Villars-Gryon-Les Diablerets Alpes Vaudoises

Vaud (Alpes Vaudoises), Switzerland · 1,200–2,113 m

Vertical
913m
Pistes
104km
Lifts
31
Summit
2,113m
Day pass
from75 CHF
Season
December – April

Trail map

Villars-Gryon-Les Diablerets piste map (file dated September 2025)

Official map at Télé Villars-Gryon-Diablerets SA (TVGD)

Published by Télé Villars-Gryon-Diablerets SA (TVGD); this copy via Télé Villars-Gryon-Diablerets SA. The current official map is at Télé Villars-Gryon-Diablerets SA (TVGD).

Routable 3D map

The whole lift and piste network of Villars-Gryon-Les Diablerets is routable in the app: difficulty limits, live lift and piste status, alternative ways to the same place, and a 3D view of the terrain.

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The verdict

Villars-Gryon-Les Diablerets is a mid-altitude Vaud Alps ski area on one ticket, marketed at 104 km (without Glacier 3000) between 1,200 m and 2,113 m. Our routing graph finds one connected network of 61.6 km, and 63% of it can be skied without leaving easy runs. That suits beginners, families and cruising intermediates. Steep terrain is scarce, nothing rises above 2,113 m, and the Les Diablerets side needs a slow chairlift link.12345

Goes well for

  • Beginners and families: 63% of the measured piste is reachable on easy runs only, children born in 2021 or later ski free, and a one-day Beginners' Pass covers the gentle lifts in Villars, Gryon and Les Diablerets
  • Intermediates who like long cruising descents: our graph finds a 6.2 km continuous descent with 821 m of vertical, and three quarters of the piste sits between 10% and 30% gradient
  • Train-and-lift days from the Rhone valley: the cog railway from Bex reaches Villars, and the Villars-Bretaye train is covered by the ski pass
  • Racers and night skiers: the Willy Favre piste at Les Diablerets hosted Youth Olympic Games events in 2020, and the operator sells a night-skiing ticket for Les Diablerets

Goes badly for

  • Steep skiing: skiresort.com grades only 3 km of 87 km as difficult, and our graph finds 8% of the piste at 30-40% gradient and none steeper
  • Snow security late in the season: no piste lies above 2,113 m on the operator's own figures, and our graph puts 0% above 2,500 m
  • A single continuous circuit: the link between Villars and Les Diablerets runs over chairlifts in both directions, the Isenau sector above Les Diablerets has been closed since 2017, and Glacier 3000 is not connected by piste
  • High-altitude skiing on the same ticket: the 104 km ticket excludes Glacier 3000, which needs the wider Alpes Vaudoises pass

Key facts

Every card opens. The headline number is the answer; underneath is how it was measured and where it came from.

Elevation 913m vertical · 1,200–2,113 m
Village1,253 m6
Lowest piste1,200 m2
Highest lift-served point2,113 m2
Vertical drop913 m

The operator's ski page gives the area as 1,200 m to 2,113 m. Its own piste map labels Villars at 1,253 m, Gryon at 1,132 m, Les Diablerets at 1,200 m and the Grand Chamossaire at 2,120 m, and skiresort.com lists 1,224 m to 2,120 m. Our graph runs from 1,129 m to 2,097 m. These are differences in where each source puts the lowest and highest point, not in the area itself. Glacier 3000 (top station 3,000 m by its own site) sits outside this figure.

Pistes 104km 61.6 km measured from the network
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  • Easy 66km 76%
  • Intermediate 18km 21%
  • Difficult 3km 3%

Plus 16 km of marked ski routes, which are neither pisted nor patrolled to piste standard.

