The Chabanon ski area

Chabanon has 26 km of pistes, 13 lifts carrying 8,949 people an hour, 500 m of vertical, from 1,528 m to 2,028 m. 26 green runs, 8 blue, 15 red and 3 black.

Chabanon is a ski resort in the Southern Alps (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence), in the commune of Selonnet. The village sits at 1,605 m and the ski area rises to 2,028 m, a skiable vertical of 500 m.

← Chabanon resort page Version française

Runs by level

52 runs over 26 km:

26 green 8 blue 15 red 3 black

Vertical drop: 500 m — from 1,528 m to 2,028 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): Enfant 1 jour (forfait station) 21.8 € · Enfant 2 jours (forfait station) 38.5 € · Enfant 3 jours (forfait station) 57 € · Enfant 4 jours (forfait station) 75.6 € · Enfant 5 jours (forfait station) 93.6 € · Enfant 6 jours (forfait station) 111.2 € · Adulte 1 jour (forfait station) 30.5 € · Adulte 2 jours (forfait station) 55.1 € (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 9 September 2026

2 kmLongest piste — Retour Télésiège (green), 222 m of vertical

373 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 1,949 → 1,575 m, 1 km

2,029 mHighest lift top — Tete Grosse (platter lift), national lift register

8,949Total lift capacity, people per hour — 13 installations: 1 chairlift, 11 drag lifts, 1 magic carpet

38 yrsAverage age of the lift fleet — oldest 1969, newest 2024

1,400Biggest lift, people per hour — Fil Neige (rope tow, 1992)

7 kmTotal length of lifts — 12 lifts mapped

547 haSki area boundary (OSM)

443Inhabitants — Selonnet (INSEE 04203)

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 Chabanon only (“CHABANON”), magic carpets included.

The lifts

13 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

No downloadable piste map published by the resort.

Resort data: declared by Office de Tourisme Blanche Serre-Ponçon and distributed by ANMSM · read on 18 September