The Oz-en-Oisans ski area

Oz-en-Oisans has 13 lifts carrying 8,433 people an hour, 876 m of vertical, from 1,232 m to 2,108 m.

Oz-en-Oisans is a ski resort in the Northern Alps (Isère), in the commune of Oz. The village sits at 1,350 m and the ski area rises to 2,108 m, a skiable vertical of 876 m.

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Vertical drop: 876 m — from 1,232 m to 2,108 m
Slope aspect: 43 % west · 28 % south · 21 % north · 7 % east — computed from the fall line of 117 runs
Night skiing: 1 floodlit run

As declared by the resort(ANMSM feed)

Pistes: 142.718 km · 112 pistes
By grade: 37 green · 30 blue · 29 red · 16 black
Lifts: 68 in total
Nordic: 20.69 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 7 October 2026

8 kmLongest piste — Sarenne (black), 1,657 m of vertical

1,657 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 3,306 → 1,650 m, 8 km

2,108 mHighest lift top — Poutran (gondola), national lift register

8,433Total lift capacity, people per hour — 13 installations: 1 aerial tramway, 3 gondolas, 5 drag lifts, 3 magic carpets, 1 funicular or similar

23 yrsAverage age of the lift fleet — oldest 1981, newest 2022

2,000Biggest lift, people per hour — Poutran (gondola, 1988)

57 kmTotal length of lifts — 66 lifts mapped

5,890 haSki area boundary (OSM)

217Inhabitants — Oz (INSEE 38289)

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 Oz-en-Oisans only (“OZ EN OISANS”), magic carpets included.

The lifts

13 lifts , carrying 8,433 people an hour in total , 23 years old on average (from 1981 to 2022).

Type (as registered, in French)	Count	Capacity (people/h)
Téléphériques	1	12
Télécabines	3	4,700
Téléskis	5	3,420
Tapis roulants	3	1
Funiculaires et autres	1	300

Lift by lift

The 13 lifts whose capacity the register publishes, largest first.

Lift	Type	Capacity	Length	Vertical	Year	Manufacturer
Poutran	Télécabine	2,000	2738 m	758 m	1988	POMAGALSKI
Alpette	Télécabine	1,600	1950 m	677 m	1988	POMAGALSKI
Eau d'Olle Express	Télécabine	1,100	2845 m	656 m	2020	LEITNER
Olmet	Téléski à enrouleur	800	159 m	45 m	2005	DOPPELMAYR
Alpette	Téléski à perche débrayable	720	563 m	123 m	1989	POMAGALSKI
Lama	Téléski à perche débrayable	700	184 m	20 m	1981	POMAGALSKI
Clos du pré	Téléski à perche débrayable	600	264 m	52 m	1989	POMAGALSKI
Champs Clotury	Téléski à perche débrayable	600	170 m	40 m	1989	POMAGALSKI
Eau d'Olle Express	Funiculaire	300	85 m	36 m	2022	MND
Evac P7-P8 Eau d'Olle Express	Téléphérique	12	468 m	158 m	2020	LEITNER
Olmet	Tapis roulant	1	108 m	15 m	2005	SUNKID
Les marmottes	Tapis roulant	—	20 m	2 m	2017	FICAP
Piou-Piou	Tapis roulant	—	21 m	2 m	2013	SUNKID

French national lift register (STRMTG / CAIRN database) — listed as “OZ EN OISANS” · 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 d'OZ 3300 and distributed by ANMSM · read on 16 October