The Saint-François-Longchamp ski area

Saint-François-Longchamp has 21 lifts carrying 22,793 people an hour, 1,100 m of vertical, from 1,450 m to 2,550 m.

Saint-François-Longchamp is a ski resort in the Northern Alps (Savoie). The village sits at 1,650 m and the ski area rises to 2,550 m, a skiable vertical of 1,100 m.

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Vertical drop: 1,100 m — from 1,450 m to 2,550 m
Slope aspect: 53 % west · 23 % north · 15 % south · 9 % east — computed from the fall line of 61 runs

As declared by the resort(ANMSM feed)

Ski area: Le Grand Domaine
Linked area: Grand Domaine · 165 km
Altitude: 1,450 m → 2,550 m (resort base 1,650 m)
Snowmaking: 14 % of pistes
Beginners: Beginner zone, free lifts
Fun & sledging: fun zone
Nordic: Zone Nordique du Grand Coin
Passes (as declared): Child, 1 day (resort pass) €30.70 · Adult, 1 day (resort pass) €35.40 · Child, 6 days (resort pass) €161 · Adult, 6 days (resort pass) €177 · Child, 1 day (linked-area pass) €37.30 · Adult, 1 day (linked-area pass) €43.90 · Child, 6 days (linked-area pass) €188.40 · Adult, 6 days (linked-area pass) €222

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

7 kmLongest piste — Le Marquis (blue), 420 m of vertical

573 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 2,177 → 1,604 m, 3 km

2,514 mHighest lift top — Lauziere (chairlift), national lift register

22,793Total lift capacity, people per hour — 21 installations: 7 chairlifts, 13 drag lifts, 1 magic carpet

27 yrsAverage age of the lift fleet — oldest 1976, newest 2023

2,800Biggest lift, people per hour — Frene (detachable chairlift, 2005)

41 kmTotal length of lifts — 40 lifts mapped

4,581 haSki area boundary (OSM)

433Inhabitants — Saint François Longchamp (INSEE 73235)

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-François-Longchamp only (“SAINT FRANCOIS LONGCHAMP”), magic carpets included.

The lifts

21 lifts , carrying 22,793 people an hour in total , 27 years old on average (from 1976 to 2023).

Type (as registered, in French)	Count	Capacity (people/h)
Télésièges	7	14,137
Téléskis	13	8,655
Tapis roulants	1	1

Lift by lift

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

Lift	Type	Capacity	Length	Vertical	Year	Manufacturer
LUNE BLEUE	Télésiège débrayable	2,800	1709 m	390 m	2009	POMAGALSKI
FRENE	Télésiège débrayable	2,800	1871 m	423 m	2005	POMAGALSKI
MARQUIS	Télésiège débrayable	2,400	1543 m	435 m	2001	POMAGALSKI
MOLLARET	Télésiège	1,800	1370 m	316 m	2006	SKIRAIL
SOLEIL ROUGE	Télésiège	1,587	1440 m	451 m	2013	POMAGALSKI
CLOCHETTES	Télésiège	1,500	723 m	192 m	2007	POMAGALSKI
LAUZIERE	Télésiège	1,250	1648 m	624 m	1987	POMAGALSKI
DEBUTANT ESF	Téléski à corde	840	60 m	6 m	1999	PELLAT-FINET
ROC BLANC	Téléski à perche débrayable	800	984 m	182 m	1996	POMAGALSKI
SAPIN	Téléski à perche débrayable	800	697 m	183 m	1982	POMAGALSKI
GRAND SCHUSS	Téléski à perche débrayable	800	565 m	194 m	1976	POMAGALSKI
SLALOM 2	Téléski à perche débrayable	785	293 m	57 m	1978	POMAGALSKI
COTE 2305	Téléski à perche débrayable	780	1225 m	313 m	1978	POMAGALSKI
DES FEES	Téléski à câble bas	700	81 m	6 m	2021	SUNKID
MOLLARET	Téléski à corde	690	65 m	4 m	2023	BRUCKSCHLÖGL
GRENOUILLERE	Téléski à corde	600	50 m	3 m	2010	PELLAT-FINET
FLOCON	Téléski à corde	600	70 m	6 m	2007	SCHIPPERS
OURSON	Téléski à corde	500	45 m	3 m	2004	PELLAT-FINET
SLALOM 1	Téléski à perche débrayable	460	293 m	60 m	1978	POMAGALSKI
ECOLE 1650 (ex sucette 1650)	Téléski à perche fixe	300	30 m	3 m	1976	MONTAZ MAUTINO

French national lift register (STRMTG / CAIRN database) — listed as “SAINT FRANCOIS LONGCHAMP” · 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 Saint Francois Longchamp Tourisme and distributed by ANMSM · read on 16 October