The Plaine Joux ski area
Plaine Joux has 11 km of pistes, 393 m of vertical, from 1,330 m to 1,723 m. 9 green runs, 6 blue, 4 red and 1 black.
Plaine Joux is a ski resort in the Northern Alps (Haute-Savoie), in the commune of Passy. The village sits at 1,360 m and the ski area rises to 1,723 m, a skiable vertical of 393 m.
Runs by level
20 runs over 11 km:
9 green 6 blue 4 red 1 black
- Vertical drop
- 393 m — from 1,330 m to 1,723 m
- Slope aspect
- 45 % south · 29 % west · 21 % north · 5 % east — computed from the fall line of 18 runs
The ski area in figures
Measured on 7 October 20262 kmLongest piste — Blanchot (red), 392 m of vertical
392 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 1,722 → 1,330 m, 2 km
1,649 mHighest lift top — Barmus (chairlift)
3 kmTotal length of lifts — 5 lifts mapped
190 haSki area boundary (OSM)
10,856Inhabitants — Passy (INSEE 74208)
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.
Official piste map
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