Marketed vs measuredThe operator's ticket page sells 31 lifts and 104 km of slopes with Glacier 3000 not included, and its ski page says 'over 100 km' of connected slopes. Skiresort.com lists 87 km of slopes plus 16 km of ski routes, which together come to 103 km, so the two agree once ski routes are counted. Skiresort's split is 66 km easy, 18 km intermediate and 3 km difficult; those three figures add up to its 87 km, not to the operator's 104 km. The Alpes Vaudoises tourism site prints both 'over 104 km' and 'more than 130 km' for the same area and does not explain the gap, so we use neither that 130 km nor the 232 km it gives for the three Alpes Vaudoises areas together. Our routing graph covers the same ground as the operator's 104 km, not Glacier 3000: it contains all three gondolas and all eight chairlifts that skiresort.com lists, one connected network of 61.2 km of piste (63.7 km of skiable edge, 1,129 m to 2,097 m), and two loose fragments of 0.4 km and about 1.4 km. It finds 61.6 km of marked piste in total, about 59% of the marketed figure. That is a wide gap and we have not explained it; marketed length follows the centre line at full width, and OpenStreetMap coverage of ski routes may be thinner than the operator's own count.

Lifts 31 6 types in the fleet
  • T-bar and J-bar 11
  • Chairlift 8
  • Moving carpet 5
  • Gondola 3
  • Rope tow 2
  • Cog railway 1

The operator's ticket page counts 31 lifts and its home page 32; skiresort.com lists 30, including the Villars-Bretaye cog railway and five moving carpets. We did not reconcile the three, which probably differ on what counts as a lift. The breakdown here is skiresort's, with its T-bars and J-bars combined. Our graph names all three gondolas (Villars-Roc d'Orsay, Diablerets Express, Barboleuse-Les Chaux) and all eight chairlifts, and leaves out the cog railway. A 10-seat gondola, the Diablerets Express, replaced a four-seat chairlift in 2018. A new Diablerets-Isenau gondola is listed as planned, not built.1

Season December – April winter season
Winter seasonearly December – mid-April
Lift hours08:30–16:30
Summer skiingGlacier 3000, above Col du Pillon, is a separate ski area with its own season: its own site gives daily skiing from 7 November 2026 to 30 April 2027. The 104 km ticket does not include it, and no piste links it to Les Diablerets.
Day pass CHF 75 adult, main season
AdultCHF 751
YouthCHF 681
ChildCHF 491
Multi-resort passesThe Villars-Gryon-Diablerets pass is sold for one or two days only (adult 75 CHF for one day, 135 CHF for two) and excludes Glacier 3000. From three days up, the operator sells the Alpes Vaudoises pass instead.
Alpes Vaudoises pass, 1 to 15 days: adult 89 CHF for one day, 159 for two, 819 for fifteen. Its table is headed Villars-Gryon-Diablerets, Glacier 3000 and Leysin, so it adds the other two areas.
Magic Pass is valid here. For 2026/27 it went on sale on 10 March 2026 at 419 CHF for adults and 282 CHF for children, valid 1 May 2026 to 30 April 2027, with the price rising towards a December rate.
Public transport to the area is not included in the Magic Pass. The Villars-Bretaye and Gryon-Villars train legs are covered by a ski pass or Magic Pass.

One-day prices from the operator's ski pricing page: adult 75, youth 68 (born 2003 to 2010; the same column is headed youth and senior), child 49 (born 2011 to 2020). The page gives no season label and says online dynamic pricing can save up to 50%, so what you pay depends on the date and how early you book. Skiresort.com lists 69, 63 and 47 for the same three categories in its 2026/27 data, and an alpinforum.com visitor in January 2025 paid 69 both online and at the window. A pass from 12:00 costs 56 for an adult, a Beginners' Pass 45 for one day and 90 for two, and night skiing at Les Diablerets 25. Children born in 2021 or later ski free. A transport pass is compulsory and is collected at a ticket office.

The mountain

These figures come from measuring the resort's actual piste and lift network rather than from its brochure. Measured from the SkiAllDay routing graph on 16 October 2026. Where the resort publishes a figure of its own, that figure is the one shown.

