From La Panthiaz, 5 groomed cross-country ski trails with double track, a pedestrian circuit, a fun activity area and a Nordic centre to warm up.

Description

Made up of 20.8 km of daily groomed trails, you’ll enjoy 5 trails of different levels, allowing you to practice both skating and alternating pitch.

The Foyer 4 Saisons, right next to the Nordic area, is open every day from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. for your convenience, with access to sanitary facilities and plenty of places to eat and rest.

The snack bar is open from 9.30 a.m. to 5 p.m. every day during school vacations and from Wednesday to Sunday outside school vacations.
It offers refreshments and take-away snacks.

Nordic ski equipment is not available for hire. For equipment rental, please refer to the resort’s sports stores.

In addition to Nordic skiing, other activities are offered on the Nordic area: biathlon, Nordic Park, orienteering and toboggan run.

Ski passes can be purchased at the La Panthiaz and Crêt-Béni lift ticket offices, as well as at the Planet Gliss store (day and half-day passes only).

Opening subject to snow and weather conditions.
Real-time slope information: call 04 50 73 50 16.

Animals

Animaux acceptés : Non

Dogs accepted on pedestrian routes only, on leash (presence of skiers nearby).

Prices

Adult 1/2 day: 8.50 € (9 a.m. to 1 p.m. or 12:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.)
Adult day: 10.50 €
Adult 2 days: 18 €
Adult week: 46 € (Not reciprocal in 74, but agreement possible by geographical sector. Possibility of skiing a session on another 74 site.)
Adult season resort: 85 €
Adult season department: 172 € (50% discount on sessions in French-speaking Switzerland and Valle d’Aosta.)
Adult season national: 250 € (Access to all sites in France.)
Child 1/2 day : 4.20 € (From 9am to 1pm or from 12:30pm to 4:30pm.)
Child day : 5 €
Child week : 23 € (Not reciprocal in 74, but agreement possible by geographical sector. Possibility of skiing a session on another 74 site.)
Child season resort : 38 €
Child season department : 52 € (50% discount on sessions in French-speaking Switzerland and Valle d’Aosta.)
Child season national : 92 € (Access to all sites in France.).

Free entry for children under 5, people over 75.
Child entry valid for 5 – 15 years.

Partial opening (50% of Nordic area) :
– Adult day: €8
– Children’s day: €3

Artificially snow-covered loop (approx. 400m):
– Adult day: €6
– Children’s day: €3

Sale on piste :
– Adult : 15€
– Children: €6

Half-price (reserved for holders of a Suisse Romande or Val d’Aoste card) :
– 5€

Biathlon stadium access, single price: 3€50
Nordic session and access to the biathlon stadium :
– Adults: 11€50
– Children: €7.20

PMR access :
– Day: 5€ + 5€ accompanying person (public price to be divided between the 2 people)
– Half-day: 4€ + 4€ accompanying person (public price to be divided between the 2 people)
– Pass season site handiski adulte : 46€ (adult)
– Handiski site children season pass: €20
– 74 handiski adult season pass: 74€ for adults
– 74 handiski child season pass: 26€.

74 handiski season pass :
Anyone wishing to benefit from a handiski 74 season pass must present proof of disability.
Any person purchasing a 74 season pass for handiskiing is entitled to a free accompanying pass for handiskiing. This accompanying pass is only valid when accompanying a person with a disability.

School :
– School session: €4.80
– School season: €17
A child with a Nordic pass for the school season can return to ski free of charge throughout the winter in the Nordic area where he or she came with his or her school.

Family invitation: the Nordic pass school season entitles the child’s siblings to 1 free ski pass and the parents to 1 half-price ski pass.
The School Pass is a Nordic Pass purchased by the teacher during school hours.
It is given to the pupil and allows him or her to return to the ski area on Wednesdays, weekends and school vacations.
To return to the Nordic area where he or she has been skiing, the youngster is presumably accompanied by his or her family, parents or grandparents.
The aim of the “Invitation FAMILLE” operation is therefore to encourage young pass-holders to return to the Nordic area with their families, by offering them an organized range of leisure activities at an attractive price. The second objective is to build customer loyalty to Nordic skiing, and to introduce them to the various leisure activities on offer at the Nordic site.
– Free for child and child’s siblings
– Parents’ rate : – 50%, i.e. €5 per parent

CE :
– Adult day: €6.50
– Children’s day : 4€ per child
– Season ticket: 62
In accordance with the decisions of the General Meeting, the sale of annual reciprocal cards to groups (CE, Associations, MJC, clubs, etc…) requesting more than 15 tickets is entrusted to the departmental association. The latter will transfer a portion of the proceeds to each of the sites, according to the terms set by the Haute-Savoie Nordic General Meeting held on June 6, 2013 in Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, taking into account skier days and sales figures for the last two seasons.

