The Le Grand Puy ski area

Le Grand Puy has 11 km of pistes, 5 lifts carrying 3,635 people an hour, 478 m of vertical, from 1,281 m to 1,759 m. 0 green runs, 1 blue, 9 red and 3 black.

Le Grand Puy is a ski resort in the Southern Alps (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence), in the commune of Seyne. The village sits at 1,373 m and the ski area rises to 1,759 m, a skiable vertical of 478 m.

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Runs by level

13 runs over 11 km:

0 green 1 blue 9 red 3 black

Vertical drop: 478 m — from 1,281 m to 1,759 m
Slope aspect: 79 % east · 21 % north — computed from the fall line of 15 runs

The ski area in figures

Measured on 9 September 2026

3 kmLongest piste — Tourtourel (blue), 383 m of vertical

447 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 1,729 → 1,281 m, 2 km

1,759 mHighest lift top — TSF Les Crêtes (chairlift), national lift register

3,635Total lift capacity, people per hour — 5 installations: 1 chairlift, 4 drag lifts

18 yrsAverage age of the lift fleet — oldest 1979, newest 2016

1,200Biggest lift, people per hour — TSF Les Crêtes (chairlift, 2016)

2 kmTotal length of lifts — 4 lifts mapped

242 haSki area boundary (OSM)

1,379Inhabitants — Seyne (INSEE 04205)

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 Puy only (“GRAND PUY (LE)”), magic carpets included.

The lifts

5 lifts , carrying 3,635 people an hour in total , 18 years old on average (from 1979 to 2016).

Type (as registered, in French)	Count	Capacity (people/h)
Télésièges	1	1,200
Téléskis	4	2,435

Lift by lift

The 5 lifts whose capacity the register publishes, largest first.

Lift	Type	Capacity	Length	Vertical	Year	Manufacturer
TSF Les Crêtes	Télésiège	1,200	1274 m	391 m	2016	POMAGALSKI
Résinière	Téléski à enrouleur	850	413 m	76 m	2016	POMAGALSKI
PITCCHOUNETS	Téléski à corde	600	71 m	7 m	2016	PELLAT-FINET
MELEZES	Téléski à perche débrayable	600	521 m	148 m	1979	POMAGALSKI
SOLEIL	Téléski à enrouleur	385	514 m	153 m	2010	POMAGALSKI

French national lift register (STRMTG / CAIRN database) — listed as “GRAND PUY (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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