Slope Breakdown
Les Orres at a glance
Les Orres is a ski resort in France, part of the Les Orres area. It offers 100 km of slopes served by 22 lifts, with skiing between 1,650 m and 2,720 m (1,070 m vertical). That makes it the 35th largest of the 40 ski resorts in France listed on Intski. The season usually runs from December to April. Les Orres is an intermediate's mountain: roughly 60% of the slopes are red runs.
Top features of this resort
Snow forecast
About 8 cm of new snow at the top (2,720 m) in the next 3 days, none 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 Les Orres, and a heads-up before it opens.
Getting there & lift pass
Nearest airport
Cuneo (CUF) — about 85 km from the resort, straight-line distance, allow more by road.
Lift pass
Adult day pass around 45.50 EUR (2026/27 season). Les Orres day pass, high season rate.
About €0.46 per km of piste the pass covers (100 km).
Compare lift pass prices at all resortsPrice source, checked 2026-09-14
Driving to Les Orres
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)
Les Orres resort facts
Difficulty shares from skiresort.info, applied to the area total.
About Les Orres
Les Orres is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department of south-eastern France, and Wikipedia says it is chiefly known for its ski resort, which is a fair summary: 38 alpine runs adding up to 100 km of pistes, served by 22 lifts.
Resort Highlights
A Hautes-Alpes resort in the south-east of the French Alps
Les Orres is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department of south-eastern France, and Wikipedia says it is chiefly known for its ski resort, which is a fair summary: 38 alpine runs adding up to 100 km of pistes, served by 22 lifts. It is a stand-alone area rather than part of a linked circuit, and its Occitan name, Los Uèris, places it firmly in the southern half of the country.
The slopes
The lifts run from 1,650 m to 2,720 m, a vertical of 1,070 m. Both ends of that range are worth noting. The base at 1,650 m is high, and the top is well above the 2,200 m line at which altitude begins to help snow hold through the December-to-April season. Thirty-eight runs over 100 km gives an average run length of about 2.6 km, which is long, and 22 lifts for that mileage is a moderate density: expect fewer, longer lifts and runs that go somewhere rather than a tangle of short pistes. No easy, intermediate and expert breakdown is published in our data. For comparison, a 1,650 m base is higher than the top station of some resorts on this site, and the whole area sits within the band where altitude does the most work for snow.
The site’s one rating for Les Orres is scenery, and a resort in the south-east of the French Alps with a 2,720 m top station is well placed for it.
Character
Les Orres is a commune with a resort attached; Wikipedia’s remark that it is chiefly known for the ski resort is telling, since the ski area is the reason the place appears on most visitors’ maps at all. The numbers describe a mid-sized, self-contained ski area of the kind that suits people who want to stay in one place for a week without needing a bigger circuit. The lack of a linked network is a feature for some and a limitation for others; 100 km is enough for most intermediates over a week, particularly given the long average run length, while experts will cover it faster.
Who it suits
Intermediates and families who prefer a single, coherent area at a good height over the sprawl of the big Savoie circuits, and skiers arriving from the south for whom the Riviera is the natural gateway.
Practical
Nice (NCE) is the nearest airport in our data, roughly 109 km away as the crow flies. The season runs from December to April. Lift and pass details are on the resort’s official website.
Frequently asked questions about Les Orres
38 alpine runs totalling 100 km, served by 22 lifts.
No. It is a stand-alone ski area in the Hautes-Alpes.
The lifts run from 1,650 m to 2,720 m, a vertical of 1,070 m.
About 2.6 km, based on 100 km of pistes across 38 runs.
Les Orres has 100 km of marked slopes: 30 km easy (blue), 60 km intermediate (red), 10 km expert (black), served by 22 ski lifts.
The skiing in Les Orres ranges from 1,650 m at the base to 2,720 m at the top — a vertical drop of 1,070 m.
The ski season in Les Orres typically runs from December to April. Exact opening dates vary by year and snow conditions.
Les Orres works for beginners, though it is not a dedicated beginner resort: about 30% of the slopes (30 km) are easy blue runs.
Les Orres has 10 km of expert (black) slopes — about 10% of the total.
An adult day pass in Les Orres costs around 45.50 EUR (2026/27 season). Les Orres day pass, high season rate.
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