The Manigod ski area

Manigod has 16 km of pistes, 9 lifts carrying 7,699 people an hour, 1,225 m of vertical, from 1,030 m to 2,255 m. 5 green runs, 16 blue, 11 red and 0 black.

Manigod is a ski resort in the Northern Alps (Haute-Savoie). The village sits at 719 m and the ski area rises to 2,255 m, a skiable vertical of 1,225 m.

Runs by level

32 runs over 16 km:

5 green 16 blue 11 red 0 black
Vertical drop
1,225 m — from 1,030 m to 2,255 m
Slope aspect
33 % west · 31 % north · 20 % east · 15 % south — computed from the fall line of 36 runs

The ski area in figures

Measured on 9 September 2026
4 kmLongest piste — Les Prises (blue), 395 m of vertical
704 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 1,980 → 1,276 m, 2 km
1,670 mHighest lift top — TK du Grand Cret (platter lift), national lift register
7,699Total lift capacity, people per hour — 9 installations: 3 chairlifts, 5 drag lifts, 1 magic carpet
36 yrsAverage age of the lift fleet — oldest 1968, newest 2021
2,200Biggest lift, people per hour — TS de La Tête de Câbeau (chairlift, 2015)
32 kmTotal length of lifts — 45 lifts mapped
n/aSki area boundary (OSM)
1,000Inhabitants — Manigod (INSEE 74160)

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 Manigod only (“MANIGOD CROIX FRY”), magic carpets included.

The lifts

Register of 1 January 2025

9 lifts , carrying 7,699 people an hour in total , 36 years old on average (from 1968 to 2021).

Type (as registered, in French)CountCapacity (people/h)
Télésièges33,880
Téléskis53,819
Tapis roulants1

Lift by lift

The 9 lifts whose capacity the register publishes, largest first.

LiftTypeCapacityLengthVerticalYearManufacturer
TS de La Tête de Câbeau Télésiège 2,200 1016 m 208 m 2015 POMAGALSKI
TK des Rhodos Téléski à perche débrayable 900 310 m 80 m 1996 POMAGALSKI
TS la Crete Blanche Télésiège 900 804 m 200 m 1981 POMAGALSKI
TK Télé Baby Téléski à perche débrayable 865 116 m 13 m 1975 MONTAGNER
TS de la Croix Fry Télésiège 780 399 m 72 m 1985 POMAGALSKI
TK du Grand Cret Téléski à perche débrayable 734 657 m 175 m 1968 MONTAGNER
TK des Oursons (mouflons) Téléski à corde 720 66 m 8 m 1995 SCHIPPERS
TK Ecole/Rosières Téléski à perche débrayable 600 210 m 40 m 1969 MONTAGNER
Tapis roulant de La Croix Fry Tapis roulant 39 m 5 m 2021 FICAP

French national lift register (STRMTG / CAIRN database) — listed as “MANIGOD CROIX FRY” · 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.