The Les Orres ski area

Les Orres has 25 km of pistes, 22 lifts carrying 26,345 people an hour, 1,150 m of vertical, from 1,550 m to 2,700 m. 10 green runs, 5 blue, 17 red and 5 black.

Les Orres is a ski resort in the Southern Alps (Hautes-Alpes). The village sits at 1,650 m and the ski area rises to 2,700 m, a skiable vertical of 1,150 m.

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Runs by level

37 runs over 25 km:

10 green 5 blue 17 red 5 black

Vertical drop: 1,150 m — from 1,550 m to 2,700 m
Slope aspect: 62 % north · 34 % west · 3 % south — computed from the fall line of 35 runs

As declared by the resort(ANMSM feed)

Ski area: Les Orres
Pistes: 37 pistes
By grade: 10 green · 5 blue · 17 red · 5 black
Lifts: 17 in total · 7 chairlifts · 8 drag lifts · 2 conveyors
Altitude: 1,550 m → 2,700 m (resort base 1,650 m)
Snowmaking: 47 % of pistes
Beginners: Beginner zone, free lifts
Fun & sledging: 6 snowparks · 2 sledge runs · fun zone
Nordic: Les Orres
Passes (as declared): Adult, 1 day (resort pass) €42 · Adult, 6 days (resort pass) €216 · Child, 1 day (resort pass) €35.50 · Child, 6 days (resort pass) €182 · Adult, 2 days (resort pass) €82 · Child, 2 days (resort pass) €68 · Adult, 3 days (resort pass) €122 · Child, 3 days (resort pass) €103.50 (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 — Edelweiss 2 (green), 578 m of vertical

757 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 2,524 → 1,767 m, 4 km

2,704 mHighest lift top — GENEPI (ex MARMOTTES) (drag lift), national lift register

26,345Total lift capacity, people per hour — 22 installations: 7 chairlifts, 8 drag lifts, 7 magic carpets

26 yrsAverage age of the lift fleet — oldest 1966, newest 2023

2,615Biggest lift, people per hour — Prelongis (detachable chairlift, 1999)

13 kmTotal length of lifts — 15 lifts mapped

747 haSki area boundary (OSM)

510Inhabitants — Les Orres (INSEE 05098)

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 Orres only (“ORRES (LES)”), magic carpets included.

The lifts

22 lifts , carrying 26,345 people an hour in total , 26 years old on average (from 1966 to 2023).

Type (as registered, in French)	Count	Capacity (people/h)
Télésièges	7	14,050
Téléskis	8	5,345
Tapis roulants	7	6,950

Lift by lift

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

Lift	Type	Capacity	Length	Vertical	Year	Manufacturer
PRELONGIS	Télésiège débrayable	2,615	1311 m	240 m	1999	POMAGALSKI
PREBOIS	Télésiège débrayable	2,400	1110 m	266 m	2021	DOPPELMAYR
PIC VERT	Télésiège débrayable	2,370	1543 m	581 m	2018	DOPPELMAYR
BOIS MEAN 2 (petit)	Tapis roulant	1,800	53 m	8 m	2021	FICAP
PRECLAUX (grand)	Tapis roulant	1,800	209 m	42 m	2021	FICAP
FONTAINES	Télésiège débrayable	1,800	1284 m	539 m	2007	POMAGALSKI
POUSTERLE	Télésiège débrayable	1,800	1911 m	653 m	2002	POMAGALSKI
LE GUET (LES CRETES)	Télésiège	1,600	1342 m	521 m	2011	POMAGALSKI
CHAMP LACAS	Télésiège	1,465	864 m	293 m	1987	POMAGALSKI
PIOU PIOU (ESF)	Tapis roulant	900	23 m	1 m	2012	SUNKID
STADE (ex Bois Long)	Téléski à perche débrayable	815	765 m	198 m	1986	POMAGALSKI
EXERCICE (jardin ESF 1650)	Tapis roulant	800	38 m	6 m	2023	FICAP
GENEPI (ex MARMOTTES)	Téléski à enrouleur	720	647 m	174 m	1978	MECALIFT
RIOU SEC	Téléski à perche débrayable	700	303 m	53 m	1994	MONTAZ MAUTINO
PORTETTE	Téléski à perche débrayable	700	932 m	289 m	1972	MONTAZ MAUTINO
PRE VIEUX	Téléski à perche débrayable	700	237 m	45 m	1972	MONTAZ MAUTINO
PRAMOUTON	Téléski à perche débrayable	700	960 m	297 m	1966	POMAGALSKI
GALOPINS 2	Téléski à perche débrayable	625	404 m	69 m	1987	POMAGALSKI
TITOURSON (ESF)	Tapis roulant	600	35 m	3 m	2010	SUNKID
BOIS MEAN	Tapis roulant	600	75 m	5 m	2008	MEB (IDM)

French national lift register (STRMTG / CAIRN database) — listed as “ORRES (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.

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