Breakdown of skier-days market share by type of ski resort in France 2016-2019

From 2016 to 2019, 39 percent of skier-days* were spent on the slopes of very large ski resorts. Another 39 percent of skier-days were recorded at large ski resorts. Medium and small resorts accounted for only a minority of the total number of skier-days in French ski resorts during this period.

The source defines the size of French ski resorts according to the moment of power, "moment de puissance". This unit corresponds to the transport capacity of a ski lift, or a set of ski lifts. It is calculated as the product of the flow by the difference in level of each installation. The equivalent in American ski areas is the Vertical Transport Feet per Hour.