Altitude of the 232 French ski resorts ⛰

Ranking of ski resort altitudes, from highest to lowest, according to their altitudes :

Altitude of ski areas in France ⛰

Ski resort	Mountain	Altitude Bottom of the domain (in m)	Altitude Top of the domain (in m)	Elevation gain	Average altitude of the ski area (in m)
Les 2 Alpes	Northern Alps	1350	3600	2250	2475
La Grave la Meije	Southern Alps	1450	3560	1450	2500
Val d’Isère	Northern Alps	1850	3456	1606	2653
Tignes	Northern Alps	1550	3450	1900	2500
Alpe d’Huez	Northern Alps	1860	3300	1440	2580
Auris en oisans	Northern Alps	1600	3300	1700	2450
Chamonix	Northern Alps	1042	3275	2233	2159
Peisey Vallandry	Northern Alps	1650	3250	1600	2450
La Plagne	Northern Alps	1250	3250	2000	2250
Montchavin – La Plagne	Northern Alps	1250	3250	2000	2250
Champagny en Vanoise	Northern Alps	1250	3250	2000	2250
Val Thorens	Northern Alps	2300	3230	930	2765
Les Arcs	Northern Alps	1200	3226	2026	2213
Orelle	Northern Alps	900	3200	2300	2050
Bonneval sur Arc	Northern Alps	1800	3000	1200	2400
Meribel	Northern Alps	1100	2952	1852	2026
Brides les Bains	Northern Alps	600	2950	2350	1775
Les Menuires	Northern Alps	1450	2850	1400	2150
Saint Martin de Belleville	Northern Alps	1450	2850	1400	2150
Molines en Queyras	Southern Alps	1740	2830	1090	2285
Saint Véran	Southern Alps	1740	2830	1090	2285
La Rosière 1850	Northern Alps	1850	2800	950	2325
Vaujany	Northern Alps	1650	2800	1150	2225
Val Cenis	Northern Alps	1300	2800	1500	2050
Serre Chevalier	Southern Alps	1200	2800	1600	2000
Oz en oisans	Northern Alps	1100	2800	1700	1950
Risoul	Southern Alps	1850	2750	900	2300
Vars	Southern Alps	1650	2750	1100	2200
Aussois	Northern Alps	1500	2750	1250	2125
Valloire	Northern Alps	1430	2750	1320	2090
Valmeinier	Northern Alps	1430	2750	1320	2090
La Norma	Northern Alps	1350	2750	1400	2050
Courchevel	Northern Alps	1100	2738	1638	1919
Valfréjus	Northern Alps	1550	2737	1187	2144
La Tania	Northern Alps	1350	2732	1382	2041
Orcières Merlette	Southern Alps	1850	2725	875	2288
Les Orres	Southern Alps	1550	2720	1170	2135
Montgenèvre	Southern Alps	1860	2700	840	2280
Puy-Saint-Vincent	Southern Alps	1400	2700	1300	2050
Sainte Foy Tarentaise	Northern Alps	1550	2620	1070	2085
Saint Sorlin d’Arves	Northern Alps	1500	2620	1120	2060
Le Corbier	Northern Alps	1100	2620	1520	1860
La Toussuire	Northern Alps	1100	2620	1520	1860
Saint Jean d’Arves	Northern Alps	1100	2620	1520	1860
Saint Colomban des Villards	Northern Alps	1100	2620	1520	1860
Isola 2000	Southern Alps	2000	2610	610	2305
Val d’Allos	Southern Alps	1800	2600	800	2200
Piau Engaly	Pyrenees	1420	2600	1180	2010
Crévoux	Southern Alps	1600	2550	950	2075
Saint François Longchamp	Northern Alps	1450	2550	1100	2000
Valmorel	Northern Alps	1400	2550	1150	1975
Doucy	Northern Alps	1400	2550	1150	1975
Saint Gervais Mont-Blanc	Northern Alps	1150	2525	1375	1838
Les Karellis	Northern Alps	1600	2520	920	2060
Saint Lary Soulan	Pyrenees	1700	2500	800	2100
Luz Ardiden	Pyrenees	1680	2500	820	2090
Flaine	Northern Alps	1600	2500	900	2050
Puymorens Span	Pyrenees	1600	2500	900	2050
Pra-Loup	Southern Alps	1500	2500	1000	2000
Superdevoluy / La Joue du Loup	Southern Alps	1500	2500	1000	2000
La Mongie	Pyrenees	1400	2500	1100	1950
Barèges	Pyrenees	1400	2500	1100	1950
Montclar les 2 valleys	Southern Alps	1350	2500	1150	1925
La Clusaz	Northern Alps	1040	2500	1460	1770
Samoëns	Northern Alps	700	2500	1800	1600
Morillon	Northern Alps	700	2500	1800	1600
Morzine	Northern Alps	1000	2466	1466	1733
Cauterets	Pyrenees	1730	2450	720	2090
Ceillac en Queyras	Southern Alps	1700	2450	750	2075
Auron	Southern Alps	1600	2450	850	2025
Abriès in Queyras	Southern Alps	1550	2450	900	2000
Gourette	Pyrenees	1350	2450	1100	1900
Les Contamines Montjoie	Northern Alps	1160	2450	1290	1805
