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Les Portes du Soleil

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Abondance, Haute-Savoie
920–2,250 m
Altitude
1,330 m
Vertical
409 km
Piste km · official 600
194
Lifts

Les Portes du Soleil: piste map and stats

Les Portes du Soleil is a ski resort in Abondance, Haute-Savoie, France. By kilometres of pistes it ranks number 2 in France. 59% of its kilometres are easy runs: good for learning. It has 409 km of pistes across 365 named runs and 194 lifts. The ski area goes from 920 to 2,250 m of altitude, with 1,330 m of vertical. Its steepest runs (steepest 50 m stretch) are Snowcross La Frontalière (59%, 31°), Vautna Noire (59%, 30°) and Olympique (59%, 30°). The longest run is Ripaille - Grand Paradis (7.2 km). The nearest ski resort is Champéry – Les Crosets – Champoussin – Morgins, 4 km away. Here you'll find every run with its gradient profile, the lifts and the on-mountain services; the interactive map shows them on satellite imagery.

Snow and weather at Les Portes du Soleil

Snow forecast for the next 7 days (summit, 2,250 m): 22 cm (updated 14 November).

Terrain by difficulty

Green
37.9 km · 132
Blue
204.5 km · 493
Red
136.9 km · 273
Black
25.7 km · 52
Freeride
0.9 km · 1
Unclassified
3.3 km · 26

Lifts by type

Chairlift
87.9 km · 76
Platter lift
25.1 km · 54
Gondola
15.2 km · 11
Drag lift
13.8 km · 31
T-bar
5.8 km · 6
Cable car
3.0 km · 2
Magic carpet
0.8 km · 9
Rope tow
0.6 km · 5

Runs, lifts and services

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Frequently asked questions

How many kilometres of pistes does Les Portes du Soleil have?

Les Portes du Soleil has 409 km of pistes, measured run by run on the map: 365 named runs and 194 lifts. The resort advertises 600 km (source: Skiinfo, 10/2026).

What altitude is Les Portes du Soleil at?

Its runs and lifts go from 920 to 2,250 m of altitude, with 1,330 m of vertical.

What is the steepest run at Les Portes du Soleil?

Snowcross La Frontalière, with a 59% gradient on its steepest 50 m stretch.

What is the longest run at Les Portes du Soleil?

Ripaille - Grand Paradis, at 7.2 km.

What runs does Les Portes du Soleil have by difficulty?

Green: 23.7 km (50 runs); Blue: 172.6 km (168 runs); Red: 103.7 km (97 runs); Black: 25.4 km (33 runs); Freeride: 0.9 km (1 runs); Unclassified: 18.0 km (16 runs).

About this data

Piste km: the length of each piste, measured once along its line on the map. Resorts usually advertise more, as they add itineraries, variants or wide pistes counted as several runs; and sometimes a piste is still missing from OpenStreetMap.

The resort advertises 600 km (source: Skiinfo, 10/2026).

Data quality

Named runs682 / 977
Difficulty tagged97%
Lighting tagged17%
Snowmaking tagged5%
Lift capacity tagged47%
Grip type tagged8%

Snowmaking and ski patrol are rarely tagged in OpenStreetMap — it doesn't mean they don't exist, just that hardly anyone maps them yet.