The Valfréjus ski area

Valfréjus has 45 km of pistes, 12 lifts carrying 14,863 people an hour, 1,187 m of vertical, from 1,550 m to 2,737 m. 4 green runs, 11 blue, 11 red and 4 black.

Valfréjus is a ski resort in the Northern Alps (Savoie), in the commune of Modane. The village sits at 1,550 m and the ski area rises to 2,737 m, a skiable vertical of 1,187 m.

Runs by level

30 runs over 45 km:

4 green 11 blue 11 red 4 black
Vertical drop
1,187 m — from 1,550 m to 2,737 m
Slope aspect
44 % west · 42 % north · 7 % east · 7 % south — computed from the fall line of 56 runs

As declared by the resort(ANMSM feed)

Ski area
VALFREJUS
Pistes
30 pistes
By grade
4 green · 11 blue · 11 red · 4 black
Lifts
9 in total · 1 conveyors
Altitude
1,550 m → 2,737 m
Beginners
Beginner zone
Fun & sledging
1 snowpark
Passes (as declared)
Adult, 6 days (resort pass) €148 · Child, 6 days (resort pass) €123 · Adult, 1 day (resort pass) €29 · Child, 1 day (resort pass) €24 · Adult, 6 days (linked-area pass) €173 · Child, 6 days (linked-area pass) €148 (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
3 kmLongest piste — Combe (blue), 382 m of vertical
382 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 2,723 → 2,340 m, 3 km
2,731 mHighest lift top — Punta Bagna (detachable chairlift), national lift register
14,863Total lift capacity, people per hour — 12 installations: 1 gondola, 4 chairlifts, 5 drag lifts, 2 magic carpets
20 yrsAverage age of the lift fleet — oldest 1985, newest 2019
2,200Biggest lift, people per hour — Punta Bagna (detachable chairlift, 2009)
6 kmTotal length of lifts — 8 lifts mapped
1,199 haSki area boundary (OSM)
2,849Inhabitants — Modane (INSEE 73157)

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 Valfréjus only (“VAL FREJUS”), magic carpets included.

The lifts

Register of 1 January 2025

12 lifts , carrying 14,863 people an hour in total , 20 years old on average (from 1985 to 2019).

Type (as registered, in French)CountCapacity (people/h)
Télécabines12,000
Télésièges47,818
Téléskis53,645
Tapis roulants21,400

Lift by lift

The 12 lifts whose capacity the register publishes, largest first.

LiftTypeCapacityLengthVerticalYearManufacturer
PUNTA BAGNA Télésiège débrayable 2,200 1412 m 510 m 2009 DOPPELMAYR
ENVERS COL Télésiège 2,000 612 m 182 m 2013 POMAGALSKI
ARRONDAZ Télécabine 2,000 2148 m 667 m 2009 DOPPELMAYR
PETIT VALLON Télésiège 1,840 776 m 283 m 2010 POMAGALSKI
CHARMASSON Télésiège 1,778 703 m 162 m 1985 SKIRAIL
PLATEAU Tapis roulant 1,400 47 m 5 m 2013 LST
CHALLE Téléski à enrouleur 848 312 m 77 m 2011 DOPPELMAYR
PIGNIERS Téléski à perche débrayable 800 294 m 38 m 1988 MONTAGNER
DES CHALETS Téléski à enrouleur 797 327 m 35 m 2019 DOPPELMAYR
BAMBI KID Téléski à corde 600 60 m 1 m 1998 SCHIPPERS
FONTAINE Téléski à corde 600 52 m 8 m 1988 SCHIPPERS
BOUTCHOUS Tapis roulant — 29 m 4 m 2018 LST

French national lift register (STRMTG / CAIRN database) — listed as “VAL FREJUS” · 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 Office de Tourisme de Modane-Valfréjus and distributed by ANMSM · read on 16 October