The Les Menuires ski area

Les Menuires has 355 km of pistes, 34 lifts carrying 56,447 people an hour, 1,275 m of vertical, from 1,566 m to 2,841 m. 31 green runs, 176 blue, 66 red and 13 black.

Les Menuires is a ski resort in the Northern Alps (Savoie), in the commune of Les Belleville. The village sits at 1,811 m and the ski area rises to 2,841 m, a skiable vertical of 1,275 m.

Runs by level

286 runs over 355 km:

31 green 176 blue 66 red 13 black
Vertical drop
1,275 m — from 1,566 m to 2,841 m
Slope aspect
42 % north · 36 % west · 12 % south · 10 % east — computed from the fall line of 157 runs

As declared by the resort(ANMSM feed)

Ski area
Les Menuires / Saint Martin
Linked area
Les 3 Vallées · 600 km
Lifts
6 gondolas · 11 chairlifts · 5 drag lifts · 7 conveyors
Altitude
1,450 m → 2,844 m (resort base 1,850 m)
Snowmaking
50 % of pistes
Beginners
Beginner zone, free lifts
Fun & sledging
1 sledge run · fun zone
Nordic
16 km
Passes (as declared)
Enfant 1 jour (forfait domaine relié) 67 € · Enfant 1 jour (forfait station) 54.9 € · Enfant 2 jours (forfait domaine relié) 134 € · Enfant 2 jours (forfait station) 109.8 € · Enfant 3 jours (forfait domaine relié) 201 € · Enfant 3 jours (forfait station) 164.7 € · Enfant 4 jours (forfait domaine relié) 268 € · Enfant 4 jours (forfait station) 219.6 € (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
8 kmLongest piste — Biolley (blue), 375 m of vertical
1,052 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 2,489 → 1,437 m, 4 km
2,840 mHighest lift top — Bruyeres 2 (gondola), national lift register
56,447Total lift capacity, people per hour — 34 installations: 1 aerial tramway, 7 gondolas, 11 chairlifts, 5 drag lifts, 10 magic carpets
22 yrsAverage age of the lift fleet — oldest 1972, newest 2024
4,000Biggest lift, people per hour — Menuires (detachable chairlift, 2001)
123 kmTotal length of lifts — 95 lifts mapped
15,583 haSki area boundary (OSM)
3,498Inhabitants — Les Belleville (INSEE 73257)

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 Menuires only (“MENUIRES (LES)”), magic carpets included.

The lifts

Register of 1 January 2025

34 lifts , carrying 56,447 people an hour in total , 22 years old on average (from 1972 to 2024).

Type (as registered, in French)CountCapacity (people/h)
Téléphériques11,244
Télécabines716,800
Télésièges1129,267
Téléskis53,393
Tapis roulants105,743

Lift by lift

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

LiftTypeCapacityLengthVerticalYearManufacturer
MENUIRES Télésiège débrayable 4,000 1108 m 269 m 2001 POMAGALSKI
SAINT MARTIN EXPRESS Télésiège débrayable 3,200 2454 m 608 m 2015 DOPPELMAYR
ROC 1 Télécabine 3,200 1610 m 495 m 2005 POMAGALSKI
POINTE DE LA MASSE Télécabine 2,800 3318 m 1051 m 2021 LEITNER
BECCA Télésiège débrayable 2,800 1596 m 427 m 2003 LEITNER
DORON Télésiège débrayable 2,667 1231 m 339 m 1998 POMAGALSKI
REBERTY Télésiège débrayable 2,600 837 m 151 m 2012 LEITNER
GRANGES Télésiège débrayable 2,600 2328 m 450 m 2004 LEITNER
MASSE 1 Télécabine 2,500 1606 m 559 m 1989 POMAGALSKI
BRUYERES 2 Télécabine 2,500 1767 m 615 m 1988 POMAGALSKI
BRUYERES 1 Télécabine 2,500 1267 m 398 m 1987 POMAGALSKI
BETTEX Télésiège débrayable 2,400 1721 m 374 m 2015 INGELO
SUNNY EXPRESS Télésiège débrayable 2,400 2124 m 641 m 2009 POMAGALSKI
SAINT MARTIN 1 Télécabine 2,400 1952 m 374 m 2002 POMAGALSKI
MONT DE LA CHAMBRE Télésiège débrayable 2,400 2380 m 776 m 2001 POMAGALSKI
ROC 2 Télésiège débrayable 2,200 1341 m 406 m 2007 LEITNER
TORTOLLET Télésiège 2,000 779 m 208 m 2002 POMAGALSKI
BIOLLEY 2 Tapis roulant 1,680 55 m 6 m 2016 LST
PELVOUX Tapis roulant 1,500 96 m 12 m 2016 FICAP
DES PLANS Tapis roulant 1,260 128 m 16 m 2019 FICAP

French national lift register (STRMTG / CAIRN database) — listed as “MENUIRES (LES)” · open the database. Safety register: it also counts lifts that do not run every day.

Official piste map

Open the piste map (PDF, 3.9 MB) ↗

Published by Les Menuires Tourisme · file dated 20 January 2026 · link checked on 12 September 2026 · official page

Link to the resort’s own file — a piste map is a copyrighted artwork, we host no copy.

Resort data: declared by OFFICE DE TOURISME and distributed by ANMSM · read on 18 September