Villars/Gryon/Les Diablerets
Villars/Gryon/Les Diablerets is a ski destination in Vaud with 61 km of mapped pistes and 30 lifts, between 1'127 m and 2'097 m. Mostly blue and red, 1 km black. Nearby: Chesiêres, Gryon, La Forclaz, Les Diablerets, Vers-l'Eglise.
Rank Villars/Gryon/Les Diablerets against every ski area near Lausanne for this weekend
This weekend
Measured snow, weekend forecast and day pass
Snow at the nearest SLF station
Snow depth 1 cm, no new snow in 24 hours, at SLF station Col de Bretaye (1'780 m), 4.3 km from the ski area. Measured on .
Source: WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF, IMIS station CHA3. This is the nearest comparable station, not the ski area's own pistes. Fetched .
Weekend forecast
- : Partly cloudy, 4°C, wind 5 km/h
- : Partly cloudy, 5°C, wind 5 km/h
Source: MeteoSwiss, local forecast for Col de la Croix (1'776 m, 0.5 km from the ski area), with the temperature at the ski area's mid-mountain, averaged over 09:00–16:00. Fetched .
Adult day pass
CHF 75 for . The operator’s online price for that day when it was read: an area that prices by date or demand may charge more or less when you buy. The coming weekend has no price yet, so this is the day pass for a Saturday in January.
Source: tvgd.ch, “Skipass 1 jour Villars-Gryon-Diablerets, Adult”, read .
For the size: the area maps 61 km of pistes and 970 m of vertical, and areas like that charged about CHF 61 for . This pass is 24% more.
Skiboard’s comparison, a curve through the 141 day passes it read for that day; the km are what OpenStreetMap maps, which an operator’s own total can exceed. It says nothing about which lifts run on the day.
Day-pass prices this weekend at every Swiss ski area
Written into this page when it was last built. The live ranking uses the newest values.
Your trip
On the Magic Pass: Magic Pass areas this weekend
Parking at Villars/Gryon/Les Diablerets
Main car park: Place du Rendez-Vous, Villars · CHF 7 for a ski day · alpesvaudoises.ch, read 30 Oct 2026
6 car parks by the lifts
OpenStreetMap maps these 6 car parks by the lifts of Villars/Gryon/Les Diablerets, the biggest first.
- Multi-storey car park 260 m from the Fracherets · piste 260 m away · Map
- Car park free · 390 m from the Diablerets express · piste 160 m away · Map
- Car park free · 350 m from the Barboleuse - Les Chaux · by a piste · Map
- Car park 180 m from the École suisse de ski · by a piste · Map
- Car park 240 m from the École suisse de ski · piste 60 m away · Map
- Car park 230 m from the Diablerets express · by a piste · Map
Distances are in a straight line to the bottom station of the nearest lift. Fees change: check with the car park before you go.
Car parks from OpenStreetMap, read 30 Oct 2026 (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL). A car park missing? Fix the map
Travel time from Swiss cities
| From | Car | Train |
|---|---|---|
| Lausanne | 53 min | 1h 04Villars-sur-Ollon, télécabine · 1 change |
| Bern | 1h 23 | 2h 14Villars-sur-Ollon, télécabine · 3 changes |
| Geneva | 1h 28 | 1h 48Villars-sur-Ollon, télécabine · 1 change |
| Geneva Airport | 1h 30 | 1h 58Villars-sur-Ollon, télécabine · 1 change |
| Lucerne | 2h 13 | 3h 18Villars-sur-Ollon, télécabine · 3 changes |
| Basel | 2h 34 | 3h 20Villars-sur-Ollon, télécabine · 4 changes |
| Zug | 2h 34 | 3h 46Villars-sur-Ollon, télécabine · 4 changes |
| Zürich | 2h 52 | 3h 16Villars-sur-Ollon, télécabine · 4 changes |
| Zurich Airport | 3h 00 | 3h 32Villars-sur-Ollon, télécabine · 4 changes |
| Chur | 3h 09 | 4h 40Villars-sur-Ollon, télécabine · 5 changes |
| Winterthur | 3h 13 | 3h 45Villars-sur-Ollon, télécabine · 3 changes |
| St. Gallen | 3h 26 | 4h 41Villars-sur-Ollon, télécabine · 5 changes |
Train: the timetable’s fastest connection leaving the city’s station between 06:30 and 09:30 on Sat 16 Jan 2027, to the valley station of the area’s lowest lift, with the walk from the last stop. Car: an estimate from coordinates, not live traffic. Check your trip on sbb.ch before you go.
