The Albiez-Montrond ski area

Albiez-Montrond has 35 km of pistes, 12 lifts carrying 8,140 people an hour, 610 m of vertical, from 1,490 m to 2,100 m. 1 green runs, 10 blue, 17 red and 6 black.

Albiez-Montrond is a ski resort in the Northern Alps (Savoie). The village sits at 1,490 m and the ski area rises to 2,100 m, a skiable vertical of 610 m.

Runs by level

34 runs over 35 km:

1 green 10 blue 17 red 6 black
Vertical drop
610 m — from 1,490 m to 2,100 m
Slope aspect
36 % north · 34 % west · 29 % east · 1 % south — computed from the fall line of 36 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

Measured on 7 October 2026
2 kmLongest piste — Grand Croix (blue), 372 m of vertical
449 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 2,011 → 1,562 m, 2 km
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)
7 kmTotal length of lifts — 7 lifts mapped
579 haSki area boundary (OSM)
350Inhabitants — Albiez-Montrond (INSEE 73013)

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 Albiez-Montrond only (“ALBIEZ MONTROND”), magic carpets included.

The lifts

Register of 1 January 2025

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

Type (as registered, in French)CountCapacity (people/h)
Télésièges23,000
Téléskis85,140
Tapis roulants2—

Lift by lift

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

LiftTypeCapacityLengthVerticalYearManufacturer
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.

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Where to stay in Albiez-Montrond

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Resort data: declared by Office de tourisme Montagnicimes - Albiez and distributed by ANMSM · read on 16 October