Valdrôme
1,318 mVillage altitude
1,530 mTop of the ski area
1 kmAlpine pistes
3Ski lifts
Not published by any source: adult day pass.
The resort of Valdrôme is a winter sports resort of the snow stadium type in the département of Drôme, inaugurated in the mid-1980s.
Live webcams
Valdrôme publishes no public webcam (checked on 12 September 2026 on its website, its tourist office and the operators’ directories). Know of one? Tell us.
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.
3-day forecast
Village 1,318 m · top 1,530 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?2 / 5
Top of the ski area: 1,530 m · Bottom of the pistes: 1,318 m · Days above 30 cm, December to March, model: 1%
- Ski areaIs there enough to ski all week?1 / 5
Km of pistes at the resort: 1 km · Lifts: 3
- 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?1 / 5
Share of green and blue pistes: 0% · Magic carpets: 0 · Sledging runs: 0 · Ice rink, pool, rail sledge…: 0
- AccessIs it easy to get to?2.5 / 5
Average drive time from 20 major cities: 4 hr 49 · Nearest railway station: 35 min · Station-to-resort shuttles per day: 1 · Nearest airport: 2 hr 33
- Atmosphere and après-skiIs there life in the evening and off the slopes?1 / 5
Bars and pubs: 0 · Nightclubs: 0 · Restaurants: 1 · 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 · 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 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).
- Skiable vertical
- 212 m
Ski-area figures — top, lifts: STRMTG — French national lift register (1 Jan); km of pistes: OpenStreetMap (1 Oct) .
The ski area in figures
n/aLongest piste
n/aBiggest vertical without changing piste
1,530 mHighest lift top — Proron (platter lift), national lift register
2,200Total lift capacity, people per hour — 3 installations: 3 drag lifts
40 yrsAverage age of the lift fleet — oldest 1984, newest 1986
900Biggest lift, people per hour — Proron (platter lift, 1986)
n/aTotal length of lifts
n/aSki area boundary (OSM)
n/aInhabitants
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.
Source: national register of mechanical lifts (STRMTG, CAIRN), fleet as of 1 January 2025 — lifts attributed to Valdrôme only (“VALDROME”), magic carpets included.
Staying and hiring gear in Valdrôme
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Collective accommodation
- 1 campsite · 18 pitches
Commune: Valdrôme · 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.
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.
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 Valdrôme
From Paris: 7 hr 56 (696 km) by road.
By road
- From Grenoble: 2 hr 07 · 123 km
- From Valence: 2 hr 07 · 115 km
- From Chambéry: 2 hr 46 · 182 km
- From Marseille: 2 hr 54 · 198 km
- From Annecy: 3 hr 15 · 229 km
From other major cities (15)
- From Lyon: 3 hr 17 · 216 km
- From Montpellier: 3 hr 25 · 225 km
- From Saint-Étienne: 3 hr 32 · 235 km
- From Genève: 3 hr 45 · 267 km
- From Nice: 4 hr 14 · 306 km
- From Perpignan: 4 hr 46 · 372 km
- From Clermont-Ferrand: 5 hr 04 · 376 km
- From Dijon: 5 hr 11 · 426 km
- From Besançon: 5 hr 30 · 456 km
- From Toulouse: 5 hr 42 · 459 km
- From Nancy: 7 hr 18 · 637 km
- From Pau: 7 hr 37 · 649 km
- From Strasbourg: 7 hr 53 · 694 km
- From Paris: 7 hr 56 · 696 km
- From Bordeaux: 8 hr 06 · 701 km
Excluding traffic and winter conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.
By train
Luc-en-Diois station
halt · then 35 min drive (27 km)
Nearest main station: Valence, 2 hr 06 by road.
- From Luc-en-Diois station (stop “Place de la Poste”): line D29 — BEAURIERES - LUC EN DIOIS - DIE (REGION - cars Région Drôme), 12 min to the “Route de Valdrome” stop — 1 departure a day on weekdays · first 12:50, last 18:07 · 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
- Grenoble-Alpes-Isère (GNB): 2 hr 33 by road · 165 km
- Marseille-Provence (MRS): 2 hr 52 by road · 193 km
Take me there
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Charging an electric car
No freely accessible charge point is declared within 2 km of the resort (checked on 9 October 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 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.
Translated from the French Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), machine translation.
Frequently asked questions
How high is Valdrôme?
Valdrôme sits at 1,318 m at village level, and its ski area rises to 1,530 m.
How many kilometres of pistes does Valdrôme have?
Valdrôme has 1 km of slopes, 3 lifts.
How high do the lifts go in Valdrôme?
The highest lift, Proron (platter lift), tops out at 1,530 m. Source: STRMTG, French national register of mechanical lifts (CAIRN database), file dated 1 January 2025.
How many lifts does Valdrôme have, and what is their capacity?
The French national register of mechanical lifts records 3 installations at Valdrôme (3 drag lifts), for an authorised capacity of 2,200 people per hour, of which 900 for Proron alone. The fleet spans 1984 to 1986, an average age of 40 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 do I get to Valdrôme?
By road, Valdrôme is 2 hr 07 from Grenoble (123 km), excluding traffic and winter conditions. By train, the nearest station is Luc-en-Diois, 35 min by road from the resort. From Luc-en-Diois station, line D29 — BEAURIERES - LUC EN DIOIS - DIE (REGION - cars Région Drôme) reaches the “Route de Valdrome” stop in 12 min, 1 departure a day on weekdays. The nearest airport is Grenoble-Alpes-Isère, 2 hr 33 away.
How long is the drive from Paris to Valdrôme?
7 hr 56 for 696 km from central Paris, excluding traffic and winter conditions. Computed on the real road network (OpenStreetMap): allow more on a school-holiday Saturday.
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