La Flégère
1,900 mVillage altitude
2,486 mTop of the ski area
61 kmAlpine pistes
18Ski lifts
Not published by any source: adult day pass.
La Flégère is the slope of the aiguilles Rouges overlooking the Chamonix valley, north of Chamonix-Mont-Blanc.
La Flégère webcams
▶ Watch at the operator ↗
Webcams de la stationimages en direct sur la page officielle de la station
La Flégère broadcasts its images on its own page: the link takes you there. Checked on 12 September 2026.
Snow, opening and weather
Snow report →Open pistes and lifts will appear here during the season, as published by the resort. Out of season we show nothing rather than a misleading zero.
Right now at the AIGUILLES ROUGES-NIVOSE station (2,365 m)
Source: Météo-France, AIGUILLES ROUGES-NIVOSE weather station, 2.9 km away. Hourly measurement — not the resort’s own snow report.
Avalanche danger
Good snow from early December to mid-April: a long, reliable season. 134 days a winter at 30 cm or more on average, and 660 cm of fresh snow, measured over 17 winters at the Météo-France “Lognan” station. Fortnight by fortnight, over 17 measured winters →
3-day forecast
Village 1,900 m · top 2,486 m
Forecast corrected for altitude; fresh snow = forecast total at the top; UV = peak of the day. Beyond 3 days, check the resort’s own report. Source:Open-Meteo.
Seven criteria rated from 1 to 5 stars, in half-stars, from this page's sourced data. A rating is a rank among the 315 French resorts we cover — 5 stars means “among the best in France on this point”, not “perfect”. Nobody types these in.
- SnowCan you count on the snow?3.5 / 5
Top of the ski area: 2,486 m · Bottom of the pistes: 1,059 m · Days above 30 cm per winter, measured: 134 days · Days above 30 cm, December to March, model: 100%
- Ski areaIs there enough to ski all week?4 / 5
Km of pistes at the resort: 61 km · Lifts: 18 · Balance between piste levels: 96%
- ValueIs the lift pass reasonable for what you get?n/a
Not rated: no official price list could be found.
- Families and beginnersIs it right for children and beginners?1.5 / 5
Share of green and blue pistes: 53% · Magic carpets: 0 · Sledging runs: 0 · Ice rink, pool, rail sledge…: 0
- AccessIs it easy to get to?3.5 / 5
Average drive time from 20 major cities: 4 hr 44 · Nearest railway station: 6 min · Nearest airport: 1 hr 39
- Atmosphere and après-skiIs there life in the evening and off the slopes?3 / 5
Bars and pubs: 2 · Nightclubs: 0 · Restaurants: 9 · Upcoming events: 2 · Collective tourist beds: 2,653 — index: what the map and the listings publish
- Luxury and comfortHow upmarket is the resort?2.5 / 5
5-star hotels: 0 · 4-star hotels: 1 · Share of hotel rooms in 4 and 5 stars: 59% · Spas and saunas: 0 · Jewellers, watchmakers, fashion boutiques: 0 — index: what the map and the listings publish
“Atmosphere” and “Luxury” are indexes: they count what OpenStreetMap and the event listings publish within 2.5 km (bars, nightclubs, rated hotels, spas, upcoming events), not what you experience there. A zero means “nothing mapped”, not “nothing there”. Sources per criterion: snow (altitudes declared by the resort (ANMSM, official website), STRMTG register, OpenStreetMap; snow depth observed at the Météo-France station, ERA5-Land model) ; ski area (figures declared by the resort (ANMSM, official website), national lift register (STRMTG), OpenStreetMap) ; value (the resort’s official price list) ; families and beginners (OpenStreetMap pistes, price list, ESF ski school, Famille Plus label, OpenStreetMap leisure) ; access (OSRM drive times from 20 cities, SNCF stations, GTFS shuttles, airports) ; atmosphere and après-ski (bars, nightclubs and restaurants within 2.5 km (OpenStreetMap), upcoming events (OpenAgenda), collective tourist beds (INSEE)) ; luxury and comfort (rated hotels within 2.5 km (OpenStreetMap) and by category across the commune (INSEE), spas and boutiques (OpenStreetMap), day pass price).
55 pistes, by level
8 green21 blue14 red12 black
- Skiable vertical
- 1,427 m
- Lifts
- 1 cable car, 2 gondolas, 10 chairlifts, 5 drag lifts
- Snowpark
- 2 mapped zones — Boardercross (very easy) · Piste de vitesse (intermediate)
- Cross-country skiing
- 14 km of nordic trails
Ski-area figures — bottom, top, km of pistes, lifts, pistes by level: OpenStreetMap (1 Oct) .
