The Ballon d'Alsace ski area

Ballon d'Alsace has 8 km of pistes, 11 lifts carrying 8,885 people an hour, 335 m of vertical, from 822 m to 1,157 m. 7 green runs, 4 blue, 4 red and 3 black.

Ballon d'Alsace is a ski resort in the Vosges (Haut-Rhin), in the commune of Sewen. The village sits at 1,104 m and the ski area rises to 1,157 m, a skiable vertical of 335 m.

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Runs by level

18 runs over 8 km:

7 green 4 blue 4 red 3 black

Vertical drop: 335 m — from 822 m to 1,157 m
Slope aspect: 54 % north · 31 % east · 8 % south · 6 % west — computed from the fall line of 20 runs

The ski area in figures

Measured on 9 September 2026

1 kmLongest piste — Grand Langenberg (black), 280 m of vertical

280 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 1,096 → 816 m, 1 km

1,150 mHighest lift top — Chaumière (Mannheimer) (platter lift), national lift register

8,885Total lift capacity, people per hour — 11 installations: 11 drag lifts

42 yrsAverage age of the lift fleet — oldest 1962, newest 2011

1,500Biggest lift, people per hour — Chamois (rope tow, 2011)

5 kmTotal length of lifts — 13 lifts mapped

81 haSki area boundary (OSM)

480Inhabitants — Sewen (INSEE 68307)

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 Ballon d'Alsace only (“BALLON D'ALSACE”), magic carpets included.

The lifts

11 lifts , carrying 8,885 people an hour in total , 42 years old on average (from 1962 to 2011).

Type (as registered, in French)	Count	Capacity (people/h)
Téléskis	11	8,885

Lift by lift

The 11 lifts whose capacity the register publishes, largest first.

Lift	Type	Capacity	Length	Vertical	Year	Manufacturer
Chamois	Télécorde	1,500	199 m	4 m	2011	POMAGALSKI
Les Bruyères	Téléski à perche débrayable	900	635 m	76 m	2009	G.M.M.
Grande Gentiane	Téléski à perche débrayable	900	405 m	75 m	1970	MONTAZ MAUTINO
Les Écureuils	Téléski à perche débrayable	865	510 m	142 m	1962	MONTAZ MAUTINO
Grandlangenberg (piste noire)	Téléski à perche débrayable	800	679 m	260 m	1966	POMAGALSKI
Tourtet	Téléski à perche fixe	750	207 m	44 m	2009	MONTAZ MAUTINO
Petitlangenberg (piste verte)	Téléski à perche débrayable	740	456 m	62 m	1966	MONTAZ MAUTINO
Chaumière (Mannheimer)	Téléski à perche débrayable	610	310 m	60 m	1984	MONTAZ MAUTINO
École 1	Téléski à perche débrayable	610	261 m	34 m	1967	MONTAZ MAUTINO
École 2	Téléski à perche débrayable	610	261 m	34 m	1967	MONTAZ MAUTINO
Gentiane	Téléski à corde	600	70 m	4 m	1998	SCHIPPERS

French national lift register (STRMTG / CAIRN database) — listed as “BALLON D'ALSACE” · open the database. Safety register: it also counts lifts that do not run every day.

Official piste map

Open the piste map (PDF, 3.5 MB) ↗

Published by Ballon d'Alsace (syndicat mixte) · file dated 5 December 2024 · link checked on 12 September 2026 · official page

Link to the resort’s own file — a piste map is a copyrighted artwork, we host no copy.