Plan your trip
Practical links for the trip. They do not affect the ranking.
- Stay in Villars Booking.com · Saturday to Sunday, 7 Nov – 8 Nov · 2 adults
The mountain
Facts
- Mapped pistes
- 61 km
- Blue pistes
- 41 km
- Red pistes
- 20 km
- Black pistes
- 1 km
- Lifts
- 30
- Top station
- 2'097 m
- Base
- 1'127 m
- Vertical
- 970 m
- Longest mapped run
- 5.8 km, from 2'097 m down to 1'302 m
- Mountain restaurants
- 18
- Canton
- Vaud
Piste map
How steep the pistes in Villars/Gryon/Les Diablerets are
Red: typical. Blue: steeper than most.
| Colour | Pistes | Steepest 100 m, typically | All of Switzerland | Here |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | 24 · 37.7 km | 33 % | 28 % | steeper than most |
| Red | 20 · 19.9 km | 40 % | 38 % | typical |
| Black | 1 · 0.8 km | 48 % | 51 % | — |
The steepest 100 m: 48 % on 43 La Croix Noire (black).
Flat stretches 1
- (abandonné) piste Red · 40 % of its 520 m nearly flat: on a snowboard you may have to push · Map
Long descents without flat stretches 3
How this was measured
Skiboard measured the 45 pistes OpenStreetMap maps in Villars/Gryon/Les Diablerets (58.4 km) on swisstopo’s terrain model: the steepest 100 m of each, against every Swiss piste of the same colour.
Measured along the line OpenStreetMap draws, on terrain without snow: snow and grooming soften steps, and a piste can run beside its line. A gradient of 100 % is 45°. Colours as OpenStreetMap maps them, which can differ from the lift company’s piste map: check it before you go.
Piste lines from OpenStreetMap, read 30 Oct 2026 (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); terrain: swissALTI3D © swisstopo. A piste wrong or missing? Fix the map
Mountain restaurants in Villars/Gryon/Les Diablerets
OpenStreetMap maps 18 places to eat or drink up the mountain in Villars/Gryon/Les Diablerets, highest first.
- Refuge de Taveyanne Restaurant · Map
- Bar Chez Jimmy Bar · about 1'950 m · Map
- Rocco Cantina Italiana Restaurant · about 1'950 m · Map
Show 15 more
- Bretaye 1808 Restaurant · about 1'810 m · Map
- Restaurant du Lac de Bretaye Restaurant · about 1'810 m · Map
- Crumbs Café Café · Map
- Chez Gipsy Restaurant · about 1'760 m · Map
- Maison de Montagne de Bretaye. Restaurant · about 1'750 m · Map
- Les Mazots Restaurant · about 1'720 m · Map
- Restaurant Lac des Chavonnes Restaurant · about 1'700 m · Map
- Le Panoramique (Golf Club) Restaurant · Map
- La Cabane de Tony Snack bar · about 1'550 m · Map
- Refuge de Frience Restaurant · about 1'540 m · Map
- Chums Chalet Restaurant · about 1'530 m · Map
- L'Étable Restaurant · about 1'460 m · Map
- Buvette de la Verneyre Restaurant · Map
- Auberge Col de Soud Restaurant · Map
- Buvette La Jorasse Restaurant · Map
Opening times change with the season and the snow: check with the restaurant or the lift company before you go.