Piste km per lift km

1.13

Piste km opened by each kilometre of lift line. It measures how sparse the lift network is, not how good it is: a high figure means long runs off few lifts, so more skiing between rides but more traversing and more people funnelled onto each lift; a low one means dense lift service, quick laps and short waits, at the cost of repeating the same runs.

measured

Lift minutes per ski hour

85 min

Time riding up for every hour spent descending, from the graph’s own traversal times.

measured

Longest continuous descent

6.2 km

The longest run of linked pistes that never rides a lift.

measured

Reachable on easy runs only

63%

Share of piste a skier can reach from the base without ever descending something harder than an easy run.

measured

North-facing terrain

31%

Piste facing N, NE or NW, from the bearing of each descent. Shaded aspects hold snow longest.

measured

Vertical on that descent

821 m

measured

Uphill on surface lifts

32%

Share of climbing served by drag lifts and platters, weighted by vertical rather than by lift count.

measured

Piste above 2,500 m

0%

measured

Median piste altitude

1,635 m

Half the piste length lies above this height and half below, weighted by length.

measured

Skiers per piste km

64

At full lift capacity — a ceiling for comparing resorts, not a forecast of your day. Derived from uphill capacity, lift ride times and the split between riding and descending.

measured

Average lift capacity

1,288/h

People per hour, averaged across lifts. High can mean short queues, or a lot of people arriving on the same runs.

measured

Mean piste gradient

19%

Length-weighted across every piste. Comparable between countries in a way that piste colour is not.

measured

Piste measured

61.6 km

measured

Lift length measured

54.5 km

measured
metres piste length in this band 1,000 1,250 1,500 1,750 2,000 2,250 1.7 km 25.4 km 37.6 km 0.8 km Grand Chamossaire 2,120 m Meilleret 1,949 m Bretaye 1,805 m Villars 1,253 m Les Diablerets 1,200 m Gryon 1,132 m
Piste length by altitude band, against the villages and lift stations that sit at each height. Squares are villages and valley bases, circles are lift stations and summits.

How steep is it, really

Piste colour is set by each resort under its own rules, so a red in one country is a blue in another. Measured gradient is comparable everywhere.

Share of piste length by gradient, measured along the run rather than at its steepest point.

Guide

Three villages feed one connected network: Gryon with Les Chaux, Villars with Bretaye, and Les Diablerets with Meilleret. Glacier 3000 and the closed Isenau sector sit outside it.

Three bases, one measured network

Our routing graph finds a single connected network of 61.2 km of piste and 54.0 km of lift, running from 1,129 m to 2,097 m, with two loose fragments of 0.4 km and about 1.4 km that no lift reaches. Gryon's Barboleuse-Les Chaux gondola, Villars' Roc d'Orsay gondola and the Diablerets Express all feed it. The link between Villars and Les Diablerets runs over the Conche chairlift and the Laouissalet-Meilleret chairlift. A visitor on alpinforum.com (20 January 2025) called the four-seat Conche link long and found waits at its base.3678

Mostly blue and red, with long cruising descents

Skiresort.com grades 66 km of the 87 km of slopes as easy, 18 km intermediate and 3 km difficult, and adds 16 km of ski routes. Our graph finds a mean gradient of 19%, 63% of the piste reachable without descending anything harder than an easy run, and a 6.2 km continuous descent with 821 m of vertical. The Willy Favre piste at Les Diablerets is the sporting one; it hosted international competitions including the 2020 Youth Olympic Games. On alpinfans.com in April 2025, trainrunner and Wursti called it reliably good and quiet, because few people leave the Diablerets Express at its middle station.4329

Sun and shade

Our measurement finds 31% of the piste facing north, northeast or northwest, the shaded aspects that hold snow longest. On alpinforum.com, sheridan wrote on 24 January 2020 that the Les Diablerets pistes are somewhat shaded with good snow, and on 8 February 2020 that sun-exposed slopes were already quite soft while the shadier pistes were still good. On alpinfans.com on 26 February 2026, Frans described hard, icy morning snow above Gryon that turned to slush in the afternoon.31011

Altitude and snow

Nothing here is above the operator's 2,113 m, the median piste altitude is 1,635 m, and our graph finds no piste above 2,500 m. Of the 61.6 km measured, 37.6 km lies between 1,600 m and 2,000 m and 25.4 km between 1,200 m and 1,600 m. That suits midwinter skiing; the low base villages are the likely weak point in a warm spell, as the February 2026 alpinfans.com report from above Gryon suggests. Glacier 3000, at 3,000 m, is the high-altitude alternative, but it is a separate ticket and a separate trip.231112

