Getting to Combloux from Geneva and beyond: transfers, train, car

Loi Montagne (mountain law)

From 1 November to 31 March in Haute-Savoie, every vehicle must have four winter tyres (3PMSF marking) or carry snow chains or snow socks; the fine is €135. The road to the building is cleared of snow.

Electric cars

Rapid chargers on the A40 (Bonneville, Passy and Les Houches service areas). In the village:. In the building's car park: a charging point at the Les cimes de l'alpage space (charging billed as an extra).

By train

Sallanches-Combloux-Megève station, 11 km from the building (19 minutes), with TER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes regional trains and the Léman Express from Geneva (1 hr 30 – 1 hr 45), Annecy and Lyon (3 hrs – 3 hrs 30); direct TGV from Paris at winter weekends (about 5 hrs 30), otherwise 4 hrs 30 – 5 hrs with a change. From the station: the Y83 bus to the village (about 10 minutes, a few euros, not on Sundays and public holidays depending on the season), then the free shuttle to the La Cry car park in winter; a taxi (Taxi Didier Roth, MC Taxi — about €25-30); or ask us for advice.

By plane

The nearest airport is Geneva: 1 hour by road. AlpyBus shared door-to-door transfers from €29.50 per person, from mid-December; Mountain Drop-offs private transfers; regional bus 274 to Sallanches, then the Y83; FlixBus and BlaBlaCar Bus to Sallanches. Lyon Saint-Exupéry is 2 hours away, Chambéry 1 hr 15. → Skiing an hour from Geneva

From Chamonix or Megève

Bus Y82 (Chamonix – Saint-Gervais – Combloux – Megève) and Y83 (Sallanches – Combloux – Megève – Flumet), run by Autocars Borini, information on +33 4 8000 7000.

Getting around

A free shuttle between the village and the slopes every 15 minutes in winter; a summer shuttle to the Cuchet during the school holidays; Citiz car sharing at the Cristaux car park; the free Meg-Bus within Megève.