The Auron ski area

Auron has 136 km of pistes, 20 lifts carrying 27,410 people an hour, 850 m of vertical, from 1,600 m to 2,450 m. 3 green runs, 17 blue, 15 red and 9 black.

Auron is a ski resort in the Southern Alps (Alpes-Maritimes), in the commune of Saint-Étienne-de-Tinée. The village sits at 1,600 m and the ski area rises to 2,450 m, a skiable vertical of 850 m.

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Runs by level

44 runs over 136 km:

3 green 17 blue 15 red 9 black

Vertical drop: 850 m — from 1,600 m to 2,450 m
Slope aspect: 50 % north · 28 % east · 17 % west · 5 % south — computed from the fall line of 60 runs
Snowmaking: 70 % of the runs · 429 snow guns

As declared by the resort(ANMSM feed)

Ski area: Station-Village
Pistes: 135.5 km · 44 pistes
By grade: 3 green · 17 blue · 15 red · 9 black
Lifts: 19 in total · 1 gondolas · 9 chairlifts · 4 drag lifts · 2 conveyors
Altitude: 1,600 m → 2,450 m
Snowmaking: 70 % of pistes
Beginners: Beginner zone, free lifts
Fun & sledging: 1 snowpark · fun zone
Nordic: Saint Dalmas le Selvage · 40.5 km
Passes (as declared): Adult, 1 day (resort pass) €44 · Senior, 1 day (resort pass) €37 · Child, 1 day (resort pass) €33.70 · Adult, 6 days (resort pass) €217 · Child, 6 days (resort pass) €165.50 · Senior, 6 days (resort pass) €183.10 (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 — Bouchiet (blue), 474 m of vertical

552 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 2,250 → 1,698 m, 1 km

2,444 mHighest lift top — Dome (detachable chairlift), national lift register

27,410Total lift capacity, people per hour — 20 installations: 2 aerial tramways, 1 gondola, 9 chairlifts, 5 drag lifts, 3 magic carpets

29 yrsAverage age of the lift fleet — oldest 1972, newest 2020

3,000Biggest lift, people per hour — Les Nabines (chairlift, 2004)

17 kmTotal length of lifts — 17 lifts mapped

1,664 haSki area boundary (OSM)

1,289Inhabitants — Saint-Étienne-de-Tinée (INSEE 06120)

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 Auron only (“AURON”), magic carpets included.

The lifts

20 lifts , carrying 27,410 people an hour in total , 29 years old on average (from 1972 to 2020).

Type (as registered, in French)	Count	Capacity (people/h)
Téléphériques	2	1,800
Télécabines	1	450
Télésièges	9	18,230
Téléskis	5	4,630
Tapis roulants	3	2,300

Lift by lift

The 20 lifts whose capacity the register publishes, largest first.

Lift	Type	Capacity	Length	Vertical	Year	Manufacturer
HAUTE PLANE	Télésiège débrayable	3,000	1444 m	548 m	2015	POMAGALSKI
LES BUTIERES	Télésiège débrayable	3,000	1699 m	578 m	2005	POMAGALSKI
DOME	Télésiège débrayable	3,000	1276 m	542 m	2005	POMAGALSKI
LES NABINES	Télésiège	3,000	546 m	80 m	2004	POMAGALSKI
BLAINON	Télésiège débrayable	2,400	1452 m	496 m	2003	POMAGALSKI
GAUDISSART	Télécorde	1,500	76 m	9 m	2004	POMAGALSKI
JARDIN DES NEIGES	Tapis roulant	1,300	50 m	3 m	2004	TECHNOFUN
ABRIS	Télésiège	1,200	1219 m	508 m	2002	POMAGALSKI
LAS DONNAS	Téléphérique	1,100	1730 m	605 m	1980	GECTEL (POMA / MANCINI)
JARDIN D'ENFANTS DES NABINES	Tapis roulant	1,000	56 m	5 m	2012	SUNKID
CHALVET SUD	Télésiège	980	1500 m	475 m	1977	POMAGALSKI
ETERLOU	Téléski à perche débrayable	900	166 m	24 m	2004	POMAGALSKI
RIOU AURON	Téléski à perche débrayable	900	629 m	88 m	1973	POMAGALSKI
PRES	Télésiège	850	1530 m	316 m	1979	MONTAZ MAUTINO
LIEUSON	Télésiège	800	1340 m	522 m	1988	POMAGALSKI
TELE RIOU	Téléphérique	700	631 m	54 m	1978	FABRICANT INCONNU
UBACH	Téléski à perche débrayable	680	482 m	75 m	1972	POMAGALSKI
COLOMBIER	Téléski à perche débrayable	650	967 m	327 m	2020	G.M.M.
LA PINATELLE	Télécabine pulsée	450	1615 m	595 m	1988	POMAGALSKI
TAPIS N°3	Tapis roulant	0	38 m	6 m	2014	SUNKID

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