Balme - Vallorcine
Piste map and lifts · Switzerland
- Easy 14 km
- Intermediate 16 km
- Advanced 1.0 km
- Lifts
Balme - Vallorcine is a ski area in Switzerland with 31 km of pistes and 13 lifts on OpenStreetMap. Pistes and lifts reach from 1 153 m up to 2 249 m, 1 096 m of vertical. 53% of the piste length is marked intermediate.
The longest lift is Téléphérique de service Barberine - Col de la Gueulaz, a cable car of 1.9 km that climbs 773 m. The longest piste by name is Belle Place Bas (intermediate), 3.8 km in all, from 1 714 m down to 1 265 m. The nearest resort on our map is Vormaine, 3 km away.
Resort website: en.chamonix.com/activities/winter/skiing-in-chamonix-mont-blanc-valley/list-of-ski-areas/ski-area-balme-vallorcine
Lengths are measured from OpenStreetMap and can come out lower than the resort's own figures.
Lifts
5 drag lifts, 3 funiculars, 2 chairlifts, 2 gondolas, 1 cable car.
| Lift | Type | Length | Rise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Téléphérique de service Barberine - Col de la Gueulaz | Cable car | 1.9 km | 773 m |
| TSD Tête de Balme | Chairlift | 1.6 km | 604 m |
| Charamillon | Gondola | 1.4 km | 359 m |
| Autannes | Chairlift | 1.3 km | 332 m |
| Vallorcine | Gondola | 1.3 km | 658 m |
| Plan des Reines | Drag lift | 1.3 km | 273 m |
| Funiculaire du Châtelard | Funicular | 1.1 km | 670 m |
| Arve | Drag lift | 0.9 km | 234 m |
| Col de Balme | Drag lift | 0.9 km | 192 m |
| Aiguillette | Drag lift | 0.7 km | 179 m |
| Posettes | Drag lift | 0.6 km | 109 m |
| Minifunic | Funicular | 0.2 km | 133 m |
| Minifunic | Funicular | 0.2 km | 134 m |
Longest pistes
Pistes with a name or a number on the map, longest first.
| Piste | Length | Altitude |
|---|---|---|
| Belle Place Bas | 3.8 km | 1 714 to 1 265 m |
| Liaison Balme | 2.2 km | 2 188 to 1 976 m |
| Belle Place Haut | 2.1 km | 2 249 to 1 641 m |
| Grande Ourse | 2.0 km | 1 457 to 1 265 m |
| Arve | 1.8 km | 2 173 to 1 854 m |
| Ecuries | 1.8 km | 2 188 to 1 859 m |
| Les Posettes | 1.6 km | 2 153 to 1 975 m |
| Caisets | 1.5 km | 1 851 to 1 495 m |
| La Louve | 1.5 km | 1 638 to 1 457 m |
| Béchat | 1.4 km | 2 249 to 1 972 m |
| Alpages | 1.3 km | 2 248 to 1 971 m |
| La Louve | 1.2 km | 1 806 to 1 638 m |
| Esserts Haut | 1.2 km | 2 008 to 1 814 m |
| Liaison Esserts | 1.2 km | 1 938 to 1 823 m |
| Retour Charamillon | 1.1 km | 1 974 to 1 886 m |