Rouge Gazon
A family station below the Ballon d'Alsace that last opened for nine days in the winter of 2022-23; its operating company was liquidated in 2025 and the prefect suspended every lift in April 2026.
- Region
- Vosges
- Country
- France
- Status
- closed
- Year opened
- 1962
- Year closed
- 2023
- Reason for closure
- Insufficient snow. The domain managed nine open days in the winter of 2022-23 and did not open at all in 2023-24 or 2024-25. The operating company, SARL Les Téléskis du Rouge Gazon, was placed in judicial liquidation by the Épinal commercial court on 14 October 2025, and a prefectural order of 7 April 2026 suspended the operation of every installation on the hill.
History
Rouge Gazon sits on the commune of Saint-Maurice-sur-Moselle in the Vosges, at the foot of the Ballon d'Alsace, and began as a farm-inn: Joseph Luttenbacher bought it in 1932 to take in hikers alongside the farming, and his son Fernand installed the first ski lift in 1962. It grew into a family station of five drag lifts serving ten pistes - five green, three blue, two red and one black - rising to around 1,260 m near the Tête des Perches, with the lifts all Montaz-Mautino machines from 1970, 1974 and 1981. The ending was drawn out. The 2022-23 winter gave nine days of skiing and was the last; the domain did not open at all in 2023-24 or 2024-25. On 14 October 2025 the Épinal commercial court placed the operating company, SARL Les Téléskis du Rouge Gazon, into judicial liquidation, and the commune's legal challenge against the closure of the lifts had already been dismissed in December 2024. A prefectural order of 7 April 2026 then suspended the operation of every installation on the hill by name: the Bambi Kid rope tow, the Baby École, Moyen, Mur 1, Mur 2 and Tête des Perches drag lifts, and the La Revigotte conveyor. The commune has five years from the signing of that order to bring the equipment back into service, and is planning a study on reopening; the landmark hotel-restaurant was taken over by a new operator in July 2026. So the site is suspended rather than demolished, and whether it counts as finished is a live question. Piste names are not compiled in accessible sources.
Lifts
| Name | Type | Manufacturer | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Le Moyen | Platter | Montaz-Mautino | Built 1970. Suspended by the prefectural order of 7 April 2026 |
| Mur 1 | Platter | Montaz-Mautino | Built 1981 as a pair with Mur 2. Suspended in April 2026 |
| Mur 2 | Platter | Montaz-Mautino | Built 1981 as a pair with Mur 1. Suspended in April 2026 |
| Tête des Perches | Platter | Montaz-Mautino | Built 1974, the lift to the high point of the area. Suspended in April 2026 |
| Baby | Platter | Montaz-Mautino | Built 1970; recorded as out of service before the general suspension. A Baby École lift also appears in the prefectural order |
| Bambi Kid | Rope Tow | A fil-neige for beginners, named in the prefectural order of 7 April 2026 | |
| La Revigotte | Surface lift | A conveyor belt or magic carpet, named in the prefectural order of 7 April 2026 |
Sources and further reading
- https://france3-regions.franceinfo.fr/grand-est/vosges/apres-deux-ans-de-fermeture-la-station-de-ski-de-rouge-gazon-officiellement-liquidee-3238279.html
- https://remiremontvallees.com/2026/04/19/saint-maurice-sur-moselle-le-prefet-suspend-lexploitation-des-teleskis-du-rouge-gazon/
- https://www.remontees-mecaniques.net/bdd/station-rouge-gazon-717.html
- https://vosgesinfo.fr/gerardmerinfo/2025/10/saint-maurice-sur-moselle-la-station-du-rouge-gazon-en-liquidation-judiciaire/
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