The ski area in figures
Measured on 7 October 20264 kmLongest piste — Pylones (red), 517 m of vertical
661 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 2,401 → 1,740 m, 2 km
2,486 mHighest lift top — Floria (platter lift)
7 kmTotal length of lifts — 8 lifts mapped
1,561 haSki area boundary (OSM)
8,705Inhabitants — Chamonix-Mont-Blanc (INSEE 74056)
Measured on OpenStreetMap (altitudes: IGN RGE ALTI), not taken from the brochure. The vertical above is that of one piste, not of the whole ski area. Population: INSEE municipal population via geo.api.gouv.fr.
Staying and hiring gear in La Flégère
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Collective accommodation
2,653 bed spaces in tourist residences, holiday villages and hostels
- 50 hotels · 2,197 rooms (3 × 5★, 14 × 4★, 18 × 3★, 8 × 2★, 1 × 1★)
- 5 holiday villages and family centres · 658 bed spaces
- 6 tourist residences and apartment hotels · 1,360 bed spaces
- 3 youth hostels and sports centres · 635 bed spaces
- 11 campsites · 907 pitches
Commune: Chamonix-Mont-Blanc · INSEE tourist accommodation survey, 2026, read on 12 September 2026. Collective accommodation only — privately let flats and second homes are not counted. INSEE dataset ↗
Stay & accommodation
Holidu
Holiday-rental comparison site.
Gear & equipment
Absolute Snow
UK ski and snowboard shop — delivers to UK addresses only.
Hardloop
Mountain gear shop: ski touring, avalanche safety, winter clothing.
Beyond skiing at La Flégère
Without skis on — 5 km of snowshoe and walking trails
Ice rink
- Patinoire R. Bozon · Chamonix-Mont-Blanc · 3.9 km away
Spa and thermal baths
- QC Terme Spas and Resorts · Chamonix-Mont-Blanc · 3.6 km away
Dog sledding
- Evasion Nordique - Chiens de traineaux · Chamonix-Mont-Blanc · 1.9 km away
- Huskydalen - Chiens de traineaux · Chamonix-Mont-Blanc · 4.4 km away
Paragliding
- Parapente Laurent Nivart · Chamonix-Mont-Blanc · 2.7 km away
- Chamonix Parapente · Chamonix-Mont-Blanc · 4.1 km away
- Summits Parapente · Chamonix-Mont-Blanc · 4.3 km away
- Mc Fly école de Parapente & speed riding · Chamonix-Mont-Blanc · 4.3 km away
Museum
- Musée des Cristaux - Espace Tairraz · Chamonix-Mont-Blanc · 4.3 km away
- Le Musée du Mont-Blanc · Chamonix-Mont-Blanc · 4.3 km away
- Usine et Espace Héritage de Simond · Chamonix-Mont-Blanc · 6.2 km away
- Maison du Lieutenant · Servoz · 9.5 km away
Cinema
- Cinéma Vox · Chamonix-Mont-Blanc · 4.4 km away
- Cinéma immersif 4D · Chamonix-Mont-Blanc · 4.9 km away
Source: DATAtourisme (open data), within 10 km of the resort; places in a large town of the valley are left out. Checked on 12 September 2026. Opening times and prices are the operator’s — check before you go.
Ski schools and practical information
Tourist office
Office du Tourisme
In case of accident
112 — the European emergency number, free of charge, triggers mountain rescue. On the pistes, the ski patrol number is printed on the piste map and at lift ticket offices. Piste rescue is charged: check your insurance or take the option sold with the lift pass.
Off the pistes: off-piste and ski touring
The resorts for off-piste skiing → 3 Marked off-piste itineraries · 18 km
4 km Ski touring routes
Named itineraries: Retour Stade · Vallée Blanche classique · James Bond Track
Itineraries surveyed on OpenStreetMap within a 4 km radius (7 September 2026): “marked” means an itinerary exists on the map, not that it is open or safe on the day.
Ski touring routes described
12 ski touring routes documented within 10 km of La Flégère — up to 1,820 m of climb.
| Summit and route | Ski grade | Climb | Altitude | Aspect | From resort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aiguilles Crochues - Sommet N · Par la Flégère depuis les Praz | 2.3 · E1 · PD | 1,730 m | 1,100 → 2,837 m | SE | 0.5 km |
| Aiguilles Crochues - Sommet S · Face NE | n/a · E2 · D- | 1,820 m | 1,060 → 2,840 m | NE | 1.1 km |
| Aiguille de la Glière S · Face E - Couloir E de l'Épaule SE | 5.2 · E3 · TD | 1,770 m | 1,065 → 2,836 m | E | 1.1 km |
| Aiguille de Charlanon · Par le col de la Glière | 3.1 · E2 · AD- | 1,260 m | 1,700 → 2,549 m | n/a | 1.4 km |
The other 8 routes, with grades and vertical →
Not a piste. Neither marked, nor patrolled, nor secured: transceiver, shovel, probe, the day’s avalanche bulletin and, better still, a guide. Ski grade (1.1–5.6) = steepness and commitment; exposure (E1–E4) = consequence of a fall.
