The Montchavin ski area
Montchavin has 137 km of pistes, 679 m of vertical, from 1,310 m to 1,989 m. 15 green runs, 101 blue, 25 red and 5 black.
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.
Runs by level
146 runs over 137 km:
- 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 103 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)
- Enfant 1 jour (forfait station) 58 € · Adulte 1 jour (forfait station) 72 € · Sénior 1 jour (forfait station) 58 € · Enfant 2 jours (forfait station) 112 € · Adulte 2 jours (forfait station) 140 € · Sénior 2 jours (forfait station) 112 € · Enfant 4 jours (forfait station) 215 € · Adulte 4 jours (forfait station) 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 9 September 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
Resort data: declared by La Plagne Montchavin-Les Coches and distributed by ANMSM · read on 18 September