Valmorel
Off season · opens 19 December 20261,400 mVillage altitude
2,550 mTop of the ski area
165 kmLinked pistes · Le Grand Domaine
31Ski lifts
€56.10Adult day pass · 2026-2027
Valmorel is a ski resort in the Tarentaise Valley, located in the communes of Les Avanchers-Valmorel and La Léchère, in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.
Live webcams
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Official players of the resort, live image. 4 more cameras on the webcam page. Checked on 16 October 2026.
Snow, opening and weather
Snow report →The domain is due to open on 19 December 2026 and close on 10 April 2027. Open pistes and lifts will appear here as soon as the resort publishes its daily report.
Avalanche danger
Good snow from early January to mid-April. 115 days a winter at 30 cm or more on average, and 344 cm of fresh snow, measured over 27 winters at the Météo-France “Meribel Mottaret” station. Fortnight by fortnight, over 27 measured winters →
3-day forecast
Village 1,400 m · top 2,550 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?3.5 / 5
Top of the ski area: 2,550 m · Bottom of the pistes: 1,400 m · Days above 30 cm per winter, measured: 115 days · Days above 30 cm, December to March, model: 57%
- Ski areaIs there enough to ski all week?4 / 5
Km skiable from the resort, linked area included: 165 km · Lifts: 31 · Balance between piste levels: 87%
- ValueIs the lift pass reasonable for what you get?3 / 5
Adult day pass: €56.10
- Families and beginnersIs it right for children and beginners?3 / 5
Share of green and blue pistes: 75% · Magic carpets: 10 · Special prices out of 4 (beginner, child, family, free age): 1 · ESF ski school · Ice rink, pool, rail sledge…: 1
- AccessIs it easy to get to?3 / 5
Average drive time from 20 major cities: 4 hr 35 · Nearest railway station: 19 min · Station-to-resort shuttles per day: 0 · Nearest airport: 1 hr 22
- Atmosphere and après-skiIs there life in the evening and off the slopes?4 / 5
Bars and pubs: 6 · Nightclubs: 1 · Restaurants: 20 · Upcoming events: 0 · Collective tourist beds: 2,922 — 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: €56.10 — 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).
Lift passes 2026-2027
All prices (child, family, season) →€46.40 Child, 1 day€59.70 1 day · Valmorel - Le Grand Domaine pass (linked area)
Read on the official price list, full price, excluding promotions. 2026-2027 season. Official price list ↗
57 pistes, by level
15 green28 blue9 red5 black
- Skiable vertical
- 1,150 m
- Cross-country skiing
- 9 named trails — 47 km of marked loops (16 km of distinct track: the loops overlap) · Espace Nordique du Grand Coin area, 12 km from the resort
- Snowpark
- 2 mapped zones, 2 km from the resort — Boardercross des Charmettes (easy) · Snow Park des Pirates (easy)
Ski-area figures — village, bottom, top, km of the linked area, lifts, pistes by level: ANMSM — figures declared by the resort (16 Oct) . In a linked ski area the map cannot tell where the resort ends: its own km stay “n/a” until the resort declares them. The national register attributes 41 lifts to Valmorel alone; the figure above comes from the most reliable source.
The ski area in figures
Measured on 7 October 20267 kmLongest piste — Le Marquis (blue), 420 m of vertical
573 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 2,177 → 1,604 m, 3 km
2,403 mHighest lift top — Mottet (detachable chairlift), national lift register
42,920Total lift capacity, people per hour — 41 installations: 4 gondolas, 7 chairlifts, 20 drag lifts, 10 magic carpets
24 yrsAverage age of the lift fleet — oldest 1963, newest 2024
3,560Biggest lift, people per hour — Planchamp (gondola, 2023)
42 kmTotal length of lifts — 42 lifts mapped
4,581 haSki area boundary (OSM)
724Inhabitants — Les Avanchers-Valmorel (INSEE 73024)
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.
