The Planche des Belles Filles ski area

Planche des Belles Filles has 3 km of pistes, 5 lifts carrying 3,850 people an hour, 166 m of vertical, from 983 m to 1,149 m. 2 green runs, 4 blue, 1 red and 1 black.

Planche des Belles Filles is a ski resort in the Vosges, in the commune of Plancher-les-Mines. The village sits at 1,022 m and the ski area rises to 1,149 m, a skiable vertical of 166 m.

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Runs by level

8 runs over 3 km:

2 green 4 blue 1 red 1 black

Vertical drop: 166 m — from 983 m to 1,149 m
Slope aspect: 88 % north · 12 % west — computed from the fall line of 7 runs

The ski area in figures

Measured on 7 October 2026

1 kmLongest piste — unnamed on the map (red), 163 m of vertical

163 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 1,145 → 983 m, 1 km

1,149 mHighest lift top — Sommet (platter lift), national lift register

3,850Total lift capacity, people per hour — 5 installations: 4 drag lifts, 1 magic carpet

37 yrsAverage age of the lift fleet — oldest 1976, newest 2013

1,000Biggest lift, people per hour — Les petits lutins (magic carpet, 2013)

1 kmTotal length of lifts — 3 lifts mapped

22 haSki area boundary (OSM)

839Inhabitants — Plancher-les-Mines (INSEE 70414)

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 Planche des Belles Filles only (“PLANCHE DES BELLES FILLES”), magic carpets included.

The lifts

5 lifts , carrying 3,850 people an hour in total , 37 years old on average (from 1976 to 2013).

Type (as registered, in French)	Count	Capacity (people/h)
Téléskis	4	2,850
Tapis roulants	1	1,000

Lift by lift

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

Lift	Type	Capacity	Length	Vertical	Year	Manufacturer
Les petits lutins	Tapis roulant	1,000	39 m	7 m	2013	SUNKID
Sommet	Téléski à perche débrayable	750	542 m	164 m	1976	POMAGALSKI
Refuge	Téléski à perche débrayable	750	318 m	76 m	1976	POMAGALSKI
Chalet	Téléski à perche débrayable	750	330 m	40 m	1976	POMAGALSKI
Brimbelles	Téléski à corde	600	54 m	2 m	2000	POMAGALSKI

French national lift register (STRMTG / CAIRN database) — listed as “PLANCHE DES BELLES FILLES” · 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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