The Saint-Urcize ski area

Saint-Urcize has 6 km of pistes, 3 lifts carrying 1,760 people an hour, 143 m of vertical, from 1,226 m to 1,369 m. 3 green runs, 3 blue, 3 red and 0 black.

Saint-Urcize is a ski resort in the Massif Central (Cantal). The village sits at 1,274 m and the ski area rises to 1,369 m, a skiable vertical of 143 m.

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Runs by level

9 runs over 6 km:

3 green 3 blue 3 red 0 black

Vertical drop: 143 m — from 1,226 m to 1,369 m
Slope aspect: 84 % north · 16 % west — computed from the fall line of 14 runs

The ski area in figures

Measured on 7 October 2026

1 kmLongest piste — Faubesse (blue), 116 m of vertical

116 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 1,346 → 1,230 m, 1 km

1,369 mHighest lift top — Foret - Goutals (platter lift), national lift register

1,760Total lift capacity, people per hour — 3 installations: 3 drag lifts

47 yrsAverage age of the lift fleet — oldest 1973, newest 1987

710Biggest lift, people per hour — Foret - Goutals (platter lift, 1973)

2 kmTotal length of lifts — 5 lifts mapped

n/aSki area boundary (OSM)

475Inhabitants — Saint-Urcize (INSEE 15216)

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-Urcize only (“SAINTE URCIZE”), magic carpets included.

The lifts

3 lifts , carrying 1,760 people an hour in total , 47 years old on average (from 1973 to 1987).

Type (as registered, in French)	Count	Capacity (people/h)
Téléskis	3	1,760

Lift by lift

The 3 lifts whose capacity the register publishes, largest first.

Lift	Type	Capacity	Length	Vertical	Year	Manufacturer
FORET - GOUTALS	Téléski à perche débrayable	710	810 m	133 m	1973	POMAGALSKI
RUISSEAU	Téléski à perche débrayable	600	621 m	71 m	1973	POMAGALSKI
SAPINS	Téléski à perche fixe	450	205 m	22 m	1987	POMAGALSKI

French national lift register (STRMTG / CAIRN database) — listed as “SAINTE URCIZE” · 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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