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:
- 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 2026Measured 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 202523 lifts , carrying 23,836 people an hour in total , 20 years old on average (from 1973 to 2021).
| Type (as registered, in French) | Count | Capacity (people/h) |
|---|---|---|
| Télésièges | 10 | 18,410 |
| Téléskis | 7 | 4,824 |
| Tapis roulants | 6 | 602 |
Lift by lift
The 20 lifts whose capacity the register publishes, largest first.
| Lift | Type | Capacity | Length | Vertical | Year | Manufacturer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
Resort data: declared by VALMEINIER and distributed by ANMSM · read on 18 September