The Roubion ski area

Roubion has 15 km of pistes, 6 lifts carrying 4,920 people an hour, 477 m of vertical, from 1,421 m to 1,898 m. 1 green runs, 4 blue, 12 red and 2 black.

Roubion is a ski resort in the Southern Alps (Alpes-Maritimes). The ski area rises to 1,898 m, a skiable vertical of 477 m.

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Runs by level

19 runs over 15 km:

1 green 4 blue 12 red 2 black

Vertical drop: 477 m — from 1,421 m to 1,898 m
Slope aspect: 82 % north · 12 % east · 4 % south · 2 % west — computed from the fall line of 23 runs

The ski area in figures

Measured on 7 October 2026

2 kmLongest piste — Fracietta 1 (blue), 302 m of vertical

425 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 1,909 → 1,483 m, 2 km

1,898 mHighest lift top — Pommier (platter lift), national lift register

4,920Total lift capacity, people per hour — 6 installations: 1 chairlift, 4 drag lifts, 1 magic carpet

20 yrsAverage age of the lift fleet — oldest 1981, newest 2018

1,400Biggest lift, people per hour — Buisses (chairlift, 2018)

3 kmTotal length of lifts — 5 lifts mapped

156 haSki area boundary (OSM)

112Inhabitants — Roubion (INSEE 06110)

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 Roubion only (“ROUBION LES BUISSES”), magic carpets included.

The lifts

6 lifts , carrying 4,920 people an hour in total , 20 years old on average (from 1981 to 2018).

Type (as registered, in French)	Count	Capacity (people/h)
Télésièges	1	1,400
Téléskis	4	2,920
Tapis roulants	1	600

Lift by lift

The 6 lifts whose capacity the register publishes, largest first.

Lift	Type	Capacity	Length	Vertical	Year	Manufacturer
BUISSES	Télésiège	1,400	1538 m	302 m	2018	G.M.M.
TOURNERIE	Téléski à perche débrayable	900	600 m	164 m	1989	POMAGALSKI
BUISSES	Téléski à enrouleur	750	163 m	21 m	2018	G.M.M.
POMMIER	Téléski à perche débrayable	670	832 m	203 m	1981	POMAGALSKI
FIL NEIGE BAMBY KID	Téléski à corde	600	48 m	4 m	2015	SCHIPPERS
LA COMBE DES BUISSES (P'TIT LOUPS)	Tapis roulant	600	103 m	14 m	2012	SUNKID

French national lift register (STRMTG / CAIRN database) — listed as “ROUBION LES BUISSES” · 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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