The Le Mont-Dore ski area

Le Mont-Dore has 62 km of pistes, 17 lifts carrying 14,390 people an hour, 496 m of vertical, from 1,350 m to 1,846 m. 34 green runs, 37 blue, 23 red and 7 black.

Le Mont-Dore is a ski resort in the Massif Central (Puy-de-Dôme), in the commune of Mont-Dore. The village sits at 1,050 m and the ski area rises to 1,846 m, a skiable vertical of 496 m.

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Runs by level

101 runs over 62 km:

34 green 37 blue 23 red 7 black

Vertical drop: 496 m — from 1,350 m to 1,846 m
Slope aspect: 36 % east · 23 % north · 23 % west · 19 % south — computed from the fall line of 97 runs
Night skiing: 3 floodlit runs

As declared by the resort(ANMSM feed)

Ski area: Le Mont Dore
Linked area: Domaine relié Le Mont-Dore/Super-Besse
Lifts: 1 gondolas · 3 chairlifts · 9 drag lifts · 1 conveyors
Altitude: 1,200 m → 1,850 m (resort base 1,300 m)
Snowmaking: 60 % of pistes
Beginners: Beginner zone, free lifts
Fun & sledging: 3 sledge runs · fun zone
Nordic: Espace Nordique Le Mont-Dore - Le Capucin
Passes (as declared): Enfant 1 jour (forfait station) 30.4 € · Enfant 2 jours (forfait station) 57.9 € · Enfant 6 jours (forfait station) 163.9 € · Adulte 1 jour (forfait station) 42.7 € · Adulte 2 jours (forfait station) 81.6 € · Adulte 6 jours (forfait station) 231.6 € · Sénior 1 jour (forfait station) 37.2 € · Sénior 2 jours (forfait station) 71.1 € (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 9 September 2026

3 kmLongest piste — Bois Joli (green), 224 m of vertical

464 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 1,768 → 1,304 m, 3 km

1,821 mHighest lift top — Pas De L'ane (platter lift), national lift register

14,390Total lift capacity, people per hour — 17 installations: 2 aerial tramways, 3 chairlifts, 10 drag lifts, 2 magic carpets

31 yrsAverage age of the lift fleet — oldest 1961, newest 2017

2,000Biggest lift, people per hour — Tremplin (chairlift, 2006)

27 kmTotal length of lifts — 38 lifts mapped

551 haSki area boundary (OSM)

1,163Inhabitants — Mont-Dore (INSEE 63236)

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 Mont-Dore only (“MONT DORE (LE)”), magic carpets included.

The lifts

17 lifts , carrying 14,390 people an hour in total , 31 years old on average (from 1961 to 2017).

Type (as registered, in French)	Count	Capacity (people/h)
Téléphériques	2	900
Télésièges	3	5,800
Téléskis	10	7,690
Tapis roulants	2	—

Lift by lift

The 17 lifts whose capacity the register publishes, largest first.

Lift	Type	Capacity	Length	Vertical	Year	Manufacturer
Les Longes	Télésiège	2,000	659 m	101 m	2011	CCM
Tremplin	Télésiège	2,000	907 m	132 m	2006	DOPPELMAYR
TSF de la DORE	Télésiège	1,800	1159 m	350 m	2002	MONTAZ MAUTINO
Ferrand-Nord	Téléski à perche débrayable	900	783 m	173 m	2006	G.M.M.
VAL DE COURRE	Téléski à perche débrayable	900	635 m	90 m	2005	MONTAZ MAUTINO
PLATEAU	Téléski à perche débrayable	900	359 m	112 m	1995	MONTAZ MAUTINO
SANCY 2	Téléphérique	900	1111 m	438 m	1961	APPLEVAGE
Ferrand-Sud	Téléski à perche débrayable	860	1164 m	230 m	2006	G.M.M.
Val d'Enfer	Téléski à perche débrayable	850	347 m	59 m	2006	G.M.M.
CHAUMET 2	Téléski à perche débrayable	780	498 m	82 m	1973	MONTAZ MAUTINO
PAS DE L'ANE	Téléski à perche débrayable	700	561 m	163 m	1964	MONTAZ MAUTINO
Les Marmottes	Téléski à perche fixe	600	83 m	9 m	2010	POMAGALSKI
Fil neige du snow park (bamby à câble)	Téléski à câble bas	600	158 m	27 m	2003	SCHIPPERS
CHOMET 1	Téléski à perche débrayable	600	447 m	82 m	1968	MONTAZ MAUTINO
ESF	Tapis roulant	—	49 m	4 m	2017	FICAP
Aladin	Tapis roulant	—	106 m	10 m	2009	MEB (IDM)
Evac Sancy 2	Téléphérique	0	1111 m	438 m	1961	APPLEVAGE

French national lift register (STRMTG / CAIRN database) — listed as “MONT DORE (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.

Resort data: declared by Office de tourisme du Mont-Dore and distributed by ANMSM · read on 18 September