The Les Contamines ski area

Les Contamines has 48 runs, 1,286 m of vertical, from 1,164 m to 2,450 m. 8 green runs, 12 blue, 19 red and 9 black.

Les Contamines is a ski resort in the Northern Alps (Haute-Savoie), in the commune of Les Contamines-Montjoie. The village sits at 1,164 m and the ski area rises to 2,450 m, a skiable vertical of 1,286 m.

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Runs by level

48 runs:

8 green 12 blue 19 red 9 black

Vertical drop: 1,286 m — from 1,164 m to 2,450 m
Slope aspect: 36 % east · 35 % north · 21 % west · 8 % south — computed from the fall line of 81 runs

As declared by the resort(ANMSM feed)

Ski area: Les Contamines/Hauteluce
Linked area: Evasion Mont-Blanc · 445 km
Pistes: 48 pistes
By grade: 8 green · 12 blue · 19 red · 9 black
Lifts: 25 in total · 4 gondolas · 8 chairlifts · 3 drag lifts · 1 conveyors
Altitude: 1,164 m → 2,450 m
Beginners: Beginner zone
Fun & sledging: 1 snowpark · 1 sledge run · fun zone
Nordic: Les Contamines-Montjoie
Passes (as declared): Adult, 1 day (resort pass) €54.50 · Child, 1 day (resort pass) €44.50 · Senior, 1 day (resort pass) €49 · Adult, 6 days (resort pass) €277 · Child, 6 days (resort pass) €225.50 · Senior, 6 days (resort pass) €248.50 · Adult, 1 day (Forfait nordique) €11 · Child, 1 day (Forfait nordique) €6 (official page)

Figures entered by the resort itself in the ANMSM feed. Our own survey (OpenStreetMap, STRMTG register) is shown above; when the two differ, the resort usually counts its whole linked area.

The ski area in figures

Measured on 7 October 2026

3 kmLongest piste — Mandarines (green), 530 m of vertical

548 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 1,755 → 1,207 m, 2 km

2,444 mHighest lift top — Véleray (platter lift)

78 kmTotal length of lifts — 83 lifts mapped

11,101 haSki area boundary (OSM)

1,109Inhabitants — Les Contamines-Montjoie (INSEE 74085)

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.

Official piste map

No downloadable piste map published by the resort. Checked on 10 October 2026 · page checked

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Resort data: declared by Les Contamines Tourisme and distributed by ANMSM · read on 16 October