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:

15 green 101 blue 25 red 5 black
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 2026
6 kmLongest piste — Pierres Blanches (blue), 338 m of vertical
668 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 2,107 → 1,439 m, 4 km
3,201 mHighest lift top — Aiguille Rouge (cable car)
63 kmTotal length of lifts — 68 lifts mapped
13,011 haSki area boundary (OSM)
3,836Inhabitants — La Plagne Tarentaise (INSEE 73150)

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.

Resort data: declared by La Plagne Montchavin-Les Coches and distributed by ANMSM · read on 18 September