The Les Menuires ski area

Les Menuires has 78 runs, 34 lifts carrying 56,447 people an hour, 1,394 m of vertical, from 1,450 m to 2,844 m. 12 green runs, 36 blue, 22 red and 8 black.

Les Menuires is a ski resort in the Northern Alps (Savoie), in the commune of Les Belleville. The village sits at 1,850 m and the ski area rises to 2,844 m, a skiable vertical of 1,394 m.

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Runs by level

78 runs:

12 green 36 blue 22 red 8 black

Vertical drop: 1,394 m — from 1,450 m to 2,844 m
Slope aspect: 43 % north · 34 % 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
Pistes: 78 pistes
By grade: 12 green · 36 blue · 22 red · 8 black
Lifts: 30 in total · 5 gondolas · 11 chairlifts · 5 drag lifts · 8 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): Child, 1 day (linked-area pass) €69 · Child, 1 day (resort pass) €57.40 · Child, 2 days (linked-area pass) €138 · Child, 2 days (resort pass) €114.80 · Adult, 1 day (linked-area pass) €84.20 · Adult, 1 day (resort pass) €70 · Adult, 2 days (linked-area pass) €168.40 · Adult, 2 days (resort pass) €140 (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

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)

125 kmTotal length of lifts — 96 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

34 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) ↗

Published by Les Menuires Tourisme · file dated 20 January 2026 · link checked on 10 October 2026 · official page

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

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Where to stay in Les Menuires

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Sowell

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Ski hire in Les Menuires

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Resort data: declared by OFFICE DE TOURISME and distributed by ANMSM · read on 16 October