The Montgenèvre ski area

Montgenèvre has 232 km of pistes, 27 lifts carrying 34,181 people an hour, 1,051 m of vertical, from 1,530 m to 2,581 m. 71 green runs, 156 blue, 104 red and 25 black.

Montgenèvre is a ski resort in the Southern Alps (Hautes-Alpes). The village sits at 1,860 m and the ski area rises to 2,581 m, a skiable vertical of 1,051 m.

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Runs by level

356 runs over 232 km:

71 green 156 blue 104 red 25 black

Vertical drop: 1,051 m — from 1,530 m to 2,581 m
Slope aspect: 36 % north · 30 % east · 20 % west · 14 % south — computed from the fall line of 121 runs

As declared by the resort(ANMSM feed)

Ski area: Grand Montgenèvre
Linked area: Monts de la Lune / Voie Lactée · 400 km
Pistes: 316 pistes
By grade: 9 green · 99 blue · 171 red · 37 black
Lifts: 69 in total · 4 gondolas · 16 chairlifts · 8 drag lifts · 2 conveyors
Altitude: 1,860 m → 2,700 m
Beginners: Beginner zone, free lifts
Fun & sledging: 1 snowpark · fun zone
Nordic: Montgenèvre · 11.8 km

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

6 kmLongest piste — Strada comunale di Sagna Longa (blue), 451 m of vertical

710 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 2,518 → 1,808 m, 5 km

2,580 mHighest lift top — ROCHER de L'AIGLE (gondola), national lift register

34,181Total lift capacity, people per hour — 27 installations: 2 gondolas, 12 chairlifts, 9 drag lifts, 4 magic carpets

27 yrsAverage age of the lift fleet — oldest 1973, newest 2023

2,400Biggest lift, people per hour — Gondrans (detachable chairlift, 1993)

37 kmTotal length of lifts — 35 lifts mapped

1,865 haSki area boundary (OSM)

461Inhabitants — Montgenèvre (INSEE 05085)

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 Montgenèvre only (“MONTGENEVRE”), magic carpets included.

The lifts

27 lifts , carrying 34,181 people an hour in total , 27 years old on average (from 1973 to 2023).

Type (as registered, in French)	Count	Capacity (people/h)
Télécabines	2	3,280
Télésièges	12	20,911
Téléskis	9	6,000
Tapis roulants	4	3,990

Lift by lift

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

Lift	Type	Capacity	Length	Vertical	Year	Manufacturer
GONDRANS	Télésiège débrayable	2,400	1938 m	356 m	1993	POMAGALSKI
ROCHER de L'AIGLE	Télécabine	2,220	1773 m	423 m	2023	DOPPELMAYR
PRARIAL	Télésiège	2,100	619 m	208 m	1990	POMAGALSKI
BROUSSET	Télésiège	2,000	1129 m	292 m	1996	POMAGALSKI
TREMPLIN	Télésiège	1,956	1015 m	249 m	2003	POMAGALSKI
CHALMETTES	Télémix	1,855	1781 m	379 m	2008	POMAGALSKI
MONTQUITAINE	Télésiège	1,800	431 m	165 m	2011	POMAGALSKI
COL BOEUF	Télésiège	1,800	717 m	262 m	1999	POMAGALSKI
OBSERVATOIRE	Télésiège	1,800	1335 m	317 m	1987	POMAGALSKI
SERRE THIBAUD	Télémix	1,500	2511 m	714 m	2008	POMAGALSKI
CRÊTE	Télésiège	1,400	601 m	245 m	2018	CCM
PIOU PIOU	Tapis roulant	1,200	27 m	3 m	2011	SUNKID
L'OBELISQUE	Tapis roulant	1,200	72 m	13 m	2011	SUNKID
ROCHER ROUGE	Télésiège	1,200	888 m	308 m	1986	POMAGALSKI
CHALVET	Télésiège	1,100	1423 m	437 m	1985	MONTAZ MAUTINO
CHALVET	Télécabine	1,060	1013 m	278 m	1981	AGUDIO
Le CLOT	Téléski à enrouleur	900	393 m	45 m	2009	POMAGALSKI
ALP	Téléski à perche débrayable	900	930 m	201 m	1983	MONTAZ MAUTINO
TAPIS de LA BUTTE	Tapis roulant	840	108 m	12 m	2008	COMPAC
TROISFOURNEOUX	Téléski à perche débrayable	810	860 m	294 m	1975	MONTAGNER

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