Glacier 3000 and Isenau are not part of this area

The 104 km ticket excludes Glacier 3000, which has its own cable car at Col du Pillon, about 8 minutes by car from Les Diablerets. A post bus runs from Les Diablerets to Col du Pillon, and between 1 November and 30 April it is free with a Magic Pass, a Glacier 3000 ticket, an Alpes Vaudoises pass or a one- or two-day Villars-Diablerets pass. The Isenau sector above Les Diablerets closed in 2017 after a fault on its old cable car; skiresort.com says it stays closed for now and lists a new Diablerets-Isenau gondola as planned. None of our figures include either.112547

SkierVerdictWhy
Family with mixed abilities excellent Children born in 2021 or later ski free, each of the three villages has a beginner area with carpets, and the operator lists sled runs at Villars (1.6 km) and Les Diablerets (7 km). The Beginners' Pass and the cog railway make a gentle first day possible.124
First-timer good 63% of the measured piste is reachable on easy runs only, and the Beginners' Pass at 45 CHF covers the Villars-Bretaye train, the Bretaye and Les Chaux carpets, the Barboleuse gondola and the Diablerets gondola. An alpinforum.com visitor (20 January 2025) warned that the lower end of the blue from Mazots to Les Diablerets and the lower part of La Rasse are harder than their colour.318
Second-week skier good Three quarters of the measured piste lies between 10% and 30% gradient, with a 6.2 km continuous descent and 18 km of intermediate terrain on skiresort.com's grading.34
Confident intermediate good There is enough varied red and blue skiing for several days, linked on one ticket for up to two days and on the Alpes Vaudoises pass beyond that. The Villars-Les Diablerets link is slow, so plan a day on each side.421
Budget skier fair A one-day adult pass is 75 CHF on the operator's page, though dynamic pricing can lower it online. A pass from 12:00 costs 56 CHF. The Magic Pass at 419 CHF adult (the March 2026 launch price, rising later) is worth about six days of 75 CHF day tickets.113
Advanced skier poor Skiresort.com grades 3 km of 87 km as difficult, our graph finds no piste steeper than 40% gradient, and no piste lies above 2,113 m. The Willy Favre piste is the main sporting piste, and Glacier 3000's Combe d'Audon itinerary, drawn as 7 km on the operator's map, is on a separate ticket.43214

By car

The operator lists parking at three access points: Roc d'Orsay in Villars close to the lifts, the Diablerets Express in Les Diablerets with direct access to the gondola, and Barboleuse-Les Chaux in Gryon. Parking can be booked online through P2Park. An alpinfans.com poster found a gondola car park full on 29 January 2026 and took the train from the station instead.

By train

The Bex-Villars-Bretaye cog railway runs from Bex in the Rhone valley to Villars, where a second line continues to Col de Bretaye. In winter the Villars-Bretaye trains run daily from 08:00 to 18:00, every 15 or 30 minutes. A valid ski pass or Magic Pass covers the Villars-Bretaye and Gryon-Villars legs.

Where to base yourself

Villars-sur-Ollon1,253 m on the operator's map. Roc d'Orsay gondola and the railway to Bretaye; the main base for the central sector.
Gryon1,132 m on the operator's map. The Barboleuse-Les Chaux gondola leads to the Les Chaux sector, which has a beginner area with a conveyor.
Les Diablerets1,200 m. The Diablerets Express gondola reaches Meilleret and Les Mazots; Col du Pillon, the lowest station of Glacier 3000, is a short drive or post bus away.
LausanneAbout an hour away, with Geneva about two hours, according to the Alpes Vaudoises tourism site; it does not say which transport it means.

  • Rocco Cantina Italiana

    Roc d'Orsay, top of the Roc d'Orsay gondola · 1,950 m

    A pizzeria with 120 indoor seats and 250 on the terrace, run by the lift operator. The operator says its terrace is the highest in the area and looks to the Dents du Midi and Mont Blanc.15

  • BarBu

    Meilleret, top of the Diablerets Express · 1,720 m

    Raclette, charcuterie boards and mountain specialities, open through the winter season, a short walk from the gondola summit.16

  • Les Mazots

    Meilleret, top of the Diablerets Express · 1,720 m

    A restaurant with a self-service area and terrace, close to the start of the Les Diablerets sled run.17

  • Maison de Montagne de Bretaye

    Col de Bretaye · 1,805 m

    A 1932 building that the operator describes as serving traditional cuisine from local and seasonal products. The elevation is the Bretaye label on the operator's piste map.26

What skiers say

Gathered from public discussions, last swept 16 October 2026. Every tip links to the thread it came from.

