The La Colmiane ski area

La Colmiane has 30 km of pistes, 7 lifts carrying 5,257 people an hour, 400 m of vertical, from 1,400 m to 1,800 m. 5 green runs, 5 blue, 6 red and 2 black.

La Colmiane is a ski resort in the Southern Alps (Alpes-Maritimes), in the commune of Valdeblore. The village sits at 1,500 m and the ski area rises to 1,800 m, a skiable vertical of 400 m.

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Runs by level

18 runs over 30 km:

5 green 5 blue 6 red 2 black

Vertical drop: 400 m — from 1,400 m to 1,800 m
Slope aspect: 74 % north · 14 % east · 7 % west · 5 % south — computed from the fall line of 22 runs

As declared by the resort(ANMSM feed)

Ski area: LA COLMIANE
Pistes: 30 km · 18 pistes
By grade: 5 green · 5 blue · 6 red · 2 black
Lifts: 7 in total · 1 chairlifts · 5 drag lifts · 1 conveyors
Altitude: 1,400 m → 1,800 m (resort base 1,500 m)
Snowmaking: 85 % of pistes
Beginners: Beginner zone
Fun & sledging: 1 sledge run · fun zone
Passes (as declared): Child, 1 day (resort pass) €19 · Adult, 1 day (resort pass) €25 · Senior, 1 day (resort pass) €21 (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

1 kmLongest piste — Le Suc (blue), 134 m of vertical

292 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 1,773 → 1,480 m, 1 km

1,791 mHighest lift top — Le Pic (detachable chairlift), national lift register

5,257Total lift capacity, people per hour — 7 installations: 1 chairlift, 5 drag lifts, 1 magic carpet

31 yrsAverage age of the lift fleet — oldest 1965, newest 2012

1,800Biggest lift, people per hour — Le Pic (detachable chairlift, 2011)

3 kmTotal length of lifts — 5 lifts mapped

307 haSki area boundary (OSM)

835Inhabitants — Valdeblore (INSEE 06153)

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 Colmiane only (“COLMIANE (LA)”), magic carpets included.

The lifts

7 lifts , carrying 5,257 people an hour in total , 31 years old on average (from 1965 to 2012).

Type (as registered, in French)	Count	Capacity (people/h)
Télésièges	1	1,800
Téléskis	5	3,157
Tapis roulants	1	300

Lift by lift

The 7 lifts whose capacity the register publishes, largest first.

Lift	Type	Capacity	Length	Vertical	Year	Manufacturer
LE PIC	Télésiège débrayable	1,800	1100 m	319 m	2011	POMAGALSKI
PIC	Téléski à perche débrayable	850	937 m	293 m	2001	MONTAZ MAUTINO
COL	Téléski à perche débrayable	735	465 m	64 m	1989	MONTAGNER
FIL NEIGE JARDIN D'ENFANTS (ESF)	Téléski à câble bas	600	45 m	5 m	2012	SUNKID
CONQUET	Téléski à perche débrayable	572	687 m	273 m	1965	MONTAZ MAUTINO
BANANE	Téléski à perche débrayable	400	518 m	87 m	1980	POMAGALSKI
TAPIS JARDIN D'ENFANTS (ESF)	Tapis roulant	300	46 m	4 m	2003	MEB (IDM)

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

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Resort data: declared by Office de Tourisme Métropolitain La Colmiane Valdeblore and distributed by ANMSM · read on 25 September