Source: national register of mechanical lifts (STRMTG, CAIRN), fleet as of 1 January 2025 — lifts attributed to Valmorel only (“VALMOREL”), magic carpets included.
Staying and hiring gear in Valmorel
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Collective accommodation
2,922 bed spaces in tourist residences, holiday villages and hostels
- 3 hotels · 69 rooms (2 × 3★)
- 3 holiday villages and family centres · 1,416 bed spaces
- 4 tourist residences and apartment hotels · 1,506 bed spaces
Commune: Les Avanchers-Valmorel · 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 Valmorel
Without skis on — 4 km of snowshoe and walking trails · 2 sledging runs
Swimming pool
- Espace aquatique de Valmorel - Kanopé · Les Avanchers-Valmorel · 0.1 km away
- Piscine de Doucy · La Léchère · 4.1 km away
- Piscine publique · Brides-les-Bains · 9.8 km away
Spa and thermal baths
- Thermes de La Léchère · La Léchère · 6.8 km away
- Le Grand Spa Thermal · Brides-les-Bains · 9.8 km away
- Les Thermes de Brides-Les-Bains · Brides-les-Bains · 9.8 km away
Paragliding
- Aire de décollage parapente des Lanchettes · Les Avanchers-Valmorel · 1.5 km away
- Aire de décollage parapente de Crève-Tête · Les Avanchers-Valmorel · 1.5 km away
- Aire de décollage parapente du Gollet · Les Avanchers-Valmorel · 2 km away
- Aire de décollage parapente des Bachals · Les Avanchers-Valmorel · 2.3 km away
Museum
- Musée d'antan de Raclaz · La Léchère · 4 km away
- Galerie d'exposition / Patio au Centre Culturel Marius Hudry · Moûtiers · 7.4 km away
- Centre Culturel Marius Hudry · Moûtiers · 7.4 km away
- Musée des Traditions Populaires · Moûtiers · 7.4 km away
Cinema
- Le Studio - cinéma · Les Avanchers-Valmorel · 0.1 km away
- Cinéma "Le Rex" · Moûtiers · 7 km away
- Cinéma Le Doron · Brides-les-Bains · 9.7 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
Ski school
ESF Valmorel
142 instructors
🇬🇧 123 English-speaking instructors — lessons in English available
🗓️ This school sells its lessons online — book ↗
Source: esf.net
Resort contacts and documents
- Tourist office
- Office de Tourisme de Valmorel et Vallées d'Aigueblanche · Bourg Morel, 73260 · 04.79.09.85.55 · info@valmorel.com (declared by the resort, ANMSM)
- Shuttle timetable (PDF)
- Horaires-ligne-S62.VALMORELpdf (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 Office de Tourisme de Valmorel et Vallées d'Aigueblanche and distributed by ANMSM · read on 16 October
Off the pistes: off-piste and ski touring
The resorts for off-piste skiing → 4 Marked off-piste itineraries · 4 km
7 km Ski touring routes
Named itineraries: Free Ride du Mottet · Free ride du Riondet · Free ride du Gollet · Freeride du Mottet
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
12 ski touring routes documented within 10 km of Valmorel — up to 1,470 m of climb.
| Summit and route | Ski grade | Climb | Altitude | Aspect | From resort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crève Tête · Antécime N | 2.1 · E1 · PD- | 1,112 m | 1,060 → 2,172 m | N | 1.5 km |
| Col du Gollet · Versant E | 2.1 · PD- | n/a | 1,380 → 1,971 m | n/a | 1.9 km |
| Chalet Bachal (Pierre Larron) · Par les Avanchers | 1.3 · E1 · F | 680 m | 1,160 → 1,830 m | NW | 2.6 km |
| La Roche (Celliers) · Couloir E | 4.3 · E2 · TD- | 570 m | 1,380 → 1,951 m | E · NE | 3.6 km |
The other 8 routes, with grades and vertical →
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 Valmorel
From Paris: 6 hr 58 (656 km) by road.
