The Les Karellis ski area

Les Karellis has 18 lifts carrying 17,003 people an hour, 920 m of vertical, from 1,600 m to 2,520 m.

Les Karellis is a ski resort in the Northern Alps (Savoie), in the commune of Montricher-Albanne. The village sits at 1,600 m and the ski area rises to 2,520 m, a skiable vertical of 920 m.

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Vertical drop: 920 m — from 1,600 m to 2,520 m
Slope aspect: 44 % east · 37 % north · 13 % west · 7 % south — computed from the fall line of 57 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): Adult, 1 day (resort pass) €35 · Child, 1 day (resort pass) €28.70 · Senior, 1 day (resort pass) €31 · Adult, 2 days (resort pass) €68 · Child, 2 days (resort pass) €55.80 · Adult, 3 days (resort pass) €102 · Child, 3 days (resort pass) €83.50 · Adult, 6 days (resort pass) €180.60 (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 7 October 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

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

Type (as registered, in French)	Count	Capacity (people/h)
Télésièges	6	9,040
Téléskis	10	7,962
Tapis roulants	2	1

Lift by lift

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

Lift	Type	Capacity	Length	Vertical	Year	Manufacturer
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 10 October 2026 · page checked

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