The Alpe du Grand Serre ski area
Alpe du Grand Serre has 50 km of pistes, 15 lifts carrying 13,486 people an hour, 778 m of vertical, from 1,379 m to 2,157 m. 6 green runs, 29 blue, 12 red and 3 black.
Alpe du Grand Serre is a ski resort in the Northern Alps (Isère), in the commune of La Morte. The village sits at 1,377 m and the ski area rises to 2,157 m, a skiable vertical of 778 m.
Runs by level
50 runs over 50 km:
- Vertical drop
- 778 m — from 1,379 m to 2,157 m
- Slope aspect
- 71 % north · 14 % south · 13 % east · 2 % west — computed from the fall line of 43 runs
As declared by the resort(ANMSM feed)
- Ski area
- Domaine de l'Alpe du Grand Serre
- Pistes
- 55 km · 38 pistes
- By grade
- 4 green · 12 blue · 19 red · 2 black
- Lifts
- 14 in total · 3 chairlifts · 10 drag lifts
- Altitude
- 1,367 m → 2,200 m (resort base 1,400 m)
- Snowmaking
- 7 % of pistes
- Beginners
- Beginner zone
- Fun & sledging
- 1 snowpark · 1 sledge run
- Nordic
- Domaine nordique des Souillets et du Louvet · 59 km
- Passes (as declared)
- Enfant 1 jour (forfait station) 20 € · Adulte 1 jour (forfait station) 33 € · Sénior 2 jours (forfait station) 56 € · Sénior 1 jour (forfait station) 29 € · Enfant 2 jours (forfait station) 38 € · Adulte 3 jours (forfait station) 95 € · Sénior 3 jours (forfait station) 83 € · Enfant 3 jours (forfait station) 57 € (official page)
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 9 September 2026Measured 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 Alpe du Grand Serre only (“ALPE DU GRAND SERRE (L')”), magic carpets included.
The lifts
Register of 1 January 202515 lifts , carrying 13,486 people an hour in total , 43 years old on average (from 1961 to 2004).
| Type (as registered, in French) | Count | Capacity (people/h) |
|---|---|---|
| Télésièges | 3 | 5,529 |
| Téléskis | 12 | 7,957 |
Lift by lift
The 15 lifts whose capacity the register publishes, largest first.
| Lift | Type | Capacity | Length | Vertical | Year | Manufacturer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLACHE | Télésiège | 2,400 | 935 m | 256 m | 1986 | POMAGALSKI |
| SERRIOU | Télésiège | 2,100 | 1330 m | 366 m | 1986 | POMAGALSKI |
| PORTES DU SUD | Télésiège | 1,029 | 641 m | 193 m | 1987 | POMAGALSKI |
| RINNES | Téléski à perche débrayable | 900 | 830 m | 248 m | 1989 | POMAGALSKI |
| OLLIERE | Téléski à perche débrayable | 900 | 1121 m | 229 m | 1988 | MONTAZ MAUTINO |
| PARCHE | Téléski à perche débrayable | 900 | 1797 m | 257 m | 1983 | MONTAZ MAUTINO |
| COCHETTE 2 | Téléski à perche débrayable | 900 | 962 m | 275 m | 1982 | MONTAZ MAUTINO |
| PEROLLIER | Téléski à perche débrayable | 800 | 1346 m | 371 m | 1988 | MONTAZ MAUTINO |
| CLOUTONS | Téléski à perche débrayable | 720 | 907 m | 229 m | 1964 | POMAGALSKI |
| CANAILLOUX | Téléski à corde | 600 | 70 m | 7 m | 2004 | SCHIPPERS |
| BAMBINS 2 | Téléski à perche fixe | 600 | 200 m | 28 m | 1976 | MONTAZ MAUTINO |
| BABY LA BLACHE | Téléski à perche fixe | 600 | 262 m | 57 m | 1975 | MONTAZ MAUTINO |
| COCHETTE 1 | Téléski à perche débrayable | 600 | 822 m | 275 m | 1961 | MONTAZ MAUTINO |
| PATRES | Téléski à perche débrayable | 257 | 875 m | 212 m | 1988 | MONTAZ MAUTINO |
| BAMBINS 1 | Téléski à perche fixe | 180 | 217 m | 23 m | 1971 | SIMEG |
French national lift register (STRMTG / CAIRN database) — listed as “ALPE DU GRAND SERRE (L')” · open the database. Safety register: it also counts lifts that do not run every day.
Official piste map
Resort data: declared by Bureau d'information touristique and distributed by ANMSM · read on 18 September