Gavarnie Gèdre	Pyrenees	1850	2400	550	2125
Sainte Anne la Condamine	Southern Alps	1830	2400	570	2115
Formiguères	Pyrenees	1700	2400	700	2050
The Angles	Pyrenees	1650	2400	750	2025
Cambre d’Aze	Pyrenees	1640	2400	760	2020
Les Agudes	Pyrenees	1600	2400	800	2000
Peyresourde	Pyrenees	1600	2400	800	2000
Ax 3 Domains	Pyrenees	1400	2400	1000	1900
Sauze Super Sauze	Southern Alps	1400	2400	1000	1900
The 7 Laux	Northern Alps	1350	2400	1050	1875
Pralognan la Vanoise	Northern Alps	1410	2355	945	1883
Megeve	Northern Alps	1050	2350	1300	1700
Montriond	Northern Alps	970	2350	1380	1660
Areches Beaufort	Northern Alps	1080	2320	1240	1700
The Chazelet	Southern Alps	1800	2300	500	2050
Vallouise-Pelvoux	Southern Alps	1250	2300	1050	1775
Avoriaz	Northern Alps	1150	2277	1127	1714
Chamrousse	Northern Alps	1400	2250	850	1825
Font-Romeu – Bolquère – Pyrenees 2000	Pyrenees	1650	2213	563	1932
Chatel	Northern Alps	1100	2200	1100	1650
Alpe du Grand Serre	Northern Alps	1367	2184	817	1776
La Pierre St Martin	Pyrenees	1527	2153	626	1840
Reallon	Southern Alps	1560	2146	586	1853
Luchon Superbagnères	Pyrenees	1465	2122	657	1794
Villard Reculas	Northern Alps	1480	2115	635	1798
Arvieux en Queyras	Southern Alps	1690	2105	415	1898
Valberg	Southern Alps	1700	2100	400	1900
Albiez Montrond	Northern Alps	1500	2100	600	1800
Ascou Pailhères	Pyrenees	1500	2100	600	1800
Serre Eyraud	Southern Alps	1480	2100	620	1790
Val Louron	Pyrenees	1465	2100	635	1783
The Collet of Allevard	Northern Alps	1450	2100	650	1775
Beuil les Launes	Southern Alps	1430	2100	670	1765
Artouste	Pyrenees	1400	2100	700	1750
Les Carroz	Northern Alps	1140	2100	960	1620
Guzet	Pyrenees	1100	2100	1000	1600
Le Grand Bornand	Northern Alps	1000	2100	1100	1550
Our Lady of Bellecombe	Northern Alps	1150	2070	920	1610
Crest Voland Cohennoz	Northern Alps	1230	2069	839	1650
Les Saisies	Northern Alps	1150	2069	919	1610
Praz sur Arly	Northern Alps	1035	2069	1034	1552
Chabanon	Southern Alps	1550	2050	500	1800
Villard de Lans	Northern Alps	1143	2050	907	1597
Corrençon en Vercors	Northern Alps	1111	2050	939	1581
Les Gets	Northern Alps	1172	2002	830	1587
Beille	Pyrenees	1800	2000	200	1900
Bessans	Northern Alps	1740	2000	260	1870
Chaillol	Southern Alps	1600	2000	400	1800
Céüze	Southern Alps	1530	2000	470	1765
Mijanès – Donezan	Pyrenees	1530	2000	470	1765
The Olmes Mountains	Pyrenees	1400	2000	600	1700
Saint Léger les Mélèzes	Southern Alps	1260	2000	740	1630
Praz de Lys Sommand	Northern Alps	1250	2000	750	1625
Bernex	Northern Alps	1000	2000	1000	1500
Thollon les Memises	Northern Alps	1000	2000	1000	1500
La Giettaz	Northern Alps	1200	1930	730	1565
Combloux	Northern Alps	1183	1930	747	1557
Turini Silver Camp	Southern Alps	1600	1920	320	1760
Roubion – Les Buisses	Southern Alps	1400	1920	520	1660
Ventoux – Mont Serein	Southern Alps	1400	1912	512	1656
Rousset Pass	Northern Alps	1350	1900	550	1625
Les Bottières	Northern Alps	1280	1900	620	1590
Aillons Margeriaz	Northern Alps	1000	1900	900	1450
Les Houches	Northern Alps	990	1900	910	1445
Nistos	Pyrenees	1600	1887	287	1744
Ghisoni	Corsica	1580	1870	290	1725
Le Mourtis	Pyrenees	1350	1860	510	1605
Goulier	Pyrenees	1500	1850	350	1675
Besse Super Besse	Central Massif	1350	1850	500	1600
Laye en Champsaur	Southern Alps	1300	1850	550	1575
Le Mont Dore	Central Massif	1200	1850	650	1525
Le Lioran	Central Massif	1160	1850	690	1505
La Sambuy	Northern Alps	1150	1850	700	1500
Puyvalador	Pyrenees	1700	1820	120	1760
Hautacam	Pyrenees	1500	1813	313	1657
Lans en Vercors	Northern Alps	1420	1807	387	1614
Ancelle	Southern Alps	1350	1807	457	1579
Camurac	Pyrenees	1500	1800	300	1650
La Colmiane	Southern Alps	1400	1800	400	1600
Gréolières les Neiges	Southern Alps	1400	1800	400	1600
