The Pra-Loup ski area

Pra-Loup has 148 km of pistes, 22 lifts carrying 23,810 people an hour, 1,008 m of vertical, from 1,495 m to 2,503 m. 34 green runs, 64 blue, 80 red and 10 black.

Pra-Loup is a ski resort in the Southern Alps (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence), in the commune of Uvernet-Fours. The village sits at 1,650 m and the ski area rises to 2,503 m, a skiable vertical of 1,008 m.

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Runs by level

188 runs over 148 km:

34 green 64 blue 80 red 10 black

Vertical drop: 1,008 m — from 1,495 m to 2,503 m
Slope aspect: 49 % north · 49 % east · 2 % south — computed from the fall line of 102 runs

The ski area in figures

Measured on 9 September 2026

3 kmLongest piste — Sources du Verdon (red), 589 m of vertical

766 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 2,400 → 1,635 m, 3 km

2,500 mHighest lift top — Quartiers (chairlift), national lift register

23,810Total lift capacity, people per hour — 22 installations: 2 gondolas, 5 chairlifts, 11 drag lifts, 4 magic carpets

35 yrsAverage age of the lift fleet — oldest 1965, newest 2024

2,665Biggest lift, people per hour — Clappe (chair-and-gondola lift, 2013)

26 kmTotal length of lifts — 24 lifts mapped

3,958 haSki area boundary (OSM)

499Inhabitants — Uvernet-Fours (INSEE 04226)

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 Pra-Loup only (“PRA-LOUP”), magic carpets included.

The lifts

22 lifts , carrying 23,810 people an hour in total , 35 years old on average (from 1965 to 2024).

Type (as registered, in French)	Count	Capacity (people/h)
Télécabines	2	2,800
Télésièges	5	9,315
Téléskis	11	8,295
Tapis roulants	4	3,400

Lift by lift

The 20 lifts whose capacity the register publishes, largest first.

Lift	Type	Capacity	Length	Vertical	Year	Manufacturer
CLAPPE	Télémix	2,665	1322 m	376 m	2013	POMAGALSKI
LES BERGERIES	Télésiège débrayable	2,500	1462 m	432 m	2012	DOPPELMAYR
PEGUIEOU	Télésiège débrayable	2,500	2416 m	597 m	2010	POMAGALSKI
CLAPPIERS	Tapis roulant	1,500	96 m	10 m	2013	SUNKID
MOLANES	Télécabine	1,450	923 m	322 m	2009	POMAGALSKI
COSTEBELLE	Télécabine	1,350	1561 m	465 m	1983	POMAGALSKI
CLOS DU SERRE	Télécorde	1,200	70 m	4 m	2021	G.M.M.
CLOS DU SERRE	Tapis roulant	1,100	69 m	11 m	2009	FICAP
QUARTIERS	Télésiège	900	1652 m	627 m	1986	POMAGALSKI
T.K. BABY ESF	Téléski à corde	900	70 m	6 m	1976	SCHIPPERS
LES SORBIERS	Tapis roulant	800	126 m	13 m	2012	FICAP
LAC II	Téléski à perche débrayable	800	1542 m	357 m	1984	POMAGALSKI
LAC 1	Téléski à perche débrayable	800	1575 m	359 m	1973	POMAGALSKI
COSTEBELLE	Téléski à perche débrayable	760	205 m	45 m	1965	POMAGALSKI
AGNELIERS	Télésiège	750	1472 m	285 m	1976	MONTAZ MAUTINO
SESTRIERE	Téléski à perche débrayable	710	480 m	109 m	1970	POMAGALSKI
GIMETTES	Téléski à perche débrayable	700	1070 m	350 m	1970	POMAGALSKI
STADE	Téléski à perche débrayable	675	523 m	168 m	1970	POMAGALSKI
COURTIL 2	Téléski à perche débrayable	650	705 m	200 m	1970	POMAGALSKI
BELIERE	Téléski à perche débrayable	600	256 m	58 m	1972	POMAGALSKI

French national lift register (STRMTG / CAIRN database) — listed as “PRA-LOUP” · 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.