St Jean d'Aulps, France

The ski resort St Jean d'Aulps is located in the Swiss Alps, in the canton of Valais (or Wallis), and here you will find most of what you need to know about St Jean d'Aulps. The skiing season in St Jean d'Aulps usually starts in mid December to end April.

St Jean d'Aulps is open for skiing right now and the slopes currently have a reported snow depth of 50 centimeters. 27% of slopes are currently open for skiing, and 30% of the lifts are operating.

In St Jean d'Aulps you will find 165 lifts with a lift capacity of 250776 passengers/hour. There are 580 kilometer of groomed pistes in total, divided into 310 kilometer blue pistes, 210 kilometer red pistes and for the more experienced skiers, 60 kilometer black pistes. Many lifts and slopes belong to the whole ski area Les Portes du Soleil - Morzine/Avoriaz/Les Gets/Châtel/Morgins/Champéry which St Jean d'Aulps is part of, but you have access to everything. The highest point in the ski system is at 2254 meter, which gives a vertical drop of 1269 meter.

For those of you who like to ski in the dark, there is also the option of night skiing in St Jean d'Aulps. Other alternatives to skiing or snowboarding on the slopes are to try the fun park and halfpipe facilities in St Jean d'Aulps.

In case some of you feel like doing some Nordic skiing, St Jean d'Aulps holds 600 kilometers of prepared tracks for doing that. If you want to take it a little more leisurely one day and get a nice winter experience, you can go out and hike. In St Jean d'Aulps there are prepared trails for winter hiking.

Airports close to St Jean d'Aulps

If you fly to Geneva International Airport you will get really close to St Jean d'Aulps, as the distance between the airport and the ski resort is only 42 kilometers. Because of the short distance, the transfer time is shorter and the cost is normally lower than when there is a big distance. It is also possible to fly to the airports Aix Les Bains, Chambery, which is 89 kilometers away, and Belp, Bern, which has a distance of 99 kilometers from St Jean d'Aulps.

Closest ski resorts to St Jean d'Aulps

Just nearby, with a distance of 5 kilometers from St Jean d'Aulps, you will find Montriond. Close by you also find the ski resorts Abondance at a distance of 7 kilometers, and Morzine, 7 kilometers from St Jean d'Aulps.