The Le Sauze ski area

Le Sauze has 42 km of pistes, 22 lifts carrying 18,340 people an hour, 1,015 m of vertical, from 1,374 m to 2,389 m. 23 green runs, 35 blue, 29 red and 2 black.

Le Sauze is a ski resort in the Southern Alps (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence), in the commune of Enchastrayes. The village sits at 1,352 m and the ski area rises to 2,389 m, a skiable vertical of 1,015 m.

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Runs by level

89 runs over 42 km:

23 green 35 blue 29 red 2 black

Vertical drop: 1,015 m — from 1,374 m to 2,389 m
Slope aspect: 64 % north · 24 % west · 11 % east · 2 % south — computed from the fall line of 55 runs

The ski area in figures

Measured on 9 September 2026

2 kmLongest piste — Soudane (blue), 442 m of vertical

442 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 2,128 → 1,686 m, 2 km

2,347 mHighest lift top — Dome (platter lift), national lift register

18,340Total lift capacity, people per hour — 22 installations: 3 chairlifts, 19 drag lifts

48 yrsAverage age of the lift fleet — oldest 1946, newest 2012

1,500Biggest lift, people per hour — Le Brec (detachable chairlift, 2012)

16 kmTotal length of lifts — 20 lifts mapped

n/aSki area boundary (OSM)

399Inhabitants — Enchastrayes (INSEE 04073)

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 Sauze only (“SAUZE (LE)”), magic carpets included.

The lifts

22 lifts , carrying 18,340 people an hour in total , 48 years old on average (from 1946 to 2012).

Type (as registered, in French)	Count	Capacity (people/h)
Télésièges	3	3,750
Téléskis	19	14,590

Lift by lift

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

Lift	Type	Capacity	Length	Vertical	Year	Manufacturer
LE BREC	Télésiège débrayable	1,500	1747 m	497 m	2012	DOPPELMAYR
LES CIMES	Téléski à corde	1,400	50 m	2 m	1997	PELLAT-FINET
SAUZE	Télésiège	1,350	1558 m	343 m	1982	POMAGALSKI
DOME	Téléski à perche débrayable	900	1250 m	345 m	1985	POMAGALSKI
AMOUREUX	Téléski à perche débrayable	900	605 m	167 m	1981	POMAGALSKI
ALP	Télésiège	900	1391 m	359 m	1981	POMAGALSKI
SAVONNETTE 2	Téléski à perche débrayable	900	198 m	35 m	1971	POMAGALSKI
TROIS MELEZES	Téléski à perche débrayable	900	375 m	92 m	1969	POMAGALSKI
CLOTS	Téléski à perche débrayable	900	491 m	97 m	1963	POMAGALSKI
BERGERES	Téléski à perche débrayable	850	714 m	160 m	1981	POMAGALSKI
JOUQUET	Téléski à perche fixe	800	139 m	24 m	1984	POMAGALSKI
RENTE	Téléski à perche débrayable	780	1205 m	318 m	1963	POMAGALSKI
PRE GUERIN	Téléski à perche débrayable	760	1312 m	349 m	1946	POMAGALSKI
VALLONS	Téléski à perche débrayable	700	775 m	248 m	1977	POMAGALSKI
BREC II	Téléski à perche débrayable	700	1315 m	379 m	1973	POMAGALSKI
GRAND QUARTIER	Téléski à perche débrayable	700	872 m	210 m	1967	POMAGALSKI
PETIT BREC	Téléski à perche débrayable	650	195 m	50 m	1963	POMAGALSKI
COL DE FOURS	Téléski à perche débrayable	630	1190 m	314 m	1971	POMAGALSKI
SAVONNETTE 1	Téléski à perche débrayable	600	237 m	37 m	1970	POMAGALSKI
SAVONNETTE 1	Téléski à corde	576	75 m	11 m	1997	SCHIPPERS

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