The Mont-Saxonnex ski area

Mont-Saxonnex has 9 km of pistes, 7 lifts carrying 4,232 people an hour, 507 m of vertical, from 1,037 m to 1,544 m. 4 green runs, 6 blue, 7 red and 0 black.

Mont-Saxonnex is a ski resort in the Northern Alps (Haute-Savoie). The village sits at 1,045 m and the ski area rises to 1,544 m, a skiable vertical of 507 m.

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Runs by level

17 runs over 9 km:

4 green 6 blue 7 red 0 black

Vertical drop: 507 m — from 1,037 m to 1,544 m
Slope aspect: 81 % north · 10 % west · 6 % south · 3 % east — computed from the fall line of 12 runs

The ski area in figures

Measured on 9 September 2026

1 kmLongest piste — Les Blanchots (blue), 100 m of vertical

171 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 1,219 → 1,049 m, 1 km

1,559 mHighest lift top — TK de la Pyramide (platter lift), national lift register

4,232Total lift capacity, people per hour — 7 installations: 7 drag lifts

44 yrsAverage age of the lift fleet — oldest 1960, newest 2020

880Biggest lift, people per hour — TK des Mouilles (platter lift, 1960)

3 kmTotal length of lifts — 6 lifts mapped

188 haSki area boundary (OSM)

1,622Inhabitants — Mont-Saxonnex (INSEE 74189)

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 Mont-Saxonnex only (“MONT SAXONNEX”), magic carpets included.

The lifts

7 lifts , carrying 4,232 people an hour in total , 44 years old on average (from 1960 to 2020).

Type (as registered, in French)	Count	Capacity (people/h)
Téléskis	7	4,232

Lift by lift

The 7 lifts whose capacity the register publishes, largest first.

Lift	Type	Capacity	Length	Vertical	Year	Manufacturer
TK des Mouilles	Téléski à perche débrayable	880	578 m	177 m	1960	MONTAZ MAUTINO
TK de la Pyramide	Téléski à perche débrayable	774	1033 m	177 m	1981	MONTAZ MAUTINO
TK de Malacquis	Téléski à perche débrayable	680	1489 m	298 m	1961	MONTAZ MAUTINO
TK Ecole (Planets)	Téléski à perche fixe	600	209 m	16 m	1978	MONTAZ MAUTINO
TK Baby des Combes	Téléski à perche fixe	564	104 m	19 m	1966	MONTAZ MAUTINO
TK Sifflote	Téléski à corde	420	25 m	1 m	2020	SCHIPPERS
TK l'Eterlou	Téléski à câble bas	314	155 m	20 m	1998	SCHIPPERS

French national lift register (STRMTG / CAIRN database) — listed as “MONT SAXONNEX” · 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.