Le Sauze and Super-Sauze are twin villages at 1,400 m above Barcelonnette, deep in the Ubaye valley of the southern French Alps. The slopes face south, the light is Mediterranean for half the season, and the sea is ninety minutes down the road. It is alpine skiing with a different climate.
Le Sauze-Super-Sauze is a ski resort with genuine ski-in/ski-out hotels in France, in the French Alps. The village sits at 1400 m and the lifts top out at 2440 m, with 65 km of pistes and 18 lifts. Its BestSnowHotels snow score is 76/100, and the season usually runs Dec 14 → Apr 7.
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Run 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 · 499 reviews
Strong value for Le Sauze-Super-Sauze, with a high guest rating that punches above its nightly price.
Guests rate this hotel as excellent (4.6/5 from 499 reviews). A mid-range option for Le Sauze-Super-Sauze, with live nightly rates shown for your exact dates so you always see the best price.
Very good · 207 reviews
A dependable, well-reviewed choice for a stay in Le Sauze-Super-Sauze.
Very good · 167 reviews
A dependable, well-reviewed choice for a stay in Le Sauze-Super-Sauze.
Good · 301 reviews
A dependable, well-reviewed choice for a stay in Le Sauze-Super-Sauze.
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True ski-in/ski-out is found in Super-Sauze, the upper village built around the lift base, where most apartments and a handful of hotels sit on the home piste. Le Sauze, the older lower village, is two or three kilometres by free shuttle down to the lifts.
The Le Sauze-Super-Sauze ski area runs 65 km of piste on 18 lifts, mostly above the Chapeau de Gendarme up to 2,440 m. The pitch is intermediate and family-paced: long blues that wind through scattered larches, a handful of reds at the top of the area, and a small park for freestylers. Snow at this latitude is more variable than in the northern Alps, but the slopes face mostly north despite the southern position, and the area runs an extensive snowmaking network. Barcelonnette in the valley is the unusual draw: a small town with Mexican-inspired villas built by nineteenth-century emigrants returning rich from Puebla, complete with palm trees and pastel facades. Lift queues are short, the lift pass is well under the Tarentaise average and the food is southern French rather than Savoyard.
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Le Sauze-Super-Sauze offers 65 km of pistes across 18 lifts, from 1400 m to 2440 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 76/100. Snow is usually most reliable in the heart of that window, deep in winter, while the closing weeks bring longer days and softer afternoon snow.
True ski-in/ski-out is found in Super-Sauze, the upper village built around the lift base, where most apartments and a handful of hotels sit on the home piste. Le Sauze, the older lower village, is two or three kilometres by free shuttle down to the lifts.
Le Sauze-Super-Sauze has 65 km of marked pistes served by 18 lifts, between 1400 m and 2440 m of altitude.
Le Sauze-Super-Sauze counts about 58 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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