La Plagne
A constellation of high villages and the friendliest big mountain in France.
Difficulty mix
On the mountain
- Night skiing — 4 floodlit runs
- 4 snowparks / fun zones
- 2 mogul runs
- 4.4 km cross-country trails
Bonvo Score breakdown
Computed from mapped terrain data — no editorial opinion, no pay-to-rank. How the score works
Skiing La Plagne, told properly
La Plagne isn't one resort but a constellation — eleven villages scattered between orchard hamlets at 1,250 m and the stark, snow-sure balconies of Belle Plagne and Aime 2000 above 2,000 m. Built from the 1960s onward to revive a valley losing its mining and farming economy, it grew into one of the most-visited ski areas on the planet, and the reason is simple: nowhere serves intermediate skiers more generously.
The terrain rolls on and on — enormous, confidence-building reds and blues beneath the Bellecôte and up to glacier skiing at over 3,000 m, with proper adventure available off the back (the Bellecôte north face is a guided classic). Since 2003 the Vanoise Express, a giant double-decker cable car, has spanned the valley to Les Arcs, uniting the two giants into the Paradiski area with more than 400 km of pistes on one pass.
And La Plagne owns one attraction no other French resort can match: the 1992 Albertville Olympic bobsleigh track snakes down through the trees at La Roche, and in the evening you can ride it.
Signature runs
Les Inversens
A long, rolling red off the Roche de Mio that shows off the whole area — glacier views in, tree-lined finish out.
Bellecôte glacier runs
High, snow-sure pistes above 3,000 m with the wild north face lurking beyond the ropes for guided groups.
Mont de la Guerre
A classic long red dropping over 1,200 vertical metres to Champagny, quiet and scenic, on the sunny side.
Local tips
- Book the public bobsleigh experience early in your stay — weather can cancel sessions, and you'll want a retry window.
- The lower villages (Montchavin, Les Coches, Champagny) have charm and trees the high blocks lack — great storm-day bases.
- Cross the Vanoise Express early and make a full Les Arcs day of it; last cabins back come sooner than you think.
- Aime 2000's brutalist 'ocean liner' looks divisive but is ski-in/ski-out like nowhere else.
Good to know
- La Plagne regularly records among the highest annual skier visits of any resort in the world.
- Its 1992 Olympic bobsleigh track is one of the few in the world open to the public, with 'bob raft' rides most winter evenings.
- The Vanoise Express to Les Arcs is a double-decker cable car crossing 380 m above the valley floor.
Slope-by-slope analysis
Every run measured from elevation-aware map geometry: true length, vertical drop, average gradient and a 0–10 slope score that rewards long, sustained descents.
| Run | Difficulty | Length | Vertical | Avg grade | Slope score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mont de la Guerre | Intermediate | 6.1 km | 1073 m | 17.7% | 8.2 |
| Levasset | Easy | 5.2 km | 883 m | 17.1% | 8.1 |
| Levasset | Easy | 4.3 km | 904 m | 20.9% | 7.8 |
| Mont Blanc | Easy | 4.3 km | 667 m | 15.5% | 7.0 |
| Bozelet | Easy | 3.4 km | 646 m | 18.8% | 6.4 |
| Route des Bauches | Easy | 3.4 km | 209 m | 6.1% | 3.9 |
| Cornegidouille | Easy | 3.4 km | 576 m | 16.9% | 6.0 |
| Pravendue | Easy | 3.1 km | 361 m | 11.7% | 4.6 |
| Pralioud | Easy | 3.0 km | 286 m | 9.4% | 4.1 |
| La Combe | Intermediate | 3.0 km | 532 m | 18% | 5.6 |
| Les Étroits | Advanced | 2.9 km | 549 m | 19.1% | 5.6 |
| Mira | Easy | 2.8 km | 481 m | 17.4% | 5.2 |
| L'Arpette | Easy | 2.5 km | 410 m | 16.6% | 4.6 |
| Les Sources | Intermediate | 2.4 km | 465 m | 19.3% | 5.0 |
| Geisha | Easy | 2.3 km | 317 m | 14% | 3.9 |
| Bauches | Easy | 2.2 km | 267 m | 11.9% | 3.6 |
| Montalbert | Easy | 2.2 km | 476 m | 21.6% | 5.0 |
