The Saint-Hilaire ski area

Saint-Hilaire has 5 km of pistes, 5 lifts carrying 3,134 people an hour, 346 m of vertical, from 974 m to 1,320 m. 2 green runs, 4 blue, 5 red and 0 black.

Saint-Hilaire is a ski resort in the Northern Alps (Isère), in the commune of Plateau-des-Petites-Roches. The village sits at 970 m and the ski area rises to 1,320 m, a skiable vertical of 346 m.

Runs by level

11 runs over 5 km:

2 green 4 blue 5 red 0 black
Vertical drop
346 m — from 974 m to 1,320 m
Slope aspect
100 % east — computed from the fall line of 10 runs

The ski area in figures

Measured on 9 September 2026
1 kmLongest piste — Le S (blue), 165 m of vertical
244 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 1,320 → 1,076 m, 1 km
1,415 mHighest lift top — Sauzet (platter lift), national lift register
3,134Total lift capacity, people per hour — 5 installations: 5 drag lifts
51 yrsAverage age of the lift fleet — oldest 1968, newest 1981
900Biggest lift, people per hour — Bois Bossu (platter lift, 1981)
3 kmTotal length of lifts — 8 lifts mapped
35 haSki area boundary (OSM)
2,433Inhabitants — Plateau-des-Petites-Roches (INSEE 38395)

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-Hilaire only (“SAINT HILAIRE DU TOUVET”), magic carpets included.

The lifts

Register of 1 January 2025

5 lifts , carrying 3,134 people an hour in total , 51 years old on average (from 1968 to 1981).

Type (as registered, in French)CountCapacity (people/h)
Téléskis53,134

Lift by lift

The 5 lifts whose capacity the register publishes, largest first.

LiftTypeCapacityLengthVerticalYearManufacturer
BOIS BOSSU Téléski à perche débrayable 900 278 m 79 m 1981 MONTAZ MAUTINO
SAUZET Téléski à perche débrayable 720 789 m 265 m 1969 POMAGALSKI
RUCHES Téléski à perche débrayable 600 693 m 221 m 1968 MONTAZ MAUTINO
ECOLE Téléski à perche fixe 514 260 m 50 m 1981 POMAGALSKI
PIERRE DOREE Téléski à perche fixe 400 147 m 27 m 1972 POMAGALSKI

French national lift register (STRMTG / CAIRN database) — listed as “SAINT HILAIRE DU TOUVET” · 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.