Located at the foot of the famous Galibier Pass, the name of Valloire has its origin in the 11th century words "Vallée d'Or" - The Golden Valley - The village of 1300 inhabitants is composed of 17 hamlets located between 1400 and 1800 m high.
Equipments
All begins here
A multitude of jobs and tools to exploit the skilifts and other structures dedicated to leisure : the icerink, the swimming pool the tennis court , the golf practice and the campsite.
Permanent staff : 35 people
Season staff : 130 people
A multitude of jobs enable to exploit the ski area :
Ski patroller, exploitationskilift agent, cashier, , snowcat drivers, mechanics, , electrician, secretary,, accountant, jurist, builder,
Carpenter, avalanche dog handler and its other activities: swimming instructor, tennis and golf teachers…
Skilifts
2 cable cars.
1 two speeds chairlifs.
8 single speed chairlifts.
11 draglifts.
24 230 skiers/h for the whole ski area.
Gondola
| Lifts | Crêt-de-la-Brive I 8 places |
Sétaz 6 places |
|---|---|---|
| Passenger flow | 2400 | 2200 |
| altitude difference | 691 | 507 |
| Length | 1845 | 1447 |
| Low altitude | 1408 | 1420 |
| High altitude | 2099 | 1927 |
| Lift power | 41460 | 27885 |
| Trip time | 5mn08 | 4mn50 |
Two speeds chairlifts
| Lifts | Crêt-de-la-Brive II - 3 places |
|---|---|
| Passenger flow | 3000 |
| altitude difference | 462 |
| Length | 1653 |
| Low altitude | 2063 |
| High altitude | 2525 |
| Lift power | 27720 |
| Trip time | 5mn30 |
Single speeds chairlifts
| Lifts | Colérieux 3 places |
Montissot 4 places |
|---|---|---|
| Passenger flow | 1100 | 1500 |
| altitude difference | 300 | 507 |
| Length | 1100 | 1321 |
| Low altitude | 2140 | 1720 |
| High altitude | 2440 | 2227 |
| Lift power | 4950 | 11407 |
| Trip time | 7mn50 | 9mn35 |
| Lifts | Sétaz II 2 places |
Thimel 4 places |
Verneys 3 places |
|---|---|---|---|
| Passenger flow | 920 | 2400 | 860 |
| altitude difference | 327 | 101 | 437 |
| Length | 1130 | 358 | 1131 |
| Low altitude | 1929 | 1920 | 1563 |
| High altitude | 2256 | 2021 | 2000 |
| Lift power | 4512 | 3636 | 5637 |
| Trip time | 7mn30 | 2mn45 | 8mn20 |
| Lifts | Moulin Benjamin | Lac de la Vieille |
|---|---|---|
| Passenger flow | 2000 | 1800 |
| altitude difference | 209 | 252 |
| Length | 772 | 972 |
| Low altitude | 1465 | 2063 |
| High altitude | 1674 | 2315 |
| Lift power | 6270 | 6804 |
| Trip time | 6mn15 | 7mn03 |
Draglifts
| Lifts | Chât. Ripaille | Crêtes | Cornafond |
|---|---|---|---|
| Passenger flow | 900 | 600 | 900 |
| altitude difference | 195 | 188 | 355 |
| Length | 700 | 905 | 1130 |
| Low altitude | 2219 | 2155 | 1745 |
| High altitude | 2414 | 2343 | 2100 |
| Lift power | 1755 | 1128 | 3195 |
| Trip time | 3mn40 | 4mn20 | 5mn15 |
| Lifts | Ecole Thimel | Gd Plateau | Séa |
|---|---|---|---|
| Passenger flow | 350 | 900 | 400 |
| altitude difference | 17 | 379 | 32 |
| Length | 155 | 1270 | 320 |
| Low altitude | 1912 | 2145 | 2099 |
| High altitude | 1929 | 2524 | 2173 |
| Lift power | 175 | 3411 | 200 |
| Trip time | 1mn45 | 5mn20 | 3mn50 |
| Lifts | Sétaz Prés | Verneys |
|---|---|---|
| Passenger flow | 800 | 400 |
| altitude difference | 172 | 13 |
| Length | 665 | 150 |
| Low altitude | 2264 | 1560 |
| High altitude | 2436 | 1573 |
| Lift power | 1204 | 200 |
| Trip time | 3mn10 | 1mn00 |
Slopes department
- 10 snowcats including 2 with winch, and 1 with Snowpark equipment
- 1 Half Pipe Tool
- 400 snow canons
- 1 snow factory
- 4 first-aid and information chalets
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Conception graphique Saraband - Réalisation technique Alliance-Réseaux - Rédaction et iconographie Office de Tourisme de Valloire