Vaujany
Vaujany is a ski resort in the Northern Alps (Isère). The village sits at 752 m and the ski area rises to 2,817 m, a skiable vertical of 1,585 m.
The area offers 28 km of alpine pistes, 45 marked pistes (10 green, 22 blue, 11 red, 2 black), 20 ski lifts, plus a snowpark. Green and blue runs dominate: terrain suited to beginners and families.
Vaujany belongs to the linked Alpe d'Huez Grand Domaine Ski area: one lift pass covers the neighbouring resorts.
Measured on the OpenStreetMap map: the longest piste runs 8 km (Sarenne) and the highest lift tops out at 3,304 m.
The resort holds the Famille Plus and Station Verte and Station classée de tourisme labels.
Access: 1 h 02 by road from Grenoble and 44 min from Jarrie - Vizille railway station.
14 official webcams show the pistes live (on the French page).
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: 2,817 m · Bottom of the pistes: 1,232 m · Days above 30 cm per winter, measured: 52 days · Days above 30 cm, December to March, model: 89%
- Ski areaIs there enough to ski all week?3 / 5
Km of pistes at the resort: 28 km · Km of pistes across the linked area: 136 km · Lifts: 20 · Balance between piste levels: 84%
- ValueIs the lift pass reasonable for what you get?n/a
Not rated: “adult day pass” is missing from this page.
- Families and beginnersIs it right for children and beginners?3.5 / 5
Share of green and blue pistes: 71% · Magic carpets: 4 · Sledging runs: 0 · ESF ski school · Ice rink, pool, rail sledge…: 2 · Famille Plus label
- AccessIs it easy to get to?2.5 / 5
Average drive time from 20 major cities: 4 hr 27 · Nearest railway station: 44 min · Station-to-resort shuttles per day: 0 · Nearest airport: 1 hr 28
- Atmosphere and après-skiIs there life in the evening and off the slopes?n/a
Not rated: “bars and pubs” is missing from this page.
- Luxury and comfortHow upmarket is the resort?n/a
Not rated: “5-star hotels” is missing from this page.
“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 AIGLETON-NIVOSE station (2,240 m)
Avalanche danger
7-day forecast
Village 752 m · top 2,817 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 December to April: a long, reliable season.
☀️ Average daily sunshine : Nov 6.4 h · Dec 5.7 h · Jan 6.1 h · Feb 7.5 h · Mar 8.6 h · Apr 10.1 h — 26 bright days in April (Open-Meteo estimate, 2015-2025).
- November—no record
- December50 cmGood skiing · 81%
- January60 cmVariable · 79%
- February79 cmGood skiing · 97%
- March90 cmGood skiing · 97%
- April66 cmGood skiing · 86%
- 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
18 complete winters measured, from 2000-2001 to 2018-2019 — on average 52 days a winter with at least 30 cm on the ground.
- 1-15 Dec13 cmInsufficient · 20 %
- 16-31 Dec23 cmInsufficient · 40 %
- 1-15 Jan29 cmInsufficient · 43 %
- 16-31 Jan39 cmVariable · 58 %
- 1-15 Feb44 cmVariable · 69 %
- 16-29 Feb38 cmVariable · 60 %
- 1-15 Mar27 cmInsufficient · 43 %
- 16-31 Mar8 cmInsufficient · 13 %
- 1-15 Apr1 cmInsufficient · 1 %
- Best winter of the series
- 2005-2006 — 118 days at 30 cm or more
- Worst winter of the series
- 2000-2001 — 0 day at 30 cm or more
How much snow actually falls — 272 cm a winter on average, spread over 31 days of snowfall. Measured over 40 complete winters, from 1980-1981 to 2019-2020.
- Biggest 24-hour snowfall
- 48 cm — 2007-2008
- Snowiest winter
- 1983-1984 — 466 cm
- Leanest winter
- 1992-1993 — 87 cm
The ski area
Compare with another resort →45 pistes, by level — 28 km
- Skiable vertical
- 1,585 m (1,232 m → 2,817 m)
- Lifts
- 2 cable cars, 1 funicular, 6 gondolas, 2 chairlifts, 5 drag lifts, 4 magic carpets
- Cross-country skiing
- 1 named trail — 2.1 km of marked loops, 8.9 km from the resortOpenStreetMap, lengths measured on the geometry, surveyed on 12 September 2026. A trail with no difficulty tag is shown as "n/a" — never guessed.
