Le Tour
Le Tour is a ski resort in the Northern Alps (Haute-Savoie), in the commune of Chamonix-Mont-Blanc. The village sits at 1,464 m and the ski area rises to 2,195 m, a skiable vertical of 714 m.
The area offers 56 km of alpine pistes, 62 marked pistes (10 green, 27 blue, 20 red, 5 black), 23 ski lifts, plus a snowpark.
Measured on the OpenStreetMap map: the longest piste runs 4 km (Arve) and the highest lift tops out at 2,192 m.
The resort holds the Flocon Vert and Best of the Alps and Station classée de tourisme labels.
Access: 1 h 18 by road from Genève and 2 min from Montroc le Planet railway station.
1 official webcam shows the pistes live (on the French page).
Seven criteria rated from 1 to 5 stars, in half-stars, from this page's sourced data. A rating is a rank among the 322 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: 2,195 m · Bottom of the pistes: 1,481 m · Days above 30 cm per winter, measured: 111 days · Days above 30 cm, December to March, model: 71%
- Ski areaIs there enough to ski all week?3.5 / 5
Km of pistes at the resort: 56 km · Km of pistes across the linked area: 56 km · Lifts: 23 · Balance between piste levels: 88%
- ValueIs the lift pass reasonable for what you get?n/a
Not rated: “adult day pass” is missing from this page.
- Families and beginnersIs it right for children and beginners?2 / 5
Share of green and blue pistes: 60% · Magic carpets: 0 · Sledging runs: 1 · ESF ski school · Ice rink, pool, rail sledge…: 0
- AccessIs it easy to get to?3.5 / 5
Average drive time from 20 major cities: 4 hr 47 · Nearest railway station: 2 min · Nearest airport: 1 hr 43
- Atmosphere and après-skiIs there life in the evening and off the slopes?2 / 5
Bars and pubs: 0 · Nightclubs: 0 · Restaurants: 8 · Upcoming events: 0 · Collective tourist beds: 2,653 — index: what the map and the listings publish
- Luxury and comfortHow upmarket is the resort?1.5 / 5
5-star hotels: 0 · 4-star hotels: 0 · 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 (OpenStreetMap, Wikidata), snow depth observed at the Météo-France station, ERA5-Land model) ; ski area (OpenStreetMap pistes and lifts, linked area (Wikidata)) ; 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).
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)
Avalanche danger
7-day forecast
Village 1,464 m · top 2,195 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.
Average snow depth by month
Good snow from January to March.
☀️ Average daily sunshine : Nov 6.4 h · Dec 5.7 h · Jan 6.1 h · Feb 7.4 h · Mar 8.6 h · Apr 10.3 h — 26 bright days in April (Open-Meteo estimate, 2015-2025).
- November—no record
- December—no record
- January84 cmGood skiing · 97%
- February93 cmGood skiing · 100%
- March98 cmGood skiing · 85%
- April—no record
- May—no record
30 cm on the ground: the benchmark for groomed-piste skiing. Bar = monthly average depth; percentage = share of time above 30 cm.
- Good skiing: 30 cm on more than 8 days in 10
- Variable: 30 cm on 5 to 8 days in 10
- Insufficient: 30 cm less than one day in two
Snow actually measured, winter by winter
16 complete winters measured, from 2010-2011 to 2025-2026 — on average 111 days a winter with at least 30 cm on the ground.
- 1-15 Dec39 cmVariable · 50 %
- 16-31 Dec58 cmVariable · 71 %
- 1-15 Jan71 cmGood skiing · 90 %
- 16-31 Jan95 cmGood skiing · 100 %
- 1-15 Feb105 cmGood skiing · 100 %
- 16-29 Feb107 cmGood skiing · 100 %
- 1-15 Mar103 cmGood skiing · 96 %
- 16-31 Mar78 cmGood skiing · 81 %
- 1-15 Apr44 cmInsufficient · 47 %
- Best winter of the series
- 2025-2026 — 134 days at 30 cm or more
- Worst winter of the series
- 2016-2017 — 74 days at 30 cm or more
Snowfall: no long enough record of fresh snow at this station. Rather than an estimate, we show nothing.
