Valmeinier 1800
Off season1,785 mSector altitude
Valmeinier 1800 is a ski resort in the Northern Alps (Savoie), in the commune of Valmeinier. The village sits at 1,785 m.
A sector of Valmeinier
The Valmeinier resort page →Valmeinier 1800 is one of the ski villages of Valmeinier, and shares its ski area (23 lifts). The area, the lift passes, the piste map, the off-piste routes and the SkiRadar ratings are described once, on the Valmeinier page — this page keeps what belongs to Valmeinier 1800: its own altitude, its webcams, where to stay in the village, how to get there and its ski school.
Live webcams
All webcams (8) →▶ Watch at the operator ↗
Crey du QuartWindy · 2.5 km away
▶ Watch at the operator ↗
Livecam Moneul Crey du Quartpanoramic
▶ Watch at the operator ↗
Livecam des jeuxpanoramic
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. 4 more cameras on the webcam page. Checked on 25 September 2026.
Webcams provided by windy.com — add a webcam.
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.
Avalanche danger
Good snow from early February to mid-March. 93 days a winter at 30 cm or more on average, and 355 cm of fresh snow, measured over 24 winters at the Météo-France “Les Menuires” station. Fortnight by fortnight, over 24 measured winters →
3-day forecast
Village 1,785 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.
Staying and hiring gear in Valmeinier 1800
The partners covering this resort, shown side by side, and the shop to kit out before you leave. Some links earn us a commission — never at the expense of the price or of the data.
Collective accommodation
4,143 bed spaces in tourist residences, holiday villages and hostels
- 2 hotels · 80 rooms (1 × 3★, 1 × 2★)
- 3 holiday villages and family centres · 840 bed spaces
- 7 tourist residences and apartment hotels · 3,208 bed spaces
- 1 youth hostel or sports centre · 95 bed spaces
Commune: Valmeinier · 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.
Ski Planet
Self-catering flats and all-inclusive ski holidays at the foot of the slopes, since 1999.
Montagne Vacances
Flats and chalets in the resort, at direct prices.
Ski hire
Skiset UK
Skiset’s UK site: ski hire in the resort shops, booked in English, paid in pounds.
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 Valmeinier 1800
Without skis on — 8 km of snowshoe and walking trails · 1 sledging run
Swimming pool
- Piscine de Valloire · Valloire · 5 km away
- Espace Aquatique et Piscine · Montricher-Albanne · 9.3 km away
Dog sledding
- MUSHING SPIRIT · Valloire · 5.3 km away
Paragliding
- Envergure - Parapente · Valmeinier · 0.2 km away
- Lenvair Parapente · Valloire · 2.5 km away
Museum
- Espace Alu · Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne · 5.2 km away
- Ecomusée "Montricher autrefois" · Montricher-Albanne · 9.3 km away
Cinema
- Cinéma de Valmeinier · Valmeinier · 0.2 km away
- Cinéma · Valloire · 5.3 km away
- Cinéma · Montricher-Albanne · 9.2 km away
- Valmeinier 1800 · OpenStreetMap
Bowling
- Les Quilles du Tabarnak – PUB & BOWLING · OpenStreetMap
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. Lines marked OpenStreetMap come from the map, within 3 km — opening times on site. Opening times and prices are the operator’s — check before you go.
Ski schools and practical information
Ski school
ESF Valmeinier
90 instructors
🇬🇧 50 English-speaking instructors — lessons in English available
🗓️ This school sells its lessons online — book ↗
Source: esf.net
Resort contacts and documents
- Tourist office
- VALMEINIER · 72 esplanade des Islettes, 73450 · 04 79 59 53 69 · info@valmeinier.com (declared by the resort, ANMSM)
- Resort app
- Android (declared by the resort, ANMSM)
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.
Resort data: declared by VALMEINIER and distributed by ANMSM · read on 25 September
Getting to Valmeinier 1800
From Paris: 7 hr 06 (672 km) by road.
By road
- From Chambéry: 1 hr 19 · 104 km
- From Grenoble: 1 hr 35 · 133 km
- From Annecy: 1 hr 48 · 151 km
- From Genève: 2 hr 17 · 188 km
- From Lyon: 2 hr 29 · 202 km
From other major cities (15)
- From Valence: 2 hr 38 · 226 km
- From Saint-Étienne: 3 hr 02 · 251 km
- From Dijon: 4 hr 21 · 403 km
- From Clermont-Ferrand: 4 hr 22 · 371 km
- From Besançon: 4 hr 37 · 361 km
- From Montpellier: 4 hr 45 · 430 km
- From Marseille: 4 hr 46 · 328 km
- From Nice: 5 hr 08 · 410 km
- From Perpignan: 6 hr 07 · 578 km
- From Nancy: 6 hr 28 · 614 km
- From Strasbourg: 6 hr 32 · 578 km
- From Toulouse: 7 hr 03 · 664 km
- From Paris: 7 hr 06 · 672 km
- From Bordeaux: 8 hr 20 · 757 km
- From Pau: 8 hr 57 · 854 km
Excluding traffic and winter conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.
By train
Saint-Michel - Valloire station
regional station · then 20 min drive (17 km)
Nearest main station: Chambéry - Challes-les-Eaux, 1 hr 17 by road.
- From Saint-Michel - Valloire station (stop “College P.Mougin”): line S41 — ST-MICHEL DE MAURIENNE ↔ VALMEINIER (REGION - cars Région Savoie), 34 min to the “Le Pont du Moulin” stop — 1 departure a day on weekdays · first 12:10, last 18:15 · 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
- Chambéry-Savoie (CMF): 1 hr 30 by road · 111 km
- Grenoble-Alpes-Isère (GNB): 2 hr 08 by road · 179 km
Take me there
These links open the app with Valmeinier 1800 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.
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. Valmeinier 1800 in French →
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