The Saint-Sorlin-d’Arves ski area

Saint-Sorlin-d’Arves has 125 km of pistes, 16 lifts carrying 22,430 people an hour. 35 green runs, 52 blue, 22 red and 12 black.

Saint-Sorlin-d’Arves is a ski resort in the Northern Alps (Savoie), in the commune of Saint-Sorlin-d'Arves. The village sits at 1,507 m and the ski area rises to 1,800 m.

Runs by level

121 runs over 125 km:

35 green 52 blue 22 red 12 black
Slope aspect
65 % east · 17 % north · 12 % south · 6 % west — computed from the fall line of 107 runs

As declared by the resort(ANMSM feed)

Ski area
Saint Sorlin d'Arves
Linked area
LES SYBELLES · 300 km
Lifts
8 chairlifts · 5 drag lifts · 3 conveyors
Altitude
1,550 m → 2,620 m
Beginners
Beginner zone, free lifts
Fun & sledging
fun zone
Passes (as declared)
Adulte 6 jours (forfait domaine relié) 295 € · Adulte 1 jour (forfait station) 49.2 € · Enfant 1 jour (forfait station) 39.8 € · Enfant 6 jours (forfait domaine relié) 238.5 € (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
8 kmLongest piste — Col des Lacs (blue), 532 m of vertical
620 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 2,207 → 1,587 m, 3 km
2,574 mHighest lift top — Trois Lacs (chairlift), national lift register
22,430Total lift capacity, people per hour — 16 installations: 8 chairlifts, 5 drag lifts, 3 magic carpets
23 yrsAverage age of the lift fleet — oldest 1975, newest 2019
2,600Biggest lift, people per hour — Eau D'olle (detachable chairlift, 2003)
51 kmTotal length of lifts — 60 lifts mapped
5,091 haSki area boundary (OSM)
347Inhabitants — Saint-Sorlin-d'Arves (INSEE 73280)

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-Sorlin-d’Arves only (“SAINT SORLIN D'ARVES”), magic carpets included.

The lifts

Register of 1 January 2025

16 lifts , carrying 22,430 people an hour in total , 23 years old on average (from 1975 to 2019).

Type (as registered, in French)CountCapacity (people/h)
Télésièges815,770
Téléskis53,460
Tapis roulants33,200

Lift by lift

The 16 lifts whose capacity the register publishes, largest first.

LiftTypeCapacityLengthVerticalYearManufacturer
EAU D'OLLE Télésiège débrayable 2,600 2058 m 420 m 2003 LEITNER
ROUET Télésiège débrayable 2,400 1948 m 563 m 2004 LEITNER
PETIT PERRON Télésiège 2,200 967 m 322 m 2002 LEITNER
DE LA LAUZE Télésiège 2,200 1106 m 309 m 1999 LEITNER
CHOSEAUX Télésiège débrayable 2,100 1949 m 563 m 2004 LEITNER
BOBBY Tapis roulant 2,000 66 m 6 m 2019 SUNKID
CHALET DE LA BALME - BLANCHARDS Télésiège 1,600 1464 m 356 m 2010 LEITNER
PLAN DU MOULIN EXPRESS Télésiège débrayable 1,600 2157 m 691 m 2010 LEITNER
MOLLARD 1 Tapis roulant 1,200 22 m 2 m 2019 SUNKID
TROIS LACS Télésiège 1,070 1725 m 529 m 1985 MONTAZ MAUTINO
BANC Téléski à enrouleur 890 1381 m 172 m 2002 LEITNER
ROCHE NOIRE Téléski à perche débrayable 800 1065 m 382 m 1978 MONTAZ MAUTINO
BOBBY Téléski à perche fixe 670 140 m 33 m 2006 LEITNER
CHOUCAS Téléski à perche débrayable 600 472 m 82 m 1975 MONTAZ MAUTINO
MOLLARD Téléski à perche débrayable 500 157 m 19 m 1996 MONTAZ MAUTINO
MOLLARD 2 "ESF" Tapis roulant 30 m 3 m 2015 SUNKID

French national lift register (STRMTG / CAIRN database) — listed as “SAINT SORLIN D'ARVES” · 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 and distributed by ANMSM · read on 18 September