooms (1 × 3★, 1 × 2★)
- 1 youth hostel or sports centre · 116 bed spaces
- 2 campsites · 114 pitches
Commune: Plateau d'Hauteville · INSEE tourist accommodation survey, 2026, read on 12 September 2026. Collective accommodation only — privately let flats and second homes are not counted. INSEE dataset ↗
Stay & accommodation
Holidu
Holiday-rental comparison site.
Gear & equipment
Absolute Snow
UK ski and snowboard shop — delivers to UK addresses only.
Hardloop
Mountain gear shop: ski touring, avalanche safety, winter clothing.
Beyond skiing at Terre Ronde
Without skis on — 2 sledging runs
Swimming pool
- Piscine Plateau d'Hauteville · Plateau d'Hauteville · 2.6 km away
Dog sledding
- Balade en chiens de traineau avec Au cœur des loups · Plateau d'Hauteville · 1.3 km away
- Balade en chiens de traîneau avec La Ferme des Résilients · Brénod · 7.9 km away
- Balade en chiens de traineau avec Nordic Indiana · Plateau d'Hauteville · 9.9 km away
Cinema
- Cinéma Novelty · Plateau d'Hauteville · 1.8 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.
Ski schools and practical information
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.
Off the pistes: off-piste and ski touring
The resorts for off-piste skiing →Ski touring routes described
1 ski touring route documented within 10 km of Terre Ronde — up to 350 m of climb.
| Summit and route | Ski grade | Climb | Altitude | Aspect | From resort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hauteville La Praille · depuis l'étang D'Angeville | 1.3 · F | 350 m | 935 → 1,180 m | W | 0.1 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 October 2026. Descriptions and photos are on Camptocamp; an empty cell is a field nobody has filled in. Camptocamp ski touring routes ↗
Piste map
Open on OpenSnowMap ↗Official piste map
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 Terre Ronde
From Paris: 5 hr 21 (489 km) by road.
By road
- From Genève: 1 hr 22 · 85 km
- From Chambéry: 1 hr 24 · 72 km
- From Lyon: 1 hr 27 · 92 km
- From Annecy: 1 hr 29 · 79 km
- From Grenoble: 1 hr 58 · 128 km
From other major cities (15)
- From Saint-Étienne: 2 hr 15 · 152 km
- From Dijon: 2 hr 29 · 210 km
- From Valence: 2 hr 32 · 192 km
- From Besançon: 2 hr 42 · 226 km
- From Clermont-Ferrand: 3 hr 09 · 260 km
- From Nancy: 4 hr 32 · 413 km
- From Montpellier: 4 hr 35 · 393 km
- From Marseille: 4 hr 41 · 402 km
- From Strasbourg: 5 hr 05 · 464 km
- From Paris: 5 hr 21 · 489 km
- From Perpignan: 5 hr 57 · 541 km
- From Nice: 6 hr 18 · 560 km
- From Toulouse: 6 hr 53 · 627 km
- From Bordeaux: 7 hr 08 · 649 km
- From Pau: 8 hr 48 · 817 km
Excluding traffic and winter conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.
By train
Tenay - Hauteville station
halt · then 20 min drive (15 km)
Nearest main station: Bellegarde-sur-Valserine, 49 min by road.
- From Tenay - Hauteville station (stop “Gare SNCF”): line A40 — HAUTEVILLE-TENAY-AMBERIEU EN BUGEY (REGION - cars Région Ain), 24 min to the “Hauteville - Monument de Bellevue” stop — 4 departures a day on weekdays, 4 a day at weekends · first 07:30, last 19:35 · 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
- Lyon-Saint-Exupéry (LYS): 1 hr 17 by road · 87 km
- Chambéry-Savoie (CMF): 1 hr 20 by road · 63 km
Take me there
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Charging an electric car
2 charging stations within 2 km
7 charging points · up to 50 kW
- e-Totem - WELDOM Hauteville · E-TOTEM · 3 points · 50 kW · 2 km
- HAUTEVILLE-LOMPNES · ALDI SARL · 4 points · 22 kW · 2 km
Freely accessible charge points read from the French national EV charging database (data.gouv.fr ↗, operators’ own declarations), checked on 9 October 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.
The area offers 6 km of alpine pistes, 11 marked pistes (4 green, 2 blue, 4 red, 1 black), 5 ski lifts.
Measured on the OpenStreetMap map: the longest piste runs 1 km (Lys) and the highest lift tops out at 1,195 m.
Access: 1 h 22 by road from Genève and 20 min from Tenay - Hauteville railway station.
3 official webcams show the pistes live (on the French page).
Frequently asked questions
How high is Terre Ronde?
Terre Ronde sits at 947 m at village level, and its ski area rises to 1,195 m.
How many kilometres of pistes does Terre Ronde have?
Terre Ronde has 6 km of slopes, 5 lifts.
What is the longest piste in Terre Ronde?
The longest piste is Lys: 1 km (blue run), for 229 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 Terre Ronde?
The highest lift, Grand Couloir, tops out at 1,195 m (IGN RGE ALTI terrain model). The 6 lifts mapped on OpenStreetMap total 2 km.
How do I get to Terre Ronde?
By road, Terre Ronde is 1 hr 22 from Genève (85 km), excluding traffic and winter conditions. By train, the nearest station is Tenay - Hauteville, 20 min by road from the resort. From Tenay - Hauteville station, line A40 — HAUTEVILLE-TENAY-AMBERIEU EN BUGEY (REGION - cars Région Ain) reaches the “Hauteville - Monument de Bellevue” stop in 24 min, 4 departures a day on weekdays, 4 a day at weekends. The nearest airport is Lyon-Saint-Exupéry, 1 hr 17 away.
How long is the drive from Paris to Terre Ronde?
5 hr 21 for 489 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 Terre Ronde?
Natural snow is low on average: skiing depends on snowmaking and good years. 8 days a winter at 30 cm or more on average, measured over 11 winters at the Météo-France “SUTRIEU” station. This verdict rests on 11 winters of Météo-France measurements (2009-2026); in season the daily report prevails.
Is Terre Ronde good for beginners and families?
55% of the pistes are green or blue: a rather technical area.
Nearby resorts
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. Terre Ronde in French →
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