Valberg
Valberg is a ski resort in the French alps in the Alpes-Maritimes department. It is located on the towns of Guillaumes, Péone and Beuil.
Introduction from the English Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).
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: 2,001 m · Bottom of the pistes: 1,516 m · Days above 30 cm per winter, measured: 107 days · Days above 30 cm, December to March, model: 66%
- Ski areaIs there enough to ski all week?4 / 5
Km of pistes at the resort: 72 km · Km of pistes across the linked area: 72 km · Lifts: 22 · Balance between piste levels: 89%
- ValueIs the lift pass reasonable for what you get?3 / 5
Adult day pass: €37 · Day pass price per km of pistes: €0.51/km
- Families and beginnersIs it right for children and beginners?3 / 5
Share of green and blue pistes: 57% · Magic carpets: 4 · Sledging runs: 0 · Special prices out of 4 (beginner, child, family, free age): 1 · ESF ski school · Ice rink, pool, rail sledge…: 2 · Famille Plus label
- AccessIs it easy to get to?1.5 / 5
Average drive time from 20 major cities: 6 hr 41 · Nearest railway station: 1 hr 21 · 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: 15 · Upcoming events: 0 · Collective tourist beds: 0 — 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 · Share of hotel rooms in 4 and 5 stars: 0% · Spas and saunas: 0 · Jewellers, watchmakers, fashion boutiques: 0 · Adult day pass: €37 — 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 PEONE station (1,784 m)
Avalanche danger
7-day forecast
Village 1,670 m · top 2,001 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 February to March.
☀️ Average daily sunshine : Nov 7.4 h · Dec 7.2 h · Jan 7.4 h · Feb 8.3 h · Mar 9.7 h · Apr 10.7 h — 26 bright days in April (Open-Meteo estimate, 2015-2025).
- November—no record
- December29 cmVariable · 50%
- January32 cmInsufficient · 37%
- February45 cmGood skiing · 88%
- March49 cmGood skiing · 90%
- 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
40 complete winters measured, from 1980-1981 to 2025-2026 — on average 107 days a winter with at least 30 cm on the ground.
- 1-15 Dec33 cmInsufficient · 49 %
- 16-31 Dec47 cmVariable · 65 %
- 1-15 Jan59 cmVariable · 76 %
- 16-31 Jan75 cmGood skiing · 89 %
- 1-15 Feb88 cmGood skiing · 89 %
- 16-29 Feb92 cmGood skiing · 90 %
- 1-15 Mar99 cmGood skiing · 89 %
- 16-31 Mar87 cmGood skiing · 82 %
- 1-15 Apr76 cmVariable · 79 %
- Best winter of the series
- 1987-1988 — 137 days at 30 cm or more
- Worst winter of the series
- 1989-1990 — 18 days at 30 cm or more
How much snow actually falls — 339 cm a winter on average, spread over 37 days of snowfall. Measured over 33 complete winters, from 1985-1986 to 2021-2022.
- Biggest 24-hour snowfall
- 93 cm — 1992-1993
- Snowiest winter
- 2013-2014 — 738 cm
- Leanest winter
- 1994-1995 — 146 cm
The ski area
Compare with another resort →65 pistes, by level — 72 km
- Skiable vertical
- 485 m (1,516 m → 2,001 m)
- Lifts
- 7 chairlifts, 11 drag lifts, 4 magic carpets
- Cross-country skiing
- 2 named trails — 1.4 km of marked loops, 1.6 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(2)
Trail Level Length Chemin de la Crous de Guerin n/a 0.7 km Cumba Clava intermediate 0.7 km - Snowpark
- 1 mapped zone, 3.1 km from the resort — SnowPark
OpenStreetMap, surveyed on 13 September 2026. OpenStreetMap does not map individual features (kickers, rails): what is counted here are the named zones. - Without skis
- 7 km of snowshoe and walking trails
- Piste aspect
- N 43% · E 40% · S 4% · W 13% (descent direction of 68 OSM pistes, terrain model)
- Tourist office
- OFFICE DE TOURISME DE VALBERG · Place Charles GINESY, 06470 · 33 (0)4 93 23 24 25 · [email protected] (declared by the resort, ANMSM)
- Piste map (PDF)
- Valberg - Plan des pistes hiver 2025-2026 (declared by the resort, ANMSM)
- Famille Plus
- The resort’s family page (declared by the resort, ANMSM)
Resort data: declared by OFFICE DE TOURISME DE VALBERG and distributed by ANMSM · read on 18 September
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 | €37 |
| Free | Free under 5 · free from 70 years |
Read on the official price list, full price, excluding promotions. Official price list ↗
Official piste map
Open the piste map (PDF, 2.3 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 Valberg only (“VALBERG-BEUIL”), magic carpets included.
Staying and hiring gear in Valberg
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Stay & accommodation
Live webcams
All webcams (7) →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 Valberg
From Paris: 10 hr 22 (848 km) by road.
