Where to stay in Bessans
A village at 1,707 m in the Haute Maurienne Vanoise ski area, France.
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About Bessans
- Ski area
- Haute Maurienne Vanoise (8 villages)
- Country
- France
- Altitude
- 1,707 m
- Pistes
- We don't have a figure for this ski area yet
- Piste difficulty
- 21% green, 41% blue, 31% red and 7% black of the mapped pistes
- Lifts
- 81 lifts: 4 gondolas and cable cars, 30 chairlifts, 37 drag lifts and 10 magic carpets
- Piste map
- Piste map on OpenSkiMap (community-made), external site, opens in a new tab
- Snow in the village
- Around 12 Dec 2026: 28 cm (median of 30 winters)Through the winter: Mid-Dec 30 cm · Christmas 40 cm · Mid-Jan 69 cm · Mid-Feb 84 cm · Mid-Mar 79 cm
- Snow on the slopes
- Around 12 Dec 2026: not measured in enough winters for that weekThrough the winter: Mid-Dec no figure · Christmas no figure · Mid-Jan 88 cm · Mid-Feb 106 cm · Mid-Mar 115 cm
Location and altitude: IGN place names (BD TOPO) and altitude (RGE ALTI), via the Géoplateforme.
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 Bessans weather station (1,713 m, 0.2 km away).
Snow on the slopes: measured at the Val Cenis (La Berche) station (2,101 m, 7.6 km from Bessans).
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
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Listed accommodation in Bessans (2)
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.
1 holiday village and 1 group lodging. 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: 187 guests across 1 establishment, plus 1 listing without capacity data. Capacity is for whole establishments, not a single booking.
- Website of La Bessannaise, external site, opens in a new tab
La Bessannaise
Holiday village · 3-star · 91 units, up to 187 guests
- Website of Gîte d'étape et de séjour Le Petit Bonheur, external site, opens in a new tab
Gîte d'étape et de séjour Le Petit Bonheur
Group lodging
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 Haute Maurienne Vanoise Tourisme. Records updated between 24 Jun 2026 and 10 Jul 2026.