The Lac Blanc ski area

Lac Blanc has 12 km of pistes, 10 lifts carrying 9,550 people an hour, 390 m of vertical, from 860 m to 1,250 m. 12 green runs, 7 blue, 11 red and 1 black.

Lac Blanc is a ski resort in the Vosges (Haut-Rhin), in the commune of Orbey. The village sits at 900 m and the ski area rises to 1,250 m, a skiable vertical of 390 m.

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Runs by level

31 runs over 12 km:

12 green 7 blue 11 red 1 black

Vertical drop: 390 m — from 860 m to 1,250 m
Slope aspect: 65 % north · 26 % west · 8 % east — computed from the fall line of 22 runs

As declared by the resort(ANMSM feed)

Altitude: 860 m → 1,250 m (resort base 900 m)
Nordic: Station du Lac Blanc
Passes (as declared): Adult, 1 day (Forfait nordique) €8.50 · Child, 1 day (Forfait nordique) €4 · Adult, 6 days (Forfait nordique) €35 · Child, 6 days (Forfait nordique) €17 (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

2 kmLongest piste — Maze (blue), 265 m of vertical

272 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 1,129 → 856 m, 1 km

1,214 mHighest lift top — Carrefour 2 (platter lift), national lift register

9,550Total lift capacity, people per hour — 10 installations: 1 chairlift, 8 drag lifts, 1 magic carpet

40 yrsAverage age of the lift fleet — oldest 1971, newest 2014

2,500Biggest lift, people per hour — Montjoie (detachable chairlift, 2005)

6 kmTotal length of lifts — 12 lifts mapped

133 haSki area boundary (OSM)

744Inhabitants — Le Bonhomme (INSEE 68044)

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 Lac Blanc only (“LAC BLANC (LE)”), magic carpets included.

The lifts

10 lifts , carrying 9,550 people an hour in total , 40 years old on average (from 1971 to 2014).

Type (as registered, in French)	Count	Capacity (people/h)
Télésièges	1	2,500
Téléskis	8	6,150
Tapis roulants	1	900

Lift by lift

The 10 lifts whose capacity the register publishes, largest first.

Lift	Type	Capacity	Length	Vertical	Year	Manufacturer
Montjoie	Télésiège débrayable	2,500	1233 m	297 m	2005	POMAGALSKI
Jardin d'enfants	Tapis roulant	900	40 m	3 m	2014	SUNKID
Bichettes	Téléski à perche débrayable	900	310 m	34 m	1985	MONTAZ MAUTINO
Tinfronce	Téléski à perche débrayable	900	1005 m	175 m	1984	MONTAZ MAUTINO
Baby	Téléski à perche débrayable	900	246 m	17 m	1982	MONTAZ MAUTINO
Carrefour 1	Téléski à perche débrayable	900	526 m	64 m	1971	MONTAZ MAUTINO
Carrefour 2	Téléski à perche débrayable	800	600 m	69 m	1977	MONTAZ MAUTINO
Lac blanc	Téléski à perche débrayable	800	475 m	110 m	1974	MONTAZ MAUTINO
Montjoie	Téléski à perche débrayable	700	1158 m	284 m	1972	MONTAZ MAUTINO
Bambi	Téléski à corde	250	60 m	5 m	1989	SCHIPPERS

French national lift register (STRMTG / CAIRN database) — listed as “LAC BLANC (LE)” · 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 station du Lac Blanc and distributed by ANMSM · read on 16 October