The Montchavin ski area
Montchavin is a ski resort in the Northern Alps (Savoie), in the commune of La Plagne Tarentaise. The village sits at 1,200 m and the ski area rises to 1,989 m, a skiable vertical of 679 m.
- Vertical drop
- 679 m — from 1,310 m to 1,989 m
- Slope aspect
- 44 % west · 43 % north · 7 % east · 6 % south — computed from the fall line of 98 runs
- Night skiing
- 3 floodlit runs
As declared by the resort(ANMSM feed)
- Ski area
- La Plagne
- Linked area
- Paradiski · 435 km
- Pistes
- 168.7 km · 139 pistes
- By grade
- 9 green · 78 blue · 33 red · 19 black
- Lifts
- 77 in total · 9 gondolas · 31 chairlifts · 33 drag lifts · 2 conveyors
- Altitude
- 1,250 m → 3,250 m
- Beginners
- Beginner zone, free lifts
- Fun & sledging
- 1 snowpark · fun zone
- Nordic
- Itinéraires de ski de Fond
- Passes (as declared)
- Child, 1 day (resort pass) €58 · Adult, 1 day (resort pass) €72 · Senior, 1 day (resort pass) €58 · Child, 2 days (resort pass) €112 · Adult, 2 days (resort pass) €140 · Senior, 2 days (resort pass) €112 · Child, 4 days (resort pass) €215 · Adult, 4 days (resort pass) €268 (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 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.
Official piste map
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Resort data: declared by La Plagne Montchavin-Les Coches and distributed by ANMSM · read on 16 October