Slope Breakdown
La Plagne at a glance
La Plagne is a ski resort in France, part of the Paradiski ski area. It offers 425 km of slopes served by 132 lifts, with skiing between 1,250 m and 3,250 m (2,000 m vertical). That makes it the 12th largest of the 40 ski resorts in France listed on Intski. The season usually runs from December to April. La Plagne is particularly beginner-friendly: about 57% of its slopes are easy blue runs.
Top features of this resort
Snow forecast
About 36 cm of new snow at the top (3,250 m) in the next 3 days, 7 cm at the base.
New snow and temperature at the top station. Estimated by Intski from the MET Norway forecast, updated every few hours. Where it snows most this week
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An alert when 15 cm or more is on the way at La Plagne, and a heads-up before it opens.
Getting there & lift pass
Nearest airport
Chambery (CMF) — about 64 km from the resort, straight-line distance, allow more by road.
Lift pass
Adult day pass around 72 EUR (2026/27 season). La Plagne day pass, high season rate.
About €0.32 per km of piste the pass covers (225 km).
Compare lift pass prices at all resortsPrice source, checked 2026-09-14
Driving to La Plagne
Rules for a car in France, checked 30 September 2026 against official sources.
Road charge
Motorway tolls by distance. A43 (AREA) Saint-Quentin-Fallavier barrier (Lyon) to Chambéry Nord, 88 km, class 1 €13.40, A43 (AREA) Chignin barrier to Aiton, 31 km, class 1 (towards Albertville and Maurienne) €4.20
Winter tyres
Winter tyres or chains on board, 1 Nov to 31 Mar, in the signed mountain zones
Studded tyres
Allowed 1 Nov to 31 Mar (90 km/h, rear disc)
La Plagne resort facts
These figures cover the whole Paradiski area, which La Plagne shares with 1 other resort on Intski, not La Plagne's own sector. Difficulty shares from skiresort.info.
About La Plagne
La Plagne is a ski area in the Tarentaise valley of Savoie, and since 2003 it has been joined with neighbouring Les Arcs to form Paradiski.
Resort Highlights
Half of Paradiski
La Plagne is a ski area in the Tarentaise valley of Savoie, and since 2003 it has been joined with neighbouring Les Arcs to form Paradiski. The combined area is what the headline figures describe: 425 km of pistes and 132 lifts, a network large enough that a week is not long enough to ski all of it. The whole operation is owned by Compagnie des Alpes.
Altitude and terrain
The lifts run from 1,250 m to 3,250 m, a full 2,000 m of vertical. The top station is well above the 2,200 m threshold at which altitude starts to underwrite snow reliability, and the upper reaches of the area are high enough to hold snow from December through to April; that, rather than any marketing claim, is why the site rates La Plagne as snow-sure. The lower end at 1,250 m is a different matter, and in a warm spell the runs down to the lowest lifts will be the first to suffer.
No easy, intermediate and expert breakdown is published in our data for the La Plagne side alone, but with 425 km across Paradiski the range is by definition wide. The ratio of about 3.2 km of piste per lift indicates a system built for volume, and the site tags the resort for its modern lift system.
The most popular resort in the world, on one measure
In 2014 La Plagne was named the most popular ski resort in the world on the basis of visitor numbers per season. Popularity is not the same as prestige, and the ranking says more about capacity and accessibility than about glamour: this is a resort designed to move very large numbers of people up the mountain efficiently, and the 132 lifts are the evidence.
What kind of resort it is
Wikipedia describes La Plagne as a ski area rather than a single village, which fits the numbers: a base at 1,250 m, a top at 3,250 m and 132 lifts is the profile of a large mountain system, not one resort centre. The linked pass with Les Arcs means that even a guest who never leaves the La Plagne side has a great deal to work through, while those who do cross over get a second resort of comparable ambition for the same ticket.
Practical
Chambéry (CMF) is the nearest airport, roughly 64 km away as the crow flies. The season runs from December to April, with the high-altitude sectors the safest bet at either end. Lift pass details are on the resort’s official website.
Frequently asked questions about La Plagne
The combined ski area formed in 2003 by La Plagne and neighbouring Les Arcs: 425 km of pistes and 132 lifts on one pass.
Compagnie des Alpes, which owns the Paradiski area as a whole.
In 2014 it was named the most popular ski resort in the world on the basis of average visitor numbers per season.
2,000 m, from a 1,250 m base to a 3,250 m top station.
No. Wikipedia describes it as a ski area in the Tarentaise valley of Savoie rather than one village, and the size of the lift system reflects that.
La Plagne has 425 km of marked slopes: 243 km easy (blue), 129 km intermediate (red), 53 km expert (black), served by 132 ski lifts.
The skiing in La Plagne ranges from 1,250 m at the base to 3,250 m at the top — a vertical drop of 2,000 m.
The ski season in La Plagne typically runs from December to April. Exact opening dates vary by year and snow conditions.
Yes — La Plagne is well suited to beginners. About 57% of the slopes (243 km) are easy blue runs.
La Plagne has 53 km of expert (black) slopes — about 13% of the total.
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