Sainte Foy

Skiing in Sainte-Foy

Sainte Foy ski area ranges from 1550m to 2620m, offering 800 hectares of forests and high-altitude slopes with 26 pistes of varying difficulty. See the pistes map. 

The season begins in mid-December and runs all the way until mid-April.

New in Sainte Foy for 2020-2021

• Increased transport capacity for the Grand Plan detachable chairlift with 14 additional new seats, bringing the passenger capacity up to 2000 people / hour,
• Replacement of the Arpettaz chairlift with a new 6-seater detachable chairlift which will eventually provide a transport capacity of 3000 people / hour,
• Regrouping of the C.A.T.E.X. (explosives transport cables) firing posts at l’Aiguille and Pierre d´Arbine to optimize the safety of the ski area after snowfall (PIDA – avalanche triggering intervention plan)
• Relocation of the snow poles on the Charmettes piste to widen the slope.
• Installation of snow poles on the Savonnette piste and installation of new low-pressure snow cannons on the snowfront to optimize snow production.
• Ad hoc earthworks on certain slopes of the ski area accompanied by the mulching of vegetation to improve the conservation of the snowpack.

For more information please visit Sainte Foy’s website. Click here.

Transport to Sainte-Foy

By car: from Lyon, Grenoble & Geneva

By train: Bourg-Saint-Maurice (12km/7mi away)

By plane : Lyon Saint-Exupery Airport / Geneva International Airport / Grenoble Alpes Isere Airport / Chambery Savoie Mont-Blanc Airport