Piste Skiing in Chamonix.
Whilst Chamonix has ski areas suitable for every type of skier, from complete novice to professional expert, the pistes are probably best suited to intermediate skiers who like to push themselves over the edge!
RESORT OVERVIEW:
Piste Information for Chamonix Mont Blanc.
The Chamonix Valley comprises Brévent/Flégère, The Grands Montets, The Balme area, Les Houches, Valley Blanche, Les Planards, La Vormaine, Les Chosalets, and Le Savoy. The statistics for skiing in Chamonix depend upon which of the areas you include, but as a guide…
- Ski Season: late November through to early May; dependant upon conditions.
- Resort altitude: the town centre is at 1,035m
- Highest ski lift: the Aiguille du Midi cable car reaches 3,842m
- Snow making: over 100 cannon cover the main routes. Investment is happening all the time. Chamonix benefits from having pistes facing every direction, so is pretty snow sure.
- Kms of piste: 152km
- Marked pistes: 77 total, 41 green/blue, 26 red, 10 black.
- No of ski lifts: 82 total, gondolas, chair-lifts, drag-lifts.
- Mountain restaurants: around 20.
- Snowparks: 4, plus all the natural terrain!
- Longest ski run: 22km, the off-piste guided route down the Vallee Blanche
Ski Pass Options.
Chamonix Le Pass offers access to the majority of the valley resorts. Depending upon where your staying and your ski ambitions for your holiday, other passes from the Mont Blanc Natural Resort present options. The Les Houches pass includes access to Saint Gervais. A pass for Le Tour-Vallorcine is available. Opting for an Argentiere pass might be worth considering.
Alternatively, the Mont Blanc Unlimited pass offers access to 422 individual pistes beyond the valley itself. Besides the skiing in Chamonix, this pass will allow you to ski or snowboard over 700km of pistes across 3 countries including the ski resorts of Evasion Mont Blanc, Courmayeur and Crans Montana.
Ski Resorts near Chamonix.
As mentioned above, Chamonix itself comprises several ski resorts connected by buses along the valley floor. Beyond these, the Mont Blanc Unlimited pass allows you to ski in Evasion Mont Blanc – the ski resorts of Megeve, Les Contamines, Saint Gervais, Combloux, and La Giettaz. Also at Courmayeur in Italy and Crans Montana in Switzerland.
