Orcières Merlette: piste map and stats
Orcières Merlette is a ski resort in Champoléon, Hautes-Alpes, France. 51% of its kilometres are easy runs: good for learning. It has 49 km of pistes across 40 named runs and 26 lifts. The ski area goes from 1,826 to 2,731 m of altitude, with 905 m of vertical. Its steepest runs (steepest 50 m stretch) are Les Jalabres (55%, 29°), Rocher blanc (53%, 28°) and Les Gendarmes (51%, 27°). The longest run is Le Gourou (3.2 km). The nearest ski resort is Saint-Léger-Les-Mélèzes, 10 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 Orcières Merlette
Snow forecast for the next 7 days (summit, 2,731 m): 63 cm (updated 14 November).
Terrain by difficulty
Lifts by type
Runs, lifts and services
tap a run to see its profileFrequently asked questions
How many kilometres of pistes does Orcières Merlette have?
Orcières Merlette has 49 km of pistes, measured run by run on the map: 40 named runs and 26 lifts.
What altitude is Orcières Merlette at?
Its runs and lifts go from 1,826 to 2,731 m of altitude, with 905 m of vertical.
What is the steepest run at Orcières Merlette?
Les Jalabres, with a 55% gradient on its steepest 50 m stretch.
What is the longest run at Orcières Merlette?
Le Gourou, at 3.2 km.
What runs does Orcières Merlette have by difficulty?
Green: 2.4 km (5 runs); Blue: 20.5 km (14 runs); Red: 18.5 km (15 runs); Black: 5.0 km (6 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.
Data quality
Snowmaking and ski patrol are rarely tagged in OpenStreetMap — it doesn't mean they don't exist, just that hardly anyone maps them yet.