The Méribel-Mottaret ski area

Méribel-Mottaret has 300 km of pistes, 20 lifts carrying 34,609 people an hour, 1,278 m of vertical, from 1,422 m to 2,700 m. 50 green runs, 149 blue, 76 red and 37 black.

Méribel-Mottaret is a ski resort in the Northern Alps (Savoie), in the commune of Les Allues. The village sits at 1,450 m and the ski area rises to 2,700 m, a skiable vertical of 1,278 m.

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Runs by level

312 runs over 300 km:

50 green 149 blue 76 red 37 black

Vertical drop: 1,278 m — from 1,422 m to 2,700 m
Slope aspect: 44 % north · 26 % west · 22 % east · 8 % south — computed from the fall line of 167 runs

As declared by the resort(ANMSM feed)

Ski area: Les 3 Vallées
Linked area: 3 Vallées · 600 km
Lifts: 14 gondolas · 17 chairlifts · 7 drag lifts · 4 conveyors
Altitude: 1,450 m → 2,750 m
Beginners: Beginner zone
Fun & sledging: 1 sledge run · fun zone
Nordic: Méribel
Passes (as declared): Adulte 1 jour (forfait station) 51 € · Adulte 1 jour (forfait domaine relié) 60 € (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

8 kmLongest piste — Biolley (blue), 375 m of vertical

1,052 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 2,489 → 1,437 m, 4 km

2,914 mHighest lift top — Mont Du Vallon (gondola), national lift register

34,609Total lift capacity, people per hour — 20 installations: 5 gondolas, 7 chairlifts, 3 drag lifts, 5 magic carpets

22 yrsAverage age of the lift fleet — oldest 1980, newest 2020

3,035Biggest lift, people per hour — Mont Du Vallon (gondola, 1987)

126 kmTotal length of lifts — 110 lifts mapped

15,583 haSki area boundary (OSM)

1,736Inhabitants — Les Allues (INSEE 73015)

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 Méribel-Mottaret only (“MERIBEL MOTTARET”), magic carpets included.

The lifts

20 lifts , carrying 34,609 people an hour in total , 22 years old on average (from 1980 to 2020).

Type (as registered, in French)	Count	Capacity (people/h)
Télécabines	5	11,757
Télésièges	7	16,820
Téléskis	3	2,130
Tapis roulants	5	3,902

Lift by lift

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

Lift	Type	Capacity	Length	Vertical	Year	Manufacturer
MONT DU VALLON	Télécabine	3,035	2200 m	794 m	1987	POMAGALSKI
COMBES	Télésiège débrayable	3,000	1331 m	482 m	2015	POMAGALSKI
PLAN DES MAINS	Télésiège débrayable	3,000	821 m	292 m	2002	LEITNER
PLATTIERES	Télécabine	2,800	3148 m	733 m	2012	POMAGALSKI
PAS DU LAC 1	Télécabine	2,700	1625 m	524 m	1997	POMAGALSKI
PAS DU LAC 2	Télécabine	2,700	1059 m	466 m	1997	POMAGALSKI
BOUQUETIN	Télésiège débrayable	2,600	772 m	302 m	2020	POMAGALSKI
COTE BRUNE	Télésiège débrayable	2,220	1967 m	540 m	1991	POMAGALSKI
CHATELET	Télésiège débrayable	2,200	1612 m	359 m	2006	POMAGALSKI
ROC DE TOUGNE	Télésiège débrayable	2,000	1164 m	401 m	2017	POMAGALSKI
MURES ROUGES	Télésiège débrayable	1,800	860 m	222 m	1989	POMAGALSKI
TABLE VERTE	Tapis roulant	1,700	90 m	12 m	2015	SUNKID
DORON	Tapis roulant	1,700	135 m	19 m	2015	SUNKID
AIGLE	Téléski à perche débrayable	800	450 m	120 m	1993	POMAGALSKI
AROLLES	Téléski à enrouleur	730	272 m	28 m	2015	AXET (IDM)
HAMEAU	Téléski à corde	600	40 m	5 m	1980	SCHIPPERS
CHALETS	Télécabine pulsée	522	562 m	108 m	1981	POMAGALSKI
OURSON	Tapis roulant	500	81 m	7 m	2012	SUNKID
TAPIS DOROTHEE	Tapis roulant	1	53 m	5 m	2009	COMPAC
TAPIS GARDERIE	Tapis roulant	1	22 m	1 m	2009	COMPAC

French national lift register (STRMTG / CAIRN database) — listed as “MERIBEL MOTTARET” · 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 DE MERIBEL and distributed by ANMSM · read on 18 September