The Le Grand-Bornand ski area

Le Grand-Bornand has 28 lifts carrying 38,857 people an hour, 1,100 m of vertical, from 1,000 m to 2,100 m.

Le Grand-Bornand is a ski resort in the Northern Alps (Haute-Savoie). The village sits at 1,300 m and the ski area rises to 2,100 m, a skiable vertical of 1,100 m.

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Vertical drop: 1,100 m — from 1,000 m to 2,100 m
Slope aspect: 49 % west · 33 % south · 18 % north — computed from the fall line of 43 runs
Night skiing: 3 floodlit runs

As declared by the resort(ANMSM feed)

Ski area: Le Grand-Bornand
Linked area: Massif des Aravis · 230 km
Lifts: 2 in total · 2 gondolas · 10 chairlifts · 9 drag lifts · 2 conveyors
Altitude: 1,000 m → 2,100 m (resort base 1,300 m)
Snowmaking: 50 % of pistes
Beginners: Beginner zone, free lifts
Fun & sledging: fun zone
Nordic: Le Grand-Bornand
Passes (as declared): Child, 1 day (resort pass) €36.40 · Adult, 1 day (resort pass) €52 · Senior, 1 day (resort pass) €49.40 · Child, 2 days (resort pass) €72.80 · Adult, 2 days (resort pass) €104 · Senior, 2 days (resort pass) €98.80 · Child, 6 days (resort pass) €182 · Adult, 6 days (resort pass) €260 (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

4 kmLongest piste — Les Prises (blue), 395 m of vertical

704 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 1,980 → 1,276 m, 2 km

2,031 mHighest lift top — TSD du Lachat (detachable chairlift), national lift register

38,857Total lift capacity, people per hour — 28 installations: 2 gondolas, 10 chairlifts, 11 drag lifts, 5 magic carpets

29 yrsAverage age of the lift fleet — oldest 1962, newest 2024

3,600Biggest lift, people per hour — TSD du Charmieux (detachable chairlift, 2019)

35 kmTotal length of lifts — 47 lifts mapped

1,597 haSki area boundary (OSM)

2,050Inhabitants — Le Grand-Bornand (INSEE 74136)

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 Grand-Bornand only (“GRAND BORNAND (LE)”), magic carpets included.

The lifts

28 lifts , carrying 38,857 people an hour in total , 29 years old on average (from 1962 to 2024).

Type (as registered, in French)	Count	Capacity (people/h)
Télécabines	2	2,800
Télésièges	10	23,061
Téléskis	11	8,696
Tapis roulants	5	4,300

Lift by lift

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

Lift	Type	Capacity	Length	Vertical	Year	Manufacturer
TSD du Charmieux	Télésiège débrayable	3,600	1092 m	275 m	2019	POMAGALSKI
TSD de La Floria	Télésiège débrayable	3,211	1554 m	515 m	2008	DOPPELMAYR
TSD du Maroly	Télésiège débrayable	2,800	1400 m	386 m	2003	POMAGALSKI
TSD du Lachat	Télésiège débrayable	2,800	1605 m	601 m	2001	POMAGALSKI
Tapis roulant Alpage express	Tapis roulant	2,500	225 m	26 m	2016	TUSA (IDM)
TSF De la Duche	Télésiège	2,400	915 m	299 m	2024	POMAGALSKI
TS de La Tolar	Télésiège	2,400	1141 m	354 m	1999	POMAGALSKI
TS du Châtelet	Télésiège	2,250	942 m	274 m	1997	POMAGALSKI
Tapis roulant Pioupiou	Tapis roulant	1,800	32 m	3 m	2016	TUSA (IDM)
TC du Rosay	Télécabine	1,800	2256 m	510 m	1986	POMAGALSKI
TS des Terres Rouges	Télésiège	1,500	1676 m	332 m	1984	POMAGALSKI
TS des Annes	Télésiège	1,200	1895 m	397 m	1982	POMAGALSKI
TC de la Joyère	Télécabine	1,000	1367 m	433 m	1993	POMAGALSKI
TK de Prarian 1	Téléski à perche débrayable	900	675 m	183 m	1974	MONTAGNER
TK de l'Almet	Téléski à perche débrayable	900	1210 m	215 m	1974	MONTAGNER
TK des Arces	Téléski à perche débrayable	900	672 m	166 m	1973	POMAGALSKI
TS de La Taverne	Télésiège	900	828 m	136 m	1973	POMAGALSKI
TK Bois des Raiches	Téléski à enrouleur	856	455 m	56 m	2007	DOPPELMAYR
TK des Combes	Téléski à enrouleur	850	291 m	51 m	2012	POMAGALSKI
TK du Stade	Téléski à perche débrayable	800	786 m	208 m	1980	MONTAZ MAUTINO

French national lift register (STRMTG / CAIRN database) — listed as “GRAND BORNAND (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. Checked on 10 October 2026 · page checked

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Resort data: declared by LE GRAND-BORNAND TOURISME and distributed by ANMSM · read on 16 October