The Menthières ski area

Menthières has 2 km of pistes, 4 lifts carrying 3,820 people an hour. 3 green runs, 0 blue, 1 red and 0 black.

Menthières is a ski resort in the Jura (Ain). The village sits at 1,093 m.

← Menthières resort page Version française

Runs by level

4 runs over 2 km:

3 green 0 blue 1 red 0 black

As declared by the resort(ANMSM feed)

Ski area: Monts Jura
Lifts: 7 in total · 2 gondolas · 2 chairlifts · 11 drag lifts · 1 conveyors
Altitude: 900 m → 1,680 m
Beginners: Beginner zone
Nordic: Monts Jura · 3 km
Passes (as declared): Adulte 1 jour (forfait station) 35 € · Adulte 2 jours (forfait station) 67 € · Adulte 3 jours (forfait station) 97 € · Adulte 4 jours (forfait station) 126 € · Adulte 5 jours (forfait station) 153 € · Adulte 6 jours (forfait station) 179 € · Enfant 1 jour (forfait station) 28 € · Enfant 2 jours (forfait station) 53 € (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 9 September 2026

1 kmLongest piste — unnamed on the map (green), 102 m of vertical

102 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 1,182 → 1,080 m, 1 km

1,161 mHighest lift top — Les naz (platter lift), national lift register

3,820Total lift capacity, people per hour — 4 installations: 3 drag lifts, 1 magic carpet

33 yrsAverage age of the lift fleet — oldest 1976, newest 2011

2,000Biggest lift, people per hour — Le montoiseau (magic carpet, 2011)

2 kmTotal length of lifts — 3 lifts mapped

120 haSki area boundary (OSM)

433Inhabitants — Chézery-Forens (INSEE 01104)

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 Menthières only (“MENTHIERES”), magic carpets included.

The lifts

4 lifts , carrying 3,820 people an hour in total , 33 years old on average (from 1976 to 2011).

Type (as registered, in French)	Count	Capacity (people/h)
Téléskis	3	1,820
Tapis roulants	1	2,000

Lift by lift

The 4 lifts whose capacity the register publishes, largest first.

Lift	Type	Capacity	Length	Vertical	Year	Manufacturer
Le montoiseau	Tapis roulant	2,000	152 m	12 m	2011	COMPAC
Les naz	Téléski à perche débrayable	800	380 m	101 m	1976	MONTAGNER
Rendu	Téléski à perche débrayable	720	285 m	29 m	1987	MONTAGNER
Le lynx	Téléski à corde	300	55 m	5 m	1994	PELLAT-FINET

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

Resort data: declared by Office de Tourisme du Pays de Gex and distributed by ANMSM · read on 18 September