The Vars ski area
Vars has 87 km of pistes, 19 lifts carrying 30,669 people an hour, 939 m of vertical, from 1,780 m to 2,719 m. 24 green runs, 55 blue, 25 red and 8 black.
Vars is a ski resort in the Southern Alps (Hautes-Alpes). The village sits at 1,860 m and the ski area rises to 2,719 m, a skiable vertical of 939 m.
Runs by level
112 runs over 87 km:
- Vertical drop
- 939 m — from 1,780 m to 2,719 m
- Slope aspect
- 44 % east · 32 % north · 14 % south · 10 % west — computed from the fall line of 84 runs
As declared by the resort(ANMSM feed)
- Ski area
- Vars La Forêt Blanche
- Linked area
- La Forêt Blanche · 185 km
- Pistes
- 69 pistes
- By grade
- 10 green · 30 blue · 22 red · 7 black
- Lifts
- 18 in total · 1 gondolas · 10 chairlifts · 2 conveyors
- Altitude
- 1,650 m → 2,750 m (resort base 1,850 m)
- Beginners
- Beginner zone, free lifts
- Fun & sledging
- 10 snowparks · 1 sledge run · fun zone
- Passes (as declared)
- Adulte 1 jour (forfait domaine relié) 58 € · Enfant 1 jour (forfait domaine relié) 49 € · Sénior 1 jour (forfait domaine relié) 49 € · Adulte 2 jours (forfait domaine relié) 110 € · Enfant 2 jours (forfait domaine relié) 94 € · Sénior 2 jours (forfait domaine relié) 94 € · Adulte 3 jours (forfait domaine relié) 160 € · Enfant 3 jours (forfait domaine relié) 136 € (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 Vars only (“VARS”), magic carpets included.
The lifts
Register of 1 January 202519 lifts , carrying 30,669 people an hour in total , 21 years old on average (from 1964 to 2024).
| Type (as registered, in French) | Count | Capacity (people/h) |
|---|---|---|
| Télésièges | 10 | 20,154 |
| Téléskis | 5 | 3,465 |
| Tapis roulants | 4 | 7,050 |
Lift by lift
The 19 lifts whose capacity the register publishes, largest first.
| Lift | Type | Capacity | Length | Vertical | Year | Manufacturer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLAUX | Tapis roulant | 3,600 | 143 m | 9 m | 2019 | LST |
| MAYT | Télésiège débrayable | 2,800 | 2252 m | 609 m | 2022 | LEITNER |
| CHABRIERES | Télémix | 2,600 | 1328 m | 353 m | 2019 | LEITNER |
| PEYROL | Télésiège débrayable | 2,600 | 1414 m | 391 m | 2004 | LEITNER |
| PEYNIER | Télésiège | 2,000 | 1345 m | 478 m | 2024 | CCM |
| PLANS | Télésiège | 1,800 | 617 m | 151 m | 2023 | CCM |
| SPEED MASTER | Télésiège débrayable | 1,800 | 1549 m | 522 m | 2022 | LEITNER |
| CENTRE | Tapis roulant | 1,800 | 35 m | 2 m | 2019 | LST |
| SIBIERES | Télésiège débrayable | 1,800 | 1529 m | 361 m | 2006 | LEITNER |
| FONT BONNE | Télésiège | 1,754 | 234 m | 86 m | 2009 | ALTIM |
| ZAKOPANE | Tapis roulant | 1,650 | 43 m | 3 m | 2018 | EMMEGI |
| Ste MARIE | Télésiège débrayable | 1,500 | 1562 m | 514 m | 1999 | LEITNER |
| ESCONDUS | Télésiège débrayable | 1,500 | 1426 m | 367 m | 1995 | LEITNER |
| CREVOUX 1 | Téléski à perche débrayable | 900 | 1158 m | 230 m | 1964 | POMAGALSKI |
| CREVOUX 2 | Téléski à perche débrayable | 865 | 1159 m | 229 m | 1975 | POMAGALSKI |
| EYSSINA | Téléski à perche débrayable | 710 | 595 m | 106 m | 1972 | POMAGALSKI |
| ECRINS | Téléski à perche débrayable | 670 | 360 m | 67 m | 1969 | POMAGALSKI |
| JARDIN ENFANTS BABY G2 | Téléski à perche fixe | 320 | 123 m | 14 m | 1991 | MONTAZ MAUTINO |
| ECRINS | Tapis roulant | — | 89 m | 2 m | 2020 | LST |
French national lift register (STRMTG / CAIRN database) — listed as “VARS” · open the database. Safety register: it also counts lifts that do not run every day.
Official piste map
Resort data: declared by Office du Tourisme and distributed by ANMSM · read on 18 September