See the trails(1)
Trail Level Length Boucle rochette n/a 2.1 km - Snowpark
- 1 mapped zone, 1.7 km from the resort — Snowpark Montfrais
OpenStreetMap, surveyed on 12 September 2026. OpenStreetMap does not map individual features (kickers, rails): what is counted here are the named zones. - Without skis
- 1 km of snowshoe and walking trails
- Piste aspect
- N 48% · E 0% · S 12% · W 39% (descent direction of 42 OSM pistes, terrain model)
- Mountain restaurants
- Auberge de l'Alpette (2046 m) · Le Poutran (1352 m) · Popeye (1352 m) · La Potée Oz (1348 m)
- Tourist office
- Maison de Vaujany - Office de Tourisme de Vaujany · 5 Place du Téléphérique, 38114 · 0476807237 · [email protected] (declared by the resort, ANMSM)
- Piste map (PDF)
- VAUJANY_plan des pistes (declared by the resort, ANMSM)
- Resort app
- Android (declared by the resort, ANMSM)
- Famille Plus
- The resort’s family page (declared by the resort, ANMSM)
Resort data: declared by Maison de Vaujany - Office de Tourisme de Vaujany 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 detail →
The price list for this resort is being collected: most resorts publish winter prices between September and November.
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 Vaujany only (“VAUJANY”), magic carpets included.
Staying and hiring gear in Vaujany
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Stay & accommodation
Live webcams
All webcams (14) →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 Vaujany
From Paris: 6 hr 51 (627 km) by road.
By road
- From Grenoble: 1 hr 02 · 55 km
- From Chambéry: 1 hr 41 · 114 km · avoids Col du Glandon, closed in winter
- From Valence: 1 hr 58 · 144 km
- From Annecy: 2 hr 11 · 161 km · via Jarrie - Vizille station
- From Lyon: 2 hr 14 · 157 km
From other major cities (15)
- From Genève: 2 hr 41 · 199 km · via Jarrie - Vizille station
- From Saint-Étienne: 2 hr 47 · 206 km
- From Montpellier: 4 hr 05 · 348 km
- From Dijon: 4 hr 06 · 358 km
- From Clermont-Ferrand: 4 hr 07 · 326 km
- From Marseille: 4 hr 10 · 358 km
- From Besançon: 4 hr 25 · 387 km
- From Perpignan: 5 hr 27 · 496 km
- From Nice: 5 hr 31 · 400 km · avoids Col de Restefond, closed in winter
- From Nancy: 6 hr 13 · 569 km
- From Toulouse: 6 hr 23 · 582 km
- From Strasbourg: 6 hr 48 · 625 km
- From Paris: 6 hr 51 · 627 km
- From Bordeaux: 8 hr 05 · 712 km
- From Pau: 8 hr 17 · 772 km
Excluding traffic and winter conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.
By train
Jarrie - Vizille station
halt · then 44 min drive (40 km)
Nearest main station: Grenoble, 1 hr 02 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
- Grenoble-Alpes-Isère (GNB): 1 hr 28 by road · 97 km
- Chambéry-Savoie (CMF): 1 hr 52 by road · 121 km
Take me there
These links open the app with Vaujany 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 →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 Vaujany — up to 2,300 m of climb.
