The Hauteluce Val Joly ski area

Hauteluce Val Joly has 59 km of pistes, 6 lifts carrying 6,500 people an hour, 420 m of vertical, from 1,622 m to 2,042 m. 5 green runs, 20 blue, 23 red and 9 black.

Hauteluce Val Joly is a ski resort in the Northern Alps (Savoie), in the commune of Hauteluce. The village sits at 1,239 m and the ski area rises to 2,042 m, a skiable vertical of 420 m.

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Runs by level

57 runs over 59 km:

5 green 20 blue 23 red 9 black

Vertical drop: 420 m — from 1,622 m to 2,042 m
Slope aspect: 40 % east · 25 % north · 22 % west · 13 % south — computed from the fall line of 55 runs

The ski area in figures

Measured on 9 September 2026

3 kmLongest piste — Mandarines (green), 530 m of vertical

604 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 2,256 → 1,651 m, 2 km

2,005 mHighest lift top — TSD du Col du Joly (detachable chairlift), national lift register

6,500Total lift capacity, people per hour — 6 installations: 1 gondola, 1 chairlift, 4 drag lifts

27 yrsAverage age of the lift fleet — oldest 1982, newest 2023

2,000Biggest lift, people per hour — TSD du Col du Joly (detachable chairlift, 1996)

67 kmTotal length of lifts — 70 lifts mapped

9,335 haSki area boundary (OSM)

734Inhabitants — Hauteluce (INSEE 73132)

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 Hauteluce Val Joly only (“HAUTELUCE”), magic carpets included.

The lifts

6 lifts , carrying 6,500 people an hour in total , 27 years old on average (from 1982 to 2023).

Type (as registered, in French)	Count	Capacity (people/h)
Télécabines	1	1,200
Télésièges	1	2,000
Téléskis	4	3,300

Lift by lift

The 6 lifts whose capacity the register publishes, largest first.

Lift	Type	Capacity	Length	Vertical	Year	Manufacturer
TSD du Col du Joly	Télésiège débrayable	2,000	1780 m	410 m	1996	POMAGALSKI
TC de La Ruelle	Télécabine	1,200	1160 m	375 m	2000	POMAGALSKI
TK Baby Ecole	Téléski à corde	900	35 m	3 m	2001	PELLAT-FINET
TK de Choton	Téléski à perche débrayable	900	1025 m	292 m	1982	POMAGALSKI
TK du Plan	Téléski à perche débrayable	850	766 m	191 m	1984	POMAGALSKI
TK de la Ruelle	Téléski à enrouleur	650	303 m	56 m	2023	POMAGALSKI

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