The Val Cenis ski area

Val Cenis has 125 km of pistes, 35 lifts carrying 39,084 people an hour, 1,500 m of vertical, from 1,300 m to 2,800 m. 17 green runs, 21 blue, 22 red and 5 black.

Val Cenis is a ski resort in the Northern Alps (Savoie), in the commune of Val-Cenis. The village sits at 1,300 m and the ski area rises to 2,800 m, a skiable vertical of 1,500 m.

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Runs by level

65 runs over 125 km:

17 green 21 blue 22 red 5 black

Vertical drop: 1,500 m — from 1,300 m to 2,800 m
Slope aspect: 55 % north · 34 % west · 10 % east · 1 % south — computed from the fall line of 102 runs
Night skiing: 2 floodlit runs

As declared by the resort(ANMSM feed)

Ski area: Val Cenis
Pistes: 125 km · 65 pistes
By grade: 17 green · 21 blue · 22 red · 5 black
Lifts: 29 in total · 2 gondolas · 13 chairlifts · 14 drag lifts
Altitude: 1,300 m → 2,800 m
Snowmaking: 50 % of pistes
Beginners: Beginner zone, free lifts
Fun & sledging: 1 snowpark · 1 sledge run · fun zone
Nordic: Aussois Val Cenis Sardières · 7.3 km
Passes (as declared): Child, 1 day (resort pass) €41 · Child, 2 days (resort pass) €82 · Child, 3 days (resort pass) €123 · Child, 4 days (resort pass) €164 · Child, 5 days (resort pass) €193 · Child, 6 days (resort pass) €279 · Adult, 1 day (resort pass) €49.50 · Adult, 2 days (resort pass) €99 (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 7 October 2026

9 kmLongest piste — Escargot (green), 639 m of vertical

695 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 2,316 → 1,621 m, 3 km

2,737 mHighest lift top — La Met (chairlift), national lift register

39,084Total lift capacity, people per hour — 35 installations: 2 gondolas, 13 chairlifts, 14 drag lifts, 6 magic carpets

20 yrsAverage age of the lift fleet — oldest 1965, newest 2024

2,400Biggest lift, people per hour — Solert (detachable chairlift, 2000)

22 kmTotal length of lifts — 24 lifts mapped

3,845 haSki area boundary (OSM)

2,112Inhabitants — Val-Cenis (INSEE 73290)

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 Val Cenis only (“VALCENIS - TERMIGNON”), magic carpets included.

The lifts

35 lifts , carrying 39,084 people an hour in total , 20 years old on average (from 1965 to 2024).

Type (as registered, in French)	Count	Capacity (people/h)
Télécabines	2	4,600
Télésièges	13	24,171
Téléskis	14	10,311
Tapis roulants	6	2

Lift by lift

The 20 lifts whose capacity the register publishes, largest first.

Lift	Type	Capacity	Length	Vertical	Year	Manufacturer
VAL CENIS LE HAUT	Télécabine	2,400	686 m	142 m	2005	DOPPELMAYR
SOLERT	Télésiège débrayable	2,400	1336 m	483 m	2000	POMAGALSKI
VIEUX MOULIN	Télécabine	2,200	2151 m	643 m	2018	LEITNER
COLOMBA	Télésiège débrayable	2,000	1057 m	158 m	2010	DOPPELMAYR
TURRA	Télésiège débrayable	2,000	1712 m	498 m	2008	DOPPELMAYR
ARCELLE	Télésiège débrayable	2,000	1903 m	703 m	2007	DOPPELMAYR
RAMASSE	Télésiège débrayable	2,000	2324 m	640 m	2003	DOPPELMAYR
GIRARDE	Télésiège débrayable	2,000	1340 m	259 m	1990	MONTAZ MAUTINO
LA MET	Télésiège	1,956	1146 m	396 m	2004	G.M.M.
SOURCES	Télésiège	1,922	982 m	390 m	2008	CCM
ROCHES BLANCHES	Télésiège débrayable	1,800	1444 m	537 m	2024	POMAGALSKI
PRENOVEL	Télésiège	1,800	509 m	123 m	2005	DOPPELMAYR
ARCELLINS	Télésiège débrayable	1,763	1940 m	649 m	2016	LEITNER
PONT DES CHEVRES	Télésiège	1,350	1000 m	238 m	1980	MONTAZ MAUTINO
PLAN CARDINAL	Télésiège	1,180	1096 m	420 m	2000	SKIRAIL
PLAN DES CHAMPS	Téléski à enrouleur	900	445 m	70 m	2018	G.M.M.
LAC	Téléski à perche débrayable	900	1490 m	364 m	1989	MONTAGNER
GRAND COIN	Téléski à perche débrayable	900	1573 m	364 m	1989	MONTAGNER
TANNES	Téléski à perche débrayable	900	895 m	160 m	1988	MONTAGNER
FEMA 2	Téléski à perche débrayable	810	776 m	256 m	1977	POMAGALSKI

French national lift register (STRMTG / CAIRN database) — listed as “VALCENIS - TERMIGNON” · 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.

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Resort data: declared by Haute Maurienne Vanoise Tourisme and distributed by ANMSM · read on 16 October