The Valmeinier ski area

Valmeinier has 158 km of pistes, 23 lifts carrying 23,836 people an hour. 32 green runs, 68 blue, 42 red and 5 black.

Valmeinier is a ski resort in the Northern Alps (Savoie). The village sits at 1,522 m and the ski area rises to 2,444 m.

Runs by level

147 runs over 158 km:

32 green 68 blue 42 red 5 black
Slope aspect
49 % west · 33 % north · 10 % south · 7 % east — computed from the fall line of 102 runs

As declared by the resort(ANMSM feed)

Ski area
Galibier - Thabor
Linked area
Galibier - Thabor · 160 km
Lifts
2 gondolas · 17 chairlifts · 10 drag lifts
Altitude
1,500 m → 2,750 m (resort base 1,800 m)
Snowmaking
70 % of pistes
Beginners
Beginner zone, free lifts
Fun & sledging
2 sledge runs · fun zone
Nordic
9 km
Passes (as declared)
Sénior 1 jour (forfait domaine relié) 47.3 € · Sénior 2 jours (forfait domaine relié) 91.9 € · Sénior 3 jours (forfait domaine relié) 136.8 € · Sénior 4 jours (forfait domaine relié) 182 € · Sénior 5 jours (forfait domaine relié) 215 € · Sénior 6 jours (forfait domaine relié) 238.5 € · Adulte 1 jour (forfait domaine relié) 52.3 € · Adulte 2 jours (forfait domaine relié) 102.2 € (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
7 kmLongest piste — Selles (blue), 673 m of vertical
849 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 2,493 → 1,643 m, 5 km
2,741 mHighest lift top — Sandoniere (detachable chairlift), national lift register
23,836Total lift capacity, people per hour — 23 installations: 10 chairlifts, 7 drag lifts, 6 magic carpets
20 yrsAverage age of the lift fleet — oldest 1973, newest 2021
2,800Biggest lift, people per hour — Les Jeux (detachable chairlift, 2011)
30 kmTotal length of lifts — 32 lifts mapped
3,827 haSki area boundary (OSM)
593Inhabitants — Valmeinier (INSEE 73307)

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 Valmeinier only (“VALMEINIER”), magic carpets included.

The lifts

Register of 1 January 2025

23 lifts , carrying 23,836 people an hour in total , 20 years old on average (from 1973 to 2021).

Type (as registered, in French)CountCapacity (people/h)
Télésièges1018,410
Téléskis74,824
Tapis roulants6602

Lift by lift

The 20 lifts whose capacity the register publishes, largest first.

LiftTypeCapacityLengthVerticalYearManufacturer
LES JEUX Télésiège débrayable 2,800 1862 m 620 m 2011 LEITNER
GRANDES DROZES Télésiège débrayable 2,500 1804 m 655 m 2004 POMAGALSKI
SANDONIERE Télésiège débrayable 2,000 1364 m 463 m 2019 LEITNER
INVERSINS Télésiège débrayable 2,000 2323 m 684 m 2000 POMAGALSKI
MONEUL Télésiège 1,800 1292 m 465 m 2007 POMAGALSKI
PRE AYNARD Télésiège 1,800 508 m 162 m 2003 POMAGALSKI
GIRODIERE Télésiège 1,500 416 m 133 m 2006 POMAGALSKI
ROI Télésiège 1,410 1608 m 548 m 1987 POMAGALSKI
GROS CREY Télésiège 1,400 1508 m 529 m 1987 POMAGALSKI
ARMERA Télésiège 1,200 690 m 4 m 1985 MONTAZ MAUTINO
PRE VAREL Téléski à enrouleur 900 208 m 47 m 2017 POMAGALSKI
SAUSSETTE Téléski à enrouleur 834 98 m 17 m 2019 DOPPELMAYR
PLAN PALAIS 2 Téléski à perche débrayable 810 1029 m 311 m 2000 POMAGALSKI
DONALD Téléski à corde 600 25 m 2 m 2020 LST
GAROLOUP Tapis roulant 600 29 m 2 m 2017 LST
BAMBY Téléski à corde 600 70 m 5 m 1999 SCHIPPERS
MICKEY Téléski à corde 600 35 m 4 m 1992 SCHIPPERS
PLAN PALAIS Téléski à perche débrayable 480 1046 m 321 m 1973 MONTAZ MAUTINO
PIOU PIOU Tapis roulant 1 17 m 1 m 2010 SUNKID
SIFLOTE Tapis roulant 1 20 m 1 m 2006 SUNKID

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