  • On weekends, cross Lac Noir–Chaux Ronde before the main rush or bypass it via the Lac Noir–Bretaye drag, because this eight-seat chair is the domain's main convergence bottleneck.818

    On alpinforum.com on 20 January 2025 a visitor rode it without a wait on a weekday but called the weekend before much busier. On alpinfans.com on 26 February 2026, Frans wrote that all flows from the ski area meet at this lift and wait there, and that he still waited at it only twice that day.

  • Choose a weekday for a full Villars–Diablerets tour if possible, because Saturdays can be exceptionally crowded while Sunday or midweek may be dramatically quieter.1920

    A r/skiing commenter in March 2024 recommended midweek because skiers from Vaud arrive at weekends. A snowHeads poster called Saturday one of their busiest ski days anywhere and found Sunday much quieter.

  • During a warm spell, ski the sunnier Villars and Gryon slopes first and move toward the shaded Les Diablerets forest runs later.1011

    On alpinforum.com, sheridan wrote on 8 February 2020 that sun-exposed slopes were already quite soft while the shadier pistes were still good. Frans reported on alpinfans.com on 26 February 2026 hard, icy morning snow above Gryon that turned to slush in the afternoon.

  • If descending from Bretaye by cog railway, avoid the roughly 16:00 departure when a seat or a reliable onward connection matters.21

    An alpinforum.com short report of 20 January 2024 describes a Saturday on which the party stood for the roughly half-hour descent on the 16:00 train, and then needed a bus they had not planned on to get from Villars back to the Gryon car park.

  • Drive to Roc d'Orsay early, but if its car park is full switch immediately to Villars station and take the cog railway directly to Bretaye.2211

    A snowHeads poster says the Roc d'Orsay car park fills on busy days. On alpinfans.com on 29 January 2026, Wursti found a gondola car park full and took the train from the station instead.

  • Use Gryon-Barboleuse as overflow when Villars is full, but check the Barboleuse gondola's wind status and do not base the day on the hourly road bus.21

    The alpinforum.com short report of 20 January 2024 found a free space at Gryon-Barboleuse station after the Villars car parks were full. The gondola was closed for wind and the bus was late, so the party reached the piste just before 11:00 instead of the planned 08:30 to 09:00.

  • For a simple car-to-lift start, arrive at Les Diablerets before 09:00 and drive to the far end of the Diablerets Express car park beside the lift entrance.810

    On alpinforum.com on 20 January 2025 a visitor found one free space right by the lift entrance at the far end of the car park, despite a junior race and many parked cars. On 24 January 2020, sheridan wrote on alpinforum.com that parking at Les Diablerets is free.

  • For quiet quality laps, leave the Diablerets Express at its intermediate station specifically to ski Willy Favre.9

    On alpinfans.com in April 2025, trainrunner called Willy Favre absolutely brilliant and an insider tip, and said it can only be reached from the middle station. Wursti agreed that it is good even on the worst days and explained the quiet: very few people get off at a middle station.

  • Look for the blue from Chaux Ronde into the Col de Bretaye bowl, which suits beginners as a long, easy descent even though it is hard to find.8

    An alpinforum.com visitor on 20 January 2025 called it a long, easy piste that beginners can manage, and the short report of 20 January 2024 calls the blue from Chaux Ronde hard to find.

  • Base several laps in the Les Chaux sector above Gryon when you want sustained vertical rather than the shorter central Bretaye runs.23

    A skipass.com poster, SnowLoup, wrote in December 2010 that a long chairlift in the Les Chaux sector gives about 500 m of vertical, with runs from dark red to easy blue and a good view from the top. The thread is old, so check the current lifts and pistes.

