The La Giettaz-en-Aravis ski area

La Giettaz-en-Aravis has 49 km of pistes, 8 lifts carrying 6,701 people an hour, 483 m of vertical, from 1,865 m to 2,348 m. 8 green runs, 20 blue, 26 red and 10 black.

La Giettaz-en-Aravis is a ski resort in the Northern Alps (Savoie), in the commune of La Giettaz. The village sits at 1,332 m and the ski area rises to 2,348 m, a skiable vertical of 483 m.

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Runs by level

64 runs over 49 km:

8 green 20 blue 26 red 10 black

Vertical drop: 483 m — from 1,865 m to 2,348 m
Slope aspect: 43 % north · 41 % west · 9 % south · 6 % east — computed from the fall line of 72 runs

As declared by the resort(ANMSM feed)

Ski area: Les Portes du Mont-Blanc
Linked area: les Portes du Mont-Blanc · 100 km
Pistes: 100 km · 61 pistes
By grade: 10 green · 15 blue · 27 red · 9 black
Lifts: 22 in total · 2 gondolas · 7 chairlifts · 10 drag lifts · 2 conveyors
Altitude: 1,200 m → 1,930 m (resort base 1,101 m)
Snowmaking: 20 % of pistes
Beginners: Beginner zone
Fun & sledging: 1 sledge run · fun zone
Passes (as declared): Enfant 1 jour (forfait domaine relié) 44 € · Adulte 1 jour (forfait domaine relié) 51.5 € · Sénior 1 jour (forfait domaine relié) 46.5 € · Enfant 6 jours (forfait domaine relié) 220 € · Adulte 6 jours (forfait domaine relié) 257.5 € · Sénior 6 jours (forfait domaine relié) 232.5 € (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 — Mandarines (green), 530 m of vertical

548 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 1,755 → 1,207 m, 2 km

1,982 mHighest lift top — TK de Torraz (platter lift), national lift register

6,701Total lift capacity, people per hour — 8 installations: 2 chairlifts, 5 drag lifts, 1 magic carpet

22 yrsAverage age of the lift fleet — oldest 1977, newest 2012

2,000Biggest lift, people per hour — TS de La Grande Rare (chairlift, 2012)

37 kmTotal length of lifts — 44 lifts mapped

9,335 haSki area boundary (OSM)

381Inhabitants — La Giettaz (INSEE 73123)

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 Giettaz-en-Aravis only (“GIETTAZ (LA)”), magic carpets included.

The lifts

8 lifts , carrying 6,701 people an hour in total , 22 years old on average (from 1977 to 2012).

Type (as registered, in French)	Count	Capacity (people/h)
Télésièges	2	3,400
Téléskis	5	3,300
Tapis roulants	1	1

Lift by lift

The 8 lifts whose capacity the register publishes, largest first.

Lift	Type	Capacity	Length	Vertical	Year	Manufacturer
TS de La Grande Rare	Télésiège	2,000	663 m	209 m	2012	ALTIM
TS de La Tête du Torraz	Télésiège	1,400	1379 m	501 m	2012	ALTIM
TK de Bonjournal	Téléski à enrouleur	900	484 m	131 m	2004	POMAGALSKI
TK de Charmots	Téléski à enrouleur	900	364 m	23 m	2004	POMAGALSKI
TK de Torraz	Téléski à perche débrayable	800	780 m	302 m	1977	POMAGALSKI
TK Jardin des Neiges	Téléski à corde	600	40 m	6 m	2001	SCHIPPERS
TK de Covagnet	Téléski à enrouleur	100	123 m	13 m	2007	POMAGALSKI
Tapis roulant du Front de Neige	Tapis roulant	1	31 m	1 m	2008	EMMEGI

French national lift register (STRMTG / CAIRN database) — listed as “GIETTAZ (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.

Resort data: declared by OTI Val d'Arly-Bureau de La Giettaz and distributed by ANMSM · read on 18 September