Aillons-Margériaz hides in the Bauges Regional Park between Chambéry, Annecy and Lyon, a twin-hamlet ski area at 1,000 m that locals reach in under an hour by car. Eleven lifts and 25 km of piste split between Aillons 1000 and Margériaz 1400 stay deep in spruce and beech forest. This is everyone's first ski weekend, and quite a few people's favourite.
Aillons-Margériaz is a ski resort with genuine ski-in/ski-out hotels in France, in the French Alps. The village sits at 1000 m and the lifts top out at 1845 m, with 25 km of pistes and 11 lifts. Its BestSnowHotels snow score is 70/100, and the season usually runs Dec 14 → Apr 7.
How we score and classify resortsRun counts and piste kilometres are indicative. Green runs only exist in France, Spain, Andorra, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Japan, the United States, Morocco, Algeria, Lesotho, South Africa, Egypt, Canada, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand and Chile; Italy, Austria, Switzerland and Germany start at blue. Indicative average snow depth near the top of the resort, in cm.
A handful of well-rated hotels in and around the resort. Pick one, then compare live prices across Booking, Expedia and Hotels.com.
Excellent · 329 reviews
One of the highest-rated places to stay in Aillons-Margériaz, with guests singling out the service and comfort.
Guests rate this hotel as excellent (4.8/5 from 329 reviews). It sits about 4.9 km from the slopes. A mid-range option for Aillons-Margériaz, with live nightly rates shown for your exact dates so you always see the best price.
Very good · 456 reviews
Strong value for Aillons-Margériaz, with a high guest rating that punches above its nightly price.
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Real ski-in/ski-out exists only at Margériaz 1400, where a small cluster of chalets and a hotel sit metres from the lifts. The hotels down in Aillons 1000 and the surrounding hamlets rely on a free skier shuttle that runs all day in season.
The Bauges Regional Park is one of those green pockets of Savoie that gets less press than the Tarentaise or the Maurienne, and that suits the locals fine. Eight greens, ten blues, five reds and two blacks unroll mostly between 1,000 m and 1,845 m, with the higher Margériaz sector taking the day's snow and the lower Aillons offering shorter runs back to the village. A solid snowpark sits on the Margériaz side, and the cross-country network around the park reaches over forty kilometres of trail. Eating local means Tome des Bauges DOP cheese, charcuterie from the valleys around Le Chatelard, and tartiflette with a view of the limestone cliffs of the Margériaz. The drive from Lyon takes about ninety minutes outside rush hour, Chambéry is half an hour, Annecy roughly the same. Booking, Expedia and Hotels.com cover the village hotels and the half-dozen chalets up at Margériaz 1400.
Hotels and apartments around the lifts. Compare prices on Booking, Expedia and Hotels.com.
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Aillons-Margériaz offers 25 km of pistes across 11 lifts, from 1000 m to 1845 m. Whether it suits beginners depends on the dedicated learner zones at the base of the slopes, so check the local ski-school options for green and blue run access.
The season runs from Dec 14 to Apr 7, with a snow score of 70/100. The best conditions are usually from late January through February, while spring skiing in March and April brings longer days and softer afternoons.
Real ski-in/ski-out exists only at Margériaz 1400, where a small cluster of chalets and a hotel sit metres from the lifts. The hotels down in Aillons 1000 and the surrounding hamlets rely on a free skier shuttle that runs all day in season.
Aillons-Margériaz has 25 km of marked pistes served by 11 lifts, between 1000 m and 1845 m of altitude.
Aillons-Margériaz counts about 25 marked runs in total. The colour breakdown above shows how they split by difficulty, a good guide to whether the resort fits your level.
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