The Frère-Joseph ski area

Frère-Joseph has 12 km of pistes, 240 m of vertical, from 870 m to 1,110 m. 14 green runs, 9 blue, 7 red and 2 black.

Frère-Joseph is a ski resort in the Vosges (Vosges), in the commune of Ventron. The village sits at 900 m and the ski area rises to 1,110 m, a skiable vertical of 240 m.

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Runs by level

32 runs over 12 km:

14 green 9 blue 7 red 2 black

Vertical drop: 240 m — from 870 m to 1,110 m
Slope aspect: 46 % north · 36 % east · 14 % west · 5 % south — computed from the fall line of 25 runs

As declared by the resort(ANMSM feed)

Altitude: 870 m → 1,110 m (resort base 900 m)
Nordic: Domaine nordique de Ventron · 16 km

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

1 kmLongest piste — Chemin du Haut Riant (green), 46 m of vertical

194 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 1,061 → 867 m, 1 km

1,105 mHighest lift top — Ménil (drag lift)

3 kmTotal length of lifts — 9 lifts mapped

n/aSki area boundary (OSM)

805Inhabitants — Ventron (INSEE 88500)

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.

Official piste map

No downloadable piste map published by the resort.

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Resort data: declared by Bureau d'Information Touristique de Ventron and distributed by ANMSM · read on 16 October