| Summit and route | Ski grade | Climb | Altitude | Aspect | From resort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pic Bayle · Grand tour de l'Eau d'Olle | n/a · AD+ | 2,300 m | 3,323 → 3,465 m | n/a | 1.1 km |
| Le Rissiou · Versant S par le collet du Gros Treu | n/a · AD+ | 1,250 m | 1,340 → 2,622 m | SE | 2 km |
| Le Rissiou · Versant SE | 4.1 · E1 · AD+ | 1,210 m | 1,410 → 2,622 m | SE | 2 km |
| Col du Rissiou (ou Brèche des Casses) · Versant SE | n/a · AD- | 1,100 m | 1,360 → 2,463 m | SE | 2.1 km |
| Rochers Rissiou · Face SE | 5.1 · E3 · TD- | 1,200 m | 1,410 → 2,607 m | SE | 2.2 km |
| Brèche du Rissiou · Couloir SE | 4.1 · E1 · AD+ | 1,100 m | 1,360 → 2,460 m | SE | 2.4 km |
| Rochers Motas · Versant SE | 3.1 · E2 · AD- | 1,060 m | 1,410 → 2,474 m | SE · S · E | 2.7 km |
| Côte Belle (Vaujany) · Face W | 3.2 · E1 · AD | 1,000 m | 1,410 → 2,395 m | W | 2.9 km |
| Côte Belle (Vaujany) · Arête SW | 2.3 · E1 · PD+ | 900 m | 1,500 → 2,395 m | SW · W | 2.9 km |
| Le Rissiou · Face N | 4.1 · E2 · D- | 1,600 m | 1,276 → 2,622 m | N · NE | 3 km |
| Col du Sabot · Versant SW | 1.2 · E1 · F | 700 m | 1,410 → 2,100 m | SW | 3.1 km |
| Pic Bayle · Traversée Pic Bayle → Pic de l'Étendard → Brèche de la Cochette | n/a · D- | 1,400 m | 2,800 → 3,464 m | W | 3.2 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 ↗
Beyond skiing at Vaujany
Ice rink
- Patinoire - Pôle Sports & Loisirs · Vaujany · 0.3 km away
- Patinoire à ciel ouvert · Huez · 7.4 km away
Swimming pool
- Piscine - Pôle Sports & Loisirs · Vaujany · 0.2 km away
- Piscine de plein air chauffée · Huez · 7.3 km away
- Piscine couverte · Huez · 7.6 km away
Spa and thermal baths
- Le SPA du V**** by Pure Altitude · Vaujany · 0 km away
- SPA de La Perle By Pure Altitude · Vaujany · 0.1 km away
Museum
- Espace Musée de Vaujany · Vaujany · 0.1 km away
- Maison du bouquetin - Espace York Mallory · Allemond · 5.8 km away
- Musée d'histoire et d'archéologie de l'Alpe d'Huez · Huez · 7.6 km away
Cinema
- Cinéma · Vaujany · 0.1 km away
- Cinéma L'AgorAlp · Huez · 7.6 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.
Practical information
Collective accommodation
1,796 bed spaces in tourist residences, holiday villages and hostels
- 2 hotels · 35 rooms (1 × 4★, 1 × 3★)
- 7 tourist residences and apartment hotels · 1,748 bed spaces
- 1 youth hostel or sports centre · 48 bed spaces
Commune: Vaujany · 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 du tourisme
Ski school
ESF Vaujany
44 instructors
🇬🇧 43 English-speaking instructors — lessons in English available
Source: esf.net
Days without skiing
- Bowling
- Ice rink · Patinoire
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 Vaujany?
Vaujany sits at 752 m at village level, and its ski area rises to 2,817 m.
How many kilometres of pistes does Vaujany have?
Vaujany has 28 km of pistes served by 20 lifts, within the linked Alpe d'Huez Grand Domaine Ski area (OpenStreetMap survey).
What is the longest piste in Vaujany?
The longest piste is Sarenne: 8 km (black run), for 1,657 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 Vaujany?
The highest lift, Dôme des Rousses 2ème t. (Alpette-Rousses) (aerial tramway), tops out at 2,817 m. Source: STRMTG, French national register of mechanical lifts (CAIRN database), file dated 1 January 2025.
How many lifts does Vaujany have, and what is their capacity?
The French national register of mechanical lifts records 15 installations at Vaujany (4 aerial tramways, 3 gondolas, 3 chairlifts, 3 drag lifts, 2 magic carpets), for an authorised capacity of 13,111 people per hour, of which 1,920 for Dôme des Rousses 2ème t. (Alpette-Rousses) alone. The fleet spans 1987 to 2023, an average age of 26 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 Vaujany?
By road, Vaujany is 1 hr 02 from Grenoble (55 km), excluding traffic and winter conditions. By train, the nearest station is Jarrie - Vizille, 44 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 Grenoble-Alpes-Isère, 1 hr 28 away.
How long is the drive from Paris to Vaujany?
6 hr 51 for 627 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 Vaujany?
Yes: good snow through most of the winter according to twenty winters of Météo-France measurements; in season the daily report prevails.
Is Vaujany good for beginners and families?
71% of the pistes are green or blue: a rather easy area. The resort holds the Famille Plus family label.
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