The Valmorel ski area

Valmorel has 57 runs, 41 lifts carrying 42,920 people an hour, 1,150 m of vertical, from 1,400 m to 2,550 m. 15 green runs, 28 blue, 9 red and 5 black.

Valmorel is a ski resort in the Northern Alps (Savoie), in the commune of Les Avanchers-Valmorel. The village sits at 1,400 m and the ski area rises to 2,550 m, a skiable vertical of 1,150 m.

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Runs by level

57 runs:

15 green 28 blue 9 red 5 black

Vertical drop: 1,150 m — from 1,400 m to 2,550 m
Slope aspect: 62 % north · 21 % east · 14 % west · 3 % south — computed from the fall line of 74 runs

As declared by the resort(ANMSM feed)

Ski area: Valmorel
Linked area: Le Grand Domaine · 165 km
Pistes: 5 km · 57 pistes
By grade: 15 green · 28 blue · 9 red · 5 black
Lifts: 31 in total · 4 gondolas · 14 chairlifts · 24 drag lifts · 3 conveyors
Altitude: 1,400 m → 2,550 m
Beginners: Beginner zone, free lifts
Fun & sledging: 2 snowparks · 1 sledge run · fun zone
Nordic: DOMAINE DE L'AIGLE BLANC
Passes (as declared): Adult, 1 day (linked-area pass) €59.70 · Adult, 2 days (linked-area pass) €111.20 · Adult, 6 days (linked-area pass) €299.90 · Child, 1 day (linked-area pass) €48.90 · Child, 2 days (linked-area pass) €91.20 · Child, 6 days (linked-area pass) €245.90 · Senior, 1 day (linked-area pass) €53.50 · Senior, 2 days (linked-area pass) €100 (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 — Le Marquis (blue), 420 m of vertical

573 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 2,177 → 1,604 m, 3 km

2,403 mHighest lift top — Mottet (detachable chairlift), national lift register

42,920Total lift capacity, people per hour — 41 installations: 4 gondolas, 7 chairlifts, 20 drag lifts, 10 magic carpets

24 yrsAverage age of the lift fleet — oldest 1963, newest 2024

3,560Biggest lift, people per hour — Planchamp (gondola, 2023)

42 kmTotal length of lifts — 42 lifts mapped

4,581 haSki area boundary (OSM)

724Inhabitants — Les Avanchers-Valmorel (INSEE 73024)

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 Valmorel only (“VALMOREL”), magic carpets included.

The lifts

41 lifts , carrying 42,920 people an hour in total , 24 years old on average (from 1963 to 2024).

Type (as registered, in French)	Count	Capacity (people/h)
Télécabines	4	7,710
Télésièges	7	16,720
Téléskis	20	15,298
Tapis roulants	10	3,192

Lift by lift

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

Lift	Type	Capacity	Length	Vertical	Year	Manufacturer
PLANCHAMP	Télécabine	3,560	1880 m	572 m	2023	POMAGALSKI
BIOLLENE	Télésiège débrayable	3,390	1479 m	279 m	2020	POMAGALSKI
PIERRAFORT	Télécabine	3,000	1846 m	457 m	2011	DOPPELMAYR
MOREL	Télésiège débrayable	3,000	1751 m	380 m	2011	DOPPELMAYR
MOTTET	Télésiège débrayable	2,390	1700 m	563 m	2018	POMAGALSKI
MADELEINE	Télésiège débrayable	2,340	2090 m	575 m	2006	POMAGALSKI
ROSET	Télésiège	2,200	1052 m	349 m	2000	POMAGALSKI
COMBELOUVIERE	Télésiège débrayable	2,200	2108 m	262 m	1985	MONTAZ MAUTINO
BEAUDIN	Tapis roulant	1,800	158 m	20 m	2024	FICAP
PELEVES	Télécorde	1,500	285 m	1 m	2019	G.M.M.
VOILES DU NANT	Télécorde	1,400	146 m	17 m	2017	G.M.M.
LANCHETTES	Télésiège	1,200	1305 m	477 m	1982	MONTAZ MAUTINO
GELAZ	Téléski à enrouleur	900	627 m	91 m	2005	POMAGALSKI
SOURCES	Téléski à perche débrayable	900	915 m	234 m	1992	MONTAGNER
CHARMETTES 2	Téléski à perche débrayable	900	680 m	78 m	1986	MONTAZ MAUTINO
RIONDET	Téléski à perche débrayable	855	501 m	114 m	1981	MONTAZ MAUTINO
ROCHETTE	Téléski à enrouleur	800	1361 m	251 m	1997	DOPPELMAYR
ECHAPPEAUX	Téléski à enrouleur	800	300 m	23 m	1997	DOPPELMAYR
MONTOLIVET	Téléski à enrouleur	800	1361 m	251 m	1997	DOPPELMAYR
TAPIS 1	Tapis roulant	792	50 m	3 m	2014	SUNKID

French national lift register (STRMTG / CAIRN database) — listed as “VALMOREL” · 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 Valmorel et Vallées d'Aigueblanche and distributed by ANMSM · read on 16 October