Hover a bar to see what goes into it. Scores sit on a bell curve. 6.5 is a normal good resort and 8 or more is unusual. Method.
Key facts
Altitude
1200–2800 m
Vertical drop
1,600 m
Pistes advertised
250 km
Pistes mapped on OSM
157.2 km
Lifts (mapped near village)
53 · 47% gondola/4+ chair
Day pass
€60
Passes
none
Avg snowfall (mid)
3.3 m / season
Nearest airport
TRN · 120 min
Brochure vs map. Serre Chevalier advertises 250 km. OpenStreetMap volunteers have mapped 157.2 km of piste centrelines.
The brochure is 59% longer than the map. Resorts often measure the widest line down a slope or count ski routes and linked areas.
Snow & weather updated 1 h ago
Fresh 24 h
0 cm
Fresh 72 h
0 cm
Next 7 days
6 cm
Snow depth top (model)
0 cm
Now at 2650 m
☁️ 7°
Now at 1200 m
17°
Gusts at top
16 km/h
Freezing level
3,220 m
8-day forecast (summit)
Today
☁️
·
0° / 7°
💨 17
Fri
🌤️
·
-2° / 4°
💨 21
Sat
☀️
·
-3° / 5°
💨 43
Sun
🌤️
·
-7° / 1°
💨 65
Mon
☀️
·
-7° / 1°
💨 56
Tue
🌨️
4 cm
-6° / -2°
💨 32
Wed
🌫️
·
-7° / -3°
💨 22
Thu
🌨️
1 cm
-6° / 0°
💨 25
Open-Meteo forecast downscaled to 2650 m (summit) and 1200 m (base). Rain line ≈ freezing level minus 300 m.
The last three winters at 2000 m
Avg snowfall / season
3.3 m
Powder days (15 cm+)
5
Snowy days
49
Avg temp at base
2.5°
Average snowfall by month · best: Mar
Nov
39
Dec
59
Jan
76
Feb
38
Mar
77
Apr
43
By season: 2022/23: 2.6 m · 3 powder days2023/24: 4.2 m · 7 powder days2024/25: 3.2 m · 4 powder days
When to go
Month
Avg snowfall
Tuesday 11:00
Saturday 11:00
Dec
59 cm
~0.9 min
~0.8 min
Jan
76 cm
~1.8 min
~1.5 min
SWEET SPOT
Feb
38 cm
~4.2 min
~3.6 min
Mar
77 cm
~2.2 min
~1.9 min
Snowfall from three past winters, waits from the queue model (average across lifts, mid-month, holidays included where they fall).
Lift queues
Closed until Dec 6. Here's a normal February Saturday at 10:00:
SIMULATION
Average wait ~3 min, worst 9 min.
Saturday changeover: chalets swap guests, slopes are quieterFrench school holidays (all zones rotate through February)UK half-term
Typical week (February, since the resort is closed now)
9h
10h
11h
12h
13h
14h
15h
16h
Mon 15
Tue 16
Wed 17
Thu 18
Fri 19
Sat 20
Sun 21
Average predicted wait across lifts. ■ <2 min ■ 4-7 min ■ 11+ min. Hover a day to see why.
How we guess. The model starts from the resort's usual crowd level and adjusts for school holidays (French zones, UK half-term, Presidents' Day, Lunar New Year), weekends, time of day, lift capacity from OpenStreetMap, powder days and summit wind. When skiers on the hill tap a wait time, their reports replace the guess for 45 minutes and the lift shows LIVE.
Map
· Drag to tilt. Tap the map to drop a 📍 and the hotels re-sort by distance to it, handy for ski school or a friend's chalet.
Where to sleep 53 places mapped · 1 ski-in/ski-out
Ski access score: 9.5 means ski-in/ski-out (a piste within 70 m and a lift within 600 m). Each minute of walking to the nearest lift costs about half a point. Distances are straight lines on OpenStreetMap, so add about 30% for the walk.
Pistes
Beginner
42.9 km · 27%
Easy (blue / green)
50.6 km · 32%
Intermediate (red / blue)
45.3 km · 29%
Advanced (black)
16.7 km · 11%
Freeride / ski route
1.7 km · 1%
Longest named runs
Route Fréjus
6.4 km
Aravet
6.2 km
Briance
5.5 km
Marteau
4.8 km
Celvan
4.7 km
Vallons
4.4 km
Chemin
4.2 km
Rochamout
3.5 km
Après & food
Bars & pubs
24
Clubs
1
Restaurants
117
Mountain huts
3
🍺 Le Cocon🍸 Le 1420🍸 Bistro & Co🍺 La Grotte🍸 Bowling des neiges🍺 The Sister's Pub🍸 Le Royal🍸 Le Playoff🍸 Bar Le Boudoir🍸 Le Trappeur🍸 Le Caveau de Chantemerle🪩 L'Élixir🍸 Bar tabac Le Cibouit🍺 Chez Puy🍸 L'Alpen🍸 L'Alpage🍸 Le Barboteur🍸 Auberge la Chaumière🍸 Bloc 027🍸 Le Rétro🍸 Le Club🍸 Le Tonneau🍸 BlackJack Bar🍸 L'Eden
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Nearest major airport: TRN, about 120 min away by road. Directions · Flights
Serre Chevalier is a major ski resort in Southeastern France, near the Italian border, located in the Hautes-Alpes department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Situated to the northeast of Écrins National Park in the French Alps, the resort encompasses a large skiing area, with 250 km (155 mi) of slopes and favourable weather, boasting 300 days of sunshine a year. In Serre Chevalier, 80 km (50 mi) of the slopes are covered by snow cannons to supplement natural snowfall. The resort is owned by Compagnie des Alpes. Wikipedia