The Saint-Léger-les-Mélèzes ski area

Saint-Léger-les-Mélèzes has 31 km of pistes, 10 lifts carrying 7,381 people an hour, 720 m of vertical, from 1,262 m to 1,982 m. 32 green runs, 20 blue, 10 red and 1 black.

Saint-Léger-les-Mélèzes is a ski resort in the Southern Alps (Hautes-Alpes). The village sits at 1,076 m and the ski area rises to 1,982 m, a skiable vertical of 720 m.

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Runs by level

63 runs over 31 km:

32 green 20 blue 10 red 1 black

Vertical drop: 720 m — from 1,262 m to 1,982 m
Slope aspect: 60 % north · 33 % west · 5 % east · 1 % south — computed from the fall line of 49 runs

The ski area in figures

Measured on 9 September 2026

3 kmLongest piste — Les Chamois (green), 256 m of vertical

484 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 1,982 → 1,499 m, 2 km

1,982 mHighest lift top — Cuchon (chairlift), national lift register

7,381Total lift capacity, people per hour — 10 installations: 2 chairlifts, 6 drag lifts, 2 magic carpets

38 yrsAverage age of the lift fleet — oldest 1967, newest 2013

1,600Biggest lift, people per hour — Cuchon (chairlift, 2008)

5 kmTotal length of lifts — 8 lifts mapped

387 haSki area boundary (OSM)

373Inhabitants — Saint-Léger-les-Mélèzes (INSEE 05149)

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-Léger-les-Mélèzes only (“SAINT LEGER LES MELEZES”), magic carpets included.

The lifts

10 lifts , carrying 7,381 people an hour in total , 38 years old on average (from 1967 to 2013).

Type (as registered, in French)	Count	Capacity (people/h)
Télésièges	2	3,200
Téléskis	6	2,881
Tapis roulants	2	1,300

Lift by lift

The 10 lifts whose capacity the register publishes, largest first.

Lift	Type	Capacity	Length	Vertical	Year	Manufacturer
CUCHON	Télésiège	1,600	1119 m	508 m	2008	G.M.M.
LIBOUZE	Télésiège	1,600	1212 m	232 m	2008	G.M.M.
PIOU PIOU	Tapis roulant	1,300	49 m	6 m	2010	COMPAC
TANCHIT	Téléski à perche débrayable	750	708 m	245 m	1973	POMAGALSKI
CHAMPETS	Téléski à perche débrayable	576	1410 m	362 m	1972	POMAGALSKI
BOUSSONIERE	Téléski à perche débrayable	415	235 m	40 m	1967	POMAGALSKI
CHAMP FAVIER 2	Téléski à perche fixe	400	290 m	54 m	1971	POMAGALSKI
COMBES	Téléski à perche fixe	370	247 m	40 m	1973	POMAGALSKI
VERNIE	Téléski à perche fixe	370	191 m	24 m	1971	POMAGALSKI
DE LA LIAISON	Tapis roulant	—	120 m	25 m	2013	SUNKID

French national lift register (STRMTG / CAIRN database) — listed as “SAINT LEGER LES MELEZES” · 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 Saint-Léger-les-Mélèzes and distributed by ANMSM · read on 18 September