The Barioz ski area

Barioz has 2 km of pistes, 3 lifts carrying 1,174 people an hour, 321 m of vertical, from 1,363 m to 1,684 m. 1 green runs, 1 blue, 1 red and 1 black.

Barioz is a ski resort in the Northern Alps (Isère), in the commune of Crêts en Belledonne. The village sits at 1,360 m and the ski area rises to 1,684 m, a skiable vertical of 321 m.

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Runs by level

4 runs over 2 km:

1 green 1 blue 1 red 1 black

Vertical drop: 321 m — from 1,363 m to 1,684 m
Slope aspect: 81 % north · 19 % west — computed from the fall line of 3 runs

The ski area in figures

Measured on 7 October 2026

1 kmLongest piste — Les Rhodos (red), 264 m of vertical

264 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 1,693 → 1,429 m, 1 km

1,684 mHighest lift top — Grand Plan (platter lift), national lift register

1,174Total lift capacity, people per hour — 3 installations: 3 drag lifts

38 yrsAverage age of the lift fleet — oldest 1981, newest 1997

514Biggest lift, people per hour — Grand Plan (platter lift, 1981)

1 kmTotal length of lifts — 3 lifts mapped

278 haSki area boundary (OSM)

3,470Inhabitants — Crêts en Belledonne (INSEE 38439)

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 Barioz only (“COL DU BARIOZ”), magic carpets included.

The lifts

3 lifts , carrying 1,174 people an hour in total , 38 years old on average (from 1981 to 1997).

Type (as registered, in French)	Count	Capacity (people/h)
Téléskis	3	1,174

Lift by lift

The 3 lifts whose capacity the register publishes, largest first.

Lift	Type	Capacity	Length	Vertical	Year	Manufacturer
Grand Plan	Téléski à perche fixe	514	880 m	324 m	1981	SCHIPPERS
Sources	Téléski à perche fixe	360	240 m	65 m	1983	DUPORT
Tirbout'chou	Téléski à corde	300	41 m	5 m	1997	AUTRE FABRICANT

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