The Chabanon ski area
Chabanon has 40 km of pistes, 13 lifts carrying 8,949 people an hour, 500 m of vertical, from 1,530 m to 2,030 m. 8 green runs, 7 blue, 11 red and 5 black.
Chabanon is a ski resort in the Southern Alps (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence), in the commune of Selonnet. The village sits at 1,600 m and the ski area rises to 2,030 m, a skiable vertical of 500 m.
Runs by level
31 runs over 40 km:
- Vertical drop
- 500 m — from 1,530 m to 2,030 m
- Slope aspect
- 80 % north · 14 % east · 3 % west · 2 % south — computed from the fall line of 44 runs
As declared by the resort(ANMSM feed)
- Ski area
- Chabanon
- Pistes
- 40 km · 31 pistes
- By grade
- 8 green · 7 blue · 11 red · 5 black
- Lifts
- 11 in total · 1 chairlifts · 10 drag lifts · 1 conveyors
- Altitude
- 1,530 m → 2,030 m (resort base 1,600 m)
- Snowmaking
- 70 % of pistes
- Beginners
- Beginner zone
- Passes (as declared)
- Child, 1 day (resort pass) €21.80 · Child, 2 days (resort pass) €38.50 · Child, 3 days (resort pass) €57 · Child, 4 days (resort pass) €75.60 · Child, 5 days (resort pass) €93.60 · Child, 6 days (resort pass) €111.20 · Adult, 1 day (resort pass) €30.50 · Adult, 2 days (resort pass) €55.10 (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 2026Measured 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 Chabanon only (“CHABANON”), magic carpets included.
The lifts
Register of 1 January 202513 lifts , carrying 8,949 people an hour in total , 38 years old on average (from 1969 to 2024).
| Type (as registered, in French) | Count | Capacity (people/h) |
|---|---|---|
| Télésièges | 1 | 1,114 |
| Téléskis | 11 | 7,835 |
| Tapis roulants | 1 | — |
Lift by lift
The 13 lifts whose capacity the register publishes, largest first.
| Lift | Type | Capacity | Length | Vertical | Year | Manufacturer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FIL NEIGE | Téléski à corde | 1,400 | 60 m | 5 m | 1992 | PELLAT-FINET |
| MONGES | Télésiège | 1,114 | 1062 m | 372 m | 2017 | CCM |
| TETE GROSSE | Téléski à perche débrayable | 900 | 676 m | 159 m | 1977 | POMAGALSKI |
| EGAGNAYES | Téléski à perche débrayable | 720 | 1350 m | 374 m | 1969 | POMAGALSKI |
| COMBES | Téléski à perche débrayable | 700 | 830 m | 290 m | 1982 | POMAGALSKI |
| FONTFROIDE | Téléski à perche débrayable | 700 | 775 m | 248 m | 1971 | POMAGALSKI |
| MARMOTTONS | Téléski à perche fixe | 680 | 198 m | 25 m | 2021 | G.M.M. |
| PRA MILAN | Téléski à perche débrayable | 675 | 425 m | 118 m | 1969 | POMAGALSKI |
| VALANCHASSES | Téléski à perche débrayable | 600 | 510 m | 127 m | 1978 | MONTAZ MAUTINO |
| L'UBARGUET | Téléski à perche débrayable | 600 | 726 m | 270 m | 1976 | POMAGALSKI |
| CLOTS | Téléski à perche débrayable | 480 | 743 m | 118 m | 1981 | POMAGALSKI |
| BASSIN | Téléski à perche fixe | 380 | 282 m | 53 m | 1971 | POMAGALSKI |
| CABANE | Tapis roulant | — | 104 m | 17 m | 2024 | SUNKID |
French national lift register (STRMTG / CAIRN database) — listed as “CHABANON” · open the database. Safety register: it also counts lifts that do not run every day.
Official piste map
Where to stay in Chabanon
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Resort data: declared by Office de Tourisme Blanche Serre-Ponçon and distributed by ANMSM · read on 16 October