The ski area
Compare with another resort →62 pistes, by level — 56 km
- Skiable vertical
- 714 m (1,481 m → 2,195 m)
- Lifts
- 4 gondolas, 2 chairlifts, 17 drag lifts
- Cross-country skiing
- 2 named trails — 1.8 km of marked loops, 12 km from the resortOpenStreetMap, lengths measured on the geometry, surveyed on 12 September 2026. A trail with no difficulty tag is shown as "n/a" — never guessed.
See the trails(2)
Trail Level Length Boucle du Lac very easy 1 km Boucle du Marais very easy 0.9 km - Snowpark
- 4 mapped zones, 2 km from the resort — Stade club des Sports · Snow Park · Stade filmé · Stade ESF (easy)
OpenStreetMap, surveyed on 12 September 2026. OpenStreetMap does not map individual features (kickers, rails): what is counted here are the named zones. - Without skis
- 3 km of snowshoe and walking trails · 1 sledging run
- Piste aspect
- N 37% · E 6% · S 19% · W 38% (descent direction of 48 OSM pistes, terrain model)
- Mountain restaurants
- Alpage de Balme (1983 m) · Les Ecuries de Charamillon (1911 m)
Pistes and lifts surveyed on OpenStreetMap within 4 km of the resort — for a resort in a linked area, the figure may include neighbouring pistes.
Lift passes detail →
The price list for this resort is being collected: most resorts publish winter prices between September and November.
The ski area in figures
Measured on 9 September 2026Measured 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.
Source: national register of mechanical lifts (STRMTG, CAIRN), fleet as of 1 January 2025 — lifts attributed to Le Tour only (“CHAMONIX LE TOUR”), magic carpets included.
Staying and hiring gear in Le Tour
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Stay & accommodation
Live webcams
All webcams (1) →Official players of the resort, live image. Checked on 12 September 2026.
Piste map
Open on OpenSnowMap ↗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 Le Tour
From Paris: 6 hr 45 (628 km) by road.
By road
- From Genève: 1 hr 18 · 93 km
- From Annecy: 1 hr 31 · 117 km
- From Chambéry: 1 hr 58 · 158 km
- From Grenoble: 2 hr 20 · 160 km
- From Lyon: 2 hr 53 · 236 km
From other major cities (15)
- From Besançon: 3 hr 15 · 228 km
- From Valence: 3 hr 23 · 253 km
- From Saint-Étienne: 3 hr 30 · 295 km
- From Dijon: 3 hr 53 · 349 km
- From Clermont-Ferrand: 4 hr 35 · 406 km
- From Strasbourg: 4 hr 41 · 402 km
- From Montpellier: 5 hr 30 · 457 km
- From Marseille: 5 hr 36 · 466 km
- From Nice: 5 hr 38 · 469 km
- From Nancy: 5 hr 50 · 476 km
- From Paris: 6 hr 45 · 628 km
- From Perpignan: 6 hr 52 · 605 km
- From Toulouse: 7 hr 48 · 691 km
- From Bordeaux: 8 hr 34 · 793 km
- From Pau: 9 hr 43 · 881 km
Excluding traffic and winter conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.
By train
Montroc le Planet station
halt · then 2 min drive (1 km)
Nearest main station: Annecy, 1 hr 29 by road.
Shuttles and buses from the station: see the resort’s official website.
By plane
- Genève (GVA): 1 hr 43 by road · 101 km
- Chambéry-Savoie (CMF): 2 hr 02 by road · 158 km
Take me there
These links open the app with Le Tour 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 September 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 September 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.
Off-piste & ski touring
The resorts for off-piste skiing →Named itineraries: Pylônes Bas · Combe des Amethystes · Point de vue
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
Resorts for ski touring →12 ski touring routes documented within 10 km of Le Tour — up to 1,750 m of climb.