By road
- From Nice: 1 hr 24 · 82 km
- From Marseille: 3 hr 25 · 266 km
- From Grenoble: 4 hr 33 · 276 km
- From Montpellier: 4 hr 47 · 396 km
- From Valence: 4 hr 59 · 379 km
From other major cities (15)
- From Chambéry: 5 hr 12 · 335 km
- From Annecy: 5 hr 41 · 382 km
- From Lyon: 5 hr 45 · 378 km
- From Perpignan: 6 hr 08 · 543 km
- From Genève: 6 hr 11 · 420 km
- From Saint-Étienne: 6 hr 19 · 427 km
- From Toulouse: 7 hr 04 · 630 km
- From Dijon: 7 hr 37 · 579 km
- From Clermont-Ferrand: 7 hr 38 · 547 km
- From Besançon: 7 hr 56 · 608 km
- From Pau: 8 hr 59 · 820 km
- From Bordeaux: 9 hr 28 · 872 km
- From Nancy: 9 hr 44 · 790 km
- From Strasbourg: 10 hr 19 · 846 km
- From Paris: 10 hr 22 · 848 km
Excluding traffic and winter conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.
By train
Cros de Cagnes station
regional station · then 1 hr 21 drive (80 km)
Nearest main station: Nice, 1 hr 25 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
- Nice-Côte d’Azur (NCE): 1 hr 18 by road · 78 km
- Toulon-Hyères (TLN): 2 hr 53 by road · 220 km
Take me there
These links open the app with Valberg 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: Iris · Iriis
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 Valberg — up to 1,500 m of climb.
| Summit and route | Ski grade | Climb | Altitude | Aspect | From resort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mont Démant · Versant S depuis Valberg | n/a · PD | 942 m | 1,670 → 2,473 m | S | 2.7 km |
| Mont Mounier · De Valberg, par le Mont des Moulines et le Mont Démant | 2.2 · PD | 1,300 m | 1,748 → 2,817 m | SE | 3.7 km |
| Mont Démant · par le col des Molines - depuis Beuil | n/a · PD | 1,050 m | 1,400 → 2,473 m | SE | 4.2 km |
| Mont Mounier · Versant S, par les Passes du Cloutet et le Mont Démant | 3.1 · E2 · AD- | 1,367 m | 1,450 → 2,812 m | S | 5.1 km |
| Cime du Pra · versant N | 2.3 · E1 · F+ | 890 m | 1,200 → 2,075 m | N | 5.3 km |
| Petit Mounier · Depuis Roya | 3.1 · PD | 1,400 m | 1,430 → 2,727 m | N · NW | 6.6 km |
| Mont Mounier · De Vignols, par le mont des Moulines et le mont Démant | 2.2 · E1 · PD | 1,300 m | 1,662 → 2,817 m | SE | 6.7 km |
| Les Cluots · En boucle, descente versant N de la Tête de Giarons | 2.3 · E1 · PD+ | 900 m | 1,288 → 2,106 m | N | 7 km |
| Les Cluots · par Roubion-les-Buisses | 1.1 · E1 · F | 800 m | 1,500 → 2,106 m | NE | 7.9 km |
| Crête de Cabane Vieille · En boucle par les vallons de Colombet et de l'Adret | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 8.5 km |
| Mont Mounier · Par Roya | n/a · AD | 1,500 m | 1,500 → 2,817 m | NW | 8.7 km |
| Mont Mounier · De Roya, Vallon de Sallevieille | 3.1 · E1 · PD- | 1,450 m | 1,475 → 2,817 m | n/a | 8.7 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 ↗
Practical information
Collective accommodation
- 4 hotels · 73 rooms (2 × 3★, 2 × 2★)
Commune: Péone · 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
📍 Place Charles Ginésy
Ski school
ESF Valberg-Beuil
108 instructors
🇬🇧 49 English-speaking instructors — lessons in English available
🗓️ This school sells its lessons online — book ↗
Source: esf.net
Days without skiing
- Alpine coaster · Luge sur rail
- Cinema · Le Dahut
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 Valberg?
Valberg sits at 1,670 m at village level, and its ski area rises to 2,001 m.
How many kilometres of pistes does Valberg have?
Valberg has 72 km of pistes served by 22 lifts (OpenStreetMap survey).
What is the longest piste in Valberg?
The longest piste is Joubarbes: 5 km (blue run), for 172 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 Valberg?
The highest lift, Raton (platter lift), tops out at 2,020 m. Source: STRMTG, French national register of mechanical lifts (CAIRN database), file dated 1 January 2025.
How many lifts does Valberg have, and what is their capacity?
The French national register of mechanical lifts records 27 installations at Valberg (7 chairlifts, 17 drag lifts, 3 magic carpets), for an authorised capacity of 24,200 people per hour, of which 2,400 for Croix Du Sapet alone. The fleet spans 1961 to 2022, an average age of 34 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 Valberg?
The adult day pass costs €37 (2025-2026, read on the official price list).
How do I get to Valberg?
By road, Valberg is 1 hr 24 from Nice (82 km), excluding traffic and winter conditions. By train, the nearest station is Cros de Cagnes, 1 hr 21 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 Nice-Côte d’Azur, 1 hr 18 away.
How long is the drive from Paris to Valberg?
10 hr 22 for 848 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 Valberg?
Yes: good snow through most of the winter according to twenty winters of Météo-France measurements; in season the daily report prevails.
Is Valberg good for beginners and families?
57% of the pistes are green or blue: a rather technical area. The resort holds the Famille Plus family label.
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