By road
- From Chambéry: 1 hr 11 · 87 km
- From Annecy: 1 hr 26 · 81 km
- From Grenoble: 1 hr 27 · 117 km
- From Genève: 2 hr 08 · 127 km
- From Lyon: 2 hr 21 · 186 km
From other major cities (15)
- From Valence: 2 hr 30 · 209 km
- From Saint-Étienne: 2 hr 54 · 234 km
- From Dijon: 4 hr 13 · 387 km
- From Clermont-Ferrand: 4 hr 14 · 351 km
- From Besançon: 4 hr 27 · 299 km
- From Montpellier: 4 hr 37 · 414 km
- From Marseille: 4 hr 42 · 423 km
- From Perpignan: 5 hr 59 · 562 km
- From Nice: 6 hr 04 · 501 km
- From Nancy: 6 hr 20 · 597 km
- From Strasbourg: 6 hr 22 · 517 km
- From Toulouse: 6 hr 55 · 648 km
- From Paris: 6 hr 58 · 656 km
- From Bordeaux: 8 hr 12 · 741 km
- From Pau: 8 hr 49 · 838 km
Excluding traffic and winter conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.
By train
Moûtiers - Salins - Brides-les-Bains station
regional station · then 19 min drive (16 km)
Nearest main station: Chambéry - Challes-les-Eaux, 1 hr 09 by road.
No direct bus line from the station to the resort appears in the open-data timetables (checked on 11 October 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 22 by road · 95 km
- Grenoble-Alpes-Isère (GNB): 2 hr 00 by road · 162 km
Take me there
These links open the app with Valmorel as the destination. Your starting point is never sent by us — the app asks you for it, if you agree.
Charging an electric car
2 charging stations within 2 km
6 charging points · up to 50 kW
- L'OXYGENE · CAR2PLUG · 2 points · 22 kW · 0.1 km
- Les Avanchers-Valmorel - Parking du bourg · EASYCHARGE · 4 points · 50 kW · 0.1 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.
Introduction from the English Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).
Frequently asked questions
How high is Valmorel?
Valmorel sits at 1,400 m at village level, and its ski area rises to 2,550 m.
How many kilometres of pistes does Valmorel have?
From Valmorel you can ski 165 km of slopes across Le Grand Domaine, 31 lifts.
What is the longest piste in Valmorel?
The longest piste is Le Marquis: 7 km (blue run), for 420 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 Valmorel?
The highest lift, Mottet (detachable chairlift), tops out at 2,403 m. Source: STRMTG, French national register of mechanical lifts (CAIRN database), file dated 1 January 2025.
How many lifts does Valmorel have, and what is their capacity?
The French national register of mechanical lifts records 41 installations at Valmorel (4 gondolas, 7 chairlifts, 20 drag lifts, 10 magic carpets), for an authorised capacity of 42,920 people per hour, of which 3,560 for Planchamp alone. The fleet spans 1963 to 2024, an average age of 24 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 Valmorel?
The adult day pass costs €56.10 (2026-2027 season, read on the official price list). The Valmorel - Le Grand Domaine pass, covering the whole linked area, costs €59.70 a day.
How do I get to Valmorel?
By road, Valmorel is 1 hr 11 from Chambéry (87 km), excluding traffic and winter conditions. By train, the nearest station is Moûtiers - Salins - Brides-les-Bains, 19 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 22 away.
How long is the drive from Paris to Valmorel?
6 hr 58 for 656 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 Valmorel open?
According to the dates declared by the resort (ANMSM feed), the resort opens on 19 December 2026 and closes on 10 April 2027 (2026-2027 season).
Is the snow reliable in Valmorel?
Good snow from early January to mid-April. 115 days a winter at 30 cm or more on average, and 344 cm of fresh snow, measured over 27 winters at the Météo-France “Meribel Mottaret” station. This verdict rests on 27 winters of Météo-France measurements (1991-2026); in season the daily report prevails.
Is Valmorel good for beginners and families?
75% of the pistes are green or blue: a very accessible area.
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