Megève
1,380 mBottom of the pistes
2,014 mTop of the ski area
39Ski lifts
€65Adult day pass · Evasion Mont-Blanc · 2026-2027
Not retained (conflicting sources): km of alpine pistes.
Megève is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Southeastern France with a population of about 2,900 residents. The town is well known as a ski resort near Mont Blanc in the French Alps. Conceived in the 1920s as a French alternative to St. Moritz by the Rothschilds, it was the first purpose-built resort in the Alps. Originally it was a prime destination for the French elite; it remains one of the most famous and affluent ski resorts in the world.
Live webcams
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Official players of the resort, live image. 5 more cameras on the webcam page. Checked on 12 September 2026.
Snow, opening and weather
Snow report →0 of 108 pistes open · 2 of 54 lifts · recorded on 15 October at 11:23, official source
Right now at the MONT ARBOIS station (1,833 m)
Source: Météo-France, MONT ARBOIS weather station, 4 km away. Hourly measurement — not the resort’s own snow report.
Avalanche danger
Snow cover varies from one winter to the next — the best time runs from mid-January to late February. 47 days a winter at 30 cm or more on average, and 292 cm of fresh snow, measured over 27 winters at the Météo-France “COMBLOUX” station. Fortnight by fortnight, over 27 measured winters →
3-day forecast
Village 1,380 m · top 2,014 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
Top of the ski area: 2,014 m · Bottom of the pistes: 1,380 m · Days above 30 cm per winter, measured: 47 days · Days above 30 cm, December to March, model: 99%
- Ski areaIs there enough to ski all week?4.5 / 5
Km skiable from the resort, linked area included: 445 km · Lifts: 39
- ValueIs the lift pass reasonable for what you get?3 / 5
Adult day pass: €65 · Day pass price per km of pistes: €0.15/km · Adult 6-day pass: €324.50 · Price read at a neighbouring resort of the same area
- Families and beginnersIs it right for children and beginners?3 / 5
Share of green and blue pistes: 59% · Magic carpets: 6 · ESF ski school · Ice rink, pool, rail sledge…: 6
- AccessIs it easy to get to?4.5 / 5
Average drive time from 20 major cities: 4 hr 21 · Nearest railway station: 16 min · Station-to-resort shuttles per day: 11 · Nearest airport: 1 hr 25
- Atmosphere and après-skiIs there life in the evening and off the slopes?4.5 / 5
Bars and pubs: 3 · Nightclubs: 1 · Restaurants: 27 · Upcoming events: 6 · Collective tourist beds: 1,545 — index: what the map and the listings publish
- Luxury and comfortHow upmarket is the resort?4.5 / 5
5-star hotels: 2 · 4-star hotels: 1 · Share of hotel rooms in 4 and 5 stars: 78% · Spas and saunas: 1 · Jewellers, watchmakers, fashion boutiques: 1 · Adult day pass: €65 — 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).
Lift passes 2026-2027
All prices (child, family, season) →€324.50 6 days
Read on the official price list, full price, excluding promotions. Evasion Mont-Blanc pass, covering the whole linked area, read on the list of Combloux. 2026-2027 season. Official price list ↗
- Skiable vertical
- 634 m
- Cross-country skiing
- 11 named trails — 43 km of marked loops (32 km of distinct track: the loops overlap) · Megeve Mont Arbois area, 1.2 km from the resort
- Snowpark
- Yes
Ski-area figures — bottom: OpenStreetMap (1 Oct); top, lifts: STRMTG — French national lift register (1 Jan) . In a linked ski area the map cannot tell where the resort ends: its own km stay “n/a” until the resort declares them.
The ski area in figures
Measured on 7 October 20263 kmLongest piste — Mandarines (green), 530 m of vertical
548 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 1,755 → 1,207 m, 2 km
2,014 mHighest lift top — TS de la Cote 2000 (chairlift), national lift register
54,670Total lift capacity, people per hour — 39 installations: 1 aerial tramway, 6 gondolas, 11 chairlifts, 15 drag lifts, 6 magic carpets
37 yrsAverage age of the lift fleet — oldest 1933, newest 2024
3,000Biggest lift, people per hour — TSD l'Idéal Sport (detachable chairlift, 1987)
100 kmTotal length of lifts — 110 lifts mapped
14,636 haSki area boundary (OSM)
2,893Inhabitants — Megève (INSEE 74173)
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 Megève only (“MEGEVE”), magic carpets included.
