Les Deux Alpes to Lyon Airport

Lyon Airport recommends arriving 2.5 hours before your flight departs. With a 2h 15min drive, leave Les Deux Alpes at least 4h 45min before the flight, and more on a holiday Saturday or in snow. For a flight at noon that is a pickup by quarter past seven in the morning.

For a flight at seven in the morning the pickup is at quarter past two in the night. A pre-booked car leaves when the flight needs it to, and the driver, not you, takes the descent to the Chambon dam in the dark.

From 1 November to 31 March the law requires winter equipment in Les Deux Alpes and in the Romanche valley communes as far down as Séchilienne: four winter tyres marked 3PMSF, or chains or snow socks for at least two drive wheels. The rule covers every vehicle with four wheels or more, a transfer vehicle included. The resort's own advice is to keep chains in the boot, above all if it snows on the day you leave.

The French winter holidays run from 6 February to 8 March 2027 in three zones, and the Saturdays inside them are changeover days: 6, 13, 20 and 27 February and 6 March. An operator who drives this road allows at least an hour more on winter Saturdays and Sundays. Add it to the pickup time, not to your nerves at the terminal.

Declare ski bags, board bags and boot bags when you book. They decide the vehicle: a saloon carrying three passengers will not also carry three hard ski cases.

Child and booster seats are available on request. Put the ages in the booking notes, not just the number of children, because the ages decide the seat type.

At least 4 hours 45 minutes before the flight: the drive is about 2h 15min in free-flowing traffic, and Lyon Airport recommends arriving 2.5 hours before departure. For a flight at noon that means leaving by quarter past seven in the morning. Leave more time on a holiday Saturday or in snow, because the first 65 km are mountain and valley road.

About 2 hours 15 minutes in free-flowing traffic, for about 162 km: the D213 down to the Chambon dam, the D1091 down the Romanche valley through Le Bourg-d'Oisans to Vizille, the N85, the A480 round Grenoble, then the A48 and A43 to Lyon-Saint Exupéry. Holiday Saturdays and snow make it longer.

There is no railway at Les Deux Alpes; the nearest TGV station is Grenoble, 70 km away. By public transport you take the regional bus toward Grenoble, changing at Le Bourg-d'Oisans, then a coach from Grenoble bus station to the airport, which the airport puts at 55 minutes to 1h 05min. A shared ski shuttle also runs direct on Saturdays. A private transfer takes about 2h 15min with no change and leaves at the time your flight needs.

On TransferBnB a private transfer from Les Deux Alpes to Lyon Airport starts from around €370 per vehicle for a saloon and €455 for a minivan, one way; an estate or a minibus is quoted on request. The price is per vehicle, not per person, so three people in a saloon pay about €123 each. Verified carriers send quotes for your date.

One. The D213, the D1091, the N85 and the A480 round Grenoble are free; the toll is paid between the Voreppe and Saint-Quentin-Fallavier barriers on the A48 and A43, €13.70 for a car and €21.70 for a vehicle over 2 m high, at the tariff in force since 1 February 2026.

From 1 November to 31 March the law requires either four winter tyres marked 3PMSF, or chains or snow socks for at least two drive wheels, in Les Deux Alpes and in the Romanche valley communes as far down as Séchilienne. The resort advises keeping chains in the boot, above all if it snows on the day you leave. On a private transfer the equipment is the carrier's job.

The winter season ends on Sunday 2 May 2027. High-altitude skiing continues from 3 to 30 May 2027, and from 31 May to 4 July 2027 the ski area opens in part and doubles as a training camp for athletes, federations and clubs. The resort's calendar ends on Sunday 4 July 2027.