The Villard-de-Lans ski area

Villard-de-Lans has 54 km of pistes, 17 lifts carrying 16,556 people an hour, 1,021 m of vertical, from 1,000 m to 2,021 m. 18 green runs, 14 blue, 7 red and 7 black.

Villard-de-Lans is a ski resort in the Northern Alps (Isère). The village sits at 1,146 m and the ski area rises to 2,021 m, a skiable vertical of 1,021 m.

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Runs by level

46 runs over 54 km:

18 green 14 blue 7 red 7 black

Vertical drop: 1,021 m — from 1,000 m to 2,021 m
Slope aspect: 50 % west · 48 % north · 1 % east · 1 % south — computed from the fall line of 79 runs

As declared by the resort(ANMSM feed)

Ski area: ESPACE VILLARD CORRENCON
Linked area: ESPACE VILLARD CORRENCON · 125 km
Lifts: 3 gondolas · 6 chairlifts · 10 drag lifts
Altitude: 1,520 m → 2,050 m (resort base 1,143 m)
Beginners: Beginner zone
Fun & sledging: 8 sledge runs
Nordic: Espace Nordique du Haut Vercors
Passes (as declared): Sénior 6 jours (forfait station) 190 € · Sénior 2 jours (forfait station) 68 € · Sénior 1 jour (forfait station) 36 € · Adulte 6 jours (forfait station) 242 € · Adulte 2 jours (forfait station) 85 € · Adulte 1 jour (forfait station) 43 € · Enfant 6 jours (forfait station) 209 € · Enfant 2 jours (forfait station) 61 € (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

3 kmLongest piste — Retour Villard Village (green), 342 m of vertical

493 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 2,013 → 1,520 m, 3 km

1,982 mHighest lift top — Les Cretes (detachable chairlift), national lift register

16,556Total lift capacity, people per hour — 17 installations: 2 gondolas, 4 chairlifts, 5 drag lifts, 6 magic carpets

30 yrsAverage age of the lift fleet — oldest 1970, newest 2019

3,080Biggest lift, people per hour — Grand Canyon (detachable chairlift, 2006)

8 kmTotal length of lifts — 10 lifts mapped

1,690 haSki area boundary (OSM)

4,328Inhabitants — Villard-de-Lans (INSEE 38548)

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 Villard-de-Lans only (“VILLARD DE LANS”), magic carpets included.

The lifts

17 lifts , carrying 16,556 people an hour in total , 30 years old on average (from 1970 to 2019).

Type (as registered, in French)	Count	Capacity (people/h)
Télécabines	2	3,200
Télésièges	4	9,030
Téléskis	5	2,765
Tapis roulants	6	1,561

Lift by lift

The 17 lifts whose capacity the register publishes, largest first.

Lift	Type	Capacity	Length	Vertical	Year	Manufacturer
GRAND CANYON	Télésiège débrayable	3,080	1875 m	403 m	2006	POMAGALSKI
LES CRETES	Télésiège débrayable	2,800	1834 m	512 m	1996	POMAGALSKI
COTE 2000	Télécabine	2,000	1886 m	563 m	2010	POMAGALSKI
REFUGE	Télésiège	1,650	976 m	167 m	1988	POMAGALSKI
Smile	Tapis roulant	1,560	129 m	26 m	2019	SUNKID
GLOVETTES	Télésiège	1,500	1536 m	333 m	1988	POMAGALSKI
PRE DES PREYS	Télécabine	1,200	1167 m	371 m	1981	POMAGALSKI
OURSON	Téléski à perche débrayable	900	960 m	258 m	1976	POMAGALSKI
REFUGE 3	Téléski à perche débrayable	540	240 m	45 m	1974	POMAGALSKI
JAUX 2	Téléski à perche débrayable	515	728 m	178 m	1975	POMAGALSKI
BAMBY	Téléski à perche fixe	450	108 m	9 m	1970	POMAGALSKI
OK TECHNIC	Téléski à perche fixe	360	114 m	15 m	1984	POMAGALSKI
JARDIN D'ENFANTS	Tapis roulant	1	50 m	3 m	2008	TECHNOFUN
PIOU-PIOU	Tapis roulant	—	20 m	1 m	2011	SUNKID
TAPIS MAGIQUE	Tapis roulant	—	119 m	17 m	2008	TECHNOFUN
TAPIS VOLANT	Tapis roulant	—	115 m	22 m	2007	TECHNOFUN
LES SAPINS	Tapis roulant	—	50 m	5 m	2006	TECHNOFUN

French national lift register (STRMTG / CAIRN database) — listed as “VILLARD DE LANS” · open the database. Safety register: it also counts lifts that do not run every day.

Official piste map

Open the piste map (image, 2.1 MB) ↗

Published by Villard-de-Lans / Corrençon-en-Vercors · file dated 3 November 2022 · link checked on 12 September 2026 · official page

Link to the resort’s own file — a piste map is a copyrighted artwork, we host no copy.

Resort data: declared by Office Municipal du Tourisme and distributed by ANMSM · read on 18 September