The Puy-Saint-Vincent ski area

Puy-Saint-Vincent has 57 km of pistes, 16 lifts carrying 20,408 people an hour, 679 m of vertical, from 1,595 m to 2,274 m. 22 green runs, 57 blue, 17 red and 6 black.

Puy-Saint-Vincent is a ski resort in the Southern Alps (Hautes-Alpes). The village sits at 1,155 m and the ski area rises to 2,274 m, a skiable vertical of 679 m.

Runs by level

102 runs over 57 km:

22 green 57 blue 17 red 6 black
Vertical drop
679 m — from 1,595 m to 2,274 m
Slope aspect
55 % east · 41 % north · 2 % west · 1 % south — computed from the fall line of 75 runs

As declared by the resort(ANMSM feed)

Ski area
Puy Saint Vincent
Linked area
Pelvoux-Vallouise · 35 km
Lifts
8 chairlifts · 4 drag lifts
Altitude
1,400 m → 2,750 m (resort base 1,600 m)
Snowmaking
43 % of pistes
Beginners
Beginner zone, free lifts
Fun & sledging
2 sledge runs
Nordic
Puy-Saint-Vincent · 21.5 km
Passes (as declared)
Adulte 1 jour (forfait station) 39.5 € · Adulte 2 jours (forfait station) 75 € · Adulte 3 jours (forfait station) 111 € · Adulte 4 jours (forfait station) 143 € · Adulte 5 jours (forfait station) 173 € · Adulte 6 jours (forfait station) 198.5 € · Enfant 1 jour (forfait station) 31.5 € · Enfant 2 jours (forfait station) 57 € (official page)

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 9 September 2026
2 kmLongest piste — Vallouise (blue), 428 m of vertical
509 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 2,317 → 1,808 m, 2 km
2,668 mHighest lift top — La PENDINE (chairlift), national lift register
20,408Total lift capacity, people per hour — 16 installations: 8 chairlifts, 7 drag lifts, 1 magic carpet
25 yrsAverage age of the lift fleet — oldest 1971, newest 2018
2,525Biggest lift, people per hour — CRETE des BANS (detachable chairlift, 2018)
11 kmTotal length of lifts — 10 lifts mapped
708 haSki area boundary (OSM)
270Inhabitants — Puy-Saint-Vincent (INSEE 05110)

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 Puy-Saint-Vincent only (“PUY SAINT VINCENT”), magic carpets included.

The lifts

Register of 1 January 2025

16 lifts , carrying 20,408 people an hour in total , 25 years old on average (from 1971 to 2018).

Type (as registered, in French)CountCapacity (people/h)
Télésièges815,157
Téléskis74,251
Tapis roulants11,000

Lift by lift

The 16 lifts whose capacity the register publishes, largest first.

LiftTypeCapacityLengthVerticalYearManufacturer
CRETE des BANS Télésiège débrayable 2,525 2253 m 678 m 2018 DOPPELMAYR
Les LAUZES Télésiège 2,280 1076 m 319 m 2007 G.M.M.
BERGERIE Télésiège débrayable 2,122 1493 m 419 m 2000 DOPPELMAYR
LES PRES Télémix 2,000 1896 m 437 m 2005 DOPPELMAYR
LES BRUYERES Télésiège 1,800 720 m 187 m 2014 G.M.M.
La PENDINE Télésiège 1,800 1293 m 489 m 2010 G.M.M.
Rocher Noir Télésiège 1,800 855 m 316 m 2010 G.M.M.
JARDIN 1600 Tapis roulant 1,000 12 m 1 m 2011 SUNKID
EXERCICE 1600 Télécorde 1,000 95 m 11 m 2005 POMAGALSKI
ESCAPADE Télésiège 830 536 m 124 m 1980 MONTAZ MAUTINO
Le Puy Téléski à perche débrayable 800 567 m 145 m 1998 POMAGALSKI
EXERCICE (PRES) Téléski à perche fixe 675 320 m 37 m 1971 MONTAZ MAUTINO
FIL NEIGE DES ETOILES Téléski à corde 600 50 m 4 m 2004 SCHIPPERS
BAMBI FIL NEIGE ESI 1600 Téléski à corde 600 52 m 4 m 2001 SCHIPPERS
BAMBI 1600 Téléski à corde 288 60 m 5 m 1987 SCHIPPERS
BAMBY 1400 Téléski à corde 288 41 m 3 m 1984 SCHIPPERS

French national lift register (STRMTG / CAIRN database) — listed as “PUY SAINT VINCENT” · 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.

Resort data: declared by Office de Tourisme du Pays des Écrins and distributed by ANMSM · read on 18 September