The Chantemerle ski area

Chantemerle has 203 km of pistes, 18 lifts carrying 24,900 people an hour, 104 m of vertical, from 2,296 m to 2,400 m. 68 green runs, 61 blue, 30 red and 8 black.

Chantemerle is a ski resort in the Southern Alps (Hautes-Alpes), in the commune of Saint-Chaffrey. The village sits at 1,357 m and the ski area rises to 2,400 m, a skiable vertical of 104 m.

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Runs by level

167 runs over 203 km:

68 green 61 blue 30 red 8 black

Vertical drop: 104 m — from 2,296 m to 2,400 m
Slope aspect: 51 % east · 39 % north · 7 % west · 4 % south — computed from the fall line of 98 runs

As declared by the resort(ANMSM feed)

Ski area: Serre Chevalier Vallée
Linked area: SERRE CHEVALIER · 250 km
Pistes: 137.029 km · 82 pistes
By grade: 15 green · 26 blue · 28 red · 13 black
Lifts: 59 in total · 5 gondolas · 20 chairlifts · 26 drag lifts · 5 conveyors
Altitude: 1,200 m → 2,800 m
Snowmaking: 33 % of pistes
Beginners: Beginner zone, free lifts
Fun & sledging: 4 snowparks · 1 sledge run · fun zone
Nordic: Serre Chevalier · 99.1 km
Passes (as declared): Adulte 6 jours (forfait domaine relié) 335 € · Adulte 1 jour (forfait domaine relié) 65.5 € · Famille 6 jours (forfait domaine relié) 1159 € (official page)

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

10 kmLongest piste — Tabuc (black), 633 m of vertical

860 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 2,264 → 1,405 m, 3 km

2,480 mHighest lift top — Grand Serre (detachable chairlift), national lift register

24,900Total lift capacity, people per hour — 18 installations: 1 aerial tramway, 1 gondola, 6 chairlifts, 7 drag lifts, 3 magic carpets

33 yrsAverage age of the lift fleet — oldest 1962, newest 2019

2,800Biggest lift, people per hour — Les COMBES (detachable chairlift, 2007)

51 kmTotal length of lifts — 48 lifts mapped

5,124 haSki area boundary (OSM)

1,494Inhabitants — Saint-Chaffrey (INSEE 05133)

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 Chantemerle only (“SERRE CHEVALIER 1350 (SAINT CHAFFREY)”), magic carpets included.

The lifts

18 lifts , carrying 24,900 people an hour in total , 33 years old on average (from 1962 to 2019).

Type (as registered, in French)	Count	Capacity (people/h)
Téléphériques	1	400
Télécabines	1	2,235
Télésièges	6	13,950
Téléskis	7	4,595
Tapis roulants	3	3,720

Lift by lift

The 18 lifts whose capacity the register publishes, largest first.

Lift	Type	Capacity	Length	Vertical	Year	Manufacturer
Les COMBES	Télésiège débrayable	2,800	2071 m	499 m	2007	POMAGALSKI
BLETONNET	Télésiège débrayable	2,650	1623 m	544 m	2003	POMAGALSKI
GRAND SERRE	Télésiège débrayable	2,500	1023 m	290 m	2005	POMAGALSKI
RATIER	Télécabine	2,235	1624 m	538 m	2013	POMAGALSKI
PROREL	Télésiège débrayable	2,100	1288 m	393 m	2001	LEITNER
OREE DU BOIS	Télésiège débrayable	2,100	1433 m	404 m	1994	POMAGALSKI
AIGUILLETTE	Télésiège	1,800	1494 m	490 m	1988	POMAGALSKI
Le BLANCHOT	Tapis roulant	1,680	23 m	1 m	2019	LST
Le PATOU	Tapis roulant	1,200	32 m	2 m	2011	SUNKID
TAPIS DE RATIER	Tapis roulant	840	83 m	8 m	2008	SUNKID
BOIS DES COQS 2	Téléski à perche débrayable	800	1313 m	390 m	1978	POMAGALSKI
BOIS DES COQS 1	Téléski à perche débrayable	800	1301 m	389 m	1973	POMAGALSKI
CHAMPCELLA	Téléski à perche débrayable	770	1016 m	256 m	1964	POMAGALSKI
GRAND ALPE	Téléski à perche débrayable	735	453 m	87 m	1962	POMAGALSKI
REPLAT	Téléski à perche débrayable	690	660 m	129 m	1977	POMAGALSKI
EXERCICE RATIER 2	Téléski à perche fixe	400	119 m	19 m	1994	POMAGALSKI
SERRE CHE 2	Téléphérique	400	2313 m	576 m	1984	POMAGALSKI
EXERCICE RATIER 1	Téléski à perche fixe	400	119 m	19 m	1977	POMAGALSKI

French national lift register (STRMTG / CAIRN database) — listed as “SERRE CHEVALIER 1350 (SAINT CHAFFREY)” · 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 and distributed by ANMSM · read on 18 September