From OpenStreetMap, read 25 Oct 2026 (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL). A place missing or closed? Fix the map
Ski schools at Villars/Gryon/Les Diablerets
| School | Private lesson | Group lesson at the weekend |
|---|---|---|
| École Suisse de Ski Villars | CHF 80 per hour | yes |
| École Suisse de Ski Les Diablerets | CHF 80 per hour | yes |
| Villars Ski School | CHF 245 for three hours | yes |
Every price and time
3 ski schools publish their prices for Villars/Gryon/Les Diablerets. What each charges for group and private lessons, and when its group lessons run:
- École Suisse de Ski Villars Swiss Ski School
- Group lessons
- children CHF 50 per half-day (2 h), CHF 190 for five half-days, CHF 490 for five days; adults CHF 50 per half-day, adults CHF 135 for 3 half-days; from age 3; groups of up to 10; lunch supervision CHF 25 a day
- Private lessons
- CHF 80 per hour, CHF 380 for a day (5 h); for one person; each further person CHF 10
- Times
- children’s group lessons Monday to Saturday, 10:00–12:00; group lessons also on Saturdays and Sundays
- École Suisse de Ski Les Diablerets Swiss Ski School
- Group lessons
- children CHF 39 per half-day (2 h), children CHF 69 per day, CHF 185 for five half-days, CHF 335 for five days; from age 4; groups of up to 10; lunch supervision CHF 30 a day
- Private lessons
- CHF 80 per hour, CHF 400 for a day (6 h); for up to 2 people
- Times
- children’s group lessons Sunday to Friday, 10:00–12:00 and 13:30–15:30; group lessons also on Saturdays and Sundays
- Villars Ski School independent school
- Group lessons
- children CHF 42 per half-day (2 h), children CHF 105 per day, CHF 190 for five half-days, CHF 470 for five days; adults CHF 42 per half-day; from age 3; groups of up to 8
- Private lessons
- CHF 85 per hour, CHF 165 for two hours, CHF 245 for three hours, CHF 420 for a day (6 h); for one person; each further person CHF 10
- Times
- children’s group lessons Monday to Friday, 10:00–12:00; group lessons also on Saturdays and Sundays
Prices as the schools publish them, the low-season price where they vary; a lift ticket and rental are not included. Skiboard sells no lessons and earns nothing from a booking. Group or private lesson, and what ski schools charge across Switzerland
About Villars/Gryon/Les Diablerets
Ski areas near Villars/Gryon/Les Diablerets
How popular Villars/Gryon/Les Diablerets is
In winter 2025/26, Seilbahnen Schweiz counted 733'000 skier days for Villars-Gryon-Diablerets: the 11th most in Switzerland.
How many ski here
In winter 2025/26, Seilbahnen Schweiz counted 733'000 skier days for Villars-Gryon-Diablerets: the 11th most in Switzerland. Seilbahnen Schweiz, season report
A skier day or first entry is one person on the lifts for one day, whatever the ticket. Skiboard adds no score of its own: the counts are what Seilbahnen Schweiz and the lift companies publish, the placings are polls run by others. Searches and social-media posts follow the news more than skiers, so they are left out.
Villars/Gryon/Les Diablerets in numbers
94'737 winter hotel nights · 59 % second homes
Hotels, homes and lifts in Ollon, Gryon, Ormont-Dessus and Ormont-Dessous, where the area’s lifts start: the federal statistics, and what the lift company publishes.
Hotels
In winter 2025/26 (November to April) the hotels of Ollon and Ormont-Dessus sold 94'737 overnight stays, +10.9 % on 2024/25. 43 % of their rooms were occupied, with up to 1'609 beds in 16 open hotels. In summer 2025 (May to October) they sold 82'680; over winter 2024/25 and that summer, 51 % of the nights were in winter.
Guests in winter 2025/26: 68 % of the nights were Swiss residents’, then France 8 %, United Kingdom 6 %, Belgium 3 % and United States 2 %.
