The La Clusaz ski area

La Clusaz has 69 km of pistes, 34 lifts carrying 43,296 people an hour, 282 m of vertical, from 1,583 m to 1,865 m. 20 green runs, 38 blue, 20 red and 5 black.

La Clusaz is a ski resort in the Northern Alps (Haute-Savoie). The village sits at 995 m and the ski area rises to 1,865 m, a skiable vertical of 282 m.

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Runs by level

83 runs over 69 km:

20 green 38 blue 20 red 5 black

Vertical drop: 282 m — from 1,583 m to 1,865 m
Slope aspect: 41 % west · 36 % north · 18 % east · 5 % south — computed from the fall line of 76 runs

As declared by the resort(ANMSM feed)

Ski area: Domaine de La Clusaz-Manigod
Linked area: Domaine des Aravis · 210 km
Lifts: 4 gondolas · 14 chairlifts · 27 drag lifts · 2 conveyors
Altitude: 1,100 m → 2,600 m
Snowmaking: 27 % of pistes
Beginners: Beginner zone, free lifts
Fun & sledging: fun zone
Nordic: La Clusaz-Espace Nordique des Confins

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

4 kmLongest piste — Les Prises (blue), 395 m of vertical

704 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 1,980 → 1,276 m, 2 km

2,375 mHighest lift top — TS du Col de Balme (chairlift), national lift register

43,296Total lift capacity, people per hour — 34 installations: 1 aerial tramway, 4 gondolas, 11 chairlifts, 17 drag lifts, 1 magic carpet

29 yrsAverage age of the lift fleet — oldest 1966, newest 2024

2,700Biggest lift, people per hour — TSD du Crêt du Loup (detachable chairlift, 2012)

35 kmTotal length of lifts — 47 lifts mapped

2,767 haSki area boundary (OSM)

1,623Inhabitants — La Clusaz (INSEE 74080)

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 Clusaz only (“CLUSAZ (LA)”), magic carpets included.

The lifts

34 lifts , carrying 43,296 people an hour in total , 29 years old on average (from 1966 to 2024).

Type (as registered, in French)	Count	Capacity (people/h)
Téléphériques	1	960
Télécabines	4	7,475
Télésièges	11	21,527
Téléskis	17	13,334
Tapis roulants	1	—

Lift by lift

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

Lift	Type	Capacity	Length	Vertical	Year	Manufacturer
TSD du Crêt du Loup	Télésiège débrayable	2,700	1047 m	370 m	2012	DOPPELMAYR
TSCD de l'Etale	Télémix	2,500	1197 m	430 m	2007	POMAGALSKI
TSCD du Bossonnet	Télémix	2,475	1620 m	504 m	2014	POMAGALSKI
TS du Belvédère	Télésiège	2,200	1092 m	435 m	2007	SKIRAIL
TC de la Patinoire	Télécabine	2,160	469 m	115 m	1984	POMAGALSKI
TSD du Crêt du Merle	Télésiège débrayable	2,100	1553 m	451 m	2017	POMAGALSKI
TS du Col de Balme	Télésiège	2,100	1749 m	617 m	1993	POMAGALSKI
TC Combe de Balme	Télécabine	2,100	1595 m	574 m	1986	SKIRAIL
TS de l'Aiguille	Télésiège	2,052	1161 m	430 m	2000	POMAGALSKI
TS de La Grenèche	Télésiège	1,800	367 m	139 m	2014	POMAGALSKI
TC de Beauregard	Télécabine	1,715	1678 m	600 m	2003	DOPPELMAYR
TC du Fernuy	Télécabine	1,500	2257 m	735 m	1999	POMAGALSKI
TS de la Bergerie	Télésiège	1,500	511 m	237 m	1988	POMAGALSKI
TS du P'Tit Loup	Télésiège	1,200	487 m	95 m	2012	POMAGALSKI
TPH du Transval	Téléphérique	960	450 m	40 m	1981	MONTAZ MAUTINO
TK des Aiglons	Téléski à enrouleur	900	621 m	124 m	2021	G.M.M.
TK de l' Etoile des Neiges	Téléski à enrouleur	900	228 m	29 m	2014	G.M.M.
TK de Torchère	Téléski à enrouleur	900	1118 m	348 m	1983	MONTAZ MAUTINO
TSD Combe des Juments	Télésiège débrayable	900	1572 m	619 m	1980	POMAGALSKI
TK Grand Laquais	Téléski à perche débrayable	900	1190 m	304 m	1974	MONTAZ MAUTINO

French national lift register (STRMTG / CAIRN database) — listed as “CLUSAZ (LA)” · open the database. Safety register: it also counts lifts that do not run every day.

Official piste map

Open the piste map (image, 1,019 KB) ↗

Published by La Clusaz Tourisme · file dated 15 December 2025 · link checked on 12 September 2026 · official page

Link to the resort’s own file — a piste map is a copyrighted artwork, we host no copy.

Resort data: declared by OFFICE DE TOURISME and distributed by ANMSM · read on 18 September