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Font d'Urle Chaud Clapier ski resort

A skier descending a steep snowy slope in Les Adrets, France
Skiing in Les Adrets, French Alps. Photo: Anselme Courau / Pexels.

The short answer

Font d'Urle Chaud Clapier has about 16 km of mapped runs and 11 lifts, with skiing from about 1,273 m up to 1,541 m (5,056 ft), a vertical drop of 268 m. By mapped runs it is number 109 of the 138 France ski areas in our list. The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Grenoble Alpes Isère (GNB), about 50 km away in a straight line.

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Font d'Urle Chaud Clapier 7-day mountain forecast

At about 1,407 m · updated 11 Oct, 01:04 UTC

  1. Sun 119°3°0 mm
  2. Mon 1212°3°0 mm
  3. Tue 1314°6°0 mm
  4. Wed 1414°7°0 mm
  5. Thu 1517°9°0 mm
  6. Fri 1615°9°0 mm
  7. Sat 178°5°2.7 mm

Forecast data from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0). "Likely snow" = precipitation with the temperature at or below 0.5 °C; resort snow reports and avalanche bulletins are the authority on conditions.

Font d'Urle Chaud Clapier: runs from 1,273 m to 1,541 m, a vertical drop of 268 m1,3001,4001,500Top of the highest mapped run: 1,541 m (5,056 ft)Top 1,541 m · 5,056 ftBase 1,273 m · 4,177 ft268 mvertical drop
Illustrative profile. Top and base are the highest and lowest mapped runs (OpenStreetMap via OpenSkiMap).

Ski area facts

Top elevation
1,541 m5,056 ft
Vertical drop
268 m879 ft
Mapped runs
16 km49 runs
Lifts
11mostly platter lifts

Runs by difficulty

Run length by difficulty: Novice 32% (5.2 km), Easy 37% (5.9 km), Intermediate 26% (4.2 km), Advanced 5% (0.8 km)Novice: 5.2 km, 28 runs (32%)32%NoviceEasy: 5.9 km, 11 runs (37%)37%EasyIntermediate: 4.2 km, 9 runs (26%)26%IntermediateAdvanced: 0.8 km, 1 runs (5%)

About 69% of the mapped run length is novice or easy, 26% intermediate and 5% advanced or harder. Difficulty follows OpenStreetMap’s international scale (in Europe, easy ≈ blue, intermediate ≈ red, advanced ≈ black).

DifficultyRunsLength
Novice285.2 km
Easy115.9 km
Intermediate94.2 km
Advanced10.8 km

Lifts

11 mapped lifts, most of them platter lifts.

Lift typeCount
Platter lifts9
Magic carpets2

Piste map

For the current official piste map, open the resort’s website. You can also explore every mapped run and lift on OpenSkiMap’s interactive map.

Nearest airports

Airports with scheduled flights, by straight-line distance (road distance is longer).

AirportCityStraight-line distance
Grenoble Alpes Isère (GNB)Grenoble50 km
Chambéry Aix les Bains airport (CMF)Chambéry92 km
Lyon Saint-Exupéry (LYS)Colombier-Saugnieu, Rhône92 km
Geneva (GVA)Geneva160 km

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Frequently asked questions

What is the elevation of Font d'Urle Chaud Clapier?

The highest mapped run starts at about 1,541 m (5,056 ft) and the lowest ends at about 1,273 m (4,177 ft), a vertical of 268 m (879 ft).

How many km of ski runs does Font d'Urle Chaud Clapier have?

OpenStreetMap maps about 16 km of downhill runs and 11 lifts. The resort’s own figure may differ because it measures runs differently.

What is the nearest airport to Font d'Urle Chaud Clapier?

Grenoble Alpes Isère (GNB) is the closest airport with scheduled flights, about 50 km away in a straight line.

Where can I see the Font d'Urle Chaud Clapier piste map?

Use the resort’s official website for the current piste map, or view the mapped runs and lifts on OpenSkiMap.

Ski area data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), processed by OpenSkiMap; airports from OurAirports. Retrieved . Elevations are those of the highest and lowest mapped runs; run lengths are measured from the map and can differ from the resort’s published figures. Check the official website before you book.