Groups :
– Adult session: €8
– Children’s session: €4.60
Special arrangements for the sale of Nordic Pass season tickets to groups: in accordance with the decisions of the General Meeting, the sale of reciprocal annual tickets to groups (works councils, associations, etc.) requesting more than 15 tickets is entrusted to the departmental association.
The association will transfer a portion of the proceeds to each Nordic ski area, according to the terms set by the Haute-Savoie Nordic General Meeting, taking into account skier days and sales figures for the last two seasons.

Special conditions for the sale of Nordic Pass season tickets:
When a family buys 3 Nordic Passes in a single purchase, including at least 1 adult, the 4th, 5th, … Nordic Pass youth Haute-Savoie are offered, with the aim of promoting family cross-country skiing.
When Nordic Passes entitling the holder to the Family offer are purchased online, the Nordic ski area is obliged to issue free Nordic Passes on presentation of the invoice, even if the order was not placed for the benefit of the Nordic ski area. The cost of any RFID support is borne by the customer.

Passes are on sale at the Crêt-Béni and La Panthiaz lift ticket offices, loaded onto a rechargeable RFID card sold at €1.

Half-day and full-day passes are also sold in the Planet Gliss store.

Payment methods

• Bank/credit card
• Check
• Travellers Cheque
• Cash

Période d'ouverture

From 20/12/2025 to 29/03/2026 daily.
Opening subject to snow and weather conditions.

Real-time piste information: call 04 50 73 50 16.

Languages spoken

• English
• French

Adaptive tourism

• Accessible for self-propelled wheelchairs
• Reserved space 330 cm wide < 100 m from the site
• Reception staff sensitized to the reception of people with disabilities

Environments

• Mountain location
• Ski resort

Location

The village of La Chapelle d’Abondance is in Haute-Savoie in the Abondance valley, near Lake Geneva. By road, train or plane, all means are good to reach us.

BY CAR
Access to the Abondance Valley can be done:
– From France – take the direction of Thonon-les-Bains, then the road to Bioge towards Vallée d´Abondance.
– From Switzerland – take the direction of Monthey, then Morgins. The border is located at the Col de Morgins before Châtel.

Some distances:
– Evian: 35 km
– Geneva: 65 km
– Lyon: 220km
– Strasbourg: 370 km
– Marseille: 520 km
– Paris: 620 km
– Brussels: 810 km

BY TRAIN
– Thonon les Bains train station:
Information and reservations:
SNCF – Tel. 36 35

– Swiss stations:
Aigle, Monthey, Geneva
Information and reservations:
CFF – Tel. 0 900 300 300

– Bus connection from Thonon
Line 121 Thonon-Châtel

BY PLANE
– Geneva International Airport located 1h30 from Abondance by road.
Information: Tel. 00 41 22 717 71 11

– Le Léman Express: Geneva airport link
The Léman Express offers optimal connections with the Mainline trains which will link Geneva airport in just 7 minutes from Geneva Cornavin station, with 5 trains per hour to Thonon.

– Bus connection from the airport
SAT coaches – Tel. +33 (0) 4 50 71 00 88

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Ski area information

• Minimum altitude : n/a

• Number of slopes : 9

• Number of green slopes : 2

• Number of blue slopes : 4

• Number of red slopes : 2

• Km of slopes : 23km

• Km of green slopes : 2.4km

• Km of blue slopes : 7.8km

• Km of red slopes : 11km

• Km of black slopes : 1km

• Free lifts : Non

To know

• Promotional offers : Nordic ski pass pre-sales :
  
  La Chapelle d'Abondance season :
  – Adult : 69€
  – Children : 38€ for adults
  
  Season La Chapelle d'Abondance PMR :
  – Adult : 46€
  – Children: €20
  
  Haute-Savoie season :
  – Adult : 140€
  – Children: €44
  
  Season Haute-Savoie PMR :
  – Adult : 63€
  – Child : 22€ (in French)
  
  Season National :
  – Adult: €210
  – Children: €77