How to reach the tourist office?
The Samoëns Nordic ski area is just a stone’s throw from the village centre! There are many access points to park near the slopes before putting on your boots and skis. Whether you start from Morillon, Samoëns (next to the Lac aux Dames), Sixt or from the Cirque Fer à Cheval, you will be able to cover the whole of the valley on more than 40 kilometres of runs. Accessible in skating or classic, the tracks will take you along the Giffre, between villages, forests, plains and lakes.
The route remains particularly accessible by using green and blue runs, except for the red link between the Perret bridge and the Champ L’Evêque around Sixt. The valley domain is therefore ideally suited to families, beginners but also to the more athletic who can take advantage of the multitude of runs and loops to devour kilometres in a magical setting!
In the heart of the exceptional domain of Joux Plane, located on the heights of Samoëns, you will have a front row seat to a breathtaking panorama. The magnificent Giffre valley and the Mont-Blanc massif are revealed before your eyes, for your greatest pleasure. While skiing, you will enjoy a unique moment, in the middle of nature, on tracks groomed for skating and classic skiing.
Once you arrive at the Joux Plane pass, you will find a reception chalet where you can buy your ski passes as well as a sledge run, a groomed pedestrian circuit for non-skiers (or skiers after a moment of skiing on the slopes) as well as a bar – restaurant (closed on Mondays). Enough to make your day in the mountains on the heights of Samoëns!
Valley sector :
– 42.6 km of trails
– 6 green runs
– 4 blue runs
– 2 red runs
– 2 toboggan runs
Joux Plane Sector :
– 17.7 km of trails
– 3 green runs
– 2 blue runs
– 3 red runs
– A snowshoe trail
``We have been coming to Samoens for 9 years now to alternate between snowshoeing and cross-country skiing: alpine skiing is not my thing! We take the time to be with our family and to spend good times together. Joux Plane is ideal with children. And it's just a delight to be in such a beautiful environment. We ski, we walk and we go for a drink at the Relais des Vallées. Conviviality as we like it in the North!NORDIQUE ET NORDISTE Tonino (Nord)
The Haut-Giffre Nordic site offers daily, weekly and seasonal ski passes.
Pre-sales of ski passes and associated discounts are available until mid-November, after which the prices shown below apply.
Day passes and all other passes can be purchased at the Nordic welcome desk located in the Tourist Offices of Samoëns, Morillon, Sixt and also at the welcome chalet in Joux Plane.
Day pass
Pass valid for one day on the entire Haut-Giffre site: Joux-Plane, Fer à Cheval and Vallée
Adults: €10
Eterlou (young person aged 16 to 21): €8
Young person (children aged 5 to 15): €4.50
under 5s and over 75s: free
Week Pass
Pass valid for 7 consecutive days on the entire Haut-Giffre site: Joux-Plane, Fer à Cheval and Vallée
Adults: €42
Eterlou (young person aged 16 to 21): €33
Young person (children aged 5 to 15): €19
under 5 and over 75: free
In the valley 670 to 900 m: along the Giffre, 5 green runs – 5 blue runs – 2 red linking runs – 42.5 km. See the map here.
In Joux Plane 1 700 m : 3 green runs – 2 blue runs – 2 red runs – 15 km – A nordic park, a groomed sledge run, picnic tables, near the reception chalet. See the map here.
“I celebrated my majority today by spending an exceptional day at Joux Plane doing cross-country skiing under a big blue sky. I train a lot in my cycling club, I’m taking my baccalaureate at the end of the year so I take advantage of this activity to get away from it all. It’s more about relaxing and having fun than training and I enjoy seeing the terrain: it’s just great.
Opening of the Joux Plane sector: From 17/12/2022 to 02/04/2023*
*Dates to be confirmed depending on snow conditions.
