The Orelle ski area

Orelle has 5 lifts carrying 9,976 people an hour, 1,511 m of vertical, from 1,731 m to 3,242 m.

Orelle is a ski resort in the Northern Alps (Savoie). The ski area rises to 3,242 m, a skiable vertical of 1,511 m.

← Orelle resort page Version française

Vertical drop: 1,511 m — from 1,731 m to 3,242 m
Slope aspect: 60 % west · 25 % south · 14 % north — computed from the fall line of 18 runs

The ski area in figures

Measured on 7 October 2026

4 kmLongest piste — Mauriennaise (red), 625 m of vertical

846 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 3,172 → 2,327 m, 4 km

3,242 mHighest lift top — Bouchet (chairlift), national lift register

9,976Total lift capacity, people per hour — 5 installations: 2 gondolas, 3 chairlifts

12 yrsAverage age of the lift fleet — oldest 2001, newest 2021

2,476Biggest lift, people per hour — Rosael (detachable chairlift, 2009)

40 kmTotal length of lifts — 22 lifts mapped

15,583 haSki area boundary (OSM)

324Inhabitants — Orelle (INSEE 73194)

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 Orelle only (“ORELLE”), magic carpets included.

The lifts

5 lifts , carrying 9,976 people an hour in total , 12 years old on average (from 2001 to 2021).

Type (as registered, in French)	Count	Capacity (people/h)
Télécabines	2	3,500
Télésièges	3	6,476

Lift by lift

The 5 lifts whose capacity the register publishes, largest first.

Lift	Type	Capacity	Length	Vertical	Year	Manufacturer
ROSAEL	Télésiège débrayable	2,476	2258 m	631 m	2009	DOPPELMAYR
PEYRON	Télésiège débrayable	2,200	1520 m	436 m	2013	DOPPELMAYR
ORELLE	Télécabine	2,000	4945 m	1462 m	2021	DOPPELMAYR
BOUCHET	Télésiège	1,800	1269 m	488 m	2001	LEITNER
ORELLE CARON	Télécabine	1,500	2182 m	820 m	2021	DOPPELMAYR

French national lift register (STRMTG / CAIRN database) — listed as “ORELLE” · open the database. Safety register: it also counts lifts that do not run every day.

Official piste map

Open the piste map (PDF, 438 KB) ↗

Published by Les 3 Vallées (ski-area operator) · link checked on 10 October 2026 · official page

Link to the resort’s own file — a piste map is a copyrighted artwork, we host no copy.

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