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:
- 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 2026Measured 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 202516 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
Resort data: declared by Office de Tourisme du Pays des Écrins and distributed by ANMSM · read on 18 September