The La Croix de Bauzon ski area

La Croix de Bauzon has 10 km of pistes, 7 lifts carrying 4,195 people an hour, 240 m of vertical, from 1,259 m to 1,499 m. 5 green runs, 5 blue, 0 red and 1 black.

La Croix de Bauzon is a ski resort in the Massif Central (Ardèche), in the commune of Borne. The village sits at 1,364 m and the ski area rises to 1,499 m, a skiable vertical of 240 m.

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Runs by level

11 runs over 10 km:

5 green 5 blue 0 red 1 black

Vertical drop: 240 m — from 1,259 m to 1,499 m
Slope aspect: 66 % north · 34 % west — computed from the fall line of 3 runs

The ski area in figures

Measured on 7 October 2026

1 kmLongest piste — Les Franboisiers 1 (green), 37 m of vertical

220 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 1,478 → 1,259 m, 1 km

1,499 mHighest lift top — La Maye (platter lift), national lift register

4,195Total lift capacity, people per hour — 7 installations: 6 drag lifts, 1 magic carpet

32 yrsAverage age of the lift fleet — oldest 1967, newest 2014

900Biggest lift, people per hour — Grande Draille (platter lift, 1975)

2 kmTotal length of lifts — 6 lifts mapped

289 haSki area boundary (OSM)

42Inhabitants — Borne (INSEE 07038)

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 Croix de Bauzon only (“CROIX DE BAUZON (LA)”), magic carpets included.

The lifts

7 lifts , carrying 4,195 people an hour in total , 32 years old on average (from 1967 to 2014).

Type (as registered, in French)	Count	Capacity (people/h)
Téléskis	6	4,195
Tapis roulants	1	—

Lift by lift

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

Lift	Type	Capacity	Length	Vertical	Year	Manufacturer
MONTADOU	Télécorde	900	80 m	6 m	2014	MONTAGNER
LA MAYE	Téléski à perche débrayable	900	370 m	69 m	1978	POMAGALSKI
GRANDE DRAILLE	Téléski à perche débrayable	900	496 m	115 m	1975	POMAGALSKI
LES TARANIS	Téléski à perche débrayable	725	693 m	185 m	1987	POMAGALSKI
LES COMBES	Téléski à perche débrayable	500	720 m	228 m	1967	POMAGALSKI
LOUBEYRE	Téléski à perche fixe	270	107 m	17 m	2014	POMAGALSKI
Les Écureuils	Tapis roulant	—	97 m	11 m	2013	SUNKID

French national lift register (STRMTG / CAIRN database) — listed as “CROIX DE BAUZON (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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