The Le Monêtier-les-Bains ski area

Le Monêtier-les-Bains has 59 km of pistes, 16 lifts carrying 17,477 people an hour, 1,415 m of vertical, from 1,349 m to 2,764 m. 0 green runs, 11 blue, 4 red and 3 black.

Le Monêtier-les-Bains is a ski resort in the Southern Alps (Hautes-Alpes). The village sits at 1,465 m and the ski area rises to 2,764 m, a skiable vertical of 1,415 m.

Runs by level

18 runs over 59 km:

0 green 11 blue 4 red 3 black
Vertical drop
1,415 m — from 1,349 m to 2,764 m
Slope aspect
82 % north · 14 % east · 2 % south · 2 % west — computed from the fall line of 27 runs

As declared by the resort(ANMSM feed)

Ski area
Serre Chevalier Vallée
Linked area
SERRE CHEVALIER · 250 km
Pistes
137.029 km · 82 pistes
By grade
15 green · 26 blue · 28 red · 13 black
Lifts
59 in total · 5 gondolas · 20 chairlifts · 26 drag lifts · 5 conveyors
Altitude
1,200 m → 2,800 m
Snowmaking
33 % of pistes
Beginners
Beginner zone, free lifts
Fun & sledging
4 snowparks · 1 sledge run · fun zone
Nordic
Serre Chevalier · 99.1 km
Passes (as declared)
Adulte 6 jours (forfait domaine relié) 335 € · Adulte 1 jour (forfait domaine relié) 65.5 € · Famille 6 jours (forfait domaine relié) 1159 € (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
10 kmLongest piste — Tabuc (black), 633 m of vertical
860 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 2,264 → 1,405 m, 3 km
2,750 mHighest lift top — Yret (chairlift), national lift register
17,477Total lift capacity, people per hour — 16 installations: 7 chairlifts, 6 drag lifts, 3 magic carpets
29 yrsAverage age of the lift fleet — oldest 1961, newest 2019
2,400Biggest lift, people per hour — Eychauda (detachable chairlift, 2019)
50 kmTotal length of lifts — 47 lifts mapped
5,124 haSki area boundary (OSM)
923Inhabitants — Le Monêtier-les-Bains (INSEE 05079)

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 Le Monêtier-les-Bains only (“SERRE CHEVALIER 1500 (MONETIER)”), magic carpets included.

The lifts

Register of 1 January 2025

16 lifts , carrying 17,477 people an hour in total , 29 years old on average (from 1961 to 2019).

Type (as registered, in French)CountCapacity (people/h)
Télésièges711,807
Téléskis63,630
Tapis roulants32,040

Lift by lift

The 16 lifts whose capacity the register publishes, largest first.

LiftTypeCapacityLengthVerticalYearManufacturer
EYCHAUDA Télésiège débrayable 2,400 1491 m 283 m 2019 POMAGALSKI
BACHAS Télésiège débrayable 1,945 2492 m 711 m 1999 POMAGALSKI
CUCUMELLE Télésiège 1,800 364 m 153 m 1984 SKIRAIL
AYA Télésiège 1,510 1420 m 367 m 1986 POMAGALSKI
LAUZIERES Télésiège 1,500 1287 m 392 m 1987 POMAGALSKI
CIBOUIT Télésiège 1,402 893 m 319 m 2019 INGELO
YRET Télésiège 1,250 1730 m 610 m 1984 SKIRAIL
Les CHARMETTES Tapis roulant 1,200 77 m 7 m 2011 SUNKID
CHANTELOUBE 2 Téléski à enrouleur 850 204 m 21 m 2019 LST
TAPIS DES NEIGES Tapis roulant 840 22 m 2 m 2008 COMPAC
CLOT DEL'ETOILE Téléski à perche débrayable 700 1210 m 321 m 1963 POMAGALSKI
FIL NEIGE du Flocon Téléski à corde 600 44 m 4 m 2002 SCHIPPERS
BAMBI Téléski à corde 600 51 m 4 m 1989 SCHIPPERS
PRE CHABERT Téléski à perche débrayable 580 339 m 34 m 1961 POMAGALSKI
CHANTELOUBE Téléski à perche fixe 300 274 m 28 m 1980 POMAGALSKI
SIFLOTTE Tapis roulant 38 m 2 m 2019 LST

French national lift register (STRMTG / CAIRN database) — listed as “SERRE CHEVALIER 1500 (MONETIER)” · 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