Flying into Chambery-Savoie Airport? These are the 12 closest ski resorts, ranked by straight-line distance from the terminal. Mountain roads wind, so allow more time by car, but the order still tells you where the snow starts soonest. Each resort has ski-in/ski-out hotels you can compare in one click.
The closest ski resort to the airport is Aillons-Margériaz, about 16 km away in French Alps.
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.
Excellent · 329 reviews
One of the highest-rated places to stay in Aillons-Margériaz, with guests singling out the service and comfort.
Le Collet d'Allevard is a small Belledonne family resort at 1,450 m, perched above the thermal town of Allevard-les-Bains and only forty-five minutes from Grenoble. The ski area is modest and mostly intermediate, but the night-skiing sessions a few evenings a week give it a particular rhythm. The valley spa downstairs adds a soak-and-ski option that the big alpine resorts rarely match.
Excellent · 264 reviews
One of the highest-rated places to stay in Le Collet d'Allevard, with guests singling out the service and comfort.
Tucked into the dramatic Chartreuse massif a short drive from Grenoble, Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse is a peaceful family resort below the Chamechaude cliffs. Wild scenery, monastic calm and 35 km of friendly piste.
Excellent · 247 reviews
One of the highest-rated places to stay in Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse, with guests singling out the service and comfort.
A big, snowy local favourite on the Belledonne range above Grenoble, Les 7 Laux offers 120 km of varied piste close to the city. Quiet midweek, lively at weekends, it punches above its fame.
Very good · 542 reviews
A dependable, well-reviewed choice for a stay in Les 7 Laux.
On the sunny side of the Col de la Madeleine, Saint-François-Longchamp links with Valmorel to form the 165 km Grand Domaine. It is relaxed, affordable and refreshingly uncrowded.
Very good · 422 reviews
A dependable, well-reviewed choice for a stay in Saint-François-Longchamp.
A working old Aravis village famous for its reblochon, Manigod shares the Col de la Croix-Fry slopes with La Clusaz. A discreet, authentic alternative in one of the prettiest corners of Savoie.
Excellent · 1.2k reviews
Strong value for Manigod, with a high guest rating that punches above its nightly price.
Proof that a purpose-built resort can have charm, Valmorel was designed in traditional Savoyard style and is fiercely family-friendly. The linked Grand Domaine adds neighbouring Saint-François-Longchamp for extra mileage.
Very good · 1.3k reviews
Strong value for Valmorel, with a high guest rating that punches above its nightly price.
A real old Savoyard village in the Beaufortain, Crest-Voland is one of the gateways into the 192 km Espace Diamant, linked with Les Saisies. Postcard mountains, gentle slopes and refreshingly low prices.
Excellent · 339 reviews
Strong value for Crest-Voland-Cohennoz, with a high guest rating that punches above its nightly price.
The beating heart of the Aravis, an hour from Geneva, La Clusaz is a working Savoyard village with surprisingly varied skiing and a fierce local soul. Five massifs, reblochon cheese and a famous freeride following.
Excellent · 2.1k reviews
Moments from the lifts in La Clusaz, so you can ski back to the door and skip the morning queues.
A sunny cross-country and downhill plateau in the Beaufortain, Les Saisies is a gentle, beginner-friendly base with huge Mont Blanc views. Part of the Espace Diamant, with Beaufort cheese country all around.
Very good · 388 reviews
Moments from the lifts in Les Saisies, so you can ski back to the door and skip the morning queues.
A traditional Val d'Arly village strung along a sunny shelf, Notre-Dame-de-Bellecombe links into the Espace Diamant and its 192 km. Family-friendly, scenic and far less expensive than Megève up the road.
Excellent · 305 reviews
Strong value for Notre-Dame-de-Bellecombe, with a high guest rating that punches above its nightly price.
Saint-Sorlin-d'Arves is the Sybelles village that still feels like a Savoyard hamlet. At 1,550 m in the Arves valley, baroque bell tower in the middle and the Etendard glacier (3,463 m) glinting behind, it ties the photogenic old centre to 310 km of linked piste.
Very good · 444 reviews
A dependable, well-reviewed choice for a stay in Saint-Sorlin-d'Arves.
Aillons-Margériaz, in French Alps, is the nearest at about 16 km in a straight line. By mountain road it is longer, but nothing else is closer.
As the crow flies, from the airport coordinates to each resort. It is a fair way to rank what is nearest, but real driving distance is longer on winding Alpine roads, so treat it as an order of proximity, not a transfer time.