Christmas Chalets in Les Carroz

France · Christmas week 19 Dec – 26 Dec 2026

We list 18 Christmas chalets in Les Carroz, France, sleeping from 2 to 15 guests. Where we have checked a chalet for Christmas week (19 Dec – 26 Dec 2026), its card says whether it was available and what the week cost. Further down is the snow measured in Les Carroz on Christmas morning since 1996.

10 chalets available for Christmas week when we checked on 12 October 2026, from £972 for the week.

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A lived-in Savoyard village with gondola access to the Grand Massif and an easy transfer from Geneva.

Quick answers about Christmas in Les Carroz

Is there usually snow in Les Carroz at Christmas?
Usually, yes. At the Les Carroz, Kedeusaz weather station on the slopes (1,760 m, 3.2 km from Les Carroz), there was at least 30cm of snow on the ground on Christmas morning in 23 of the 30 years measured since 1996; the thinnest was 9cm in 2016. At village height, at Les Carroz village (1,152 m, 2.4 km from Les Carroz), snow was lying on 10 of 16 Christmas mornings. Les Carroz scores 48 out of 100 on our Christmas Snow Score. That is how often there has been snow, not a forecast: conditions vary from season to season and nobody can promise them.
What is Christmas actually like in Les Carroz?
Les Carroz has a village Christmas. The tourist office's Christmas programme includes carols, fairy-tale shows, Father Christmas's cabin and a ski show with a torchlit descent on Christmas Eve, and the decorated centre feels lived-in rather than staged.
When is Christmas week in Les Carroz this season?
For Christmas 2026, Christmas Day is a Friday, so the Christmas week runs from Saturday 19 to Saturday 26 December. Most chalets in Les Carroz are let by the week, so that is the week to search for.
Winter in Les Carroz
Photo by Jabou, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Your dates and group size

Sat 19 Dec – Sat 26 Dec 2026 · 7 nights · 8 guests

Chalets in Les Carroz you can book now

These links open our partners’ own sites for Les Carroz. Booking.com and Expedia open with Christmas week already selected.

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Getting to Les Carroz for Christmas week

Each link opens a live search for 19 Dec – 26 Dec 2026, flying into Geneva, one of the usual airports for Les Carroz. Prices and availability are on the partner’s site. Planning the flights, chalet and car hire.

  • Flights from London to Geneva

    Kiwi.com · return, 19 Dec – 26 Dec 2026 · any London airport; change it on Kiwi.com

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  • Car hire at Geneva airport

    Expedia · collect and return at the airport, 19 Dec – 26 Dec 2026

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Chalets in Les Carroz

On 12 October 2026 we checked 17 chalets here for Christmas week (19 Dec – 26 Dec 2026): 10 were still available on Booking.com, from £972 for the week (typical £2,879).

Your dates and group size

Sat 19 Dec – Sat 26 Dec 2026 · 7 nights · 8 guests

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6 more chalets in Les Carroz

Les Carroz is a lived-in Savoyard village rather than a purpose-built resort, with chalets spread across a sunny hillside, a proper centre of shops and bars, and a community that lives here all year. It sits low, so the skiing is reached by gondola and chairlift from the village rather than from the doorstep.

Those lifts take you into the Grand Massif, with Flaine a short ride away, and the tree-lined runs above the village are useful when the weather closes in. It is quieter and more relaxed than the big-name resorts, and it suits families and intermediates who want village life with a large ski area behind it. Geneva is close.

Christmas in Les Carroz

Les Carroz has a village Christmas. The tourist office's Christmas programme includes carols, fairy-tale shows, Father Christmas's cabin and a ski show with a torchlit descent on Christmas Eve, and the decorated centre feels lived-in rather than staged.

Our Christmas atmosphere rating: 4 out of 5

Where this comes from
  • www.lescarroz.com — Official Christmas package: torchlight strolls, carols, fairy-tale shows, fireworks, Father Christmas's cabin, ski show and torchlit descent on 24 Dec (page since removed; seen in search index)
  • www.esi-ski.com — Torchlit descents in Les Carroz
  • en.wikipedia.org — Les Carroz lies in the commune of Arâches-la-Frasse
  • en.wikipedia.org — Les Carroz is part of the linked Grand Massif with Flaine, Samoëns, Morillon and Sixt

If you are not skiing

Reasonable. The village has shops, cafés and snowshoe and walking trails, and Samoëns is a short drive away.

Christmas Snow Score

48/ 100

1,140m2,500m

Weather-dependent

48 out of 100 — more dependent on the weather in late December. The strongest factor here is the measured Christmas snow record. At least 30cm of snow on the ground on 23 of the last 30 Christmas mornings at the Les Carroz, Kedeusaz station (1760 m). Snow in the Alps varies from one December to the next, and no resort can promise cover on a given week.

What went into it

Measured Christmas snowAt least 30cm of snow on the ground on 23 of the last 30 Christmas mornings at the Les Carroz, Kedeusaz station (1760 m)
45% weight77
Village altitudeThe village sits at 1140 m and loses its snow first
20% weight23
Top of the ski areaThe skiing reaches 2500 m, and high ground holds cover in a thin December
15% weight26
Snowmaking coverageSnowmaking covers 42% of pistes and opens the season when snowfall is late
12% weight42
Glacier accessNo glacier
8% weight0

The Christmas Snow Score compares resorts on how often there has been snow on the ground on Christmas morning, measured at weather stations over the last thirty years, with altitude, snowmaking and glacier access. It describes how reliable a resort tends to be, not what the snow will do this year — Alpine conditions vary from season to season and nobody can promise them. How the Snow Score works and how the resorts compare

Resort figures from the source we checked on 22 September 2026.

