Opening, snow and weather Vars
News on Vars , resorts in the Pyrenees and other French massifs with the weather forecast, webcams, snow cover and the opening of the resort. In short, everything you need to see and know before choosing a resort and coming to put your skis in Vars.
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Identity card of the resort Vars
Elevation : 6070ft - 9022ft
Station de montagne Vars
Vars is located near Embrun à 16 km↑, Freissinières à 19 km↑, Jausiers à 22 km↑, Saint-Martin-de-Queyrieres à 25 km↑, Barcelonnette à 26 km↑, Pleyne à 27 km↑, Pontechianale à 27 km↑, Acceglio à 29 km↑, Villar-Saint-Pancrace à 29 km↑, Casteldelfino à 31 km↑,
A valley suspended at an altitude of over 1850 m, the resort of Vars la Forêt Blanche and its three villages offer a mountain setting where life is good.
The resort of Vars la Forêt Blanche and its three southern-flavoured villages offer a sunny corner of the mountains. With a ski area culminating at an altitude of 2750m, the resort boasts top-quality snow cover. At Vars, getting up high allows you to discover a site that has been little impacted by the hand of man, giving way to vast natural spaces.
A life-size experience for lovers of the mountains and wide open spaces.
Vars is all about having fun in the mountains, offering experiences for everyone, with or without skis. A range of events and activities that you can discover on these pages. Vars punctuates the season with major events based around its specialities, such as speed and freestyle skiing and mountain racing, which have contributed to the international reputation of the site.
With its 185km of pistes, the Vars ski area is a playground offering 6 snowparks and a speed skiing stadium.
Ski connected: the ski lifts have free Wi-Fi access so you can share your holiday memories live!
Skiing in the sun, skiers can follow the sun all day long and enjoy the panoramic views that surround the resort!
VARS LA FORET BLANCHE - MOUNTAIN IDENTITY
The Mediterranean atmosphere is evident in the warm, friendly welcome and comforting climate, with plenty of room for the brilliant blue sky.
The altitude of Vars (1650-2750m) means that it has plenty of snow to make the dream of a winter sports holiday come true.
At Vars, getting up high means discovering a site that has seen little human impact, giving way to wide open spaces. There are 360° panoramic views of the surrounding mountains: in the distance, Lake Serre-Ponçon, and from the highest point of the resort, you can see Mont Ventoux, Mont Blanc, the Ecrins and the Italian peaks.
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Detail of the opening of the ski lifts and ski slopes Vars
Remontées Mécaniques
open
TSD VARS SPEED MASTER
open
TS PEYNIER (Accès Peynier)
open
TS PLANS (Accès station)
Itinéraires de montée ski de randonnée
open
piste N1 LE CHEMIN DE LA FORET
closed
piste N2 MONTEE DU COL DES SALUCES
closed
piste N3 LA TRACE DE PEYNIER
closed
piste N4 LA TRACE DE SIBIERES
closed
piste N5 LA RAMPE DE PEYNIER
Piétons
closed
piste N15 CIRCUIT DES 3 VILLAGES
Raquettes uniquement
closed
piste N17 CHEMIN DU FOREST
open
piste N3 CHEMIN DE LA FORET
closed
piste N20 BOUCLE DE L'ANTENNE
closed
piste N21 LES COUNIETS
Piétons et Raquettes
open
piste N1 CHEMIN DES CASSETTES
open
piste N2 CHEMIN DU BARJO
closed
piste N4 REFUGE NAPOLEON-PAR FONTBONNE
open
piste N5 REFUGE NAPOLEON-PAR LE FOURNET
closed
piste N14 CHEMIN DU FACTEUR
closed
piste N12 CIRCUIT DE L'ALP BAS
closed
piste N13 CIRCUIT DE LA PINEE
closed
piste N18 VARS-RISOUL
open
piste N10 VALLON DES PRISES
closed
piste N11 CHEMIN DE BOIS NOIR
closed
piste N16 CHEMIN DU CHAMP FLAOU
closed
piste N8 LA BOUCLE DE L'ECUELLE
open
piste N19 SOMMET DE CHABRIERES
Snowparks
open
piste LIGNE VERTE FREESTYLE EYSSINA
open
piste LIGNE BLEUE FREESTYLE EYSSINA
closed
piste LIGNE ROUGE RAILS FREESTYLE EYSSINA
closed
piste LIGNE NOIRE RAILS FREESTYLE EYSSINA
closed
piste BIG AIR EYSSINA
closed
piste LIGNE SLOPE STYLE EYSSINA
closed
piste LIGNE ROUGE KICKER FREESTYLE EYSSINA
closed
piste LIGNE NOIRE KICKER FREESTYLE EYSSINA
Boardercross
closed
piste BOARDERCROSS LES CABRETTES
open
piste BOARDERCROSS DE L'EYSSINA
closed
piste BOARDERCROSS DES ESKIMOS
closed
piste BOARDERCROSS DU VALLON
Stade de vitesse (KL)
closed
piste STADE DE VITESSE
Espace Luge
Secteur de Chabrières
open
piste CHEMIN DES CASSETTES
open
piste CORNICHE SUPERIEURE
open
piste CORNICHE INFERIEURE
closed
piste CREVOUX (Stade)
Secteur des Claux
open
piste CHEMIN DES ECUREUILS
open
piste CHEMIN DES ITALIENS
closed
piste LA FAISANDIERE
open
piste STADE SLALOM TETRAS
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piste STADE SLALOM UBAC
Secteur de Peyrol
ski area
quality of slopes
snow cover
beginner
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