Winter hotel nights, season by season
| Winter | Overnight stays | Rooms occupied | Beds at peak |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 94'737 | 43 % | 1'609 |
| 2024/25 | 85'399 | 41 % | 1'574 |
| 2023/24 | 79'396 | 40 % | 1'563 |
| 2022/23 | 84'275 | 46 % | 1'551 |
| 2021/22 | 86'292 | 47 % | 1'421 |
| 2020/21 | 64'808 | 41 % | 1'404 |
| 2019/20 | 55'998 | 38 % | 1'440 |
| 2018/19 | 69'349 | 34 % | 1'766 |
| 2017/18 | 106'314 | 44 % | 1'920 |
| 2016/17 | 107'454 | 45 % | 1'920 |
Homes
59 % of the 13'605 homes in Ollon, Gryon, Ormont-Dessus and Ormont-Dessous are second homes (housing inventory, October 2026). Above 20 %, the Second Homes Act allows no new second homes there, with narrow exceptions.
Upscale homes in Villars-Gryon-Les Diablerets are offered at about CHF 10'500 per m² (UBS Swiss Alpine Property Focus 2026): +3.4 % on a year, +1.4 % a year over ten years.
Lifts
In winter 2025/26, Seilbahnen Schweiz counted CHF 23 million of ski-pass revenue (14th) for Villars-Gryon-Diablerets. Seilbahnen Schweiz, season report
11 installations with a federal licence (gondolas, cable cars, chairlifts and funiculars; drag lifts are licensed by the cantons). The newest licence: 2022 (Lac Noir - Chaux Ronde); half of them date from 2011 or earlier.
The 11 federally licensed installations
| Installation | Type | Licensed | Length | Rise | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lac Noir - Chaux Ronde | chairlift | 2022 | 944 m | 259 m | Télé-Villars-Gryon-Diablerets SA |
| Conche - Mi Laouissalet | chairlift | 2018 | 1'965 m | 41 m | Télé-Villars-Gryon-Diablerets SA |
| Diablerets - Jorasse - Mazots | gondola | 2018 | 2'319 m | 548 m | Télé-Villars-Gryon-Diablerets SA |
| Laouissalet - Meilleret | chairlift | 2018 | – | 1'068 m | Télé-Villars-Gryon-Diablerets SA |
| Villars - Roc-d'Orsay | gondola | 2015 | 2'245 m | 678 m | Télé-Villars-Gryon-Diablerets SA |
| Lac Noir - Petit Chamossaire | chairlift | 2011 | – | – | Télé-Villars-Gryon-Diablerets SA |
| La Rasse - Chaux Ronde | chairlift | 2001 | 2'231 m | 627 m | Télé-Villars-Gryon-Diablerets SA |
| Col-de-Bretaye - Chamossaire | chairlift | 1999 | 1'153 m | 314 m | Télé-Villars-Gryon-Diablerets SA |
| Sodoleuvre - Chaux Ronde | chairlift | 1998 | 2'125 m | 345 m | Télé-Villars-Gryon-Diablerets SA |
| Mi-Ruvine - Meilleret | chairlift | 1974 | 1'111 m | 413 m | Télé-Villars-Gryon-Diablerets SA |
| Barboleusaz - Les Chaux | gondola | 1956 | 2'583 m | 556 m | Télé-Villars-Gryon-Diablerets SA |
Commune figures count every hotel guest, not only skiers, and holiday flats are not in the hotel statistics. A licence year is when the installation’s current federal licence starts: usually the year it opened, sometimes a renewal.
Sources: Federal Statistical Office, hotel statistics (HESTA) · Federal Office for Spatial Development, housing inventory · Federal Office of Transport, cable cars with a federal licence · UBS Alpine Property Focus
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Catalog facts from OpenSkiMap / OpenStreetMap (ODbL). Where an SLF station is nearby, the app shows its measured snow, and the day-pass price is read from the operator’s own shop or tariff; for opening status, check the operator.
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