The Arvieux ski area

Arvieux has 10 km of pistes, 7 lifts carrying 6,300 people an hour, 415 m of vertical, from 1,691 m to 2,106 m. 7 green runs, 1 blue, 5 red and 1 black.

Arvieux is a ski resort in the Southern Alps (Hautes-Alpes). The village sits at 1,686 m and the ski area rises to 2,106 m, a skiable vertical of 415 m.

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Runs by level

14 runs over 10 km:

7 green 1 blue 5 red 1 black

Vertical drop: 415 m — from 1,691 m to 2,106 m
Slope aspect: 74 % west · 19 % south · 7 % north — computed from the fall line of 13 runs
Snowmaking: 23 % of the runs

The ski area in figures

Measured on 9 September 2026

1 kmLongest piste — Les Pylônes (red), 328 m of vertical

328 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 2,106 → 1,778 m, 1 km

2,079 mHighest lift top — Clot (platter lift), national lift register

6,300Total lift capacity, people per hour — 7 installations: 1 chairlift, 5 drag lifts, 1 magic carpet

42 yrsAverage age of the lift fleet — oldest 1961, newest 2008

1,350Biggest lift, people per hour — Revue (chairlift, 1983)

4 kmTotal length of lifts — 5 lifts mapped

296 haSki area boundary (OSM)

340Inhabitants — Arvieux (INSEE 05007)

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 Arvieux only (“ARVIEUX”), magic carpets included.

The lifts

7 lifts , carrying 6,300 people an hour in total , 42 years old on average (from 1961 to 2008).

Type (as registered, in French)	Count	Capacity (people/h)
Télésièges	1	1,350
Téléskis	5	3,650
Tapis roulants	1	1,300

Lift by lift

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

Lift	Type	Capacity	Length	Vertical	Year	Manufacturer
REVUE	Télésiège	1,350	735 m	148 m	1983	MONTAZ MAUTINO
PRA BERNARD	Tapis roulant	1,300	71 m	14 m	2008	COMPAC
SERRE	Téléski à perche débrayable	870	474 m	71 m	1961	MONTAZ MAUTINO
CLOT	Téléski à perche débrayable	800	1053 m	264 m	1984	MONTAZ MAUTINO
CATINA 2	Téléski à perche débrayable	760	1115 m	262 m	1970	MONTAZ MAUTINO
LE POET	Téléski à corde	720	60 m	6 m	1996	PELLAT-FINET
PREYTS	Téléski à perche débrayable	500	827 m	95 m	1979	MONTAZ MAUTINO

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