The Valfréjus ski area

Valfréjus has 45 km of pistes, 12 lifts carrying 14,863 people an hour, 672 m of vertical, from 1,550 m to 2,222 m. 11 green runs, 33 blue, 19 red and 4 black.

Valfréjus is a ski resort in the Northern Alps (Savoie), in the commune of Modane. The village sits at 1,545 m and the ski area rises to 2,222 m, a skiable vertical of 672 m.

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Runs by level

67 runs over 45 km:

11 green 33 blue 19 red 4 black

Vertical drop: 672 m — from 1,550 m to 2,222 m
Slope aspect: 47 % west · 40 % north · 7 % east · 7 % south — computed from the fall line of 55 runs

As declared by the resort(ANMSM feed)

Ski area: VALFREJUS
Pistes: 30 pistes
By grade: 4 green · 12 blue · 10 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): Adulte 6 jours (forfait station) 148 € · Enfant 6 jours (forfait station) 123 € · Adulte 1 jour (forfait station) 29 € · Enfant 1 jour (forfait station) 24 € · Adulte 6 jours (forfait domaine relié) 173 € · Enfant 6 jours (forfait domaine relié) 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 9 September 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

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

Type (as registered, in French)	Count	Capacity (people/h)
Télécabines	1	2,000
Télésièges	4	7,818
Téléskis	5	3,645
Tapis roulants	2	1,400

Lift by lift

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

Lift	Type	Capacity	Length	Vertical	Year	Manufacturer
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.

Resort data: declared by Office de Tourisme de Modane-Valfréjus and distributed by ANMSM · read on 18 September