The Val Thorens ski area

Val Thorens has 150 km of pistes, 28 lifts carrying 51,709 people an hour, 1,400 m of vertical, from 1,800 m to 3,200 m.

Val Thorens is a ski resort in the Northern Alps (Savoie), in the commune of Les Belleville. The village sits at 2,299 m and the ski area rises to 3,200 m, a skiable vertical of 1,400 m.

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Vertical drop: 1,400 m — from 1,800 m to 3,200 m
Slope aspect: 42 % west · 39 % north · 12 % south · 7 % east — computed from the fall line of 183 runs

As declared by the resort(ANMSM feed)

Ski area: Val Thorens-Orelle
Linked area: Les 3 Vallées · 600 km
Lifts: 7 gondolas · 12 chairlifts · 2 drag lifts · 5 conveyors
Altitude: 1,800 m → 3,230 m (resort base 2,299 m)
Snowmaking: 100 % of pistes
Beginners: Beginner zone, free lifts
Fun & sledging: 1 sledge run · fun zone
Passes (as declared): Child, 1 day (linked-area pass) €69 · Child, 6 days (linked-area pass) €345 · Child, 1 day (resort pass) €60.20 · Child, 6 days (resort pass) €301 · Adult, 1 day (linked-area pass) €84.20 · Adult, 6 days (linked-area pass) €421 · Adult, 1 day (resort pass) €73.50 · Adult, 6 days (resort pass) €367.50 (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

7 kmLongest piste — Biolley (blue), 334 m of vertical

1,052 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 2,489 → 1,437 m, 4 km

3,186 mHighest lift top — Cime Caron (aerial tramway), national lift register

51,709Total lift capacity, people per hour — 28 installations: 1 aerial tramway, 7 gondolas, 10 chairlifts, 3 drag lifts, 7 magic carpets

18 yrsAverage age of the lift fleet — oldest 1982, newest 2022

4,000Biggest lift, people per hour — Cascades (detachable chairlift, 1995)

106 kmTotal length of lifts — 75 lifts mapped

19,776 haSki area boundary (OSM)

3,498Inhabitants — Les Belleville (INSEE 73257)

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 Thorens only (“VAL THORENS”), magic carpets included.

The lifts

28 lifts , carrying 51,709 people an hour in total , 18 years old on average (from 1982 to 2022).

Type (as registered, in French)	Count	Capacity (people/h)
Téléphériques	1	1,530
Télécabines	7	16,740
Télésièges	10	29,685
Téléskis	3	2,250
Tapis roulants	7	1,504

Lift by lift

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

Lift	Type	Capacity	Length	Vertical	Year	Manufacturer
CASCADES	Télésiège débrayable	4,000	1426 m	319 m	1995	DOPPELMAYR
PLEIN SUD	Télésiège débrayable	3,770	1762 m	377 m	1998	DOPPELMAYR
MOUTIERE	Télésiège débrayable	3,600	1686 m	434 m	1997	POMAGALSKI
PORTETTE	Télésiège débrayable	3,325	1796 m	440 m	2014	DOPPELMAYR
PIONNIERS	Télésiège débrayable	3,140	1208 m	276 m	2013	POMAGALSKI
GRAND FOND	Télécabine double monocâble	3,000	1985 m	542 m	2001	POMAGALSKI
PECLET	Télécabine double monocâble	2,830	3140 m	704 m	1989	CREISSELS
MORAINE	Télécabine	2,800	2450 m	466 m	2017	DOPPELMAYR
BOISMINT	Télésiège débrayable	2,600	1835 m	591 m	2016	BMF BARTHOLET
DEUX LACS	Télésiège débrayable	2,450	1098 m	266 m	1991	POMAGALSKI
LAC BLANC	Télésiège débrayable	2,400	1986 m	480 m	2016	DOPPELMAYR
3 VALLEES	Télésiège débrayable	2,400	856 m	287 m	2013	POMAGALSKI
CAIRN	Télécabine	2,400	1102 m	189 m	2007	DOPPELMAYR
PLAN DE L EAU	Télésiège débrayable	2,000	1975 m	690 m	2014	POMAGALSKI
CARON	Télécabine	2,000	1477 m	220 m	2007	DOPPELMAYR
3 VALLEES	Télécabine double monocâble	2,000	900 m	266 m	2003	POMAGALSKI
THORENS	Télécabine double monocâble	1,710	871 m	212 m	2011	BMF BARTHOLET
CIME CARON	Téléphérique	1,530	2047 m	866 m	1982	POMAGALSKI
JARDIN MONTANA 2	Tapis roulant	900	23 m	2 m	2022	FICAP
PLATEAU 2	Téléski à perche débrayable	900	716 m	166 m	2008	G.M.M.

French national lift register (STRMTG / CAIRN database) — listed as “VAL THORENS” · open the database. Safety register: it also counts lifts that do not run every day.

Official piste map

Open the piste map (PDF, 633 KB) ↗

Published by Les 3 Vallées (ski-area operator) · link checked on 10 October 2026 · official page

Link to the resort’s own file — a piste map is a copyrighted artwork, we host no copy.

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Resort data: declared by Office de Tourisme de Val Thorens and distributed by ANMSM · read on 16 October