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The Avoriaz ski area

Avoriaz has 39 lifts carrying 66,262 people an hour, 1,081 m of vertical, from 1,420 m to 2,501 m.

Avoriaz is a ski resort in the Northern Alps (Haute-Savoie), in the commune of Morzine. The ski area rises to 2,501 m, a skiable vertical of 1,081 m.

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Vertical drop
1,081 m — from 1,420 m to 2,501 m
Slope aspect
49 % north · 33 % west · 9 % south · 8 % east — computed from the fall line of 145 runs

The ski area in figures

Measured on 7 October 2026
7 kmLongest piste — Ripaille - Grand Paradis (red), 837 m of vertical
837 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 1,906 → 1,069 m, 7 km
2,501 mHighest lift top — TSD Brochaux-Mossettes (detachable chairlift), national lift register
66,262Total lift capacity, people per hour — 39 installations: 1 aerial tramway, 2 gondolas, 18 chairlifts, 16 drag lifts, 2 magic carpets
28 yrsAverage age of the lift fleet — oldest 1968, newest 2023
3,200Biggest lift, people per hour — TSD Proclou (detachable chairlift, 2014)
123 kmTotal length of lifts — 141 lifts mapped
15,412 haSki area boundary (OSM)
2,658Inhabitants — Morzine (INSEE 74191)

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 Avoriaz only (“AVORIAZ”), magic carpets included.

The lifts

Register of 1 January 2025

39 lifts , carrying 66,262 people an hour in total , 28 years old on average (from 1968 to 2023).

Type (as registered, in French)CountCapacity (people/h)
Téléphériques12,000
Télécabines23,970
Télésièges1846,769
Téléskis1611,123
Tapis roulants22,400

Lift by lift

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

LiftTypeCapacityLengthVerticalYearManufacturer
TSD Proclou Télésiège débrayable 3,200 1634 m 237 m 2014 POMAGALSKI
TSD Brochaux Télésiège débrayable 3,000 979 m 413 m 2015 POMAGALSKI
TSD Chaux Fleurie Télésiège débrayable 3,000 1148 m 418 m 2006 POMAGALSKI
TSD Fornet Télésiège débrayable 3,000 1603 m 410 m 2004 POMAGALSKI
TSD Prolays Télésiège débrayable 3,000 1940 m 446 m 2001 POMAGALSKI
TSD Stade Télésiège débrayable 3,000 772 m 197 m 1998 POMAGALSKI
TSD du Tour Télésiège débrayable 3,000 774 m 176 m 1993 POMAGALSKI
TSD Lac Intrêts Télésiège débrayable 2,992 1882 m 494 m 2023 LEITNER
TSD Léchère Télésiège débrayable 2,687 1743 m 235 m 2019 BMF BARTHOLET
TSD Grandes Combes Télésiège débrayable 2,640 1930 m 703 m 2007 POMAGALSKI
TSD Séraussaix Télésiège débrayable 2,600 1024 m 137 m 2014 POMAGALSKI
TSD Cases Télésiège débrayable 2,500 2065 m 442 m 2019 LEITNER
TSD Zore Télésiège débrayable 2,400 1299 m 304 m 2003 POMAGALSKI
TSD Choucas Télésiège débrayable 2,400 1323 m 350 m 1998 POMAGALSKI
TSD Lindarets Télésiège débrayable 2,400 1245 m 379 m 1995 POMAGALSKI
TSD Brochaux-Mossettes Télésiège débrayable 2,400 2376 m 669 m 1993 POMAGALSKI
TC Ardent Télécabine 2,200 1461 m 298 m 2010 POMAGALSKI
3S Prodains Express Téléphérique 2,000 1571 m 576 m 2013 LEITNER
TC Super Morzine Télécabine 1,770 1434 m 488 m 1987 POMAGALSKI
TSF Cuboré Télésiège 1,350 963 m 161 m 1975 POMAGALSKI

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