The La Plagne ski area

La Plagne has 109 lifts carrying 149,594 people an hour, 2,000 m of vertical, from 1,250 m to 3,250 m.

La Plagne is a ski resort in the Northern Alps (Savoie), in the commune of La Plagne Tarentaise. The village sits at 1,250 m and the ski area rises to 3,250 m, a skiable vertical of 2,000 m.

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Vertical drop: 2,000 m — from 1,250 m to 3,250 m
Slope aspect: 40 % north · 25 % west · 21 % south · 14 % east — computed from the fall line of 159 runs

As declared by the resort(ANMSM feed)

Ski area: La Grande Plagne
Linked area: Paradiski · 425 km
Lifts: 9 gondolas · 34 chairlifts · 35 drag lifts · 1 conveyors
Altitude: 1,250 m → 3,250 m
Beginners: Beginner zone, free lifts
Fun & sledging: fun zone
Nordic: 2 km
Passes (as declared): Child, 1 day (resort pass) €52 · Child, 2 days (resort pass) €100 · Child, 3 days (resort pass) €148 · Child, 4 days (resort pass) €193 · Child, 5 days (resort pass) €238 · Child, 6 days (resort pass) €264 · Child, 1 day (linked-area pass) €56 · Child, 2 days (linked-area pass) €112 (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 7 October 2026

7 kmLongest piste — Bauches (blue), 269 m of vertical

887 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 2,717 → 1,830 m, 5 km

3,167 mHighest lift top — Glacier (chairlift), national lift register

149,594Total lift capacity, people per hour — 109 installations: 3 aerial tramways, 11 gondolas, 28 chairlifts, 44 drag lifts, 23 magic carpets

24 yrsAverage age of the lift fleet — oldest 1969, newest 2024

4,000Biggest lift, people per hour — Arpette (detachable chairlift, 2005)

48 kmTotal length of lifts — 55 lifts mapped

5,852 haSki area boundary (OSM)

3,836Inhabitants — La Plagne Tarentaise (INSEE 73150)

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 Plagne only (“PLAGNE (LA)”), magic carpets included.

The lifts

109 lifts , carrying 149,594 people an hour in total , 24 years old on average (from 1969 to 2024).

Type (as registered, in French)	Count	Capacity (people/h)
Téléphériques	3	2,350
Télécabines	11	20,609
Télésièges	28	78,208
Téléskis	44	31,920
Tapis roulants	23	16,507

Lift by lift

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

Lift	Type	Capacity	Length	Vertical	Year	Manufacturer
COLOSSES	Télésiège débrayable	4,000	1596 m	318 m	2014	POMAGALSKI
ARPETTE	Télésiège débrayable	4,000	1838 m	411 m	2005	LEITNER
CROZATS	Télésiège débrayable	3,600	1087 m	311 m	2017	DOPPELMAYR
BECOIN	Télésiège débrayable	3,600	1078 m	351 m	2012	LEITNER
BERGERIE	Télésiège débrayable	3,600	1271 m	235 m	2009	POMAGALSKI
GRANDE ROCHETTE (FUNIPLAGNE)	Télécabine double monocâble	3,504	1659 m	510 m	2000	DOPPELMAYR
INVERSENS	Télésiège débrayable	3,000	1928 m	512 m	2018	POMAGALSKI
VERDONS SUD	Télésiège débrayable	3,000	1808 m	650 m	2011	POMAGALSKI
BIJOLIN	Télésiège débrayable	3,000	1555 m	462 m	2004	POMAGALSKI
CARELLA	Télésiège débrayable	3,000	2080 m	415 m	2002	DOPPELMAYR
BLANCHETS	Télésiège débrayable	3,000	2317 m	438 m	2002	DOPPELMAYR
QUILLIS	Télésiège	3,000	291 m	66 m	1997	POMAGALSKI
ROSSA	Télésiège débrayable	3,000	1567 m	315 m	1996	POMAGALSKI
BORSELIERS	Télésiège débrayable	3,000	959 m	286 m	1996	POMAGALSKI
COLORADO	Télésiège débrayable	3,000	1288 m	309 m	1995	POMAGALSKI
PIERRES BLANCHES	Télésiège débrayable	3,000	1367 m	462 m	1994	POMAGALSKI
SALLA	Télésiège	2,950	585 m	153 m	2004	POMAGALSKI
MONTALBERT	Télécabine	2,800	2284 m	620 m	2015	POMAGALSKI
GLACIERS2	Télécabine	2,700	2055 m	541 m	2023	POMAGALSKI
MELEZES	Télésiège	2,400	394 m	111 m	2009	POMAGALSKI

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

Official piste map

Open the piste map (PDF, 8.3 MB) ↗

Published by La Plagne Tourisme · file dated 30 October 2025 · link checked on 10 October 2026 · official page

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

Where to stay in La Plagne

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Neilson

UK tour operator (ATOL 10794): Neilson chalets and hotels in the resort, flying from UK airports on Sundays.

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Vacances Bleues

Club hotels and holiday villages, often full board.