The Puy-Saint-Vincent ski area

Puy-Saint-Vincent has 75 km of pistes, 16 lifts carrying 20,408 people an hour, 1,350 m of vertical, from 1,400 m to 2,750 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 1,600 m and the ski area rises to 2,750 m, a skiable vertical of 1,350 m.

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Runs by level

102 runs over 75 km:

22 green 57 blue 17 red 6 black

Vertical drop: 1,350 m — from 1,400 m to 2,750 m
Slope aspect: 55 % east · 41 % north · 2 % west · 1 % south — computed from the fall line of 74 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): Adult, 1 day (resort pass) €39.50 · Adult, 2 days (resort pass) €75 · Adult, 3 days (resort pass) €111 · Adult, 4 days (resort pass) €143 · Adult, 5 days (resort pass) €173 · Adult, 6 days (resort pass) €198.50 · Child, 1 day (resort pass) €31.50 · Child, 2 days (resort pass) €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 7 October 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

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

Type (as registered, in French)	Count	Capacity (people/h)
Télésièges	8	15,157
Téléskis	7	4,251
Tapis roulants	1	1,000

Lift by lift

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

Lift	Type	Capacity	Length	Vertical	Year	Manufacturer
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.

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