| Bellecôte | Expert | 2.2 km | 569 m | 26.1% | 5.6 |
| Les Bois | Intermediate | 2.1 km | 535 m | 24.9% | 5.4 |
| Le Rochu | Expert | 2.1 km | 678 m | 33% | 6.4 |
| Les Leitchoums | Easy | 2.0 km | 253 m | 12.3% | 3.4 |
| Pierres Blanches | Easy | 1.9 km | 338 m | 17.5% | 4.0 |
| Les Arolles | Easy | 1.9 km | 257 m | 13.4% | 3.4 |
| Le Tunnel | Easy | 1.9 km | 307 m | 16.3% | 3.7 |
| Ours | Easy | 1.9 km | 329 m | 17.7% | 3.9 |
| La Combe | Intermediate | 1.9 km | 495 m | 26.7% | 5.1 |
| Les Laines | Easy | 1.8 km | 213 m | 11.7% | 3.0 |
| Les Sources | Intermediate | 1.8 km | 462 m | 25.7% | 4.9 |
| Mont Blanc | Easy | 1.8 km | 219 m | 12.3% | 3.1 |
| Fun Slope | Easy | 1.8 km | 209 m | 11.8% | 3.0 |
| Le Tunnel | Easy | 1.8 km | 311 m | 17.6% | 3.8 |
| Écartée | Easy | 1.7 km | 293 m | 17.2% | 3.6 |
| Le Serac | Easy | 1.7 km | 317 m | 18.6% | 3.8 |
| Crozats | Advanced | 1.7 km | 373 m | 22.2% | 4.2 |
| Mira | Easy | 1.6 km | 481 m | 29.4% | 5.1 |
| Dérochoir | Advanced | 1.6 km | 410 m | 26% | 4.5 |
| Les Crepines | Easy | 1.6 km | 292 m | 18.6% | 3.6 |
| Mont Saint-Sauveur | Easy | 1.6 km | 330 m | 21.1% | 3.9 |
| Pollux | Easy | 1.6 km | 310 m | 19.8% | 3.7 |
| Les Ours | Easy | 1.6 km | 286 m | 18.3% | 3.5 |
+ 396 more mapped runs and connectors — all of them in the free 3D map in the Bonvo Ski app.
Lift network
85 mapped lifts, moving up to 100,710 skiers per hour.
| Lift | Type | Capacity/h | Ride time | Length | Vertical |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colosses | Chairlift | 4,400 | 5 min | 1.5 km | 309 m |
| Arpette | Chairlift | 4,400 | — | 1.8 km | 406 m |
| La Bergerie | Chairlift | 3,600 | 4 min | 1.3 km | 217 m |
| Crozats | Chairlift | 3,600 | 4 min | 1.0 km | 301 m |
| Funiplagne Grande Rochette | Gondola | 3,504 | 4 min | 1.6 km | 508 m |
| Inversens | Chairlift | 3,000 | 6 min | 1.9 km | 505 m |
| La Roche | Chairlift | 3,000 | 6 min | 1.7 km | 593 m |
| Salla | Chairlift | 3,000 | 5 min | 549 m | 141 m |
| Pierres Blanches | Chairlift | 3,000 | 6 min | 1.3 km | 461 m |
| Quillis | Chairlift | 3,000 | 3 min | 280 m | 57 m |
| Bijolin | Chairlift | 3,000 | 5 min | 1.5 km | 455 m |
| Lovatière | Chairlift | 3,000 | 6 min | 1.7 km | 481 m |
| Montalbert | Gondola | 2,800 | — | 2.2 km | 619 m |
| Les Blanchets | Chairlift | 2,795 | 8 min | 2.3 km | 419 m |
| Glaciers 1(bubble) | Gondola | 2,700 | — | 1.0 km | 216 m |
| Glaciers 2(bubble) | Gondola | 2,700 | — | 2.0 km | 537 m |
| Glaciers | Gondola | 2,700 | — | 13 m | 1 m |
| Golf | Chairlift | 2,400 | 4 min | 631 m | 130 m |
| Chalet de Bellecôte | Chairlift | 2,400 | — | 833 m | 284 m |
| Dos Rond | Chairlift | 2,400 | 7 min | 1.0 km | 213 m |
| 1800 | Chairlift | 2,400 | 6 min | 560 m | 193 m |
| Montchavin | Chairlift | 2,400 | 5 min | 1.5 km | 452 m |
| Mélèzes | Chairlift | 2,400 | 3 min | 377 m | 103 m |
| Envers | Chairlift | 2,400 | 4 min | 806 m | 325 m |
| Carella | Chairlift | 2,400 | 7 min | 2.0 km | 410 m |
| Plan Bois | Chairlift | 2,300 | 6 min | 1.7 km | 505 m |
| Lac Noir | Gondola | 2,200 | 6 min | 1.7 km | 448 m |
| Champagny | Gondola | 2,150 | 6 min | 1.8 km | 713 m |
| Bauches | Chairlift | 1,500 | 6 min | 726 m | 284 m |
| Roche de Mio | Gondola | 1,440 | 11 min | 2.7 km | 646 m |
La Plagne — quick answers
How many ski runs does La Plagne have?
La Plagne has 436 mapped downhill runs totalling about 272.1 km of pistes, with the longest single run measuring 6.1 km.
What is the vertical drop at La Plagne?
The mapped skiable terrain spans 1848 m of vertical, from 1199 m at the base to 3047 m at the top.
How many lifts does La Plagne have?
La Plagne operates 85 mapped lifts moving up to 100,710 skiers per hour.
Ski La Plagne with the map in your pocket
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