The Monts Jura ski area

Monts Jura has 21 km of pistes, 23 lifts carrying 24,590 people an hour, 780 m of vertical, from 900 m to 1,680 m. 14 green runs, 10 blue, 6 red and 2 black.

Monts Jura is a ski resort in the Jura (Ain), in the commune of Lélex. The village sits at 900 m and the ski area rises to 1,680 m, a skiable vertical of 780 m.

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Runs by level

32 runs over 21 km:

14 green 10 blue 6 red 2 black

Vertical drop: 780 m — from 900 m to 1,680 m
Slope aspect: 55 % north · 23 % east · 20 % west · 3 % south — computed from the fall line of 25 runs

As declared by the resort(ANMSM feed)

Ski area: Monts Jura
Lifts: 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): Adult, 1 day (resort pass) €38 · Adult, 2 days (resort pass) €68.50 · Adult, 3 days (resort pass) €99.50 · Adult, 4 days (resort pass) €129 · Adult, 5 days (resort pass) €157 · Adult, 6 days (resort pass) €179 · Child, 1 day (resort pass) €28 · Child, 2 days (resort pass) €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 7 October 2026

2 kmLongest piste — Fieret (green), 278 m of vertical

475 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 1,659 → 1,183 m, 2 km

1,661 mHighest lift top — Montoisey (platter lift), national lift register

24,590Total lift capacity, people per hour — 23 installations: 2 gondolas, 4 chairlifts, 17 drag lifts

33 yrsAverage age of the lift fleet — oldest 1967, newest 2018

3,000Biggest lift, people per hour — Loges (detachable chairlift, 2005)

10 kmTotal length of lifts — 14 lifts mapped

n/aSki area boundary (OSM)

241Inhabitants — Lélex (INSEE 01210)

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 Monts Jura only (“LELEX CROZET + MIJOUX LA FAUCILLE”), magic carpets included.

The lifts

23 lifts , carrying 24,590 people an hour in total , 33 years old on average (from 1967 to 2018).

Type (as registered, in French)	Count	Capacity (people/h)
Télécabines	2	3,320
Télésièges	4	9,370
Téléskis	17	11,900

Lift by lift

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

Lift	Type	Capacity	Length	Vertical	Year	Manufacturer
Loges	Télésiège débrayable	3,000	1788 m	475 m	2005	POMAGALSKI
Les Bergers	Télémix	2,500	1084 m	330 m	2018	DOPPELMAYR
Télécombi du Mond-Rond	Télémix	2,370	1024 m	224 m	2006	DOPPELMAYR
Fierney	Télécabine	2,000	2177 m	648 m	1988	POMAGALSKI
Télécorde du Jardin	Télécorde	1,500	140 m	11 m	2006	POMAGALSKI
Valmijoux	Télésiège débrayable	1,500	1297 m	337 m	1998	LEITNER
Catheline	Télécabine	1,320	1839 m	542 m	1982	POMAGALSKI
Source	Téléski à perche débrayable	900	205 m	31 m	1994	MONTAGNER
Muiset	Téléski à perche débrayable	900	280 m	33 m	1993	MONTAGNER
Mélèzes	Téléski à perche débrayable	880	462 m	97 m	1986	MONTAZ MAUTINO
Montoisey	Téléski à perche débrayable	870	719 m	204 m	2005	AUTRE FABRICANT
Gelinottes	Téléski à perche débrayable	840	1134 m	212 m	1972	POMAGALSKI
Gentianes	Téléski à perche débrayable	760	832 m	190 m	1970	POMAGALSKI
Myrtilles	Téléski à perche débrayable	720	241 m	27 m	1989	POMAGALSKI
Fil Neige ESF Lelex	Téléski à corde	600	92 m	9 m	2016	PELLAT-FINET
Marmotte	Téléski à corde	600	52 m	6 m	1999	SCHIPPERS
Schtroumpfs	Téléski à corde	600	70 m	6 m	1983	SCHIPPERS
Les Lutins (Piou-Piou)	Téléski à corde	600	70 m	6 m	1983	SCHIPPERS
Babette	Téléski à perche débrayable	520	750 m	176 m	1972	MONTAZ MAUTINO
Baby Montoisey	Téléski à perche débrayable	410	178 m	39 m	1967	MONTAZ MAUTINO

French national lift register (STRMTG / CAIRN database) — listed as “LELEX CROZET + MIJOUX LA FAUCILLE” · 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.

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Resort data: declared by Office de Tourisme du Pays de Gex and distributed by ANMSM · read on 16 October