The Les Brasses ski area

Les Brasses has 20 km of pistes, 14 lifts carrying 12,498 people an hour, 615 m of vertical, from 880 m to 1,495 m. 3 green runs, 12 blue, 10 red and 3 black.

Les Brasses is a ski resort in the Northern Alps (Haute-Savoie), in the commune of Saint-Jeoire. The village sits at 1,320 m and the ski area rises to 1,495 m, a skiable vertical of 615 m.

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Runs by level

28 runs over 20 km:

3 green 12 blue 10 red 3 black

Vertical drop: 615 m — from 880 m to 1,495 m
Slope aspect: 86 % north · 8 % south · 7 % east — computed from the fall line of 25 runs

The ski area in figures

Measured on 9 September 2026

2 kmLongest piste — La Mt Blanc (blue), 302 m of vertical

302 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 1,429 → 1,128 m, 2 km

1,495 mHighest lift top — TK Pointe Brasses (platter lift), national lift register

12,498Total lift capacity, people per hour — 14 installations: 2 chairlifts, 10 drag lifts, 2 magic carpets

41 yrsAverage age of the lift fleet — oldest 1972, newest 2021

1,530Biggest lift, people per hour — TS de Mont Méton (chairlift, 1982)

8 kmTotal length of lifts — 12 lifts mapped

870 haSki area boundary (OSM)

3,457Inhabitants — Saint-Jeoire (INSEE 74241)

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 Les Brasses only (“BRASSES (LES)”), magic carpets included.

The lifts

14 lifts , carrying 12,498 people an hour in total , 41 years old on average (from 1972 to 2021).

Type (as registered, in French)	Count	Capacity (people/h)
Télésièges	2	2,880
Téléskis	10	7,818
Tapis roulants	2	1,800

Lift by lift

The 14 lifts whose capacity the register publishes, largest first.

Lift	Type	Capacity	Length	Vertical	Year	Manufacturer
TS de Mont Méton	Télésiège	1,530	1189 m	331 m	1982	MONTAZ MAUTINO
TSD de Chenevières	Télésiège débrayable	1,350	1565 m	557 m	1984	MONTAZ MAUTINO
Tapis roulant le Troll Express	Tapis roulant	1,200	114 m	20 m	2018	SUNKID
TK de la Mouille	Téléski à perche débrayable	900	398 m	129 m	1980	MONTAZ MAUTINO
TK des Rotys	Téléski à perche débrayable	900	974 m	243 m	1973	MONTAGNER
TK de Chaine d'Or	Téléski à perche débrayable	900	359 m	64 m	1972	MONTAGNER
TK Plateau Brasses (Baby la pointe)	Téléski à perche débrayable	880	152 m	22 m	1975	MONTAGNER
TK Pointe Brasses	Téléski à perche débrayable	860	481 m	85 m	1973	MONTAGNER
TK de Bonnatrait	Téléski à perche débrayable	783	974 m	234 m	1972	MONTAGNER
TK des Brasses (Lavoet)	Téléski à perche débrayable	750	654 m	121 m	1973	MONTAGNER
TK des Places (Crépyr)	Téléski à perche débrayable	745	478 m	131 m	1973	MONTAGNER
Tapis roulant des P'tits Loups	Tapis roulant	600	35 m	2 m	2021	LST
TK de Plaine Joux	Téléski à corde	600	85 m	5 m	2008	PELLAT-FINET
TK Baby Chaine d'Or (Bambi)	Téléski à perche débrayable	500	195 m	17 m	1977	MONTAGNER

French national lift register (STRMTG / CAIRN database) — listed as “BRASSES (LES)” · 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.