The Ceillac ski area

Ceillac has 8 km of pistes, 8 lifts carrying 5,340 people an hour, 816 m of vertical, from 1,644 m to 2,460 m. 5 green runs, 5 blue, 4 red and 0 black.

Ceillac is a ski resort in the Southern Alps (Hautes-Alpes). The village sits at 1,644 m and the ski area rises to 2,460 m.

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Runs by level

14 runs over 8 km:

5 green 5 blue 4 red 0 black

Vertical drop: 816 m — from 1,644 m to 2,460 m
Slope aspect: 68 % north · 29 % west · 3 % south — computed from the fall line of 10 runs

The ski area in figures

n/aLongest piste

n/aBiggest vertical without changing piste

2,460 mHighest lift top — Sainte Anne (platter lift), national lift register

5,340Total lift capacity, people per hour — 8 installations: 1 chairlift, 6 drag lifts, 1 magic carpet

27 yrsAverage age of the lift fleet — oldest 1966, newest 2013

1,500Biggest lift, people per hour — Pre Girardin (detachable chairlift, 2005)

n/aTotal length of lifts

n/aSki area boundary (OSM)

n/aInhabitants

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.

Source: national register of mechanical lifts (STRMTG, CAIRN), fleet as of 1 January 2025 — lifts attributed to Ceillac only (“CEILLAC”), magic carpets included.

The lifts

8 lifts , carrying 5,340 people an hour in total , 27 years old on average (from 1966 to 2013).

Type (as registered, in French)	Count	Capacity (people/h)
Télésièges	1	1,500
Téléskis	6	3,840
Tapis roulants	1	—

Lift by lift

The 8 lifts whose capacity the register publishes, largest first.

Lift	Type	Capacity	Length	Vertical	Year	Manufacturer
PRE GIRARDIN	Télésiège débrayable	1,500	1344 m	398 m	2005	POMAGALSKI
LA CASCADE	Téléski à enrouleur	800	279 m	46 m	2005	DOPPELMAYR
LE MELEZET	Téléski à enrouleur	800	536 m	104 m	2005	DOPPELMAYR
PRALOUPET	Téléski à perche débrayable	800	1380 m	387 m	1982	MONTAZ MAUTINO
LES MARMOTTES	Téléski à corde	600	40 m	3 m	2005	SCHIPPERS
SAINTE ANNE	Téléski à perche débrayable	540	1790 m	380 m	1966	MONTAZ MAUTINO
LES RIBES	Téléski à câble bas	300	75 m	10 m	2005	SCHIPPERS
TOURRES	Tapis roulant	—	123 m	15 m	2013	SUNKID

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