GoXski - Information about cross country skiing in Serre- Ponçon, Southern French Alps, France

Serre-Poncon

Serre Ponçon, France

There are 3 domains in this area - Crèvoux, Réallon and La Draye.

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Restaurant in Crévoux. Photo Undiscovered Mountains

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Crévoux. Photo Undiscovered Mountains

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Crévoux. Photo Undiscovered Mountains

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Crévoux. Photo Undiscovered Mountains

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Getting to Serre Ponçon by Air

Fly to the Marseille-Provence Airport or

Turin-Caselle - 133 km

Grenoble Alpes-Isère Airport - 159 km

Lyon Saint-Exupéry - 205 km
Transfer by Bus

You can get a Linkbus from various airports.

The Neige Express from Marseille to Embrun and Crévoux.

Getting to Serre Ponçon by Train

From Paris:

Daily service by sleeper train, Paris-Austerlitz to Mondauphin-Guillestre

Daily service by TGV, Paris to Valence

Daily service by TGV, Paris to Oulx (Italy)

From Marseille:

Several TER trains daily, Marseille to Briançon, mostly stopping at Mondauphin-Guillestre.

Cross Country Ski Maps of Serre Ponçon

Crévoux xc ski map
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Crévoux

Has an altitude of 1700 metres and there are 45 kms of groomed trails. Try a traverse of the La Chalp Plateau for some easy skiing in the sunshine. At Le Parcours de Neiges you are at the Pont du Plan and you head towards the Razis waterfall. Or take a long climb to the Cabane des Espagnols, and onto Cébières in the heart of the forest, and then a long traverse gives you a good view. There is a detour available at the Château and this connecting sector gives a lovely undulating loop facing the cliffs overlooking the village. The descent to La Chalp is exhilarating and returns you to La Chalp plateau.

There is a restaurant with large terrace called La Petite Fringale for a nice lunch stop.

Cross Country Ski Tracks in Réallon and Draye

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Réallon

Réallon is situated at an altitude of 1427 metres in a lovely mountain village where time has stood still. There are 37 kilometres of tracks and you can see the route options and difficulties in the table on the right for the

One trail winds through the forest with Réallon on one side and Aiguilles de Chabrières on the other.

The Trafanelle race is held each year in maquerade costumes in Les Gourniers(4/2/24) followed by a cross country masked ball.

La Draye

La Draye is situated on the heights of Crots in the heart of the Hautes Alpes. It has magnificent mountain scenery, at an altitude of 1500 - 1900 metres and no ski lifts to blight the scenery. The cross country ski routes are shown on the map above to the right. (The yellow routes are for snowshoeing only).

Route No. 1 - Le Belvésère, is a blue of 5.4 km in length.

Route No. 2 - Pre Crozet - is a red route of 7 km.

Route No. 7 - Is a beginners course of 800 metres.