The Le Sappey-en-Chartreuse ski area

Le Sappey-en-Chartreuse has 1 km of pistes, 4 lifts carrying 2,520 people an hour, 119 m of vertical, from 977 m to 1,096 m. 2 green runs, 1 blue, 0 red and 0 black.

Le Sappey-en-Chartreuse is a ski resort in the Northern Alps (Isère). The village sits at 977 m and the ski area rises to 1,096 m.

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Runs by level

3 runs over 1 km:

2 green 1 blue 0 red 0 black

Vertical drop: 119 m — from 977 m to 1,096 m

The ski area in figures

Measured on 9 September 2026

1 kmLongest piste — unnamed on the map (blue), 135 m of vertical

135 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 1,104 → 969 m, 1 km

1,096 mHighest lift top — Pale Prolongee (platter lift), national lift register

2,520Total lift capacity, people per hour — 4 installations: 4 drag lifts

45 yrsAverage age of the lift fleet — oldest 1967, newest 2015

720Biggest lift, people per hour — Pale Prolongee (platter lift, 1970)

3 kmTotal length of lifts — 6 lifts mapped

42 haSki area boundary (OSM)

1,191Inhabitants — Le Sappey-en-Chartreuse (INSEE 38471)

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 Sappey-en-Chartreuse only (“SAPPEY EN CHARTREUSE (LE)”), magic carpets included.

The lifts

4 lifts , carrying 2,520 people an hour in total , 45 years old on average (from 1967 to 2015).

Type (as registered, in French)	Count	Capacity (people/h)
Téléskis	4	2,520

Lift by lift

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

Lift	Type	Capacity	Length	Vertical	Year	Manufacturer
PALE PROLONGEE	Téléski à perche débrayable	720	610 m	146 m	1970	MONTAZ MAUTINO
BABY	Téléski à corde	600	98 m	6 m	2015	LST
TRAT	Téléski à perche débrayable	600	267 m	54 m	1970	MONTAZ MAUTINO
MORINAIRE=combe	Téléski à perche débrayable	600	124 m	26 m	1967	MONTAZ MAUTINO

French national lift register (STRMTG / CAIRN database) — listed as “SAPPEY EN CHARTREUSE (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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