The Le Tour ski area

Le Tour has 56 km of pistes, 13 lifts carrying 14,379 people an hour, 766 m of vertical, from 1,481 m to 2,247 m. 10 green runs, 27 blue, 20 red and 5 black.

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 2,247 m, a skiable vertical of 766 m.

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Runs by level

62 runs over 56 km:

10 green 27 blue 20 red 5 black

Vertical drop: 766 m — from 1,481 m to 2,247 m
Slope aspect: 38 % west · 37 % north · 19 % south · 6 % east — computed from the fall line of 48 runs

The ski area in figures

Measured on 7 October 2026

4 kmLongest piste — Arve (blue), 288 m of vertical

368 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 1,856 → 1,488 m, 2 km

2,247 mHighest lift top — TSD Tête de Balme (detachable chairlift), national lift register

14,379Total lift capacity, people per hour — 13 installations: 1 gondola, 2 chairlifts, 10 drag lifts

30 yrsAverage age of the lift fleet — oldest 1961, newest 2022

2,400Biggest lift, people per hour — TSD des Autannes (detachable chairlift, 1992)

6 kmTotal length of lifts — 8 lifts mapped

n/aSki 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.

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.

The lifts

13 lifts , carrying 14,379 people an hour in total , 30 years old on average (from 1961 to 2022).

Type (as registered, in French)	Count	Capacity (people/h)
Télécabines	1	2,200
Télésièges	2	4,600
Téléskis	10	7,579

Lift by lift

The 13 lifts whose capacity the register publishes, largest first.

Lift	Type	Capacity	Length	Vertical	Year	Manufacturer
TSD des Autannes	Télésiège débrayable	2,400	1368 m	343 m	1992	DOPPELMAYR
TC de Charamillon	Télécabine	2,200	1403 m	375 m	2022	DOPPELMAYR
TSD Tête de Balme	Télésiège débrayable	2,200	1684 m	611 m	1997	POMAGALSKI
TK du Plan des Reines	Téléski à perche débrayable	900	1270 m	267 m	1990	MONTAGNER
TK de l'Aiguillette	Téléski à perche débrayable	900	723 m	181 m	1990	MONTAGNER
TK du Col de Balme	Téléski à perche débrayable	900	925 m	185 m	1982	POMAGALSKI
TK des Posettes	Téléski à enrouleur	819	594 m	103 m	2019	DOPPELMAYR
TK de l'Arve	Téléski à perche débrayable	810	945 m	238 m	1961	POMAGALSKI
TK de la Vormaine 3	Téléski à perche débrayable	750	727 m	132 m	1985	MONTAZ MAUTINO
TK de la Vormaine 1	Téléski à perche débrayable	700	270 m	38 m	1985	MONTAZ MAUTINO
TK de la Vormaine 2	Téléski à perche débrayable	700	676 m	110 m	1985	MONTAZ MAUTINO
TK Sifflote	Téléski à corde	600	45 m	5 m	2022	SCHIPPERS
TK Minivor	Téléski à enrouleur	500	143 m	19 m	2011	G.M.M.

French national lift register (STRMTG / CAIRN database) — listed as “CHAMONIX LE TOUR” · open the database. Safety register: it also counts lifts that do not run every day.

Official piste map

No downloadable piste map published by the resort.

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