  • Use Petit Chamossaire when central Bretaye feels busy, accepting the slower chair in exchange for quieter pistes and a fine view toward Leysin.23

    In the same December 2010 skipass.com thread, SnowLoup called the Petit Chamossaire pistes pleasant and little used, with a view over the plateau towards Leysin, and the chairlift slower. A second poster, tartiflette_power, warned that the piste from Les Chaux to the chairlift is often crowded and narrow, and can be damaged quickly.

  • On poor-visibility or preservation days, favour the lower wooded descents on the Diablerets side, especially Jorasse.2310

    SnowLoup named the lower forest descents near Les Diablerets, especially Jorasse, in the December 2010 skipass.com thread. On alpinforum.com on 24 January 2020, sheridan found the Les Diablerets pistes somewhat shaded but with good snow.

  • Use the self-service section at Chez Gipsy beside the Diablerets gondola for a relatively economical warm lunch.8

    An alpinforum.com visitor on 20 January 2025 paid CHF 20 for spaghetti bolognese with cheese, CHF 6 for a green salad and CHF 5 for water.

  • For a fast lunch around Bretaye, try Cookie Café rather than committing to a full table-service stop.22

    A snowHeads poster describes Cookie Cafe at Bretaye as quick and usually tasty.

  • Compare the online and window prices before prebuying, because a January 2025 visitor found both at CHF 69 and successfully reused a La Bresse Keycard at the ticket desk.8

    An alpinforum.com visitor on 20 January 2025 paid CHF 69 on site and found online prices no cheaper, and loaded the ticket onto a La Bresse keycard at the window without trouble. The operator now says dynamic pricing can save up to 50% online, so check the price for your own date.

  • Reserve lunch around Grand Chamossaire or Col de Bretaye on a sunny Saturday, or carry food and avoid Hôtel du Lac if keeping costs down matters.21

    The alpinforum.com short report of 20 January 2024 found the summit restaurant and two Bretaye restaurants full on a sunny Saturday, then paid CHF 62 at Hotel du Lac for a bratwurst, a children's burger, two drinks and an espresso; large burgers started at CHF 34.

  • Do not send a true novice down the full blue from Les Mazots to Les Diablerets without inspecting conditions, and use the gondola for the descent if the lower pitch looks polished.824

    An alpinforum.com visitor on 20 January 2025 found the last stretch steep and wrote that it should be graded black; another member replied that blue pistes can reach 25% gradient under the grading criteria. A r/askswitzerland thread of February 2026 disputed that the bottom is especially steep.

  • Treat La Rasse as a mixed-level transit piste rather than a dependable beginner blue, especially after traffic has churned it up.821

    The alpinforum.com visitor of 20 January 2025 wrote of desperate beginners and falling skiers all over the lower part of La Rasse in the afternoon. The short report of 20 January 2024 calls it churned up, steep and above all crowded, and a reply there argues that the gradient is moderate and that soft snow and bumps are the real challenge.

  • Do not assume the Villars-Diablerets link is a continuous ski run: the Conche connection is a long chairlift, and its feeder piste can become narrow, icy and slow.820

    An alpinforum.com visitor on 20 January 2025 called the four-seat Conche link long and found waits at its base. A snowHeads poster was surprised by the unusual chairlift used in both directions; allow plenty of margin before the lifts close.

  • Navigate by lift and place names and keep the piste map accessible, because runs are unnumbered and important junctions may have little useful signage.2521

    A r/Switzerland post of January 2025 asked about naming and numbering of pistes after a first visit and found names missing from both signs and maps. The alpinforum.com short report of 20 January 2024 says the signage needs much improvement and mentions red markers on a blue piste at junctions.

  • Snowboarders taking Populaire toward Barboleuse should expect several road-crossing carpets and a possible walk to the gondola rather than a clean ski-to-lift finish.2623

    Users in a r/Switzerland thread of November 2025 call the road crossings by carpets awkward when the carpets lack snow. SnowLoup wrote on skipass.com in December 2010 that the Barboleuse descent may be thinly covered and that you must walk about 200 m to the gondolas at the bottom.

  • Treat Glacier 3000 as a separate excursion rather than an extension of the linked Villars–Gryon–Diablerets circuit.20

    A snowHeads poster who skied for three days wrote that from the Diablerets pistes you must descend to the village and take a bus to Col du Pillon; they found the skiing poor compensation for the transfer but thought the views and the Peak Walk worthwhile.

