Winter in Combloux when you're not skiing

Cross-country skiing

The Combloux Nordic area links La Cry to Le Cuchet, around Fontaine Désir and the Crêt du Four: 5.5 km groomed for classic and skating, free of charge, open from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. from December to the end of March, snow permitting. Two loops: the green one (40 minutes) and the P'tits Loups blue loop (1 hour, with 11 wildlife information boards). Access from the La Cry car park, 3 minutes on foot from the building. For something longer, Megève-La Livraz has 31 km of trails (€9 a day for adults, €6 for children, 2025-26 prices).

Snowshoeing

Fifteen marked routes from Combloux, from the P'tits Loups trail (3.3 km, 1 hr 15, beginners) to La Cry-Christomet (8.3 km, 2 hr 20, 670 m of ascent). In between: the Planset mountain pasture loop (2.6 km, 1 hr), the Beauregard pasture (6.2 km, 3 hr), the Combloux-Cordon link (5.2 km, 3 hr), the Megève link (4 km, 1 hr 45) and Les Montavus (6.1 km, 3 hr 20). Maps at the tourist office and online; guided half-day or night outings with the village's mountain leaders.

Sledging

Two free, safe areas: La Cry for little ones, Le Cuchet for older children, under parents' supervision. The 4S rail toboggan at Le Jaillet, 10 minutes by car, runs throughout the school holidays, winter and summer (€9 a ride, €44.50 for 6, from age 3). Snow tubing and fat biking at La Cry and Le Cuchet with local providers.

Spa

Le Chalet Alpen Valley, the neighbouring 4-star hotel (2843 route de la Cry Cuchet, 160 m away, 2 minutes on foot), has a wellness area with heated indoor and outdoor lagoons, jacuzzis and bubble baths, a sauna and hammam that can be booked for private use, a salt cave, a solarium and a Codage treatment menu (massages, cryotherapy, hydromassage). Open in the winter season (19 December 2026 – 28 March 2027) and in summer (3 July – 29 August 2027). It is open to non-residents, by reservation (+33 4 50 58 68 55): it is two minutes' walk from the apartments. Prices from the hotel.

Ice rink and swimming pool

Le Palais in Megève (11 minutes): an Olympic-size indoor ice rink (€6 adult admission, €10.50 with skate hire, €4.60 for children), a 25 m indoor pool (€6.40 to €7.10), a 675 m² balneotherapy area (€32 adults, €15.50 children from age 5) and a climbing wall; in winter, an open-air ice rink on the village square. → Le Palais in Megève.

Thermal baths

Les Bains du Mont-Blanc in Saint-Gervais-Le Fayet, 24 minutes away: 3-hour pass €49 (€59 on public holidays and during the winter holidays), happy hour €39, admission from age 13, family sessions on Sunday mornings.

Paragliding

Tandem flights on skis with Airmania (Cordon) and the Megève paragliding schools, from €90.

Chamonix

The Aiguille du Midi (3,842 m) reopens on 19 December 2026 after the off-season, €83 return for adults; the Montenvers train and the Mer de Glace are open all winter, 10 a.m. – 4:30 p.m., €31.50 return. See → Chamonix.

And there's more

the Wednesday morning market, the Ferme à Isidore (farm museum, 1832), Saint-Nicolas church, the tourist office's "Légendes de Combloux" theatrical walks, and the residence's own sauna and gym.