The Valloire ski area

Valloire has 18 lifts carrying 24,259 people an hour, 1,270 m of vertical, from 1,430 m to 2,700 m.

Valloire is a ski resort in the Northern Alps (Savoie). The village sits at 1,430 m and the ski area rises to 2,700 m, a skiable vertical of 1,270 m.

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Vertical drop: 1,270 m — from 1,430 m to 2,700 m
Slope aspect: 44 % north · 42 % west · 8 % south · 7 % east — computed from the fall line of 93 runs

As declared by the resort(ANMSM feed)

Ski area: Galibier - Thabor
Linked area: GALIBIER-THABOR · 160 km
Lifts: 2 gondolas · 17 chairlifts · 10 drag lifts · 1 conveyors
Altitude: 1,430 m → 2,700 m
Snowmaking: 45 % of pistes
Beginners: Beginner zone, free lifts
Fun & sledging: fun zone
Nordic: Plateau nordique des Verneys · 9 km
Passes (as declared): Child, 1 day (linked-area pass) €44.20 · Child, 2 days (linked-area pass) €86.80 · Child, 3 days (linked-area pass) €129.30 · Child, 4 days (linked-area pass) €172 · Child, 5 days (linked-area pass) €203.40 · Child, 6 days (linked-area pass) €225.50 · Adult, 1 day (linked-area pass) €52.30 · Adult, 2 days (linked-area pass) €102.20 (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

7 kmLongest piste — Selles (blue), 673 m of vertical

849 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 2,493 → 1,643 m, 5 km

2,530 mHighest lift top — Brive 2 (detachable chairlift), national lift register

24,259Total lift capacity, people per hour — 18 installations: 1 gondola, 7 chairlifts, 6 drag lifts, 4 magic carpets

22 yrsAverage age of the lift fleet — oldest 1971, newest 2019

3,000Biggest lift, people per hour — Brive 2 (detachable chairlift, 2003)

30 kmTotal length of lifts — 32 lifts mapped

3,827 haSki area boundary (OSM)

1,064Inhabitants — Valloire (INSEE 73306)

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 Valloire only (“VALLOIRE”), magic carpets included.

The lifts

18 lifts , carrying 24,259 people an hour in total , 22 years old on average (from 1971 to 2019).

Type (as registered, in French)	Count	Capacity (people/h)
Télécabines	1	2,400
Télésièges	7	16,450
Téléskis	6	3,808
Tapis roulants	4	1,601

Lift by lift

The 18 lifts whose capacity the register publishes, largest first.

Lift	Type	Capacity	Length	Vertical	Year	Manufacturer
CORNAFOND	Télésiège débrayable	3,000	1741 m	583 m	2012	DOPPELMAYR
BRIVE 2	Télésiège débrayable	3,000	1626 m	462 m	2003	POMAGALSKI
MONTISSOT	Télésiège débrayable	2,700	2079 m	675 m	2019	DOPPELMAYR
CRET DE LA BRIVE	Télécabine	2,400	1845 m	691 m	1999	POMAGALSKI
VERNEYS	Télésiège débrayable	2,100	1088 m	443 m	2012	DOPPELMAYR
THIMEL	Télésiège	2,100	368 m	101 m	1989	POMAGALSKI
LAC DE LA VIEILLE	Télésiège	1,800	1009 m	251 m	2003	POMAGALSKI
MOULIN BENJAMIN	Télésiège	1,750	757 m	207 m	2002	POMAGALSKI
THIMEL	Tapis roulant	1,600	87 m	10 m	2017	TUSA (IDM)
GRAND PLATEAU	Téléski à perche débrayable	900	1340 m	377 m	1994	MONTAZ MAUTINO
CHATEAU RIPAILL	Téléski à perche débrayable	900	747 m	186 m	1994	MONTAZ MAUTINO
VERNEYS	Téléski à perche débrayable	600	138 m	13 m	1990	MONTAZ MAUTINO
CRETE DU CRET	Téléski à perche débrayable	600	874 m	178 m	1971	MONTAZ MAUTINO
Souris Verte	Téléski à corde	408	40 m	4 m	2017	SCHIPPERS
SEA	Téléski à perche débrayable	400	320 m	32 m	1999	MONTAZ MAUTINO
LES PETITS LOUPS	Tapis roulant	1	18 m	2 m	2005	SUNKID
OURSON	Tapis roulant	—	26 m	3 m	2019	LST
LES MARMOTTONS	Tapis roulant	—	44 m	5 m	2017	LST

French national lift register (STRMTG / CAIRN database) — listed as “VALLOIRE” · 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 Valloire and distributed by ANMSM · read on 25 September