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Where to stay in Orcières Merlette

A village at 1,769 m in the Orcières ski area, France.

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About Orcières Merlette

Ski area
Orcières
Country
France
Altitude
1,769 m
Pistes
100 km across the whole Orcières ski area
Piste difficulty
6% green, 46% blue, 39% red and 9% black of the mapped pistes
Lifts
26 lifts: 3 gondolas and cable cars, 5 chairlifts, 14 drag lifts and 4 magic carpets
Lift season
12 Dec 2026 to 11 Apr 2027 (planned for 2026/27)
Piste map
Official piste map (orcieres.com), external site, opens in a new tab
Webcams
Official webcams (orcieres.com), external site, opens in a new tab
Snow in the village
No weather station near enough to measure it
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: Alti-Mag list of French ski areas, 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.

Lift pass

€267 for an adult 6-day Orcières pass, 2026/27 main season.

Lower cost14th cheapest of 79 ski areas with a 2026/27 price.

Source: Alti-Mag 2026/27 ski pass price table, checked 25 Sept 2026. Public price; early-booking, online and package deals are often cheaper. Not part of the village scores.

Listed accommodation in Orcières Merlette (10)

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.

5 hotels, 4 residences and 1 holiday village. 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: 2,039 guests across 7 establishments, plus 3 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, Office de Tourisme d'Orcières. Records updated between 7 Jul 2023 and 10 Sept 2026. Register addresses located with the Base Adresse Nationale.