The Schnepfenried ski area

Schnepfenried has 9 km of pistes, 7 lifts carrying 6,400 people an hour, 210 m of vertical, from 1,043 m to 1,253 m. 4 green runs, 3 blue, 5 red and 5 black.

Schnepfenried is a ski resort in the Vosges (Haut-Rhin), in the commune of Sondernach. The village sits at 1,071 m and the ski area rises to 1,253 m, a skiable vertical of 210 m.

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Runs by level

17 runs over 9 km:

4 green 3 blue 5 red 5 black

Vertical drop: 210 m — from 1,043 m to 1,253 m
Slope aspect: 55 % north · 34 % east · 11 % south — computed from the fall line of 15 runs

The ski area in figures

Measured on 9 September 2026

1 kmLongest piste — Bronner rouge (red), 192 m of vertical

197 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 1,234 → 1,037 m, 1 km

1,277 mHighest lift top — Bellevue 1 (platter lift), national lift register

6,400Total lift capacity, people per hour — 7 installations: 6 drag lifts, 1 magic carpet

33 yrsAverage age of the lift fleet — oldest 1963, newest 2023

1,480Biggest lift, people per hour — Ecureuil (magic carpet, 2023)

4 kmTotal length of lifts — 7 lifts mapped

78 haSki area boundary (OSM)

590Inhabitants — Sondernach (INSEE 68311)

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 Schnepfenried only (“SCHNEPFENRIED”), magic carpets included.

The lifts

7 lifts , carrying 6,400 people an hour in total , 33 years old on average (from 1963 to 2023).

Type (as registered, in French)	Count	Capacity (people/h)
Téléskis	6	4,920
Tapis roulants	1	1,480

Lift by lift

The 7 lifts whose capacity the register publishes, largest first.

Lift	Type	Capacity	Length	Vertical	Year	Manufacturer
Ecureuil	Tapis roulant	1,480	120 m	24 m	2023	SUNKID
Le Golf (Chalet)	Téléski à perche débrayable	900	660 m	160 m	1989	POMAGALSKI
Débutant	Téléski à enrouleur	850	289 m	53 m	2017	G.M.M.
Deybach	Téléski à enrouleur	850	649 m	109 m	2015	G.M.M.
Panoramic	Téléski à perche débrayable	840	747 m	170 m	1967	POMAGALSKI
Bronner	Téléski à perche débrayable	770	624 m	207 m	1971	POMAGALSKI
Bellevue 1	Téléski à perche débrayable	710	690 m	156 m	1963	POMAGALSKI

French national lift register (STRMTG / CAIRN database) — listed as “SCHNEPFENRIED” · open the database. Safety register: it also counts lifts that do not run every day.

Official piste map

Open the piste map (image, 542 KB) ↗

Published by Le Schnepfenried · file dated 18 December 2023 · link checked on 12 September 2026 · official page

Link to the resort’s own file — a piste map is a copyrighted artwork, we host no copy.