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:
- 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 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 Le Monêtier-les-Bains only (“SERRE CHEVALIER 1500 (MONETIER)”), magic carpets included.
The lifts
Register of 1 January 202516 lifts , carrying 17,477 people an hour in total , 29 years old on average (from 1961 to 2019).
| Type (as registered, in French) | Count | Capacity (people/h) |
|---|---|---|
| Télésièges | 7 | 11,807 |
| Téléskis | 6 | 3,630 |
| Tapis roulants | 3 | 2,040 |
Lift by lift
The 16 lifts whose capacity the register publishes, largest first.
| Lift | Type | Capacity | Length | Vertical | Year | Manufacturer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
Resort data: declared by Office de Tourisme and distributed by ANMSM · read on 18 September