The Cordon ski area

Cordon has 30 km of pistes, 7 lifts carrying 5,555 people an hour, 507 m of vertical, from 1,031 m to 1,538 m. 16 green runs, 14 blue, 12 red and 2 black.

Cordon is a ski resort in the Northern Alps (Haute-Savoie). The village sits at 580 m and the ski area rises to 1,538 m, a skiable vertical of 507 m.

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Runs by level

44 runs over 30 km:

16 green 14 blue 12 red 2 black

Vertical drop: 507 m — from 1,031 m to 1,538 m
Slope aspect: 69 % east · 23 % north · 8 % west · 1 % south — computed from the fall line of 47 runs

The ski area in figures

Measured on 9 September 2026

1 kmLongest piste — L'Herney (blue), 299 m of vertical

299 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 1,536 → 1,237 m, 1 km

1,538 mHighest lift top — TK de l'Herney 1 (platter lift), national lift register

5,555Total lift capacity, people per hour — 7 installations: 7 drag lifts

34 yrsAverage age of the lift fleet — oldest 1983, newest 2005

900Biggest lift, people per hour — TK de Frébouge (platter lift, 1990)

63 kmTotal length of lifts — 69 lifts mapped

9,517 haSki area boundary (OSM)

998Inhabitants — Cordon (INSEE 74089)

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 Cordon only (“CORDON”), magic carpets included.

The lifts

7 lifts , carrying 5,555 people an hour in total , 34 years old on average (from 1983 to 2005).

Type (as registered, in French)	Count	Capacity (people/h)
Téléskis	7	5,555

Lift by lift

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

Lift	Type	Capacity	Length	Vertical	Year	Manufacturer
TK de Frébouge	Téléski à perche débrayable	900	840 m	213 m	1990	MONTAZ MAUTINO
TK de Darbelin	Téléski à perche débrayable	900	438 m	95 m	1987	MONTAZ MAUTINO
TK des Fieux	Téléski à perche débrayable	900	806 m	248 m	1983	MONTAZ MAUTINO
TK de l'Herney 1	Téléski à perche débrayable	800	1120 m	298 m	1987	POMAGALSKI
TK de l'Herney 2	Téléski à perche débrayable	800	1120 m	298 m	1987	POMAGALSKI
TK du Dandry	Téléski à perche débrayable	655	154 m	33 m	1998	MONTAZ MAUTINO
TK Les Lutins	Téléski à corde	600	101 m	10 m	2005	SCHIPPERS

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