  • Use the upper glacier for easy practice on T-bars, and expect short, gently pitched pistes if you ski harder terrain.27

    On skipass.com on 28 November 2020, Marc called the pistes very easy and gently pitched: Dome about 1 km with a flat last stretch, Tsanfleuron the longest at about 1,600 to 1,700 m, and Scex Rouge a little steeper but only about 100 m of vertical. He rated Saas-Fee clearly more interesting.

  • Check the live opening status before travelling to Col du Pillon, because Combe d'Audon and the upper glacier close often.14

    In a skipass.com thread of May 2017, jojoski reported Combe d'Audon closed on the morning of 6 May and croset8 wrote on 8 May that it is often closed. The posters blame weather such as rain and fog, and the operator's reluctance to keep runs open.

  • Verify that Combe d'Audon and its return lifts are open before paying for Glacier 3000 solely for the signature descent.14

    On skipass.com on 8 May 2017, tartiflette_power wrote that after the combe two lifts bring you back to the top, plus a large flat, for 1,200 m of vertical. The thread is old, so check the current lift set-up.

History

  1. 1913

    The Villars-Bretaye rack railway opens on 18 December, built by a company separate from the Bex-Villars line below it.28

  2. 1932

    The Maison de Montagne de Bretaye is built.2

  3. 1988

    The Barboleuse-Les Chaux four-seat gondola opens above Gryon.7

  4. 2006

    The eight-seat Villars-Roc d'Orsay gondola opens.7

  5. 2016

    The Conche chairlift towards Les Diablerets and the Laouissalet-Meilleret chairlift open.7

  6. 2017

    The Isenau sector above Les Diablerets closes after a fault on its old cable car.5

  7. 2018

    The 10-seat Diablerets Express gondola opens, replacing a four-seat chairlift to Mazots.7

  8. 2020

    Alpine skiing events of the Winter Youth Olympic Games are held on the Meilleret slopes at Les Diablerets.52

  9. 2022

    The eight-seat Lac Noir-Chaux Ronde chairlift opens between Lac Noir and Chaux Ronde.7

Nearby and comparable

  • Glacier 3000

    The glacier ski area above Col du Pillon, top station 3,000 m, with its own cable car and its own season (7 November 2026 to 30 April 2027). Sold separately from the 104 km ticket and reached by bus or car, not by piste.

  • Gstaad

    The Glacier 3000 cable car stands on the road between Les Diablerets and Gstaad; a post bus connects the two villages via Col du Pillon.

  • Leysin-Les Mosses-La Lecherette

    The third area on the Alpes Vaudoises pass, which the tourism site lists separately as over 100 km of slopes; it is a different ski area from Villars-Gryon-Les Diablerets.

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Questions

How many kilometres of piste does Villars-Gryon-Les Diablerets have?

The operator sells 31 lifts and 104 km of slopes on its Villars-Gryon-Diablerets ticket, without Glacier 3000. Skiresort.com lists 87 km of slopes plus 16 km of ski routes. Our routing graph measures 61.6 km of marked piste in one connected network, about 59% of the marketed figure.143

Is Glacier 3000 part of the Villars-Gryon-Les Diablerets ski area?

No. Glacier 3000 is a separate ski area above Col du Pillon, with its own cable car and a top station at 3,000 m, and no piste connects it to Les Diablerets. The 104 km Villars-Gryon-Diablerets ticket excludes it. The Alpes Vaudoises pass, sold for 1 to 15 days, adds Glacier 3000 and Leysin, and a post bus links Les Diablerets with Col du Pillon.11229

Is Villars-Gryon-Les Diablerets good for beginners?

Yes. Our graph finds 63% of the piste reachable from the base without descending anything harder than an easy run, each of the three villages has a beginner area, and a one-day Beginners' Pass costs 45 CHF. Visitors warn that some blue pistes, such as the lower part of La Rasse and the end of the blue from Mazots, are steeper than their colour suggests.3128

What does a day ticket for Villars-Gryon-Les Diablerets cost?

