The La Toussuire ski area

La Toussuire has 28 lifts carrying 29,763 people an hour, 570 m of vertical, from 1,800 m to 2,370 m.

La Toussuire is a ski resort in the Northern Alps (Savoie), in the commune of Fontcouverte-la-Toussuire. The village sits at 1,723 m and the ski area rises to 2,370 m, a skiable vertical of 570 m.

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Vertical drop: 570 m — from 1,800 m to 2,370 m
Slope aspect: 60 % east · 19 % south · 15 % north · 6 % west — computed from the fall line of 121 runs

The ski area in figures

Measured on 7 October 2026

8 kmLongest piste — Col des Lacs (blue), 532 m of vertical

620 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 2,207 → 1,587 m, 3 km

2,370 mHighest lift top — Deux Croix (chairlift), national lift register

29,763Total lift capacity, people per hour — 28 installations: 1 gondola, 9 chairlifts, 12 drag lifts, 6 magic carpets

17 yrsAverage age of the lift fleet — oldest 1981, newest 2022

2,700Biggest lift, people per hour — Ravieres (detachable chairlift, 2013)

51 kmTotal length of lifts — 60 lifts mapped

5,091 haSki area boundary (OSM)

473Inhabitants — Fontcouverte-la-Toussuire (INSEE 73116)

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 Toussuire only (“TOUSSUIRE (LA)”), magic carpets included.

The lifts

28 lifts , carrying 29,763 people an hour in total , 17 years old on average (from 1981 to 2022).

Type (as registered, in French)	Count	Capacity (people/h)
Télécabines	1	2,700
Télésièges	9	17,450
Téléskis	12	9,612
Tapis roulants	6	1

Lift by lift

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

Lift	Type	Capacity	Length	Vertical	Year	Manufacturer
COTE DU BOIS	Télécabine	2,700	862 m	233 m	2022	DOPPELMAYR
RAVIERES	Télésiège débrayable	2,700	1177 m	265 m	2013	DOPPELMAYR
MEDAILLE D'OR	Télésiège débrayable	2,620	1257 m	405 m	2004	DOPPELMAYR
TETE de BELLARD	Télésiège débrayable	2,400	1721 m	482 m	2007	DOPPELMAYR
PIERRE DU TURC	Télésiège débrayable	2,400	1236 m	181 m	2004	DOPPELMAYR
DEUX CROIX	Télésiège	2,000	725 m	125 m	2019	G.M.M.
CHAPUT	Télésiège	1,800	1156 m	264 m	2016	G.M.M.
GRAND TRUC	Télésiège	1,380	1468 m	424 m	2005	G.M.M.
SOLEIL	Télésiège	1,200	1497 m	162 m	2002	MONTAZ MAUTINO
BONHOMME DE NEIGE	Téléski à corde	1,000	50 m	4 m	2002	PELLAT-FINET
LIAISON	Télésiège	950	963 m	272 m	1984	MONTAZ MAUTINO
CHAMOIS2	Téléski à enrouleur	900	305 m	35 m	2019	LEITNER
2 CROIX 2	Téléski à enrouleur	900	732 m	123 m	2009	LEITNER
PLAN DE LA COMBE	Téléski à enrouleur	900	330 m	52 m	2003	LEITNER
LAUZE	Téléski à enrouleur	850	799 m	223 m	2013	G.M.M.
CHAMOIS	Téléski à enrouleur	837	360 m	42 m	2003	LEITNER
CABRI	Téléski à enrouleur	800	226 m	34 m	2012	G.M.M.
PETITE VERDETTE	Téléski à enrouleur	800	357 m	68 m	2004	DOPPELMAYR
MARMOTTES	Téléski à enrouleur	765	1469 m	325 m	2013	G.M.M.
MUSIQUE	Téléski à enrouleur	660	367 m	68 m	2004	DOPPELMAYR

French national lift register (STRMTG / CAIRN database) — listed as “TOUSSUIRE (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 de La Toussuire - Les Sybelles and distributed by ANMSM · read on 16 October