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Isère, France

Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse ski resort

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Skiing in Les Adrets, French Alps. Photo: Anselme Courau / Pexels.

Good for

  • Beginners74% of mapped runs are easy
  • Quick transfer1 h 4 min from Grenoble

From OpenSkiMap piste data, SnowTrex’s stay listings, our transfer partners’ drive times.

The short answer

Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse has about 7 km of mapped runs and 10 lifts, with skiing from about 1,083 m up to 1,746 m (5,728 ft), a vertical drop of 663 m. By mapped runs it is number 132 of the 138 France ski areas in our list. The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Chambéry Aix les Bains airport (CMF), about 32 km away in a straight line.

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Private transfer Grenoble Airport → Saint-Pierre, 56 km by road, about 1 h 4 min. You book with the partner (Suntransfers or QEEQ); we may earn a commission at no cost to you. Route details

Where to stay

Hotels in Saint-Pierre

Hotels, apartments and chalets in and around Saint-Pierre, with prices for your dates.

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Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse 7-day mountain forecast

At about 1,415 m · updated 13 Nov, 04:41 UTC

About 1 mm of precipitation as likely snow in the next week (water equivalent).

  1. Fri 132°-3°0 mm
  2. Sat 149°-3°0.5 mm
  3. Sun 1510°3°5.5 mm
  4. Mon 165°2°15.1 mm
  5. Tue 174°0°15.4 mm
  6. Wed 186°1°12.2 mm
  7. Thu 194°1°10.3 mm

Forecast data from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0). "Likely snow" = precipitation with the temperature at or below 0.5 °C; resort snow reports and avalanche bulletins are the authority on conditions.

Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse: runs from 1,083 m to 1,746 m, a vertical drop of 663 m1,2001,4001,600Top of the highest mapped run: 1,746 m (5,728 ft)Top 1,746 m · 5,728 ftBase 1,083 m · 3,553 ft663 mvertical drop
Illustrative profile. Top and base are the highest and lowest mapped runs (OpenStreetMap via OpenSkiMap).
Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse logoSaint-Pierre coat of arms

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Ski area facts

Top elevation
1,746 m5,728 ft
Vertical drop
663 m2,175 ft
Mapped runs
7 km15 runs
Lifts
10mostly drag lifts

Runs by difficulty

Run length by difficulty: Novice 19% (1.4 km), Easy 54% (3.9 km), Intermediate 26% (1.9 km)Novice: 1.4 km, 7 runs (19%)19%NoviceEasy: 3.9 km, 5 runs (54%)54%EasyIntermediate: 1.9 km, 3 runs (26%)26%Intermediate

About 74% of the mapped run length is novice or easy, 26% intermediate and 0% advanced or harder. Difficulty follows OpenStreetMap’s international scale (in Europe, easy ≈ blue, intermediate ≈ red, advanced ≈ black).

DifficultyRunsLength
Novice71.4 km
Easy53.9 km
Intermediate31.9 km

Lifts

10 mapped lifts, most of them drag lifts.

Lift typeCount
Drag lifts7
Platter lifts1
Rope tows1
Chairlifts1

Piste map

For the current official piste map, open the resort’s website. You can also explore every mapped run and lift on OpenSkiMap’s interactive map.

Nearest airports

Airports with scheduled flights, by straight-line distance (road distance is longer).

AirportCityStraight-line distance
Chambéry Aix les Bains airport (CMF)Chambéry32 km
Grenoble Alpes Isère (GNB)Grenoble39 km
Annecy Meythet airport (NCY)Annecy67 km
Lyon Saint-Exupéry (LYS)Colombier-Saugnieu, Rhône71 km

Ski transfers to Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse

Frequently asked questions

What is the elevation of Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse?

The highest mapped run starts at about 1,746 m (5,728 ft) and the lowest ends at about 1,083 m (3,553 ft), a vertical of 663 m (2,175 ft).

How many km of ski runs does Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse have?

OpenStreetMap maps about 7 km of downhill runs and 10 lifts. The resort’s own figure may differ because it measures runs differently.

What is the nearest airport to Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse?

Chambéry Aix les Bains airport (CMF) is the closest airport with scheduled flights, about 32 km away in a straight line.

Where can I see the Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse piste map?

Use the resort’s official website for the current piste map, or view the mapped runs and lifts on OpenSkiMap.

Ski area data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), processed by OpenSkiMap; airports from OurAirports. Retrieved . Elevations are those of the highest and lowest mapped runs; run lengths are measured from the map and can differ from the resort’s published figures. Check the official website before you book.

Grenoble → Saint-Pierre

56 km by road