The Le Désert d'Entremont ski area

Le Désert d'Entremont has 7 km of pistes, 4 lifts carrying 2,120 people an hour, 323 m of vertical, from 1,105 m to 1,428 m. 5 green runs, 7 blue, 4 red and 1 black.

Le Désert d'Entremont is a ski resort in the Northern Alps (Savoie), in the commune of Entremont-le-Vieux. The village sits at 1,150 m and the ski area rises to 1,428 m, a skiable vertical of 323 m.

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Runs by level

17 runs over 7 km:

5 green 7 blue 4 red 1 black

Vertical drop: 323 m — from 1,105 m to 1,428 m
Slope aspect: 51 % east · 34 % west · 14 % south — computed from the fall line of 10 runs

The ski area in figures

Measured on 7 October 2026

2 kmLongest piste — unnamed on the map (red), 225 m of vertical

225 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 1,425 → 1,200 m, 2 km

1,428 mHighest lift top — Bruyeres (platter lift), national lift register

2,120Total lift capacity, people per hour — 4 installations: 4 drag lifts

39 yrsAverage age of the lift fleet — oldest 1968, newest 1999

600Biggest lift, people per hour — Pres (platter lift, 1968)

2 kmTotal length of lifts — 3 lifts mapped

n/aSki area boundary (OSM)

648Inhabitants — Entremont-le-Vieux (INSEE 73107)

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 Le Désert d'Entremont only (“DESERT ENTREMONT”), magic carpets included.

The lifts

4 lifts , carrying 2,120 people an hour in total , 39 years old on average (from 1968 to 1999).

Type (as registered, in French)	Count	Capacity (people/h)
Téléskis	4	2,120

Lift by lift

The 4 lifts whose capacity the register publishes, largest first.

Lift	Type	Capacity	Length	Vertical	Year	Manufacturer
PRES	Téléski à corde	600	50 m	3 m	1999	SCHIPPERS
BRUYERES	Téléski à perche débrayable	600	930 m	224 m	1996	MONTAGNER
PRES	Téléski à perche débrayable	600	353 m	92 m	1968	MONTAZ MAUTINO
NANTETS	Téléski à perche débrayable	320	282 m	49 m	1983	MONTAZ MAUTINO

French national lift register (STRMTG / CAIRN database) — listed as “DESERT ENTREMONT” · 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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