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Savoie, France

Sainte-Foy Tarentaise ski resort

Skiers on a slope at Val Thorens above a sea of clouds
Skiing above the clouds at Val Thorens, France. Photo: Michiel / Pexels.

Good for

  • Snow-sureLifts up to 2,620 m

From OpenSkiMap piste data, SnowTrex’s stay listings.

The short answer

Sainte-Foy Tarentaise has about 27 km of mapped runs and 6 lifts, with skiing from about 1,507 m up to 2,620 m (8,596 ft), a vertical drop of 1,113 m. By mapped runs it is number 73 of the 138 France ski areas in our list. The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Turin (TRN), about 71 km away in a straight line.

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Private transfer Annecy Airport → Sainte-Foy, 127 km by road, about 2 h 31 min. You book with the partner (Suntransfers or QEEQ); we may earn a commission at no cost to you. Route details

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Sainte-Foy Tarentaise 7-day mountain forecast

At about 2,064 m · updated 13 Nov, 04:41 UTC

About 113 mm of precipitation as likely snow in the next week (water equivalent).

  1. Fri 131°-6°0.1 mm
  2. Sat 142°-6°0 mm
  3. Sun 154°-2°3.1 mm
  4. Mon 16-1°-4°18.8 mm
  5. Tue 173°-9°37.5 mm
  6. Wed 18-2°-4°52.9 mm
  7. Thu 19-1°-5°18.7 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.

Sainte-Foy Tarentaise: runs from 1,507 m to 2,620 m, a vertical drop of 1,113 m1,7502,0002,2502,500Top of the highest mapped run: 2,620 m (8,596 ft)Top 2,620 m · 8,596 ftBase 1,507 m · 4,944 ft1,113 mvertical drop
Illustrative profile. Top and base are the highest and lowest mapped runs (OpenStreetMap via OpenSkiMap).
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Ski area facts

Top elevation
2,620 m8,596 ft
Vertical drop
1,113 m3,652 ft
Mapped runs
27 km33 runs
Lifts
6mostly chairlifts

Runs by difficulty

Run length by difficulty: Novice 1% (0.2 km), Easy 48% (12.9 km), Intermediate 40% (10.8 km), Advanced 10% (2.8 km)Novice: 0.2 km, 2 runs (1%)Easy: 12.9 km, 12 runs (48%)48%EasyIntermediate: 10.8 km, 15 runs (40%)40%IntermediateAdvanced: 2.8 km, 4 runs (10%)10%Advanced

About 49% of the mapped run length is novice or easy, 40% intermediate and 10% advanced or harder. Difficulty follows OpenStreetMap’s international scale (in Europe, easy ≈ blue, intermediate ≈ red, advanced ≈ black).

DifficultyRunsLength
Novice20.2 km
Easy1212.9 km
Intermediate1510.8 km
Advanced42.8 km

Lifts

6 mapped lifts, most of them chairlifts.

Lift typeCount
Chairlifts4
Magic carpets2

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
Turin (TRN)Caselle Torinese (TO)71 km
Annecy Meythet airport (NCY)Annecy74 km
Chambéry Aix les Bains airport (CMF)Chambéry80 km
Geneva (GVA)Geneva96 km

Ski transfers to Sainte-Foy Tarentaise

Frequently asked questions

What is the elevation of Sainte-Foy Tarentaise?

The highest mapped run starts at about 2,620 m (8,596 ft) and the lowest ends at about 1,507 m (4,944 ft), a vertical of 1,113 m (3,652 ft).

How many km of ski runs does Sainte-Foy Tarentaise have?

OpenStreetMap maps about 27 km of downhill runs and 6 lifts. The resort’s own figure may differ because it measures runs differently.

What is the nearest airport to Sainte-Foy Tarentaise?

Turin (TRN) is the closest airport with scheduled flights, about 71 km away in a straight line.

Where can I see the Sainte-Foy Tarentaise 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.

Annecy → Sainte-Foy

127 km by road