The Font d'Urle ski area

Font d'Urle has 16 km of pistes, 11 lifts carrying 9,085 people an hour, 269 m of vertical, from 1,273 m to 1,542 m. 29 green runs, 10 blue, 8 red and 2 black.

Font d'Urle is a ski resort in the Southern Alps (Drôme), in the commune of Bouvante. The village sits at 1,389 m and the ski area rises to 1,542 m, a skiable vertical of 269 m.

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Runs by level

49 runs over 16 km:

29 green 10 blue 8 red 2 black

Vertical drop: 269 m — from 1,273 m to 1,542 m
Slope aspect: 52 % east · 35 % north · 8 % south · 4 % west — computed from the fall line of 23 runs

The ski area in figures

Measured on 7 October 2026

1 kmLongest piste — Brudour (green), 100 m of vertical

212 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 1,541 → 1,329 m, 1 km

1,542 mHighest lift top — Cairn (platter lift), national lift register

9,085Total lift capacity, people per hour — 11 installations: 9 drag lifts, 2 magic carpets

37 yrsAverage age of the lift fleet — oldest 1963, newest 2017

1,400Biggest lift, people per hour — Dahu (rope tow, 2017)

4 kmTotal length of lifts — 10 lifts mapped

381 haSki area boundary (OSM)

210Inhabitants — Bouvante (INSEE 26059)

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 Font d'Urle only (“FONT D'URLE”), magic carpets included.

The lifts

11 lifts , carrying 9,085 people an hour in total , 37 years old on average (from 1963 to 2017).

Type (as registered, in French)	Count	Capacity (people/h)
Téléskis	9	7,085
Tapis roulants	2	2,000

Lift by lift

The 11 lifts whose capacity the register publishes, largest first.

Lift	Type	Capacity	Length	Vertical	Year	Manufacturer
Dahu	Télécorde	1,400	55 m	3 m	2017	G.M.M.
Eterlou	Tapis roulant	1,000	82 m	11 m	2011	MEB (IDM)
Ecureuil	Tapis roulant	1,000	94 m	9 m	2011	MEB (IDM)
Cairn	Téléski à perche débrayable	900	1184 m	212 m	2002	POMAGALSKI
Lapiaz	Téléski à perche débrayable	900	237 m	28 m	1976	MONTAZ MAUTINO
Parking	Téléski à perche débrayable	800	302 m	42 m	1996	POMAGALSKI
Lutins	Téléski à perche débrayable	800	302 m	42 m	1975	POMAGALSKI
Chaud Clapier	Téléski à perche débrayable	735	470 m	60 m	1964	POMAGALSKI
La Forêt	Téléski à perche débrayable	710	375 m	85 m	1963	POMAGALSKI
La Combe	Téléski à perche débrayable	580	788 m	208 m	1970	POMAGALSKI
Ecole	Téléski à perche fixe	260	89 m	13 m	1979	POMAGALSKI

French national lift register (STRMTG / CAIRN database) — listed as “FONT D'URLE” · 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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