The Les Plans d'Hotonnes ski area

Les Plans d'Hotonnes has 7 km of pistes, 10 lifts carrying 6,159 people an hour, 230 m of vertical, from 996 m to 1,226 m. 3 green runs, 10 blue, 3 red and 0 black.

Les Plans d'Hotonnes is a ski resort in the Jura (Ain), in the commune of Haut Valromey. The village sits at 1,031 m and the ski area rises to 1,226 m, a skiable vertical of 230 m.

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Runs by level

16 runs over 7 km:

3 green 10 blue 3 red 0 black

Vertical drop: 230 m — from 996 m to 1,226 m
Slope aspect: 75 % north · 17 % west · 8 % east — computed from the fall line of 14 runs

The ski area in figures

Measured on 9 September 2026

1 kmLongest piste — Le Détour (blue), 127 m of vertical

128 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 1,227 → 1,099 m, 1 km

1,232 mHighest lift top — Chèvre 2 (d) (platter lift), national lift register

6,159Total lift capacity, people per hour — 10 installations: 10 drag lifts

43 yrsAverage age of the lift fleet — oldest 1963, newest 2010

900Biggest lift, people per hour — Culaz (platter lift, 1972)

3 kmTotal length of lifts — 9 lifts mapped

69 haSki area boundary (OSM)

801Inhabitants — Haut Valromey (INSEE 01187)

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 Plans d'Hotonnes only (“PLANS D'HOTONNES (LES)”), magic carpets included.

The lifts

10 lifts , carrying 6,159 people an hour in total , 43 years old on average (from 1963 to 2010).

Type (as registered, in French)	Count	Capacity (people/h)
Téléskis	10	6,159

Lift by lift

The 10 lifts whose capacity the register publishes, largest first.

Lift	Type	Capacity	Length	Vertical	Year	Manufacturer
Culaz	Téléski à perche débrayable	900	729 m	116 m	1972	MONTAZ MAUTINO
Bulloz	Téléski à enrouleur	850	505 m	102 m	2006	DOPPELMAYR
RAE des Tours	Téléski à enrouleur	844	428 m	53 m	2010	DOPPELMAYR
Cabri 2	Téléski à perche fixe	680	124 m	15 m	1995	POMAGALSKI
Chèvre 2 (d)	Téléski à perche débrayable	611	522 m	132 m	1966	MONTAZ MAUTINO
Chèvre 1 (g)	Téléski à perche débrayable	609	492 m	132 m	1966	MONTAZ MAUTINO
Bordet 2 (d)	Téléski à perche débrayable	600	366 m	67 m	1970	MONTAZ MAUTINO
Bambi kid	Téléski à câble bas	400	62 m	5 m	1995	SCHIPPERS
Bordet 1	Téléski à perche débrayable	400	240 m	57 m	1963	MONTAZ MAUTINO
Cabri 1	Téléski à perche fixe	265	162 m	20 m	1982	MONTAZ MAUTINO

French national lift register (STRMTG / CAIRN database) — listed as “PLANS D'HOTONNES (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.