The Chastreix-Sancy ski area

Chastreix-Sancy has 7 lifts carrying 4,220 people an hour, 350 m of vertical, from 1,380 m to 1,730 m.

Chastreix-Sancy is a ski resort in the Massif Central (Puy-de-Dôme), in the commune of Chastreix. The village sits at 1,400 m and the ski area rises to 1,730 m, a skiable vertical of 350 m.

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Vertical drop: 350 m — from 1,380 m to 1,730 m
Slope aspect: 38 % north · 35 % west · 14 % east · 13 % south — computed from the fall line of 58 runs

The ski area in figures

Measured on 7 October 2026

2 kmLongest piste — Les Mouflons (blue), 288 m of vertical

288 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 1,709 → 1,421 m, 2 km

1,703 mHighest lift top — Chambasse 1 (platter lift), national lift register

4,220Total lift capacity, people per hour — 7 installations: 6 drag lifts, 1 magic carpet

39 yrsAverage age of the lift fleet — oldest 1969, newest 2019

900Biggest lift, people per hour — Carrieres 2 (platter lift, 1985)

27 kmTotal length of lifts — 38 lifts mapped

666 haSki area boundary (OSM)

226Inhabitants — Chastreix (INSEE 63098)

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 Chastreix-Sancy only (“CHASTREIX SANCY”), magic carpets included.

The lifts

7 lifts , carrying 4,220 people an hour in total , 39 years old on average (from 1969 to 2019).

Type (as registered, in French)	Count	Capacity (people/h)
Téléskis	6	4,220
Tapis roulants	1	—

Lift by lift

The 7 lifts whose capacity the register publishes, largest first.

Lift	Type	Capacity	Length	Vertical	Year	Manufacturer
ECOLE / ECUREUIL	Téléski à enrouleur	900	584 m	71 m	2018	G.M.M.
CARRIERES 2	Téléski à perche débrayable	900	452 m	92 m	1985	MONTAZ MAUTINO
CHAMBASSE 2	Téléski à perche débrayable	620	928 m	165 m	1969	MONTAZ MAUTINO
CHALET	Téléski à perche débrayable	600	425 m	44 m	1972	MONTAZ MAUTINO
CARRIERES	Téléski à perche débrayable	600	406 m	60 m	1969	MONTAZ MAUTINO
CHAMBASSE 1	Téléski à perche débrayable	600	1425 m	282 m	1969	MONTAZ MAUTINO
Loup	Tapis roulant	—	79 m	9 m	2019	TUSA (IDM)

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