The Val-d'Isère ski area

Val-d'Isère has 44 lifts carrying 73,674 people an hour, 1,906 m of vertical, from 1,550 m to 3,456 m.

Val-d'Isère is a ski resort in the Northern Alps (Savoie). The village sits at 1,850 m and the ski area rises to 3,456 m, a skiable vertical of 1,906 m.

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Vertical drop: 1,906 m — from 1,550 m to 3,456 m
Slope aspect: 37 % north · 34 % east · 24 % west · 5 % south — computed from the fall line of 108 runs
Glacier: Some runs cross a glacier (OpenStreetMap mapping; check summer opening with the resort)

As declared by the resort(ANMSM feed)

Ski area: TIGNES - VAL D'ISERE
Linked area: Tignes -Val d'Isère · 300 km
Lifts: 4 gondolas · 22 chairlifts · 11 drag lifts · 3 conveyors
Altitude: 1,550 m → 3,456 m (resort base 1,850 m)
Beginners: Beginner zone, free lifts
Fun & sledging: 1 sledge run · fun zone
Nordic: Ski de fond · 23 km
Passes (as declared): Adult, 6 days (linked-area pass) €450 · Adult, 1 day (linked-area pass) €75 · Senior, 6 days (linked-area pass) €372 · Senior, 1 day (linked-area pass) €62 · Child, 6 days (linked-area pass) €372 · Child, 1 day (linked-area pass) €62 · Adult, 1 day (resort pass) €68 · Senior, 1 day (resort pass) €57 (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

6 kmLongest piste — Prariond (blue), 341 m of vertical

875 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 2,671 → 1,795 m, 3 km

3,197 mHighest lift top — Montet (drag lift), national lift register

73,674Total lift capacity, people per hour — 44 installations: 2 aerial tramways, 3 gondolas, 19 chairlifts, 14 drag lifts, 5 magic carpets, 1 funicular or similar

28 yrsAverage age of the lift fleet — oldest 1962, newest 2024

3,600Biggest lift, people per hour — Solaise (gondola, 2016)

73 kmTotal length of lifts — 70 lifts mapped

7,965 haSki area boundary (OSM)

1,567Inhabitants — Val-d'Isère (INSEE 73304)

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-d'Isère only (“VAL D'ISERE”), magic carpets included.

The lifts

44 lifts , carrying 73,674 people an hour in total , 28 years old on average (from 1962 to 2024).

Type (as registered, in French)	Count	Capacity (people/h)
Téléphériques	2	3,600
Télécabines	3	8,500
Télésièges	19	44,146
Téléskis	14	9,003
Tapis roulants	5	6,000
Funiculaires et autres	1	2,425

Lift by lift

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

Lift	Type	Capacity	Length	Vertical	Year	Manufacturer
SOLAISE	Télécabine	3,600	2198 m	717 m	2016	DOPPELMAYR
FONTAINE FROIDE	Télésiège débrayable	3,000	1186 m	304 m	2012	BMF BARTHOLET
MARMOTTES	Télésiège débrayable	3,000	1215 m	305 m	2008	BMF BARTHOLET
GLACIER	Télésiège débrayable	3,000	1780 m	322 m	2001	GARAVENTA
MADELEINE	Télésiège débrayable	3,000	905 m	166 m	1998	POMAGALSKI
OLYMPIQUE	Téléphérique	2,600	2148 m	853 m	2002	DOPPELMAYR
DAILLE	Télécabine	2,500	1706 m	489 m	2018	POMAGALSKI
FUNIVAL	Funiculaire	2,425	2294 m	892 m	1987	MONTAVAL
VALLON	Télécabine	2,400	2704 m	467 m	2024	POMAGALSKI
LEISSIERES	Télésiège débrayable	2,400	1075 m	31 m	2003	GARAVENTA
CASCADE	Télésiège débrayable	2,400	1651 m	397 m	2000	LEITNER
ROGONEY	Télésiège	2,400	587 m	158 m	1997	MONTAVAL
BORSAT	Télésiège débrayable	2,400	2097 m	376 m	1994	DOPPELMAYR
MANCHET	Télésiège débrayable	2,400	1945 m	691 m	1993	POMAGALSKI
BELLEVARDE EXPRESS (ex SANTEL)	Télésiège débrayable	2,400	1057 m	381 m	1989	POMAGALSKI
DATCHA	Télésiège débrayable	2,365	865 m	199 m	2017	INGELO
GRAND PRE	Télésiège	2,365	890 m	224 m	1992	MONTAVAL
CEMA	Télésiège	2,200	493 m	71 m	2000	MONTAVAL
LAISINANT	Télésiège débrayable	2,100	1851 m	727 m	2005	GARAVENTA
LOYES	Télésiège débrayable	2,016	1454 m	529 m	1991	POMAGALSKI

French national lift register (STRMTG / CAIRN database) — listed as “VAL D'ISERE” · 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. Checked on 10 October 2026 · page checked

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Where to stay in Val-d'Isère

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Resort data: declared by Office du Tourisme and distributed by ANMSM · read on 16 October