The Audibergue – La Moulière	Southern Alps	1400	1800	400	1600
The Grand Puy	Southern Alps	1300	1800	500	1550
Bramans	Northern Alps	1230	1800	570	1515
The Chapel of Abondance	Northern Alps	1000	1800	800	1400
Roc d’Enfer – St Jean d’Aulps	Northern Alps	900	1800	900	1350
Saint Pierre de Chartreuse / Le Planolet	Northern Alps	900	1800	900	1350
Manigod	Northern Alps	1460	1780	320	1620
Gresse en Vercors	Northern Alps	1245	1751	506	1498
Val Pelens	Southern Alps	1600	1750	150	1675
Passy Plaine Joux	Northern Alps	1350	1750	400	1550
Chastreix Sancy	Central Massif	1350	1730	380	1540
Abundance	Northern Alps	950	1730	780	1340
The Chioula	Pyrenees	1240	1725	485	1483
Autrans	Northern Alps	1050	1710	660	1380
The Semnoz	Northern Alps	1450	1704	254	1577
Ristolas in Queyras	Southern Alps	1650	1700	50	1675
Porte Pass	Northern Alps	1255	1700	445	1478
Font d’Urle	Northern Alps	1250	1700	450	1475
Les Estables – Mezenc	Central Massif	1350	1690	340	1520
Les Rousses	Jura	1160	1680	520	1420
Jura Mountains	Jura	900	1680	780	1290
Larche	Southern Alps	1405	1657	252	1531
Flumet – St Nicolas la Chapelle	Northern Alps	1000	1650	650	1325
Chalmazel	Central Massif	1130	1634	504	1382
Aiguilles in Queyras	Southern Alps	1450	1610	160	1530
Bellevaux – Hirmentaz	Northern Alps	1100	1610	510	1355
Le Bleymard – Mont Lozère	Central Massif	1360	1600	240	1480
Val d’Azun	Pyrenees	1350	1600	250	1475
Méaudre	Northern Alps	1012	1600	588	1306
Cord	Northern Alps	1000	1600	600	1300
Le Reposoir	Northern Alps	980	1600	620	1290
Les Habères	Northern Alps	900	1600	700	1250
Romme	Northern Alps	1200	1580	380	1390
Pond of Lers	Pyrenees	1300	1570	270	1435
Alti Aigoual	Central Massif	1250	1567	317	1409
Savoie Grand Revard	Northern Alps	1350	1550	200	1450
Marcieu pass	Northern Alps	1200	1550	350	1375
Menthières	Jura	1050	1534	484	1292
The Cross of Bauzon	Central Massif	1250	1511	261	1381
Lus la Jarjatte	Northern Alps	1140	1510	370	1325
Mount Saxonnex	Northern Alps	1000	1500	500	1250
The Brasses	Northern Alps	900	1500	600	1200
The Coulmes	Northern Alps	1064	1463	399	1264
Métabief Mont d’Or	Jura	900	1460	560	1180
The Granier	Northern Alps	1000	1420	420	1210
Laguiole	Central Massif	1200	1407	207	1304
Prabouré	Central Massif	1265	1400	135	1333
The Desert of Entremont	Northern Alps	1200	1400	200	1300
Saint Hilaire du Touvet	Northern Alps	1000	1400	400	1200
Brameloup	Central Massif	1200	1390	190	1295
Les Plans d’Hotonnes – Plateau de Retord	Jura	1100	1350	250	1225
Ornon Pass	Northern Alps	1060	1350	290	1205
Le Sappey en Chartreuse	Northern Alps	960	1350	390	1155
La Bresse Hohneck	Vosges	900	1350	450	1125
Gaschney 360	Vosges	980	1290	310	1135
Les Fourgs	Jura	1100	1270	170	1185
The Markstein	Vosges	1087	1267	180	1177
Bellefontaine Alpine Space	Jura	1000	1261	261	1131
Saint Maurice sur Moselle	Vosges	550	1260	710	905
The Schnepfenried	Vosges	1010	1258	248	1134
The Schlucht	Vosges	1100	1246	146	1173
White Lake	Vosges	900	1200	300	1050
Sixt Fer à Cheval	Northern Alps	800	1200	400	1000
Montmin – Col de la Forclaz	Northern Alps	1090	1180	90	1135
The Source of the Doubs – Mouthe	Jura	927	1172	245	1050
The Guards Lodge	Central Massif	1000	1160	160	1080
Ventron	Vosges	870	1150	280	1010
The Ballon d’Alsace	Vosges	820	1150	330	985
Gérardmer	Vosges	750	1150	400	950
La Planche des Belles Filles	Vosges	950	1148	198	1049
The Grand Valtin	Vosges	750	1139	389	945
La Bresse Lispach	Vosges	910	1120	210	1015
The Equals	Northern Alps	900	1100	200	1000
The Field of Fire	Vosges	700	1100	400	900
La Combe Saint Pierre	Jura	880	1035	155	958
Saint Jean de Sixt	Northern Alps	940	1000	60	970
La Bresse Brabant	Vosges	880	1000	120	940
Xonrupt – Le Poli	Vosges	805	980	175	893
Bussang – Larcenaire	Vosges	822	970	148	896

