The Thollon-les-Mémises ski area

Thollon-les-Mémises has 22 km of pistes, 15 lifts carrying 13,495 people an hour, 796 m of vertical, from 1,077 m to 1,873 m. 31 green runs, 15 blue, 15 red and 2 black.

Thollon-les-Mémises is a ski resort in the Northern Alps (Haute-Savoie). The village sits at 1,622 m and the ski area rises to 1,873 m, a skiable vertical of 796 m.

Runs by level

63 runs over 22 km:

31 green 15 blue 15 red 2 black
Vertical drop
796 m — from 1,077 m to 1,873 m
Slope aspect
44 % north · 29 % west · 26 % east · 1 % south — computed from the fall line of 37 runs

As declared by the resort(ANMSM feed)

Ski area
THOLLON LES MEMISES
Lifts
1 in total · 1 gondolas · 3 chairlifts · 11 drag lifts
Altitude
1,000 m → 2,000 m (resort base 1,600 m)
Snowmaking
65 % of pistes
Beginners
Beginner zone
Fun & sledging
fun zone
Nordic
THOLLON LES MEMISES
Passes (as declared)
Enfant 1 jour (forfait station) 20.4 € · Enfant 4 jours (forfait station) 81.6 € · Adulte 1 jour (forfait station) 25.5 € · Adulte 4 jours (forfait station) 102 € · Famille 1 jour (forfait station) 87 € · Famille 4 jours (forfait station) 349 €

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
2 kmLongest piste — Les Vieilles Cases (red), 492 m of vertical
518 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 1,595 → 1,077 m, 2 km
1,878 mHighest lift top — TSF du Parchet (chairlift), national lift register
13,495Total lift capacity, people per hour — 15 installations: 1 gondola, 3 chairlifts, 11 drag lifts
40 yrsAverage age of the lift fleet — oldest 1954, newest 2013
1,750Biggest lift, people per hour — TSF du Parchet (chairlift, 2012)
7 kmTotal length of lifts — 15 lifts mapped
646 haSki area boundary (OSM)
879Inhabitants — Thollon-les-Mémises (INSEE 74279)

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 Thollon-les-Mémises only (“THOLLON LES MEMISES”), magic carpets included.

The lifts

Register of 1 January 2025

15 lifts , carrying 13,495 people an hour in total , 40 years old on average (from 1954 to 2013).

Type (as registered, in French)CountCapacity (people/h)
Télécabines11,500
Télésièges33,550
Téléskis118,445

Lift by lift

The 15 lifts whose capacity the register publishes, largest first.

LiftTypeCapacityLengthVerticalYearManufacturer
TSF du Parchet Télésiège 1,750 1270 m 300 m 2012 POMAGALSKI
TC des Mémises Télécabine 1,500 1403 m 562 m 2013 POMAGALSKI
TK Télécorde des Mémises Télécorde 1,170 88 m 12 m 2008 POMAGALSKI
TS de l'Accès Télésiège 1,100 149 m 54 m 1984 POMAGALSKI
TK Mottet 2 Téléski à perche débrayable 900 474 m 161 m 1983 POMAGALSKI
TK de Phébus Téléski à perche débrayable 900 609 m 156 m 1978 MONTAZ MAUTINO
TK du Chouca Téléski à perche débrayable 900 353 m 53 m 1971 MONTAZ MAUTINO
TK Mottet 1 Téléski à perche débrayable 880 478 m 161 m 1954 POMAGALSKI
TK jardin d'Enfant Téléski à corde 720 60 m 5 m 1994 SCHIPPERS
TK de Cornien Téléski à perche débrayable 700 439 m 63 m 1979 MONTAZ MAUTINO
TS de la Frasse Télésiège 700 892 m 260 m 1979 MONTAZ MAUTINO
TK des Tetras Téléski à perche débrayable 680 562 m 158 m 1972 MONTAZ MAUTINO
TK Ecole Téléski à perche débrayable 585 201 m 63 m 1983 POMAGALSKI
TK Acces 3 Téléski à perche débrayable 510 297 m 34 m 1979 MONTAZ MAUTINO
TK du Chouca 2 Téléski à perche débrayable 500 313 m 52 m 1981 MONTAZ MAUTINO

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