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A village at 1,826 m in the Galibier-Thabor ski area, France.

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About Valmeinier

Ski area
Galibier-Thabor (2 villages)
Country
France
Altitude
1,826 m
Pistes
160 km across the whole Galibier-Thabor ski area
Piste difficulty
17% green, 45% blue, 31% red and 7% black of the mapped pistes
Lifts
34 lifts: 2 gondolas and cable cars, 17 chairlifts, 11 drag lifts and 4 magic carpets
Lift season
12 Dec 2026 to 9 Apr 2027 (planned for 2026/27)
Piste map
Official piste map (valloire.com), external site, opens in a new tab
Webcams
Official webcams (valloire.com), external site, opens in a new tab
Snow in the village
Around 12 Dec 2026: not measured in enough winters for that weekThrough the winter: Mid-Dec no figure · Christmas 29 cm · Mid-Jan 54 cm · Mid-Feb 72 cm · Mid-Mar 44 cm
Snow on the slopes
No mountain station near enough with a long enough record

Location and altitude: IGN place names (BD TOPO) and altitude (RGE ALTI), via the Géoplateforme.

Piste length: Valloire official website, external site, opens in a new tab.

Lift season: Alti-Mag calendar of ski resort opening dates, external site, opens in a new tab. Planned dates, which can change with the snow.

Piste difficulty and lifts: as mapped on OpenSkiMap, external site, opens in a new tab, © OpenStreetMap contributors, external site, opens in a new tab, downloaded 9 Oct 2026. Volunteer-mapped and counted by us, so they can differ from the ski area’s own figures; railways and funiculars aren’t counted as lifts.

Snow in the village: measured at the Valmeinier weather station (1,788 m, 0.4 km away).

Typical depth is the median over the winters 1994/95 to 2023/24 with readings that week, shown only with at least 24 of them. Natural snow on open ground, not groomed pistes; past winters, not a forecast or snow report. Météo-France daily climatological data, external site, opens in a new tab (meteo.data.gouv.fr), Licence Ouverte 2.0, external site, opens in a new tab, counted by us.

Lift pass

€279 for an adult 6-day Galibier-Thabor pass, 2026/27 main season.

Lower cost17th cheapest of 79 ski areas with a 2026/27 price.

Source: Valloire official price list, checked 7 Oct 2026. Public price; early-booking, online and package deals are often cheaper. Not part of the village scores.

Listed accommodation in Valmeinier (8)

Real businesses from official directories, credited below. We don’t have their availability or prices, so they aren’t part of the score. Contact them directly to book.

4 residences, 2 hotels and 2 rentals. How many are listed depends on what each directory covers, which varies a lot between villages, so a low count doesn’t mean little accommodation.

Officially classified capacity: 2,207 guests across 6 establishments, plus 2 listings without capacity data. Capacity is for whole establishments, not a single booking.

Source: DATAtourisme (Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0), copied on 25 Sept 2026.

Source: Atout France, register of classified accommodation (Licence Ouverte / Open Licence), copied on 25 Sept 2026.

Supplied by Atout France, Clévacances Savoie Mont Blanc, Office de Tourisme de Valmeinier, Syndicat du Pays de Maurienne. Records updated between 1 Feb 2022 and 19 Aug 2026. Register addresses located with the Base Adresse Nationale.

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