The Albiez-Montrond ski area

Albiez-Montrond has 35 km of pistes, 12 lifts carrying 8,140 people an hour, 1,205 m of vertical, from 1,291 m to 2,496 m. 1 green runs, 10 blue, 17 red and 4 black.

Albiez-Montrond is a ski resort in the Northern Alps (Savoie). The village sits at 738 m and the ski area rises to 2,496 m, a skiable vertical of 1,205 m.

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Runs by level

32 runs over 35 km:

1 green 10 blue 17 red 4 black

Vertical drop: 1,205 m — from 1,291 m to 2,496 m
Slope aspect: 34 % north · 33 % east · 32 % west · 1 % south — computed from the fall line of 32 runs

As declared by the resort(ANMSM feed)

Ski area: Albiez Domaine Skiable
Lifts: 4 chairlifts · 7 drag lifts · 1 conveyors
Altitude: 1,490 m → 2,100 m
Snowmaking: 25 % of pistes
Beginners: Beginner zone, free lifts
Fun & sledging: fun zone
Nordic: Chef Lieu : Les Contamines-La Cochette

Figures entered by the resort itself in the ANMSM feed. Our own survey (OpenStreetMap, STRMTG register) is shown above; when the two differ, the resort usually counts its whole linked area.

The ski area in figures

n/aLongest piste

n/aBiggest vertical without changing piste

2,006 mHighest lift top — Chatel (platter lift), national lift register

8,140Total lift capacity, people per hour — 12 installations: 2 chairlifts, 8 drag lifts, 2 magic carpets

31 yrsAverage age of the lift fleet — oldest 1967, newest 2017

1,500Biggest lift, people per hour — Echaux (chairlift, 2006)

n/aTotal length of lifts

n/aSki area boundary (OSM)

n/aInhabitants

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.

Source: national register of mechanical lifts (STRMTG, CAIRN), fleet as of 1 January 2025 — lifts attributed to Albiez-Montrond only (“ALBIEZ MONTROND”), magic carpets included.

The lifts

12 lifts , carrying 8,140 people an hour in total , 31 years old on average (from 1967 to 2017).

Type (as registered, in French)	Count	Capacity (people/h)
Télésièges	2	3,000
Téléskis	8	5,140
Tapis roulants	2	—

Lift by lift

The 12 lifts whose capacity the register publishes, largest first.

Lift	Type	Capacity	Length	Vertical	Year	Manufacturer
ECHAUX	Télésiège	1,500	818 m	197 m	2006	G.M.M.
GRAND LOUP	Télésiège	1,500	1512 m	316 m	2006	G.M.M.
POLYTRE	Téléski à enrouleur	900	579 m	100 m	2006	POMAGALSKI
CRET DE L'ANE	Téléski à perche débrayable	800	1704 m	363 m	1989	MONTAZ MAUTINO
GRAND LOUP	Téléski à perche débrayable	740	1119 m	227 m	1967	MONTAZ MAUTINO
APLANES	Téléski à perche débrayable	670	1105 m	224 m	1970	POMAGALSKI
BAMBY CHEF LIEU	Téléski à corde	600	113 m	10 m	2004	SCHIPPERS
BAMBY MOLLARD	Téléski à corde	600	57 m	4 m	1998	SCHIPPERS
COUCOU	Téléski à perche fixe	430	81 m	6 m	1982	POMAGALSKI
CHATEL	Téléski à perche débrayable	400	784 m	226 m	1967	MONTAZ MAUTINO
Mollard	Tapis roulant	—	15 m	1 m	2017	SUNKID
Piou Piou	Tapis roulant	—	15 m	1 m	2017	SUNKID

French national lift register (STRMTG / CAIRN database) — listed as “ALBIEZ MONTROND” · 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.

Resort data: declared by Office de tourisme Montagnicimes - Albiez and distributed by ANMSM · read on 18 September