The Abondance ski area

Abondance has 9 lifts carrying 8,025 people an hour, 816 m of vertical, from 942 m to 1,758 m.

Abondance is a ski resort in the Northern Alps (Haute-Savoie). The village sits at 1,096 m and the ski area rises to 1,758 m, a skiable vertical of 816 m.

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Vertical drop: 816 m — from 942 m to 1,758 m
Slope aspect: 55 % east · 34 % north · 11 % west — computed from the fall line of 35 runs

The ski area in figures

Measured on 7 October 2026

2 kmLongest piste — Retour village (red), 431 m of vertical

431 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 1,382 → 951 m, 2 km

1,758 mHighest lift top — TK de la Corne 2 (platter lift), national lift register

8,025Total lift capacity, people per hour — 9 installations: 1 gondola, 7 drag lifts, 1 magic carpet

35 yrsAverage age of the lift fleet — oldest 1971, newest 2016

2,000Biggest lift, people per hour — Tapis roulant Les Lutins (magic carpet, 2007)

74 kmTotal length of lifts — 90 lifts mapped

14,302 haSki area boundary (OSM)

1,583Inhabitants — Abondance (INSEE 74001)

Measured on OpenStreetMap (altitudes: IGN RGE ALTI), not taken from the brochure. The vertical above is that of one piste, not of the whole ski area. Population: INSEE municipal population via geo.api.gouv.fr.

Source: national register of mechanical lifts (STRMTG, CAIRN), fleet as of 1 January 2025 — lifts attributed to Abondance only (“ABONDANCE”), magic carpets included.

The lifts

9 lifts , carrying 8,025 people an hour in total , 35 years old on average (from 1971 to 2016).

Type (as registered, in French)	Count	Capacity (people/h)
Télécabines	1	935
Téléskis	7	5,090
Tapis roulants	1	2,000

Lift by lift

The 9 lifts whose capacity the register publishes, largest first.

Lift	Type	Capacity	Length	Vertical	Year	Manufacturer
Tapis roulant Les Lutins	Tapis roulant	2,000	105 m	11 m	2007	COMPAC
TC de l'Essert	Télécabine	935	1803 m	432 m	1983	POMAGALSKI
TK du Lac	Téléski à perche débrayable	900	866 m	215 m	1983	POMAGALSKI
TK Pointe de Fremoux	Téléski à perche débrayable	900	1196 m	263 m	1975	MONTAZ MAUTINO
TK du Petit Fremoux	Téléski à perche débrayable	860	480 m	97 m	1982	MONTAZ MAUTINO
TK Des Follys	Téléski à enrouleur	850	434 m	120 m	2016	G.M.M.
TK du Brion	Téléski à corde	600	50 m	2 m	2012	SCHIPPERS
TK de la Corne 2	Téléski à perche débrayable	600	1047 m	298 m	1971	MONTAZ MAUTINO
TK de Covagny	Téléski à perche fixe	380	165 m	27 m	1983	MONTAZ MAUTINO

French national lift register (STRMTG / CAIRN database) — listed as “ABONDANCE” · open the database. Safety register: it also counts lifts that do not run every day.

Official piste map

No downloadable piste map published by the resort.

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