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The Les Rousses ski area

Les Rousses has 5 km of pistes, 28 lifts carrying 30,881 people an hour, 382 m of vertical, from 1,161 m to 1,543 m. 12 green runs, 5 blue, 1 red and 1 black.

Les Rousses is a ski resort in the Jura (Jura). The village sits at 1,105 m and the ski area rises to 1,543 m, a skiable vertical of 382 m.

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Runs by level

19 runs over 5 km:

12 green 5 blue 1 red 1 black
Vertical drop
382 m — from 1,161 m to 1,543 m
Slope aspect
82 % north · 13 % east · 5 % west — computed from the fall line of 9 runs

The ski area in figures

n/aLongest piste
n/aBiggest vertical without changing piste
1,543 mHighest lift top — Noirmont Sud (platter lift), national lift register
30,881Total lift capacity, people per hour — 28 installations: 4 chairlifts, 23 drag lifts, 1 magic carpet
38 yrsAverage age of the lift fleet — oldest 1950, newest 2021
2,800Biggest lift, people per hour — Télésiège des Jouvenceaux (detachable chairlift, 2021)
n/aTotal length of lifts
n/aSki area boundary (OSM)
n/aInhabitants

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.

Source: national register of mechanical lifts (STRMTG, CAIRN), fleet as of 1 January 2025 — lifts attributed to Les Rousses only (“ROUSSES (LES)”), magic carpets included.

The lifts

Register of 1 January 2025

28 lifts , carrying 30,881 people an hour in total , 38 years old on average (from 1950 to 2021).

Type (as registered, in French)CountCapacity (people/h)
Télésièges49,711
Téléskis2319,170
Tapis roulants12,000

Lift by lift

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

LiftTypeCapacityLengthVerticalYearManufacturer
Télésiège des Jouvenceaux Télésiège débrayable 2,800 1491 m 255 m 2021 POMAGALSKI
La Serra Télésiège 2,500 1170 m 284 m 2006 MONTAZ MAUTINO
Télésiège du Balancier Télésiège 2,400 887 m 223 m 2004 G.M.M.
Dappes - Tuffes Télésiège 2,011 1373 m 186 m 2021 CCM
Club Piou Piou Tapis roulant 2,000 40 m 3 m 2010 COMPAC
Télécorde des Marmots Télécorde 1,500 88 m 6 m 2006 POMAGALSKI
Télécorde de Liaison Télécorde 1,500 145 m 7 m 2002 POMAGALSKI
Noirmont Nord Téléski à perche débrayable 900 1054 m 343 m 1989 POMAGALSKI
Noirmont Sud Téléski à perche débrayable 900 1187 m 355 m 1988 MONTAGNER
Noirmont Junior Sud Téléski à perche débrayable 900 546 m 145 m 1984 POMAGALSKI
Noirmont Junior Nord Téléski à perche débrayable 900 546 m 145 m 1984 POMAGALSKI
Combe du Lac Téléski à perche débrayable 900 992 m 200 m 1980 MONTAGNER
Darbella nord Téléski à perche débrayable 900 1150 m 204 m 1972 MONTAGNER
Baby Balancier Téléski à perche débrayable 900 202 m 35 m 1971 MONTAGNER
Serra sud Téléski à perche débrayable 900 1058 m 261 m 1970 MONTAGNER
Darbella sud Téléski à perche débrayable 900 1815 m 282 m 1968 MONTAGNER
Jouvencelles Téléski à perche débrayable 900 1307 m 241 m 1960 MONTAZ MAUTINO
Tuffes Téléski à perche débrayable 840 703 m 203 m 1950 MONTAZ MAUTINO
Dahut Téléski à perche débrayable 830 466 m 98 m 1970 BOURGEAT
ESF Lamoura 2 Téléski à corde 800 100 m 9 m 1999 PELLAT-FINET

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