The Ancelle ski area

Ancelle has 44 km of pistes, 14 lifts carrying 11,839 people an hour, 555 m of vertical, from 1,256 m to 1,811 m. 32 green runs, 34 blue, 21 red and 2 black.

Ancelle is a ski resort in the Southern Alps (Hautes-Alpes). The village sits at 1,364 m and the ski area rises to 1,811 m, a skiable vertical of 555 m.

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Runs by level

89 runs over 44 km:

32 green 34 blue 21 red 2 black

Vertical drop: 555 m — from 1,256 m to 1,811 m
Slope aspect: 51 % north · 38 % west · 11 % east · 1 % south — computed from the fall line of 59 runs

The ski area in figures

Measured on 9 September 2026

3 kmLongest piste — Varney (black), 232 m of vertical

238 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 1,790 → 1,552 m, 1 km

1,811 mHighest lift top — Coste Belle (platter lift), national lift register

11,839Total lift capacity, people per hour — 14 installations: 2 chairlifts, 11 drag lifts, 1 magic carpet

28 yrsAverage age of the lift fleet — oldest 1964, newest 2019

1,839Biggest lift, people per hour — Taillas (chairlift, 2010)

8 kmTotal length of lifts — 13 lifts mapped

263 haSki area boundary (OSM)

1,017Inhabitants — Ancelle (INSEE 05004)

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 Ancelle only (“ANCELLE”), magic carpets included.

The lifts

14 lifts , carrying 11,839 people an hour in total , 28 years old on average (from 1964 to 2019).

Type (as registered, in French)	Count	Capacity (people/h)
Télésièges	2	3,039
Téléskis	11	8,800
Tapis roulants	1	—

Lift by lift

The 14 lifts whose capacity the register publishes, largest first.

Lift	Type	Capacity	Length	Vertical	Year	Manufacturer
TAILLAS	Télésiège	1,839	739 m	188 m	2010	POMAGALSKI
CHATEGRE	Télésiège	1,200	1680 m	370 m	1987	POMAGALSKI
MOISSIERES	Téléski à enrouleur	900	1083 m	229 m	2011	POMAGALSKI
SERRE DE L'HOMME	Téléski à enrouleur	900	1077 m	224 m	2010	POMAGALSKI
CHATEAU 2	Téléski à enrouleur	850	313 m	64 m	2010	POMAGALSKI
BLACHES	Téléski à enrouleur	850	274 m	44 m	2010	POMAGALSKI
PRE JOUBERT	Téléski à enrouleur	850	185 m	23 m	2010	POMAGALSKI
CHATEAU 1	Téléski à enrouleur	850	322 m	64 m	2010	POMAGALSKI
SERILLIE	Téléski à perche débrayable	800	900 m	192 m	1981	POMAGALSKI
COSTE BELLE	Téléski à perche débrayable	800	1000 m	254 m	1981	POMAGALSKI
PRE LA COTE	Téléski à perche fixe	800	165 m	18 m	1980	MONTAZ MAUTINO
BOIS NOIR	Téléski à perche débrayable	700	717 m	142 m	1964	G.M.M.
JARDIN D'ENFANT	Téléski à perche fixe	500	123 m	16 m	1978	DUPORT
JARDIN	Tapis roulant	—	47 m	4 m	2019	FICAP

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