Staying and hiring gear in Megève
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Collective accommodation
1,545 bed spaces in tourist residences, holiday villages and hostels
- 24 hotels · 802 rooms (10 × 5★, 5 × 4★, 6 × 3★, 3 × 2★)
- 3 holiday villages and family centres · 319 bed spaces
- 3 tourist residences and apartment hotels · 1,226 bed spaces
- 1 campsite · 12 pitches
Commune: Megève · 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.
Ski Planet
Self-catering flats and all-inclusive ski holidays at the foot of the slopes, since 1999.
Montagne Vacances
Flats and chalets in the resort, at direct prices.
Ski hire
Skiset UK
Skiset’s UK site: ski hire in the resort shops, booked in English, paid in pounds.
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 Megève
Without skis on — 0 km of snowshoe and walking trails · 2 sledging runs
Toboggan runs
- Piste sur neige "La Luge" · Demi-Quartier · 3.1 km away
Ice rink
- Patinoire de plein air · Megève · 0.2 km away
- Patinoire olympique · Megève · 0.4 km away
- Patinoire de Saint-Gervais · Saint-Gervais-les-Bains · 8.2 km away
Swimming pool
- Piscines intérieures · Megève · 0.3 km away
- Piscine olympique extérieure · Megève · 0.3 km away
- Pataugeoire intérieure · Megève · 0.4 km away
- Piscine de Saint-Gervais · Saint-Gervais-les-Bains · 8.1 km away
- Bassin intérieur · OpenStreetMap
- Petit bain · OpenStreetMap
Spa and thermal baths
- Pure Altitude Longevity Spa du Lodge Park · Megève · 0.1 km away
- Saunas · Megève · 0.4 km away
- Hammam · Megève · 0.4 km away
- Les Thermes de Saint-Gervais - Les cures thermales · Saint-Gervais-les-Bains · 8.2 km away
Paragliding
- Megève Parapente · Megève · 0 km away
- Megève Aventure Parapente · Praz-sur-Arly · 4.2 km away
- A2L-Parapente · Saint-Gervais-les-Bains · 8.3 km away
- Itinér’Air Parapente · Saint-Gervais-les-Bains · 8.4 km away
Museum
- Musée de l'Ermitage du Calvaire · Megève · 0.6 km away
- Musée digital - L'agriculture de montagne et nos savoir-faire fromagers · Flumet · 7.7 km away
- Pile Pont Expo · Saint-Gervais-les-Bains · 8 km away
- 2KM3 Acte II · Saint-Gervais-les-Bains · 8.1 km away
Cinema
- Le Panoramic · OpenStreetMap
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. Lines marked OpenStreetMap come from the map, within 3 km — opening times on site. Opening times and prices are the operator’s — check before you go.
Ski schools and practical information
Ski school
ESF Megeve
364 instructors
🇬🇧 306 English-speaking instructors — lessons in English available
🗓️ This school sells its lessons online — book ↗
Source: esf.net
Tourist office
Office de 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 → 1 Marked off-piste itineraries · 2 km
25 km Ski touring routes
Named itineraries: Piste Emile Allais
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 Megève — up to 840 m of climb.
| Summit and route | Ski grade | Climb | Altitude | Aspect | From resort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rochebrune · Par les pistes | n/a · F | 603 m | 1,150 → 1,754 m | NE | 2.7 km |
| Col du Jaillet · Par la Croix des Salles | 1.3 · F | 500 m | 1,249 → 1,723 m | W | 3.1 km |
| Sommet des Salles · Depuis Ormaret par les pistes | n/a · F | 660 m | 1,080 → 1,757 m | E | 3.3 km |
| Le Christomet · Versant NE par les pistes | 2.1 · E1 · F | 473 m | 1,380 → 1,853 m | NE | 3.3 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 Megève
From Paris: 6 hr 27 (604 km) by road.
