The Saint-Colomban-des-Villards ski area

Saint-Colomban-des-Villards has 31 km of pistes, 7 lifts carrying 5,644 people an hour, 1,501 m of vertical, from 1,083 m to 2,584 m. 4 green runs, 14 blue, 17 red and 2 black.

Saint-Colomban-des-Villards is a ski resort in the Northern Alps (Savoie). The village sits at 1,085 m and the ski area rises to 2,584 m, a skiable vertical of 1,501 m.

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Runs by level

37 runs over 31 km:

4 green 14 blue 17 red 2 black

Vertical drop: 1,501 m — from 1,083 m to 2,584 m
Slope aspect: 47 % east · 28 % north · 24 % south · 1 % west — computed from the fall line of 42 runs

As declared by the resort(ANMSM feed)

Ski area: ST COLOMBAN DES VILLARDS
Linked area: LES SYBELLES · 310 km
Lifts: 3 chairlifts · 4 drag lifts · 1 conveyors
Altitude: 1,100 m → 2,230 m
Snowmaking: 40 % of pistes
Beginners: Beginner zone, free lifts
Fun & sledging: fun zone
Passes (as declared): Adulte 1 jour (forfait station) 42 € · Enfant 1 jour (forfait station) 34.9 € · Adulte 1 jour (forfait domaine relié) 50.4 € · Enfant 1 jour (forfait domaine relié) 41.8 € · Adulte 2 jours (forfait domaine relié) 100 € · Enfant 2 jours (forfait domaine relié) 82.8 € · Adulte 3 jours (forfait domaine relié) 145.6 € · Enfant 3 jours (forfait domaine relié) 120.6 € (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

5 kmLongest piste — Panoramique (blue), 440 m of vertical

620 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 2,207 → 1,587 m, 3 km

2,234 mHighest lift top — Col De Bellard (chairlift), national lift register

5,644Total lift capacity, people per hour — 7 installations: 3 chairlifts, 3 drag lifts, 1 magic carpet

30 yrsAverage age of the lift fleet — oldest 1970, newest 2013

1,100Biggest lift, people per hour — Ormet (chairlift, 1988)

49 kmTotal length of lifts — 58 lifts mapped

5,091 haSki area boundary (OSM)

143Inhabitants — Saint-Colomban-des-Villards (INSEE 73230)

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 Saint-Colomban-des-Villards only (“SAINT COLOMBAN DES VILLARDS”), magic carpets included.

The lifts

7 lifts , carrying 5,644 people an hour in total , 30 years old on average (from 1970 to 2013).

Type (as registered, in French)	Count	Capacity (people/h)
Télésièges	3	3,100
Téléskis	3	2,543
Tapis roulants	1	1

Lift by lift

The 7 lifts whose capacity the register publishes, largest first.

Lift	Type	Capacity	Length	Vertical	Year	Manufacturer
CHARMETTE	Télésiège	1,100	1087 m	496 m	1998	POMAGALSKI
ORMET	Télésiège	1,100	1210 m	366 m	1988	POMAGALSKI
COL DE BELLARD	Télésiège	900	860 m	217 m	2002	POMAGALSKI
CUINAT	Téléski à perche débrayable	900	1280 m	347 m	1998	POMAGALSKI
EPINETTE	Téléski à enrouleur	843	229 m	47 m	1996	DOPPELMAYR
ROGEMONT	Téléski à perche débrayable	800	443 m	134 m	1970	POMAGALSKI
OURSON	Tapis roulant	1	63 m	9 m	2013	SUNKID

French national lift register (STRMTG / CAIRN database) — listed as “SAINT COLOMBAN DES VILLARDS” · 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 Espace Glandon and distributed by ANMSM · read on 18 September