The Col de Porte ski area

Col de Porte has 2 km of pistes, 4 lifts carrying 2,450 people an hour. 2 green runs, 4 blue, 1 red and 0 black.

Col de Porte is a ski resort in the Northern Alps (Isère), in the commune of Sarcenas. The village sits at 1,306 m.

← Col de Porte resort page Version française

Runs by level

7 runs over 2 km:

2 green 4 blue 1 red 0 black

Slope aspect: 91 % north · 9 % east — computed from the fall line of 5 runs

The ski area in figures

Measured on 9 September 2026

1 kmLongest piste — unnamed on the map (blue), 100 m of vertical

100 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 1,326 → 1,226 m, 1 km

1,701 mHighest lift top — Charmant Som (chairlift), national lift register

2,450Total lift capacity, people per hour — 4 installations: 1 chairlift, 2 drag lifts, 1 magic carpet

46 yrsAverage age of the lift fleet — oldest 1958, newest 2017

800Biggest lift, people per hour — Zouzous (magic carpet, 2017)

4 kmTotal length of lifts — 5 lifts mapped

90 haSki area boundary (OSM)

261Inhabitants — Sarcenas (INSEE 38472)

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 Col de Porte only (“COL DE PORTE”), magic carpets included.

The lifts

4 lifts , carrying 2,450 people an hour in total , 46 years old on average (from 1958 to 2017).

Type (as registered, in French)	Count	Capacity (people/h)
Télésièges	1	450
Téléskis	2	1,200
Tapis roulants	1	800

Lift by lift

The 4 lifts whose capacity the register publishes, largest first.

Lift	Type	Capacity	Length	Vertical	Year	Manufacturer
ZOUZOUS	Tapis roulant	800	104 m	14 m	2017	MEB (IDM)
PINEA	Téléski à perche débrayable	600	150 m	26 m	1965	POMAGALSKI
PRAIRIE	Téléski à perche débrayable	600	595 m	104 m	1958	POMAGALSKI
CHARMANT SOM	Télésiège	450	1760 m	501 m	1978	POMAGALSKI

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

Official piste map

Open the piste map (PDF, 4.9 MB) ↗

Published by Col de Porte · file dated 18 November 2024 · 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.