Snow on Christmas morning in Les Carroz

How much snow was on the ground on 25 December, each year since 1996, measured at the nearest weather stations. This is what the resort’s Christmas Snow Score is built on.

On the slopes: Les Carroz, Kedeusaz, 1,760 m

3.2 km from Les Carroz. At least 30cm on the ground on 23 of 30 Christmas mornings measured since 1996. Typical depth 67cm; least 9cm in 2016; most 121cm in 1996.

No reading since 30 September 2026; this station reports in the snow season.

0cm75cm150cmChristmas 1996: 121cmChristmas 1997: 51cmChristmas 1998: 74cmChristmas 1999: 78cmChristmas 2000: 61cmChristmas 2001: 34cmChristmas 2002: 60cmChristmas 2003: 79cmChristmas 2004: 59cmChristmas 2005: 70cmChristmas 2006: 26cmChristmas 2007: 84cmChristmas 2008: 76cmChristmas 2009: 56cmChristmas 2010: 69cmChristmas 2011: 103cmChristmas 2012: 87cmChristmas 2013: 25cmChristmas 2014: 15cmChristmas 2015: 11cmChristmas 2016: 9cmChristmas 2017: 104cmChristmas 2018: 28cmChristmas 2019: 85cmChristmas 2020: 35cmChristmas 2021: 83cmChristmas 2022: 15cmChristmas 2023: 67cmChristmas 2024: 80cmChristmas 2025: 52cm30cm1996200020052010201520202025
Christmas morning snow depth at Les Carroz, Kedeusaz, year by year
ChristmasSnow on the ground
202552cm
202480cm
202367cm
202215cm
202183cm
202035cm
201985cm
201828cm
2017104cm
20169cm
201511cm
201415cm
201325cm
201287cm
2011103cm
201069cm
200956cm
200876cm
200784cm
200626cm
200570cm
200459cm
200379cm
200260cm
200134cm
200061cm
199978cm
199874cm
199751cm
1996121cm

Measured on the morning of 25 December by Météo-France (Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0).

In the village: Les Carroz village, 1,152 m

2.4 km from Les Carroz. At least 30cm on the ground on 5 of 16 Christmas mornings measured since 1996. Typical depth 21cm; least 0cm in 2002; most 49cm in 2005.

0cm25cm50cm1996: no reading1997: no reading1998: no reading1999: no reading2000: no readingChristmas 2001: 21cmChristmas 2002: 0cmChristmas 2003: 21cmChristmas 2004: 8cmChristmas 2005: 49cmChristmas 2006: 2cm2007: no readingChristmas 2008: 44cmChristmas 2009: 10cmChristmas 2010: 22cmChristmas 2011: 35cmChristmas 2012: 33cmChristmas 2013: 2cmChristmas 2014: 0cmChristmas 2015: 0cmChristmas 2016: 0cmChristmas 2017: 41cm2018: no reading2019: no reading2020: no reading2021: no reading2022: no reading2023: no reading2024: no reading2025: no reading30cm1996200020052010201520202025
Christmas morning snow depth at Les Carroz village, year by year
ChristmasSnow on the ground
201741cm
20160cm
20150cm
20140cm
20132cm
201233cm
201135cm
201022cm
200910cm
200844cm
20062cm
200549cm
20048cm
200321cm
20020cm
200121cm

Measured on the morning of 25 December by Météo-France (Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0).

How Les Carroz compares with the other resorts we measure: the Christmas Snow Report.

Compare Les Carroz for Christmas

Common questions about Christmas in Les Carroz

How high is Les Carroz?

The village sits at 1,140m, and the lift-served ski area reaches 2,500m. Ski area figure is the Grand Massif, which Les Carroz is part of. Altitude matters at Christmas because high ground holds snow in a thin December; the measured Christmas record on this page shows how that has played out year by year. Figures checked on 22 September 2026 against the source listed on this page.

Is Les Carroz good for families at Christmas?

Les Carroz is one of the better family choices we cover. The beginner terrain is good, which matters with children. It also does Christmas itself well, which children notice. This is our editorial judgement rather than a measurement, and the resort page explains the reasoning.

Can a beginner learn to ski in Les Carroz at Christmas?

Yes — Les Carroz has good beginner terrain. One thing to weigh at Christmas specifically: nursery slopes are usually the lowest terrain in a resort and so the first to be thin in December. Here, that is worth taking seriously in a poor December.

Which airport do you fly into for Les Carroz?

The usual arrival airports are Geneva (GVA), Lyon (LYS). Transfer times swing widely with traffic and road conditions on a Saturday in Christmas week, so treat any published drive time as a minimum and ask your transfer company for a figure they will stand behind.

Can I book a chalet in Les Carroz through this site?

We list 18 chalets in Les Carroz, but we do not take bookings ourselves: we are not a travel agent and we take no bookings or payments. We link to partners who do, and the links on this page go to their live Christmas availability. If you book through one we may earn a commission, which does not change your price.

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