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The Les Karellis ski area

Les Karellis has 49 km of pistes, 18 lifts carrying 17,003 people an hour, 896 m of vertical, from 1,600 m to 2,496 m. 16 green runs, 14 blue, 20 red and 4 black.

Les Karellis is a ski resort in the Northern Alps (Savoie), in the commune of Montricher-Albanne. The village sits at 1,614 m and the ski area rises to 2,496 m, a skiable vertical of 896 m.

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Runs by level

54 runs over 49 km:

16 green 14 blue 20 red 4 black
Vertical drop
896 m — from 1,600 m to 2,496 m
Slope aspect
44 % east · 37 % north · 12 % west · 7 % south — computed from the fall line of 59 runs

As declared by the resort(ANMSM feed)

Ski area
Les Karellis, le bon plan montagne en famille
Linked area
Domaine skiable des Karellis · 60 km
Lifts
6 chairlifts · 8 drag lifts · 1 conveyors
Altitude
1,600 m → 2,520 m
Snowmaking
25 % of pistes
Beginners
Beginner zone, free lifts
Fun & sledging
1 sledge run · fun zone
Nordic
Les Karellis, on s'y retrouve ...
Passes (as declared)
Adulte 1 jour (forfait station) 35 € · Enfant 1 jour (forfait station) 28.7 € · Sénior 1 jour (forfait station) 31 € · Adulte 2 jours (forfait station) 68 € · Enfant 2 jours (forfait station) 55.8 € · Adulte 3 jours (forfait station) 102 € · Enfant 3 jours (forfait station) 83.5 € · Adulte 6 jours (forfait station) 180.6 € (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 2026
4 kmLongest piste — Ponsonnière (green), 333 m of vertical
511 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 2,265 → 1,754 m, 2 km
2,490 mHighest lift top — Tete D'albiez 2 (platter lift), national lift register
17,003Total lift capacity, people per hour — 18 installations: 6 chairlifts, 10 drag lifts, 2 magic carpets
33 yrsAverage age of the lift fleet — oldest 1969, newest 2016
2,000Biggest lift, people per hour — Vinouve (detachable chairlift, 2006)
13 kmTotal length of lifts — 13 lifts mapped
909 haSki area boundary (OSM)
476Inhabitants — Montricher-Albanne (INSEE 73173)

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 Karellis only (“KARELLIS (LES)”), magic carpets included.

The lifts

Register of 1 January 2025

18 lifts , carrying 17,003 people an hour in total , 33 years old on average (from 1969 to 2016).

Type (as registered, in French)CountCapacity (people/h)
Télésièges69,040
Téléskis107,962
Tapis roulants21

Lift by lift

The 18 lifts whose capacity the register publishes, largest first.

LiftTypeCapacityLengthVerticalYearManufacturer
VINOUVE Télésiège débrayable 2,000 1765 m 531 m 2006 DOPPELMAYR
PLATEAU Télécorde 1,800 96 m 10 m 2004 POMAGALSKI
ARPONS Télésiège 1,800 1453 m 347 m 2003 MONTAZ MAUTINO
FONTAGNOUX Télésiège 1,800 1080 m 356 m 2000 G.M.M.
PLAN DU FOUR Télésiège débrayable 1,500 1266 m 396 m 1990 MONTAZ MAUTINO
CHAUDANNES Télésiège 1,060 1740 m 518 m 1988 MONTAZ MAUTINO
GRANGES Télésiège 880 222 m 48 m 1985 MONTAZ MAUTINO
LOIX Téléski à enrouleur 757 188 m 33 m 2006 DOPPELMAYR
PLAGNE Téléski à perche débrayable 720 1141 m 387 m 1988 MONTAZ MAUTINO
TETE D'ALBIEZ 2 Téléski à perche débrayable 720 1382 m 490 m 1985 MONTAZ MAUTINO
PRES 2 Téléski à perche débrayable 720 343 m 84 m 1978 MONTAZ MAUTINO
PRES Téléski à perche débrayable 720 175 m 29 m 1976 MONTAZ MAUTINO
TETE D'ALBIEZ Téléski à perche débrayable 720 1423 m 477 m 1969 PINGON/TRANSCABLE
CASSE MASSION Téléski à perche débrayable 685 1055 m 351 m 1975 POMAGALSKI
JARDIN DES NEIGES Téléski à corde 600 95 m 4 m 1992 SCHIPPERS
ALBANNE Téléski à perche débrayable 520 752 m 175 m 1991 MONTAZ MAUTINO
JARDIN D ENFANTS Tapis roulant 1 21 m 1 m 2004 SUNKID
BLANCHOT Tapis roulant — 21 m 2 m 2016 SUNKID

French national lift register (STRMTG / CAIRN database) — listed as “KARELLIS (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. Checked on 12 September 2026 · page checked

Resort data: declared by Office de tourisme Les Karellis and distributed by ANMSM · read on 18 September