The La Chapelle d'Abondance ski area

La Chapelle d'Abondance has 23 km of pistes, 11 lifts carrying 11,239 people an hour, 577 m of vertical, from 994 m to 1,571 m. 17 green runs, 23 blue, 10 red and 0 black.

La Chapelle d'Abondance is a ski resort in the Northern Alps (Haute-Savoie). The village sits at 999 m and the ski area rises to 1,571 m, a skiable vertical of 577 m.

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Runs by level

50 runs over 23 km:

17 green 23 blue 10 red 0 black

Vertical drop: 577 m — from 994 m to 1,571 m
Slope aspect: 45 % north · 22 % east · 18 % south · 16 % west — computed from the fall line of 44 runs

The ski area in figures

Measured on 9 September 2026

3 kmLongest piste — Route du Clos Baron (green), 252 m of vertical

261 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 1,257 → 996 m, 1 km

1,797 mHighest lift top — TS de Braitaz (chairlift), national lift register

11,239Total lift capacity, people per hour — 11 installations: 1 gondola, 3 chairlifts, 7 drag lifts

39 yrsAverage age of the lift fleet — oldest 1971, newest 2020

2,000Biggest lift, people per hour — TSD de Crêt Béni (detachable chairlift, 2007)

53 kmTotal length of lifts — 65 lifts mapped

13,791 haSki area boundary (OSM)

872Inhabitants — La Chapelle-d'Abondance (INSEE 74058)

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 La Chapelle d'Abondance only (“CHAPELLE D'ABONDANCE (LA) BRAITAZ”), magic carpets included.

The lifts

11 lifts , carrying 11,239 people an hour in total , 39 years old on average (from 1971 to 2020).

Type (as registered, in French)	Count	Capacity (people/h)
Télécabines	1	1,200
Télésièges	3	4,680
Téléskis	7	5,359

Lift by lift

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

Lift	Type	Capacity	Length	Vertical	Year	Manufacturer
TSD de Crêt Béni	Télésiège débrayable	2,000	1199 m	349 m	2007	POMAGALSKI
TS de Braitaz	Télésiège	1,500	1451 m	411 m	1987	POMAGALSKI
TK de Conches 2000	Téléski à enrouleur	1,290	562 m	181 m	1987	LEITNER
TC de la Panthiaz	Télécabine	1,200	1530 m	459 m	1987	POMAGALSKI
TS les Fontaines	Télésiège	1,180	831 m	233 m	1982	POMAGALSKI
TK des Prés 2	Téléski à perche débrayable	800	375 m	60 m	1979	MONTAGNER
TK de la Combe	Téléski à perche débrayable	734	1397 m	267 m	1973	MONTAGNER
TK des Prés	Téléski à perche débrayable	720	435 m	66 m	1971	MONTAGNER
TK le Dahut	Téléski à perche débrayable	615	255 m	47 m	1975	MONTAZ MAUTINO
Tk Le Skiroule	Téléski à corde	600	60 m	4 m	2020	SCHIPPERS
TK le Bambi	Téléski à perche débrayable	600	258 m	48 m	1981	MONTAZ MAUTINO

French national lift register (STRMTG / CAIRN database) — listed as “CHAPELLE D'ABONDANCE (LA) BRAITAZ” · 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.