Les Orres ski resort · slopes, lifts & elevation

Les Orres is a ski area in Les Orres, Hautes-Alpes, France. Its 83 mapped downhill runs add up to 54 km, which ranks it #47 of 333 ski areas in France and gives it 0.6% of all the country's slopes. The average run is about 647 m long.

Slopes at Les Orres

About 43% of the slopes are beginner or easy runs, 47% intermediate and 9% advanced or expert, which makes Les Orres a balanced resort for intermediate skiers.

Lifts and elevation

The resort has 21 lifts: 7 button lifts, 7 chairlifts, 6 magic carpets, 1 drag lift. Most uphill transport is by surface lifts (T-bars, button lifts and tows). Skiing runs from 1,553 m up to 2,699 m, a vertical drop of 1,146 m — the kind of long descents found in big Alpine-style resorts. The high top station usually means reliable snow well into spring.

Getting to Les Orres

The nearest airport is Cuneo International Airport (CUF), about 84 km away in a straight line — roughly 1 h 50 min by car; Nice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE) is 106 km away. Nearby ski areas include Crévoux (20.1 km), Sainte-Anne la Condamine (16.8 km), Barcelonnette and Forêt Blanche : Vars/Risoul (131.0 km), which together add 257 km of slopes for a multi-resort trip.