Source: Camptocamp.org topo guide (CC BY-SA), routes starting within 10 km, read on 13 October 2026. Descriptions and photos are on Camptocamp; an empty cell is a field nobody has filled in. Camptocamp ski touring routes ↗
Piste map
Open on OpenSnowMap ↗Official piste map
Pistes coloured by level, lifts as lines. The resort’s official map is the reference in season.
Base map © OpenTopoMap (CC-BY-SA) · pistes © OpenSnowMap (CC-BY-SA) · data ©OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
Getting to La Flégère
From Paris: 6 hr 41 (621 km) by road.
By road
- From Genève: 1 hr 14 · 87 km
- From Annecy: 1 hr 27 · 111 km
- From Chambéry: 1 hr 54 · 152 km
- From Grenoble: 2 hr 16 · 154 km
- From Lyon: 2 hr 49 · 230 km
From other major cities (15)
- From Valence: 3 hr 19 · 246 km
- From Besançon: 3 hr 25 · 232 km
- From Saint-Étienne: 3 hr 26 · 288 km
- From Dijon: 3 hr 49 · 343 km
- From Clermont-Ferrand: 4 hr 31 · 397 km
- From Strasbourg: 4 hr 51 · 406 km
- From Montpellier: 5 hr 26 · 451 km
- From Marseille: 5 hr 31 · 460 km
- From Nice: 5 hr 33 · 463 km
- From Nancy: 5 hr 52 · 546 km
- From Paris: 6 hr 41 · 621 km
- From Perpignan: 6 hr 48 · 599 km
- From Toulouse: 7 hr 44 · 685 km
- From Bordeaux: 8 hr 30 · 787 km
- From Pau: 9 hr 38 · 875 km
Excluding traffic and winter conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.
By train
Les Tines station
halt · then 6 min drive (1 km)
Nearest main station: Annecy, 1 hr 25 by road.
Shuttles and buses from the station: see the resort’s official website.
By plane
- Genève (GVA): 1 hr 39 by road · 95 km
- Chambéry-Savoie (CMF): 1 hr 58 by road · 151 km
Take me there
These links open the app with La Flégère as the destination. Your starting point is never sent by us — the app asks you for it, if you agree.
Charging an electric car
No freely accessible charge point is declared within 2 km of the resort (checked on 9 October 2026). Covered car parks in the resort may offer chargers reserved for their customers: those are not listed here.
Freely accessible charge points read from the French national EV charging database (data.gouv.fr ↗, operators’ own declarations), checked on 9 October 2026. Check availability before you leave: the database says what is installed, not what is free tonight.
Road conditions
From 1 November to 31 March, snow chains or winter tyres are compulsory in most mountain areas (French “Loi Montagne II”).
Driving times computed on the OpenStreetMap road network (OSRM), SNCF stations (open data), airports (Wikidata). Indicative, not a timetable: allow extra time in snow.
Translated from the French Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), machine translation.
Frequently asked questions
How high is La Flégère?
La Flégère sits at 1,900 m at village level, and its ski area rises to 2,486 m.
How many kilometres of pistes does La Flégère have?
La Flégère has 61 km of slopes, 18 lifts.
What is the longest piste in La Flégère?
The longest piste is Pylones: 4 km (red run), for 517 m of vertical. Measured on the OpenStreetMap map, segments of the same name and level joined end to end, altitudes from the IGN RGE ALTI terrain model — a resort sometimes advertises a longer run by chaining several pistes.
How high do the lifts go in La Flégère?
The highest lift, Floria, tops out at 2,486 m (IGN RGE ALTI terrain model). The 8 lifts mapped on OpenStreetMap total 7 km.
How do I get to La Flégère?
By road, La Flégère is 1 hr 14 from Genève (87 km), excluding traffic and winter conditions. By train, the nearest station is Les Tines, 6 min by road from the resort. The nearest airport is Genève, 1 hr 39 away.
How long is the drive from Paris to La Flégère?
6 hr 41 for 621 km from central Paris, excluding traffic and winter conditions. Computed on the real road network (OpenStreetMap): allow more on a school-holiday Saturday.
Is the snow reliable in La Flégère?
Good snow from early December to mid-April: a long, reliable season. 134 days a winter at 30 cm or more on average, and 660 cm of fresh snow, measured over 17 winters at the Météo-France “Lognan” station. This verdict rests on 17 winters of Météo-France measurements (1996-2026); in season the daily report prevails.
Is La Flégère good for beginners and families?
53% of the pistes are green or blue: a rather technical area.
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