Le Grand Valtin
A two-lift family ski area in a hamlet of the Vosges that ran for 57 winters and gave up after the 2023 season; its lower T-bar still stands while the upper one has been half-dismantled since 1999.
- Region
- Vosges
- Country
- France
- Status
- closed
- Year opened
- 1966
- Year closed
- 2023
- Reason for closure
- A low-altitude Vosges site topping out at around 900 m with no snowmaking, left with too few skiable days to be worth operating. The last season ran to February 2023 and operation of the remaining lift was formally suspended by prefectural order in 2025.
History
Le Grand Valtin is a hamlet of Ban-sur-Meurthe-Clefcy in the Vosges, between Gérardmer and the Col du Bonhomme. Its ski area opened in February 1966 with the Wimbar T-bar, a France Neige machine of 241 m, and a second Poma T-bar was added on the Petite Meurthe side in 1976. It was always a beginners' and families' hill: three easy runs graded green and blue, a sledging area, and around twenty chalets let out to seasonal visitors, with the Auberge du Grand Valtin at the centre of it. The upper lift was taken out of use in 1999 and only partly dismantled, and the site has been on the market since 2015; the auberge changed hands in 2018. The area ran its last winter to February 2023, and a prefectural order suspended operation of the remaining lift in 2025. Individual piste names are not recorded. The Wimbar T-bar is still standing while its future is decided.
Lifts
| Name | Type | Manufacturer | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Téléski du Wimbar | T-Bar | France Neige | Detachable T-bar, 241 m long with 37 m of vertical; installed for the February 1966 opening and ran until 2023. Still standing |
| Téléski de la Petite Meurthe | T-Bar | Poma | Fixed-grip T-bar, 203 m long with 27 m of vertical; 1976 to 1999. Partly dismantled and abandoned in place ever since |
Sources and further reading
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Location
48.1022, 6.9808