The Les Estables ski area

Les Estables has 6 km of pistes, 7 lifts carrying 4,310 people an hour, 312 m of vertical, from 1,354 m to 1,666 m. 10 green runs, 4 blue, 1 red and 1 black.

Les Estables is a ski resort in the Massif Central (Haute-Loire). The ski area rises to 1,666 m, a skiable vertical of 312 m.

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Runs by level

16 runs over 6 km:

10 green 4 blue 1 red 1 black

Vertical drop: 312 m — from 1,354 m to 1,666 m
Slope aspect: 71 % south · 29 % east — computed from the fall line of 9 runs

The ski area in figures

Measured on 7 October 2026

1 kmLongest piste — Alambre (green), 152 m of vertical

176 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 1,681 → 1,506 m, 1 km

1,666 mHighest lift top — Alambre Ii (platter lift), national lift register

4,310Total lift capacity, people per hour — 7 installations: 7 drag lifts

37 yrsAverage age of the lift fleet — oldest 1968, newest 2013

800Biggest lift, people per hour — Chalet I (platter lift, 1971)

4 kmTotal length of lifts — 8 lifts mapped

1,396 haSki area boundary (OSM)

321Inhabitants — Les Estables (INSEE 43091)

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 Estables only (“ESTABLES (LES)”), magic carpets included.

The lifts

7 lifts , carrying 4,310 people an hour in total , 37 years old on average (from 1968 to 2013).

Type (as registered, in French)	Count	Capacity (people/h)
Téléskis	7	4,310

Lift by lift

The 7 lifts whose capacity the register publishes, largest first.

Lift	Type	Capacity	Length	Vertical	Year	Manufacturer
Petit Chalet	Téléski à enrouleur	800	270 m	40 m	2013	MONTAZ MAUTINO
CHALET I	Téléski à perche débrayable	800	860 m	153 m	1971	POMAGALSKI
CHALET II	Téléski à perche débrayable	600	870 m	153 m	1998	LEITNER
FIL NEIGE	Téléski à corde	600	65 m	5 m	1997	SCHIPPERS
ALAMBRE II	Téléski à perche débrayable	600	637 m	166 m	1968	MONTAZ MAUTINO
ALAMBRE I	Téléski à perche débrayable	560	550 m	153 m	1969	POMAGALSKI
ALAMBRE III	Téléski à perche débrayable	350	544 m	150 m	2000	MONTAZ MAUTINO

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

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