The Courchevel ski area

Courchevel has 66 lifts carrying 81,749 people an hour, 1,350 m of vertical, from 1,850 m to 3,200 m.

Courchevel is a ski resort in the Northern Alps (Savoie). The village sits at 1,850 m and the ski area rises to 3,200 m, a skiable vertical of 1,350 m.

← Courchevel resort page Version française

Vertical drop: 1,350 m — from 1,850 m to 3,200 m
Slope aspect: 64 % north · 24 % east · 7 % west · 5 % south — computed from the fall line of 172 runs
Night skiing: 1 floodlit run

As declared by the resort(ANMSM feed)

Ski area: COURCHEVEL
Linked area: LES 3 VALLÉES · 600 km
Lifts: 9 gondolas · 17 chairlifts · 24 drag lifts · 4 conveyors
Altitude: 1,850 m → 3,200 m
Snowmaking: 60 % of pistes
Beginners: Beginner zone, free lifts
Fun & sledging: 1 sledge run · fun zone
Passes (as declared): Senior, 6 days (resort pass) €257 · Senior, 1 day (resort pass) €52.20 · Senior, 6 days (linked-area pass) €287.90 · Senior, 1 day (linked-area pass) €58 · Adult, 6 days (resort pass) €286 · Adult, 1 day (resort pass) €58 · Adult, 6 days (linked-area pass) €321 · Adult, 1 day (linked-area pass) €64.50 (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 2026

7 kmLongest piste — Biolley (blue), 334 m of vertical

1,052 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 2,489 → 1,437 m, 4 km

2,698 mHighest lift top — Saulire (aerial tramway), national lift register

81,749Total lift capacity, people per hour — 66 installations: 1 aerial tramway, 10 gondolas, 17 chairlifts, 24 drag lifts, 13 magic carpets, 1 funicular or similar

31 yrsAverage age of the lift fleet — oldest 1956, newest 2024

3,300Biggest lift, people per hour — Biollay (detachable chairlift, 2012)

108 kmTotal length of lifts — 92 lifts mapped

15,583 haSki area boundary (OSM)

2,290Inhabitants — Courchevel (INSEE 73227)

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 Courchevel only (“COURCHEVEL”), magic carpets included.

The lifts

66 lifts , carrying 81,749 people an hour in total , 31 years old on average (from 1956 to 2024).

Type (as registered, in French)	Count	Capacity (people/h)
Téléphériques	1	1,704
Télécabines	10	16,180
Télésièges	17	39,280
Téléskis	24	15,161
Tapis roulants	13	9,224
Funiculaires et autres	1	200

Lift by lift

The 20 lifts whose capacity the register publishes, largest first.

Lift	Type	Capacity	Length	Vertical	Year	Manufacturer
AIGUILLE DU FRUIT	Télésiège débrayable	3,300	1302 m	411 m	2014	POMAGALSKI
BIOLLAY	Télésiège débrayable	3,300	1669 m	364 m	2012	POMAGALSKI
PLANTREY	Télésiège débrayable	3,000	1719 m	498 m	2011	POMAGALSKI
BOUC BLANC	Télésiège débrayable	2,700	1833 m	553 m	2013	POMAGALSKI
ROC MUGNIER	Télésiège débrayable	2,700	1163 m	360 m	2009	DOPPELMAYR
ARIONDAZ	Télécabine	2,400	2432 m	457 m	2017	POMAGALSKI
FORET	Télésiège débrayable	2,400	1717 m	643 m	2014	POMAGALSKI
SIGNAL	Télésiège débrayable	2,400	1735 m	367 m	2001	POMAGALSKI
CHANROSSA	Télésiège débrayable	2,400	1269 m	430 m	1994	POMAGALSKI
VERDONS	Télécabine	2,400	2320 m	316 m	1993	DOPPELMAYR
TANIA	Télécabine	2,400	1920 m	537 m	1990	POMAGALSKI
CHAPELETS	Télésiège débrayable	2,200	1700 m	448 m	2005	POMAGALSKI
TOVETS	Télésiège débrayable	2,200	1031 m	254 m	2004	POMAGALSKI
SUISSES	Télésiège débrayable	2,060	1580 m	565 m	1989	POMAGALSKI
PRAZ	Télécabine	2,000	2128 m	478 m	2019	POMAGALSKI
GRANDES COMBES	Télésiège	2,000	798 m	180 m	2019	POMAGALSKI
DOU DES LANCHES	Télésiège débrayable	1,870	1081 m	439 m	1991	POMAGALSKI
PRALONG	Télésiège débrayable	1,800	1743 m	359 m	2001	LEITNER
MARMOTTES	Télésiège débrayable	1,800	1497 m	550 m	2000	POMAGALSKI
VIZELLE	Télécabine	1,800	1620 m	581 m	1995	POMAGALSKI

French national lift register (STRMTG / CAIRN database) — listed as “COURCHEVEL” · open the database. Safety register: it also counts lifts that do not run every day.

Official piste map

Open the piste map (PDF, 606 KB) ↗

Published by Les 3 Vallées (ski-area operator) · link checked on 10 October 2026 · official page

Link to the resort’s own file — a piste map is a copyrighted artwork, we host no copy.

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