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The Arêches-Beaufort ski area

Arêches-Beaufort has 28 km of pistes, 15 lifts carrying 16,095 people an hour, 1,043 m of vertical, from 1,065 m to 2,108 m. 3 green runs, 21 blue, 8 red and 4 black.

Arêches-Beaufort is a ski resort in the Northern Alps (Savoie), in the commune of Beaufort. The village sits at 1,030 m and the ski area rises to 2,108 m, a skiable vertical of 1,043 m.

← Arêches-Beaufort resort page Version française

Runs by level

36 runs over 28 km:

3 green 21 blue 8 red 4 black
Vertical drop
1,043 m — from 1,065 m to 2,108 m
Slope aspect
65 % north · 22 % east · 13 % west — computed from the fall line of 33 runs

As declared by the resort(ANMSM feed)

Ski area
Arêches-Beaufort
Lifts
1 gondolas · 4 chairlifts · 8 drag lifts · 1 conveyors
Altitude
1,050 m → 2,320 m (resort base 1,200 m)
Snowmaking
16 % of pistes
Beginners
Beginner zone
Fun & sledging
fun zone
Nordic
Arèches Beaufort
Passes (as declared)
Adulte 1 jour (forfait station) 41 € · Adulte 2 jours (forfait station) 80 € · Adulte 6 jours (forfait station) 214 € · Sénior 1 jour (forfait station) 37.5 € · Sénior 2 jours (forfait station) 73.5 € · Sénior 6 jours (forfait station) 196 € · Enfant 1 jour (forfait station) 34 € · Enfant 2 jours (forfait station) 66.5 € (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 2026
4 kmLongest piste — Sarrazine (blue), 372 m of vertical
685 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 1,707 → 1,022 m, 2 km
2,137 mHighest lift top — Combettes (chairlift), national lift register
16,095Total lift capacity, people per hour — 15 installations: 1 gondola, 4 chairlifts, 8 drag lifts, 2 magic carpets
25 yrsAverage age of the lift fleet — oldest 1976, newest 2021
1,800Biggest lift, people per hour — Piapolay (detachable chairlift, 2008)
15 kmTotal length of lifts — 13 lifts mapped
861 haSki area boundary (OSM)
1,989Inhabitants — Beaufort (INSEE 73034)

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 Arêches-Beaufort only (“ARECHES BEAUFORT”), magic carpets included.

The lifts

Register of 1 January 2025

15 lifts , carrying 16,095 people an hour in total , 25 years old on average (from 1976 to 2021).

Type (as registered, in French)CountCapacity (people/h)
Télécabines11,500
Télésièges45,962
Téléskis86,233
Tapis roulants22,400

Lift by lift

The 15 lifts whose capacity the register publishes, largest first.

LiftTypeCapacityLengthVerticalYearManufacturer
PIAPOLAY Télésiège débrayable 1,800 1876 m 675 m 2008 POMAGALSKI
BOIS Télécabine 1,500 1940 m 532 m 2021 POMAGALSKI
BONNETS ROUGES Télésiège 1,500 1762 m 372 m 1988 POMAGALSKI
COMBETTES Télésiège 1,353 1492 m 417 m 2008 POMAGALSKI
GRAND MONT Télésiège débrayable 1,309 1960 m 683 m 1984 MONTAZ MAUTINO
JARDIN D'ENFANTS Tapis roulant 1,200 41 m 2 m 2019 FICAP
FRIPPONS Tapis roulant 1,200 89 m 12 m 2018 FICAP
GRANDE COMBE Téléski à perche débrayable 900 924 m 226 m 1976 MONTAZ MAUTINO
LES PAUSES Téléski à enrouleur 850 307 m 44 m 2007 POMAGALSKI
TRONCHET Téléski à enrouleur 850 722 m 125 m 2007 POMAGALSKI
CUVY Téléski à perche débrayable 820 400 m 79 m 1985 MONTAZ MAUTINO
FORCLAZ Téléski à enrouleur 803 1181 m 250 m 1998 DOPPELMAYR
ROGNOUX Téléski à perche débrayable 800 807 m 169 m 1998 POMAGALSKI
GRANGETTE Téléski à perche débrayable 720 1014 m 203 m 1991 MONTAGNER
LUTINS Téléski à perche débrayable 490 145 m 17 m 1989 MONTAZ MAUTINO

French national lift register (STRMTG / CAIRN database) — listed as “ARECHES BEAUFORT” · 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 and distributed by ANMSM · read on 18 September