The Serre-Eyraud ski area

Serre-Eyraud has 16 km of pistes, 3 lifts carrying 2,035 people an hour. 3 green runs, 12 blue, 13 red and 2 black.

Serre-Eyraud is a ski resort in the Southern Alps (Hautes-Alpes), in the commune of Orcières. The village sits at 1,446 m and the ski area rises to 1,960 m.

Runs by level

30 runs over 16 km:

3 green 12 blue 13 red 2 black
Slope aspect
30 % north · 27 % south · 22 % west · 21 % east — computed from the fall line of 22 runs

As declared by the resort(ANMSM feed)

Ski area
Serre-Eyraud
Pistes
9 pistes
By grade
2 green · 2 blue · 3 red · 2 black
Lifts
3 in total · 3 drag lifts
Altitude
1,480 m → 2,100 m
Beginners
Beginner zone
Passes (as declared)
Adulte 1 jour (forfait station) 18 € · Enfant 1 jour (forfait station) 14.5 € · Sénior 1 jour (forfait station) 14.5 € · Adulte 6 jours (forfait station) 90 € · Enfant 6 jours (forfait station) 72.5 € · Sénior 6 jours (forfait station) 72.5 €

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
1 kmLongest piste — La Croix du Lauzet (red), 320 m of vertical
341 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 1,989 → 1,648 m, 1 km
1,986 mHighest lift top — Croix Du Louret (platter lift), national lift register
2,035Total lift capacity, people per hour — 3 installations: 3 drag lifts
52 yrsAverage age of the lift fleet — oldest 1963, newest 1983
900Biggest lift, people per hour — Croix Du Louret (platter lift, 1983)
2 kmTotal length of lifts — 3 lifts mapped
73 haSki area boundary (OSM)
651Inhabitants — Orcières (INSEE 05096)

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 Serre-Eyraud only (“SERRE EYRAUD”), magic carpets included.

The lifts

Register of 1 January 2025

3 lifts , carrying 2,035 people an hour in total , 52 years old on average (from 1963 to 1983).

Type (as registered, in French)CountCapacity (people/h)
Téléskis32,035

Lift by lift

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

LiftTypeCapacityLengthVerticalYearManufacturer
CROIX DU LOURET Téléski à perche débrayable 900 1122 m 386 m 1983 POMAGALSKI
ECOLE Téléski à perche fixe 600 79 m 19 m 1972 POMAGALSKI
LOURET Téléski à perche débrayable 535 674 m 189 m 1963 POMAGALSKI

French national lift register (STRMTG / CAIRN database) — listed as “SERRE EYRAUD” · 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 d'Orcières and distributed by ANMSM · read on 18 September