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:
- 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 2026Measured 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 202534 lifts , carrying 56,447 people an hour in total , 22 years old on average (from 1972 to 2024).
| Type (as registered, in French) | Count | Capacity (people/h) |
|---|---|---|
| Téléphériques | 1 | 1,244 |
| Télécabines | 7 | 16,800 |
| Télésièges | 11 | 29,267 |
| Téléskis | 5 | 3,393 |
| Tapis roulants | 10 | 5,743 |
Lift by lift
The 20 lifts whose capacity the register publishes, largest first.
| Lift | Type | Capacity | Length | Vertical | Year | Manufacturer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) ↗
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