The Les Saisies ski area

Les Saisies has 35 lifts carrying 47,062 people an hour, 919 m of vertical, from 1,150 m to 2,069 m.

Les Saisies is a ski resort in the Northern Alps (Savoie), in the commune of Hauteluce. The village sits at 1,650 m and the ski area rises to 2,069 m, a skiable vertical of 919 m.

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Vertical drop: 919 m — from 1,150 m to 2,069 m
Slope aspect: 34 % west · 27 % north · 26 % east · 13 % south — computed from the fall line of 139 runs

As declared by the resort(ANMSM feed)

Ski area: Les Saisies
Linked area: Espace Diamant · 192 km
Lifts: 1 gondolas · 16 chairlifts · 11 drag lifts · 2 conveyors
Altitude: 1,150 m → 2,069 m (resort base 1,650 m)
Snowmaking: 40 % of pistes
Beginners: Beginner zone, free lifts
Fun & sledging: fun zone
Nordic: Les Saisies
Passes (as declared): Adult, 1 day (Forfait nordique) €13 · Child, 1 day (Forfait nordique) €8 · Senior, 1 day (Forfait nordique) €12 · Adult, 6 days (Forfait nordique) €73.30 · Child, 6 days (Forfait nordique) €32.20 · Senior, 6 days (Forfait nordique) €67.70 · Adult, 1 day (linked-area pass) €50 · Child, 1 day (linked-area pass) €40 (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

6 kmLongest piste — Sangliers (red), 357 m of vertical

445 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 1,765 → 1,320 m, 2 km

2,052 mHighest lift top — Bellasta (detachable chairlift), national lift register

47,062Total lift capacity, people per hour — 35 installations: 1 gondola, 15 chairlifts, 12 drag lifts, 7 magic carpets

18 yrsAverage age of the lift fleet — oldest 1966, newest 2024

3,300Biggest lift, people per hour — Bisanne (detachable chairlift, 2016)

63 kmTotal length of lifts — 80 lifts mapped

7,208 haSki area boundary (OSM)

734Inhabitants — Hauteluce (INSEE 73132)

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 Saisies only (“SAISIES (LES)”), magic carpets included.

The lifts

35 lifts , carrying 47,062 people an hour in total , 18 years old on average (from 1966 to 2024).

Type (as registered, in French)	Count	Capacity (people/h)
Télécabines	1	1,600
Télésièges	15	30,387
Téléskis	12	11,175
Tapis roulants	7	3,900

Lift by lift

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

Lift	Type	Capacity	Length	Vertical	Year	Manufacturer
BISANNE	Télésiège débrayable	3,300	2118 m	327 m	2016	POMAGALSKI
LEGETTE	Télésiège débrayable	2,800	1092 m	294 m	2019	POMAGALSKI
CHARD DU BEURRE	Télésiège débrayable	2,800	1852 m	278 m	2004	POMAGALSKI
DOUCE	Télésiège débrayable	2,400	874 m	273 m	2024	POMAGALSKI
COVETAN	Télésiège débrayable	2,100	1496 m	357 m	2011	LEITNER
ROCHE BLANCHE	Télésiège	2,024	610 m	162 m	2003	SKIRAIL
BELLASTA	Télésiège débrayable	2,000	1266 m	429 m	2014	DOPPELMAYR
CHAMOIS	Télésiège	2,000	810 m	256 m	2009	SKIRAIL
MANANT	Télésiège	1,820	1050 m	183 m	2001	SKIRAIL
GRATTARY	Télésiège	1,800	587 m	138 m	2024	SKIRAIL
BRICHOU	Télésiège	1,800	825 m	239 m	2005	SKIRAIL
CARRETS (des)	Télésiège	1,675	1206 m	167 m	2010	SKIRAIL
ROSIERES (DES)	Télécabine	1,600	1133 m	440 m	2021	POMAGALSKI
LUCIOLES (DES)	Télécorde	1,500	90 m	8 m	2021	G.M.M.
BOETET	Tapis roulant	1,500	161 m	12 m	2014	FICAP
CHARDONS	Tapis roulant	1,500	188 m	26 m	2014	FICAP
CHOZAL	Télésiège	1,400	1067 m	311 m	1990	SKIRAIL
LUTINS	Télécorde	1,350	103 m	10 m	2000	MONTAGNER
CHALLIERS	Télésiège	1,350	760 m	71 m	1983	MONTAZ MAUTINO
TROLLS	Télécorde	1,250	93 m	8 m	2001	POMAGALSKI

French national lift register (STRMTG / CAIRN database) — listed as “SAISIES (LES)” · open the database. Safety register: it also counts lifts that do not run every day.

Official piste map

Open the piste map (PDF, 13.3 MB) ↗

Published by Les Saisies Tourisme · file dated 17 February 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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Resort data: declared by Les Saisies and distributed by ANMSM · read on 16 October