The Risoul ski area

Risoul has 21 lifts carrying 20,552 people an hour, 720 m of vertical, from 1,850 m to 2,570 m.

Risoul is a ski resort in the Southern Alps (Hautes-Alpes). The village sits at 1,850 m and the ski area rises to 2,570 m, a skiable vertical of 720 m.

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Vertical drop: 720 m — from 1,850 m to 2,570 m
Slope aspect: 71 % north · 26 % east · 3 % west — computed from the fall line of 21 runs

As declared by the resort(ANMSM feed)

Ski area: Risoul
Lifts: 1 gondolas · 8 chairlifts · 10 drag lifts
Altitude: 1,850 m → 2,570 m
Beginners: Beginner zone, free lifts
Fun & sledging: fun zone
Nordic: RISOUL 1850
Passes (as declared): Adult, 1 day (linked-area pass) €55 · Child, 1 day (linked-area pass) €47 · Senior, 1 day (linked-area pass) €50 · Adult, 2 days (linked-area pass) €105 · Child, 2 days (linked-area pass) €89 · Adult, 3 days (linked-area pass) €152 · Child, 3 days (linked-area pass) €129 · Senior, 3 days (linked-area pass) €137 (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

4 kmLongest piste — Les Chardons (green), 366 m of vertical

456 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 2,719 → 2,263 m, 1 km

2,551 mHighest lift top — PLATE de la NONE (detachable chairlift), national lift register

20,552Total lift capacity, people per hour — 21 installations: 1 gondola, 7 chairlifts, 12 drag lifts, 1 magic carpet

34 yrsAverage age of the lift fleet — oldest 1970, newest 2011

2,200Biggest lift, people per hour — Peyrefolle (detachable chairlift, 2005)

28 kmTotal length of lifts — 28 lifts mapped

4,996 haSki area boundary (OSM)

664Inhabitants — Risoul (INSEE 05119)

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 Risoul only (“RISOUL”), magic carpets included.

The lifts

21 lifts , carrying 20,552 people an hour in total , 34 years old on average (from 1970 to 2011).

Type (as registered, in French)	Count	Capacity (people/h)
Télécabines	1	605
Télésièges	7	11,097
Téléskis	12	7,550
Tapis roulants	1	1,300

Lift by lift

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

Lift	Type	Capacity	Length	Vertical	Year	Manufacturer
PEYREFOLLE	Télésiège débrayable	2,200	1470 m	430 m	2005	LEITNER
PRE DU BOIS	Télésiège débrayable	2,000	1624 m	372 m	2001	POMAGALSKI
RAZIS	Télésiège	1,800	1204 m	368 m	2011	SKIRAIL
PLATE de la NONE	Télésiège débrayable	1,800	2308 m	556 m	1999	LEITNER
MELEZET	Télésiège	1,400	1437 m	319 m	1994	POMAGALSKI
ESF PIOU PIOU	Tapis roulant	1,300	28 m	4 m	2008	SUNKID
CLOT CHARDON	Télésiège	1,200	1413 m	363 m	1990	POMAGALSKI
PELINCHE	Téléski à perche débrayable	900	620 m	153 m	1994	MONTAGNER
BERGERIE	Téléski à perche débrayable	900	830 m	255 m	1992	MONTAZ MAUTINO
COMBALS	Téléski à perche débrayable	850	1367 m	338 m	1985	POMAGALSKI
MELEZET 2	Téléski à perche débrayable	800	1325 m	298 m	1979	POMAGALSKI
OREE DU BOIS	Téléski à perche débrayable	800	517 m	84 m	1977	POMAGALSKI
MELEZET 1	Téléski à perche débrayable	700	1330 m	290 m	1970	MONTAZ MAUTINO
CLOS DU VALLON	Télésiège	697	1194 m	157 m	1975	TRANSTELE
CLOS FOURNIER	Télécabine pulsée	605	355 m	61 m	1983	POMAGALSKI
ACCUEIL HAUT (école Clos Fournier 1)	Téléski à perche fixe	600	66 m	5 m	1985	POMAGALSKI
ACCUEIL BAS	Téléski à perche fixe	400	93 m	10 m	1997	POMAGALSKI
BAMBI ROUGE 2 (ESF)	Téléski à corde	400	30 m	5 m	1996	SCHIPPERS
BAMBY ROUGE 1 (ESF)	Téléski à corde	400	35 m	2 m	1995	SCHIPPERS
CLOS FOURNIER 2 (Ecole ESF)	Téléski à perche fixe	400	90 m	10 m	1992	POMAGALSKI

French national lift register (STRMTG / CAIRN database) — listed as “RISOUL” · 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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Resort data: declared by Office du tourisme de Risoul and distributed by ANMSM · read on 16 October