The operator's pricing page lists a one-day adult ticket at 75 CHF, youth 68 CHF and child 49 CHF, with children born in 2021 or later free. It adds that dynamic pricing can save up to 50% when booking online. A pass from 12:00 is 56 CHF for adults. Skiresort.com lists 69 CHF for an adult day in its 2026/27 data.14

Can you ski between Villars, Gryon and Les Diablerets?

Yes, all three villages are in one connected network, but the Villars to Les Diablerets link runs over chairlifts rather than a descent. Gryon and Villars join through the Les Chaux and Chaux Ronde sectors. The Isenau sector above Les Diablerets has been closed since 2017, and a new gondola there is listed as planned.357

How do you get to Villars-Gryon-Les Diablerets by train?

The Bex-Villars-Bretaye cog railway runs from Bex in the Rhone valley to Villars, and a second line continues from Villars to Col de Bretaye. In winter the Villars-Bretaye trains run daily from 08:00 to 18:00, every 15 or 30 minutes, and a ski pass or Magic Pass covers that leg and the Gryon-Villars leg.2830

Is the Magic Pass valid at Villars-Gryon-Les Diablerets?

Yes. The operator confirms the Magic Pass gives unlimited access to the Villars-Gryon-Diablerets area. For 2026/27 it went on sale on 10 March 2026 at 419 CHF for adults and 282 CHF for children, with the price rising towards a December rate. It does not automatically include public transport.13

References

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  2. 2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Villars-Gryon-Les Diablerets Ski ResortTélé Villars-Gryon-Diablerets SA · read 16 October 2026
  3. 3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k SkiAllDay routing graph, computed from OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · read 16 October 2026
  4. 4. ^ a b c d e f g h i Ski resort Villars/Gryon/Les Diablerets (test report)Skiresort Service International · read 16 October 2026
  5. 5. ^ a b c d e Les DiableretsWikipedia · read 16 October 2026
  6. 6. ^ a b c Villars-Gryon-Les Diablerets piste map (PDF)Télé Villars-Gryon-Diablerets SA · 2025-09 · read 16 October 2026
  7. 7. ^ a b c d e f g h Ski lifts Villars/Gryon/Les DiableretsSkiresort Service International · read 16 October 2026
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  9. 9. ^ a b Villars-Gryon-Diablerets 2024/25alpinfans.com · 2025-04 · read 16 October 2026
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  11. 11. ^ a b c d Alpes Vaudoises 2025/26alpinfans.com · 2026-02 · read 16 October 2026
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  14. 14. ^ a b c Topic consolation : c'est encore pire là basskipass.com · 2017-05 · read 16 October 2026
  15. 15. ^ Rocco Cantina ItalianaTélé Villars-Gryon-Diablerets SA · read 16 October 2026
  16. 16. ^ BarBu, Les DiableretsTélé Villars-Gryon-Diablerets SA · read 16 October 2026
  17. 17. ^ Les Mazots, MeilleretTélé Villars-Gryon-Diablerets SA · read 16 October 2026
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  19. 19. ^ Is it just me or are there way more Americans in European ski resorts this season?r/skiing · 2024-03 · read 16 October 2026
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  21. 21. ^ a b c d e Kurzbericht Villars-Gryon - 20.01.2024alpinforum.com · 2024-02 · read 16 October 2026
  22. 22. ^ a b Thinking of skiing Leysin/Villars..any goodsnowHeads forum · read 16 October 2026
  23. 23. ^ a b c d Aidez moi à découvrir Villars !skipass.com · 2010-11 · read 16 October 2026
  24. 24. ^ Best ski resort for 3.5 year toddler who's just becoming comfy with easy bluesr/askswitzerland · 2026-02 · read 16 October 2026
  25. 25. ^ Are there standards as to numbering/naming ski slopes?r/Switzerland · 2025-01 · read 16 October 2026
  26. 26. ^ Have you guys ever seen a ski crossing? None where I skir/Switzerland · 2025-11 · read 16 October 2026
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  28. 28. ^ a b Bex-Villars-Bretaye railwayWikipedia · read 16 October 2026
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  30. 30. ^ Train Bex-Villars-Bretaye (BVB)Vaud Tourisme · read 16 October 2026

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