Questions and Answers

What is the highest ski run in France?

The marked and groomed ski run the highest in France is located on the glacier des 2 Alpes, at an altitude of 3600m. Beyond this altitude, and for France, it is only about descents off-piste, and particularly dangerous.

What is the highest altitude ski resort in France?

Val Thorens has its village located at 2 300m of altitude, which makes it the highest ski resort in France, in altitude. Its ski area goes up to 3 230m, which puts it in 10th position for the maximum altitude of its ski area.

Which resort offers the highest vertical drop in France?

The resort of Bride-les-Bainsin the 3 valleys ski area offers the largest vertical drop in France. Indeed, you can ski up to 2950mand go down (subject to snow), to 900m, which makes a total difference in altitude of 2350m.

Which resort has the highest skiable area in France?

Val Thorens is the ski resort with the the highest skiable area in France. Indeed, its domain is located between 2300m and 3230m, for an average altitude of 2765m. In second position, there is Val d’Isèrewith an average altitude of 2 653m, then theAlpe d’Huez, with an average altitude of 2580m.

What is the highest resort in the Pyrenees?

The resort with the highest slopes is Piau-Engaly, with an sommet of skiable slopes at 2600m. Nevertheless, if we talk about the average altitude of the ski area, the resort of Gavarnie-Cèdre is on average the highest, with an average altitude of 2125m.

What is the highest station in the Massif-Central?

The Mont Dore and Super Besse are the most popular ski resorts of the Massif Central, with a track connecting them, located at 1850m of altitude. On average, their ski areas are respectively 1525m and 1600m of altitude.

What is the highest resort in the Jura ?

The station the highest of the Jura is » Les Rousses « , with ski runs at an altitude between 1160m and 1680m. Its average altitude is 1420m high.

What is the highest resort in the Vosges ?

The highest ski resort in the Vosges is La Bresse Hohneck, with trails between 900 and 1350m of altitude, for a average altitude of 1 125m.

What is the lowest altitude station in France?

La lowest station in France is Bussang – Larcenaire, with a skiable area between 822m and 970m altitude. In short, the resort is in the front line of the effects of global warming.