The Le Recoin ski area
Le Recoin has 52 km of pistes, 835 m of vertical, from 1,411 m to 2,246 m. 13 green runs, 37 blue, 26 red and 10 black.
Le Recoin is a ski resort in the Northern Alps (Isère), in the commune of Chamrousse. The village sits at 1,650 m and the ski area rises to 2,246 m, a skiable vertical of 835 m.
Runs by level
86 runs over 52 km:
- Vertical drop
- 835 m — from 1,411 m to 2,246 m
- Slope aspect
- 66 % west · 17 % north · 16 % south · 1 % east — computed from the fall line of 84 runs
- Night skiing
- 11 floodlit runs
As declared by the resort(ANMSM feed)
- Ski area
- Chamrousse
- Pistes
- 83.7 km · 56 pistes
- By grade
- 6 green · 20 blue · 17 red · 13 black
- Lifts
- 16 in total · 1 gondolas · 7 chairlifts · 6 drag lifts · 2 conveyors
- Altitude
- 1,400 m → 2,250 m (resort base 1,650 m)
- Snowmaking
- 50 % of pistes
- Beginners
- Beginner zone, free lifts
- Fun & sledging
- 1 sledge run · fun zone
- Nordic
- Chamrousse · 44.1 km
- Passes (as declared)
- Adulte 1 jour (forfait station) 44 € · Enfant 1 jour (forfait station) 28.5 € · Sénior 1 jour (forfait station) 35 € (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 2026Measured 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.
Official piste map
Resort data: declared by OFFICE DE TOURISME and distributed by ANMSM · read on 18 September