The Morillon ski area

Morillon has 12 lifts carrying 19,232 people an hour, 1,427 m of vertical, from 681 m to 2,108 m.

Morillon is a ski resort in the Northern Alps (Haute-Savoie). The village sits at 2,046 m and the ski area rises to 2,108 m, a skiable vertical of 1,427 m.

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Vertical drop: 1,427 m — from 681 m to 2,108 m
Slope aspect: 74 % north · 13 % west · 10 % east · 2 % south — computed from the fall line of 32 runs

The ski area in figures

Measured on 7 October 2026

11 kmLongest piste — Cascades (red), 1,594 m of vertical

1,594 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 2,376 → 781 m, 11 km

2,108 mHighest lift top — TSD Coulouvrier (detachable chairlift), national lift register

19,232Total lift capacity, people per hour — 12 installations: 1 gondola, 5 chairlifts, 4 drag lifts, 2 magic carpets

27 yrsAverage age of the lift fleet — oldest 1966, newest 2024

3,300Biggest lift, people per hour — TSD du Sairon (detachable chairlift, 2022)

56 kmTotal length of lifts — 53 lifts mapped

5,962 haSki area boundary (OSM)

719Inhabitants — Morillon (INSEE 74190)

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 Morillon only (“MORILLON”), magic carpets included.

The lifts

12 lifts , carrying 19,232 people an hour in total , 27 years old on average (from 1966 to 2024).

Type (as registered, in French)	Count	Capacity (people/h)
Télécabines	1	1,200
Télésièges	5	11,862
Téléskis	4	2,370
Tapis roulants	2	3,800

Lift by lift

The 12 lifts whose capacity the register publishes, largest first.

Lift	Type	Capacity	Length	Vertical	Year	Manufacturer
TSD du Sairon	Télésiège débrayable	3,300	2802 m	634 m	2022	POMAGALSKI
TSD Coulouvrier	Télésiège débrayable	3,000	2848 m	945 m	2017	DOPPELMAYR
TS des Esserts	Télésiège	2,112	1030 m	215 m	2000	POMAGALSKI
TS de Bergin	Télésiège	2,100	1010 m	307 m	2001	POMAGALSKI
Tapis roulant des Essertoux	Tapis roulant	2,000	118 m	14 m	2010	COMPAC
Tapis roulant des Petits Loups	Tapis roulant	1,800	50 m	4 m	2013	MEB (IDM)
TS des Biollaires	Télésiège	1,350	1064 m	280 m	1980	POMAGALSKI
TC de Morillon	Télécabine	1,200	1956 m	406 m	1985	POMAGALSKI
TK Bambi Esserts	Téléski à corde	720	60 m	5 m	1982	SCHIPPERS
Fil neige Bambi Kid	Téléski à corde	600	64 m	9 m	2024	SCHIPPERS
TK de la Vieille	Téléski à perche débrayable	550	642 m	144 m	1966	POMAGALSKI
TK Télédébutants	Téléski à perche fixe	500	266 m	41 m	1980	POMAGALSKI

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