The La Norma ski area

La Norma has 62 km of pistes, 15 lifts carrying 14,102 people an hour, 1,390 m of vertical, from 1,360 m to 2,750 m. 24 green runs, 20 blue, 33 red and 3 black.

La Norma is a ski resort in the Northern Alps (Savoie), in the commune of Villarodin-Bourget. The village sits at 1,387 m and the ski area rises to 2,750 m, a skiable vertical of 1,390 m.

Runs by level

80 runs over 62 km:

24 green 20 blue 33 red 3 black
Vertical drop
1,390 m — from 1,360 m to 2,750 m
Slope aspect
45 % west · 41 % north · 14 % east — computed from the fall line of 45 runs

As declared by the resort(ANMSM feed)

Ski area
LA NORMA
Lifts
1 gondolas · 5 chairlifts · 6 drag lifts · 2 conveyors
Altitude
1,350 m → 2,750 m
Snowmaking
50 % of pistes
Beginners
Beginner zone
Fun & sledging
fun zone
Passes (as declared)
Enfant 6 jours (forfait station) 185.2 € · Adulte 6 jours (forfait station) 222.5 € · Sénior 6 jours (forfait station) 222.5 € · Enfant 1 jour (forfait station) 35.2 € · Adulte 1 jour (forfait station) 42.5 € · Famille 6 jours (forfait station) 789.5 € (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
4 kmLongest piste — Sainte-Anne (green), 440 m of vertical
440 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 1,799 → 1,359 m, 4 km
2,742 mHighest lift top — Norma 2 (chairlift), national lift register
14,102Total lift capacity, people per hour — 15 installations: 1 gondola, 5 chairlifts, 7 drag lifts, 2 magic carpets
17 yrsAverage age of the lift fleet — oldest 1984, newest 2022
1,560Biggest lift, people per hour — Repose (detachable chairlift, 1984)
9 kmTotal length of lifts — 13 lifts mapped
826 haSki area boundary (OSM)
499Inhabitants — Villarodin-Bourget (INSEE 73322)

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 Norma only (“NORMA (LA)”), magic carpets included.

The lifts

Register of 1 January 2025

15 lifts , carrying 14,102 people an hour in total , 17 years old on average (from 1984 to 2022).

Type (as registered, in French)CountCapacity (people/h)
Télécabines11,400
Télésièges56,260
Téléskis76,442
Tapis roulants2

Lift by lift

The 15 lifts whose capacity the register publishes, largest first.

LiftTypeCapacityLengthVerticalYearManufacturer
REPOSE Télésiège débrayable 1,560 1512 m 454 m 1984 POMAGALSKI
MELEZET Télécabine 1,400 1467 m 626 m 2022 DOPPELMAYR
CARRELET Télésiège 1,400 1056 m 454 m 2016 G.M.M.
PRE PINET Télécorde 1,400 225 m 7 m 2015 POMAGALSKI
NORMA 2 Télésiège 1,200 1250 m 482 m 2005 G.M.M.
ARLETTE Télésiège 1,200 1373 m 512 m 1986 POMAGALSKI
CLOT Télésiège 900 679 m 296 m 1986 POMAGALSKI
FONTAINE AUX OISEAUX Téléski à enrouleur 865 280 m 71 m 2010 DOPPELMAYR
COMBE Téléski à enrouleur 857 300 m 71 m 2010 DOPPELMAYR
MELEZES Téléski à enrouleur 850 511 m 126 m 2013 POMAGALSKI
GRANGES Téléski à enrouleur 850 585 m 155 m 2012 POMAGALSKI
SAINT JOSEPH Téléski à enrouleur 830 279 m 50 m 2015 DOPPELMAYR
AVENIERES Téléski à enrouleur 790 170 m 21 m 2009 POMAGALSKI
NORMA 4 Tapis roulant 30 m 2 m 2019 SUNKID
NORMA 5 Tapis roulant 30 m 2 m 2019 SUNKID

French national lift register (STRMTG / CAIRN database) — listed as “NORMA (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 Office de Tourisme and distributed by ANMSM · read on 18 September