The Les Grands Montets ski area

Les Grands Montets has 14 lifts carrying 17,747 people an hour, 1,541 m of vertical, from 1,226 m to 2,767 m.

Les Grands Montets is a ski resort in the Northern Alps (Haute-Savoie), in the commune of Chamonix-Mont-Blanc. The village sits at 1,951 m and the ski area rises to 2,767 m, a skiable vertical of 1,541 m.

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Vertical drop: 1,541 m — from 1,226 m to 2,767 m
Slope aspect: 56 % north · 25 % west · 11 % east · 8 % south — computed from the fall line of 33 runs
Glacier: Some runs cross a glacier (OpenStreetMap mapping; check summer opening with the resort)

The ski area in figures

Measured on 7 October 2026

3 kmLongest piste — Pierre à Ric (red), 727 m of vertical

727 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 1,970 → 1,243 m, 3 km

2,767 mHighest lift top — TC de Bochard (gondola), national lift register

17,747Total lift capacity, people per hour — 14 installations: 2 gondolas, 3 chairlifts, 9 drag lifts

28 yrsAverage age of the lift fleet — oldest 1970, newest 2018

3,200Biggest lift, people per hour — TC de Plan Joran (gondola, 2014)

10 kmTotal length of lifts — 11 lifts mapped

1,008 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.

Source: national register of mechanical lifts (STRMTG, CAIRN), fleet as of 1 January 2025 — lifts attributed to Les Grands Montets only (“CHAMONIX GRANDS MONTETS”), magic carpets included.

The lifts

14 lifts , carrying 17,747 people an hour in total , 28 years old on average (from 1970 to 2018).

Type (as registered, in French)	Count	Capacity (people/h)
Télécabines	2	5,600
Télésièges	3	7,036
Téléskis	9	5,111

Lift by lift

The 14 lifts whose capacity the register publishes, largest first.

Lift	Type	Capacity	Length	Vertical	Year	Manufacturer
TC de Plan Joran	Télécabine	3,200	2315 m	895 m	2014	POMAGALSKI
TSD de Tabé	Télésiège débrayable	2,800	906 m	303 m	2018	LEITNER
TSD de La Herse	Télésiège débrayable	2,600	1422 m	618 m	2003	POMAGALSKI
TC de Bochard	Télécabine	2,400	2337 m	796 m	1996	DOPPELMAYR
TS Retour Pendant	Télésiège	1,636	1048 m	343 m	1986	MONTAZ MAUTINO
TK des marmottons	Téléski à enrouleur	789	185 m	30 m	2018	LEITNER
TK des petits marmottons	Téléski à enrouleur	770	108 m	15 m	2018	LEITNER
TK Piou Piou Club Logan	Téléski à corde	600	34 m	3 m	2008	PELLAT-FINET
TK des Débutants	Téléski à corde	600	47 m	3 m	1990	PELLAT-FINET
TK des Chosalets	Téléski à perche débrayable	600	337 m	60 m	1970	MONTAZ MAUTINO
TK Grand Dru	Téléski à câble bas	514	70 m	8 m	1988	SCHIPPERS
TK Jardin d'Enfants	Téléski à perche fixe	450	122 m	10 m	1987	POMAGALSKI
TK Baby Chosalets	Téléski à perche fixe	400	205 m	25 m	1976	MONTAZ MAUTINO
TK Petit Dru	Téléski à câble bas	388	85 m	7 m	1983	SCHIPPERS

French national lift register (STRMTG / CAIRN database) — listed as “CHAMONIX GRANDS MONTETS” · 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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