The Isola 2000 ski area

Isola 2000 has 54 km of pistes, 20 lifts carrying 24,195 people an hour, 774 m of vertical, from 1,827 m to 2,601 m. 8 green runs, 23 blue, 16 red and 4 black.

Isola 2000 is a ski resort in the Southern Alps (Alpes-Maritimes), in the commune of Isola. The village sits at 2,028 m and the ski area rises to 2,601 m, a skiable vertical of 774 m.

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Runs by level

51 runs over 54 km:

8 green 23 blue 16 red 4 black

Vertical drop: 774 m — from 1,827 m to 2,601 m
Slope aspect: 45 % north · 21 % east · 21 % west · 13 % south — computed from the fall line of 59 runs

As declared by the resort(ANMSM feed)

Ski area: Isola 2000
Pistes: 120 km · 45 pistes
By grade: 8 green · 22 blue · 13 red · 3 black
Lifts: 18 in total · 2 gondolas · 6 chairlifts · 2 conveyors
Altitude: 1,800 m → 2,650 m (resort base 2,000 m)
Snowmaking: 20 % of pistes
Beginners: Beginner zone, free lifts
Fun & sledging: 1 snowpark · fun zone
Nordic: Une boucle de 4kms · 4 km
Passes (as declared): Adulte 1 jour (forfait station) 44 € · Adulte 6 jours (forfait station) 217 € · Sénior 1 jour (forfait station) 37 € · Sénior 6 jours (forfait station) 183.1 € · Enfant 1 jour (forfait station) 33.7 € · Enfant 6 jours (forfait station) 163.6 € (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 9 September 2026

3 kmLongest piste — Chamois Chapland (blue), 424 m of vertical

497 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 2,325 → 1,827 m, 2 km

2,585 mHighest lift top — Sistron (chairlift), national lift register

24,195Total lift capacity, people per hour — 20 installations: 2 gondolas, 7 chairlifts, 8 drag lifts, 3 magic carpets

36 yrsAverage age of the lift fleet — oldest 1971, newest 2023

3,000Biggest lift, people per hour — Marmottes dit mercantour (gondola, 2005)

18 kmTotal length of lifts — 17 lifts mapped

1,316 haSki area boundary (OSM)

642Inhabitants — Isola (INSEE 06073)

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 Isola 2000 only (“ISOLA 2000”), magic carpets included.

The lifts

20 lifts , carrying 24,195 people an hour in total , 36 years old on average (from 1971 to 2023).

Type (as registered, in French)	Count	Capacity (people/h)
Télécabines	2	3,800
Télésièges	7	11,190
Téléskis	8	5,605
Tapis roulants	3	3,600

Lift by lift

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

Lift	Type	Capacity	Length	Vertical	Year	Manufacturer
Marmottes dit mercantour	Télécabine	3,000	1618 m	430 m	2005	POMAGALSKI
VALETTE	Télésiège débrayable	2,700	1970 m	492 m	2009	LEITNER
COMBE GROSSE	Télésiège débrayable	2,400	1172 m	369 m	2004	POMAGALSKI
Marmottes	Télésiège	2,000	653 m	169 m	2005	POMAGALSKI
Front de neige 1 et 2	Tapis roulant	1,800	183 m	21 m	2023	FICAP
MENE	Télésiège	1,600	1277 m	498 m	2011	POMAGALSKI
CABRI	Tapis roulant	1,000	50 m	4 m	2023	FICAP
LOMBARDE	Télésiège	900	1615 m	448 m	1977	POMAGALSKI
SISTRON	Télésiège	900	455 m	185 m	1975	POMAGALSKI
PARCS	Téléski à perche débrayable	870	950 m	271 m	1975	POMAGALSKI
OURSON	Tapis roulant	800	29 m	1 m	2023	FICAP
PELEVOS	Télécabine	800	1034 m	299 m	1971	POMAGALSKI
SAINT SAUVEUR	Téléski à perche débrayable	720	1350 m	305 m	1973	POMAGALSKI
ROUBINE	Téléski à perche débrayable	720	1597 m	217 m	1971	POMAGALSKI
FRONT NEIGE 1 (long)	Téléski à perche débrayable	700	745 m	74 m	1971	POMAGALSKI
GRANDE COMBE	Téléski à perche débrayable	690	918 m	185 m	1975	POMAGALSKI
MERLIER	Télésiège	690	1207 m	350 m	1973	POMAGALSKI
PLATEAU	Téléski à perche débrayable	650	342 m	96 m	1973	POMAGALSKI
CHASTILLON	Téléski à perche débrayable	630	575 m	61 m	1971	POMAGALSKI
BELVEDERE	Téléski à perche débrayable	625	912 m	137 m	1971	POMAGALSKI

French national lift register (STRMTG / CAIRN database) — listed as “ISOLA 2000” · 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.

Resort data: declared by Office de Tourisme - Espace Mercantour and distributed by ANMSM · read on 18 September