By road
- From Genève: 1 hr 00 · 69 km
- From Annecy: 1 hr 12 · 59 km
- From Chambéry: 1 hr 14 · 85 km
- From Grenoble: 1 hr 30 · 115 km
- From Lyon: 2 hr 24 · 184 km
From other major cities (15)
- From Valence: 2 hr 33 · 207 km
- From Saint-Étienne: 2 hr 57 · 233 km
- From Besançon: 3 hr 29 · 243 km
- From Dijon: 3 hr 36 · 325 km
- From Clermont-Ferrand: 4 hr 17 · 350 km
- From Montpellier: 4 hr 40 · 412 km
- From Marseille: 4 hr 45 · 421 km
- From Strasbourg: 5 hr 24 · 461 km
- From Nancy: 5 hr 38 · 528 km
- From Nice: 5 hr 50 · 487 km
- From Perpignan: 6 hr 02 · 560 km
- From Paris: 6 hr 27 · 604 km
- From Toulouse: 6 hr 58 · 646 km
- From Bordeaux: 8 hr 15 · 739 km
- From Pau: 8 hr 52 · 836 km
Excluding traffic and winter conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.
By train
Sallanches - Combloux - Megève station
regional station · then 16 min drive (13 km)
Nearest main station: Annecy, 1 hr 11 by road.
- From Sallanches - Combloux - Megève station (stop “Gare”): line Y83 — SALLANCHES → PRAZ → FLUMET (REGION - cars Région Haute-Savoie), 24 min to the “Supermarché” stop — 11 departures a day on weekdays, 13 a day at weekends · first 07:00, last 19:30 · timetable from 15 December 2026 to 15 April 2027 · official timetable ↗
Direct journeys read from the official timetable files published on transport.data.gouv.fr — no connections.
By plane
- Genève (GVA): 1 hr 25 by road · 78 km
- Chambéry-Savoie (CMF): 1 hr 25 by road · 93 km
Take me there
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Charging an electric car
19 charging stations within 2 km
47 charging points · up to 150 kW
- SH DU PADDOCK · RAIDEN · 6 points · 44 kW · 0.1 km
- MEGEVE - Rue de la Poste · EASYCHARGE · 3 points · 24 kW · 0.1 km
- Mairie de Megève · Sowatt Solutions · 9 points · 22 kW · 0.2 km
- ALFEN 2x22 MAIRIE DE MEGÈVE B · SOWATT SOLUTIONS · 2 points · 22 kW · 0.2 km
- ALFEN 2x22 MAIRIE DE MEGÈVE A · SOWATT SOLUTIONS · 2 points · 22 kW · 0.2 km
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.
Introduction from the English Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).
Frequently asked questions
How high is Megève?
The Megève pistes start at 1,380 m, and its ski area rises to 2,014 m.
What is the longest piste in Megève?
The longest piste is Mandarines: 3 km (green run), for 530 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 Megève?
The highest lift, TS de la Cote 2000 (chairlift), tops out at 2,014 m. Source: STRMTG, French national register of mechanical lifts (CAIRN database), file dated 1 January 2025.
How many lifts does Megève have, and what is their capacity?
The French national register of mechanical lifts records 39 installations at Megève (1 aerial tramway, 6 gondolas, 11 chairlifts, 15 drag lifts, 6 magic carpets), for an authorised capacity of 54,670 people per hour, of which 3,000 for TSD l'Idéal Sport alone. The fleet spans 1933 to 2024, an average age of 37 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 much is a lift pass in Megève?
The adult day pass for the Evasion Mont-Blanc linked area costs €65 and the 6-day pass €324.50 (2026-2027 season, read on the official price list of Combloux).
How do I get to Megève?
By road, Megève is 1 hr 00 from Genève (69 km), excluding traffic and winter conditions. By train, the nearest station is Sallanches - Combloux - Megève, 16 min by road from the resort. From Sallanches - Combloux - Megève station, line Y83 — SALLANCHES → PRAZ → FLUMET (REGION - cars Région Haute-Savoie) reaches the “Supermarché” stop in 24 min, 11 departures a day on weekdays, 13 a day at weekends. The nearest airport is Genève, 1 hr 25 away.
How long is the drive from Paris to Megève?
6 hr 27 for 604 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 Megève?
Snow cover varies from one winter to the next — the best time runs from mid-January to late February. 47 days a winter at 30 cm or more on average, and 292 cm of fresh snow, measured over 27 winters at the Météo-France “COMBLOUX” station. This verdict rests on 27 winters of Météo-France measurements (1993-2023); in season the daily report prevails.
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