| Summit and route | Ski grade | Climb | Altitude | Aspect | From resort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aiguillette des Posettes · Voie normale | 2.2 · E1 · PD | 748 m | 1,453 → 2,201 m | SE | 1.4 km |
| Tête de Balme · Par les pistes du Tour | 2.2 · E1 · F | 850 m | 1,470 → 2,321 m | SW | 1.5 km |
| Col de Balme · Par les pistes du Tour | 1.2 · E1 · F | 730 m | 1,460 → 2,191 m | SW | 1.7 km |
| Bec de Lachat · Face W | 3.2 · E1 · AD | 700 m | 1,400 → 3,028 m | W | 2 km |
| Col des Autannes · Depuis le Col de Balme | 2.3 · E1 · PD+ | 600 m | 2,200 → 2,777 m | NE | 2.1 km |
| Bec du Picheu · Face N | n/a · AD | 1,100 m | 1,460 → 2,568 m | N | 2.2 km |
| Refuge de Lognan · Depuis Argentière | 1.2 · E1 · F | 827 m | 1,252 → 2,079 m | E · SE | 2.4 km |
| Aiguille de Mesure · Face N | 5.3 · E4 · TD | 1,450 m | 1,365 → 2,812 m | N | 2.6 km |
| Aiguille de l'Encrenaz · Couloir N | 5.2 · E3 · TD | 1,440 m | 1,461 → 2,887 m | N | 2.6 km |
| Aiguille de l'Encrenaz · Face SE | 5.2 · E3 · TD | 1,430 m | 1,461 → 2,887 m | SE | 2.6 km |
| Pointe de Bron / des Berons · Face W depuis le col de Balme | 4.2 · E2 · D | 780 m | 2,180 → 2,954 m | W | 2.6 km |
| Col de Beugeant · enchaînement col de l'Encrenaz et du Belvédère | n/a · AD+ | 1,750 m | 1,460 → 2,807 m | S | 2.7 km |
Source: Camptocamp.org topo guide (CC BY-SA), routes starting within 10 km, read on 13 September 2026. Descriptions and photos are on Camptocamp; an empty cell is a field nobody has filled in. Camptocamp ski touring routes ↗
Beyond skiing at Le Tour
Spa and thermal baths
- QC Terme Spas and Resorts · Chamonix-Mont-Blanc · 9.8 km away
Dog sledding
- Evasion Nordique - Chiens de traineaux · Chamonix-Mont-Blanc · 7.8 km away
Paragliding
- Parapente Laurent Nivart · Chamonix-Mont-Blanc · 8.9 km away
Museum
- Musée la Maison de Barberine, musée vallorcin · Vallorcine · 5.3 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.
Practical information
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 ↗
Tourist office
Office du Tourisme
Ski school
ESF Argentiere
73 instructors
🇬🇧 6 English-speaking instructors — lessons in English available
🗓️ This school sells its lessons online — book ↗
Source: esf.net
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.
Nearby resorts
Frequently asked questions
How high is Le Tour?
Le Tour sits at 1,464 m at village level, and its ski area rises to 2,195 m.
How many kilometres of pistes does Le Tour have?
Le Tour has 56 km of pistes served by 23 lifts (OpenStreetMap survey).
What is the longest piste in Le Tour?
The longest piste is Arve: 4 km (blue run), for 288 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 Le Tour?
The highest lift, TSD Tête de Balme (detachable chairlift), tops out at 2,247 m. Source: STRMTG, French national register of mechanical lifts (CAIRN database), file dated 1 January 2025.
How many lifts does Le Tour have, and what is their capacity?
The French national register of mechanical lifts records 13 installations at Le Tour (1 gondola, 2 chairlifts, 10 drag lifts), for an authorised capacity of 14,379 people per hour, of which 2,400 for TSD des Autannes alone. The fleet spans 1961 to 2022, an average age of 30 years. This count covers the resort itself, magic carpets included, not the whole linked ski area — a resort brochure often announces a different number. Source: STRMTG, French national register of mechanical lifts (CAIRN database), file dated 1 January 2025.
How do I get to Le Tour?
By road, Le Tour is 1 hr 18 from Genève (93 km), excluding traffic and winter conditions. By train, the nearest station is Montroc le Planet, 2 min by road from the resort. The nearest airport is Genève, 1 hr 43 away.
How long is the drive from Paris to Le Tour?
6 hr 45 for 628 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 Le Tour?
Yes: good snow through most of the winter according to twenty winters of Météo-France measurements; in season the daily report prevails.
Is Le Tour good for beginners and families?
60% of the pistes are green or blue: a rather technical area.
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