The Alpe du Grand Serre ski area

Alpe du Grand Serre has 55 km of pistes, 15 lifts carrying 13,486 people an hour, 833 m of vertical, from 1,367 m to 2,200 m. 4 green runs, 12 blue, 19 red and 2 black.

Alpe du Grand Serre is a ski resort in the Northern Alps (Isère), in the commune of La Morte. The village sits at 1,400 m and the ski area rises to 2,200 m, a skiable vertical of 833 m.

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Runs by level

37 runs over 55 km:

4 green 12 blue 19 red 2 black

Vertical drop: 833 m — from 1,367 m to 2,200 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): Child, 1 day (resort pass) €20 · Adult, 1 day (resort pass) €33 · Senior, 2 days (resort pass) €56 · Senior, 1 day (resort pass) €29 · Child, 2 days (resort pass) €38 · Adult, 3 days (resort pass) €95 · Senior, 3 days (resort pass) €83 · Child, 3 days (resort pass) €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 7 October 2026

3 kmLongest piste — Blanche (red), 317 m of vertical

498 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 1,874 → 1,376 m, 2 km

2,221 mHighest lift top — Perollier (platter lift), national lift register

13,486Total lift capacity, people per hour — 15 installations: 3 chairlifts, 12 drag lifts

43 yrsAverage age of the lift fleet — oldest 1961, newest 2004

2,400Biggest lift, people per hour — Blache (chairlift, 1986)

11 kmTotal length of lifts — 13 lifts mapped

457 haSki area boundary (OSM)

143Inhabitants — La Morte (INSEE 38264)

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 Alpe du Grand Serre only (“ALPE DU GRAND SERRE (L')”), magic carpets included.

The lifts

15 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

No downloadable piste map published by the resort.

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Resort data: declared by Bureau d'information touristique and distributed by ANMSM · read on 16 October