The Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval ski area

Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval has 5 lifts carrying 3,445 people an hour, 173 m of vertical, from 775 m to 948 m.

Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval is a ski resort in the Northern Alps (Haute-Savoie). The village sits at 728 m and the ski area rises to 948 m, a skiable vertical of 173 m.

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Vertical drop: 173 m — from 775 m to 948 m
Slope aspect: 44 % west · 37 % north · 19 % east — computed from the fall line of 16 runs

The ski area in figures

Measured on 7 October 2026

11 kmLongest piste — Cascades (red), 1,594 m of vertical

1,594 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 2,376 → 781 m, 11 km

948 mHighest lift top — TK de la Fontaine (ou Feulatière) (platter lift), national lift register

3,445Total lift capacity, people per hour — 5 installations: 5 drag lifts

43 yrsAverage age of the lift fleet — oldest 1969, newest 2001

900Biggest lift, people per hour — TK Cascades (platter lift, 2001)

59 kmTotal length of lifts — 55 lifts mapped

5,962 haSki area boundary (OSM)

736Inhabitants — Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval (INSEE 74273)

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 Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval only (“SIXT”), magic carpets included.

The lifts

5 lifts , carrying 3,445 people an hour in total , 43 years old on average (from 1969 to 2001).

Type (as registered, in French)	Count	Capacity (people/h)
Téléskis	5	3,445

Lift by lift

The 5 lifts whose capacity the register publishes, largest first.

Lift	Type	Capacity	Length	Vertical	Year	Manufacturer
TK Cascades	Téléski à perche débrayable	900	356 m	63 m	2001	POMAGALSKI
TK la Riolle	Téléski à corde	720	50 m	3 m	1990	PELLAT-FINET
TK de la Fontaine (ou Feulatière)	Téléski à perche débrayable	615	520 m	98 m	1969	MONTAGNER
TK de Balme	Téléski à perche débrayable	610	450 m	86 m	1969	MONTAGNER
TK des Fontaines	Téléski à perche débrayable	600	240 m	27 m	1982	MONTAGNER

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