Portes du Mont-Blanc
Off season · opens 19 December 20261,519 mVillage altitude
2,373 mTop of the ski area
€52.50Adult day pass · 2026-2027
Not retained (conflicting sources): km of alpine pistes, ski lifts.
Les portes du Mont-Blanc is a large ski area bringing together five French winter sports resorts and villages, located in the départements of Haute-Savoie and Savoie in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, in the French Alps.
Live webcams
All webcams (8) →SommetSkaping
SommetSkaping
WebcamViewsurf
Each player is the camera operator’s own, loaded only when you ask for it — it may set its own trackers.
Official players of the resort, live image. 4 more cameras on the webcam page. Checked on 16 October 2026.
Snow, opening and weather
Snow report →The domain is due to open on 19 December 2026 and close on 21 March 2027. Open pistes and lifts will appear here as soon as the resort publishes its daily report.
Right now at the MONT ARBOIS station (1,833 m)
Source: Météo-France, MONT ARBOIS weather station, 6.3 km away. Hourly measurement — not the resort’s own snow report.
Avalanche danger
Good snow from mid-January to late March. 104 days a winter at 30 cm or more on average, and 532 cm of fresh snow, measured over 11 winters at the Météo-France “Flaine” station. Fortnight by fortnight, over 11 measured winters →
3-day forecast
Village 1,519 m · top 2,373 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: 2,373 m · Bottom of the pistes: 819 m · Days above 30 cm per winter, measured: 104 days · Days above 30 cm, December to March, model: 73%
- Ski areaIs there enough to ski all week?4.5 / 5
Km skiable from the resort, linked area included: 445 km
- ValueIs the lift pass reasonable for what you get?3 / 5
Adult day pass: €52.50 · Adult 6-day pass: €262.50
- Families and beginnersIs it right for children and beginners?2 / 5
Share of green and blue pistes: 62% · Special prices out of 4 (beginner, child, family, free age): 3 · Ice rink, pool, rail sledge…: 0
- AccessIs it easy to get to?3 / 5
Average drive time from 20 major cities: 4 hr 34 · Nearest railway station: 24 min · Station-to-resort shuttles per day: 0 · Nearest airport: 1 hr 33
- Atmosphere and après-skiIs there life in the evening and off the slopes?2.5 / 5
Bars and pubs: 0 · Nightclubs: 0 · Restaurants: 8 · Upcoming events: 6 · Collective tourist beds: 1,016 — index: what the map and the listings publish
- Luxury and comfortHow upmarket is the resort?2 / 5
5-star hotels: 0 · 4-star hotels: 0 · Share of hotel rooms in 4 and 5 stars: 67% · Spas and saunas: 0 · Jewellers, watchmakers, fashion boutiques: 0 · Adult day pass: €52.50 — 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) →€262.50 6 days€45 Child, 1 day€18 Beginner, 1 day€23 Pedestrian, 1 day€65 1 day · Evasion Mont-Blanc pass (linked area)
Read on the official price list, full price, excluding promotions. 2026-2027 season. Official price list ↗
- Skiable vertical
- 1,554 m
- Cross-country skiing
- 11 named trails — 43 km of marked loops (32 km of distinct track: the loops overlap) · Megeve Mont Arbois area, 2.3 km from the resort
- Snowpark
- 1 mapped zone — Boarder Cross (intermediate)
Ski-area figures — bottom, top: OpenStreetMap (1 Oct) . 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
2,476 mHighest lift top — Col de Balme (chairlift)
77 kmTotal length of lifts — 85 lifts mapped
11,601 haSki area boundary (OSM)
2,093Inhabitants — Combloux (INSEE 74083)
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.
Staying and hiring gear in Portes du Mont-Blanc
The partners covering this resort, shown side by side, and the shop to kit out before you leave. Some links earn us a commission — never at the expense of the price or of the data.
Collective accommodation
1,016 bed spaces in tourist residences, holiday villages and hostels
- 5 hotels · 135 rooms (2 × 4★, 1 × 3★, 1 × 2★)
- 3 tourist residences and apartment hotels · 1,016 bed spaces
Commune: Combloux · 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.
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 Portes du Mont-Blanc
Without skis on — 2 km of snowshoe and walking trails · 1 sledging run
Toboggan runs
- Piste sur neige "La Luge" · Demi-Quartier · 4.1 km away
Ice rink
- Patinoire olympique · Megève · 3.2 km away
- Patinoire de plein air · Megève · 3.5 km away
- Patinoire de Saint-Gervais · Saint-Gervais-les-Bains · 8.7 km away
Swimming pool
- Piscines intérieures · Megève · 3.2 km away
- Piscine olympique extérieure · Megève · 3.2 km away
- Pataugeoire intérieure · Megève · 3.2 km away
- Centre aquatique Sallanches Mont Blanc · Sallanches · 6 km away
Spa and thermal baths
- Saunas · Megève · 3.2 km away
- Hammam · Megève · 3.2 km away
- Pure Altitude Longevity Spa du Lodge Park · Megève · 3.4 km away
- Les Thermes de Saint-Gervais - Les cures thermales · Saint-Gervais-les-Bains · 8.2 km away
- Storvatt · 2.8 km away · OpenStreetMap
Paragliding
- Megève Parapente · Megève · 3.6 km away
- Megève Aventure Parapente · Praz-sur-Arly · 5.9 km away
- Aravis Parapente · La Clusaz · 7.4 km away
- Itinér’Air Parapente · Saint-Gervais-les-Bains · 8.7 km away
Museum
- Musée de l'Ermitage du Calvaire · Megève · 3.9 km away
- Château des Rubins - Observatoire des Alpes · Sallanches · 5.7 km away
- Pile Pont Expo · Saint-Gervais-les-Bains · 8.2 km away
- La Cure · Saint-Gervais-les-Bains · 8.5 km away
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
Tourist office
SNCF
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 → 0 Marked off-piste itineraries
21 km Ski touring routes
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 Portes du Mont-Blanc — up to 1,100 m of climb.
| Summit and route | Ski grade | Climb | Altitude | Aspect | From resort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sommet des Salles · Depuis Ormaret par les pistes | n/a · F | 660 m | 1,080 → 1,757 m | E | 0.5 km |
| Col du Jaillet · Par la Croix des Salles | 1.3 · F | 500 m | 1,249 → 1,723 m | W | 0.9 km |
| Petit Croisse Baulet · Depuis Megève ou Combloux | 1.3 · E1 · F | 600 m | 1,402 → 2,009 m | SE | 1 km |
| Croisse Baulet · Depuis Cordon-Cornillon | 2.3 · E1 · PD+ | 1,100 m | 1,150 → 2,236 m | SE | 2.3 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
Open the piste map (image, 474 KB) ↗
Link to the resort’s own file — a piste map is a copyrighted artwork, we host no copy.
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 Portes du Mont-Blanc
From Paris: 6 hr 34 (604 km) by road.
By road
- From Genève: 1 hr 08 · 69 km
- From Annecy: 1 hr 20 · 93 km
- From Chambéry: 1 hr 32 · 95 km
- From Grenoble: 1 hr 49 · 125 km
- From Lyon: 2 hr 43 · 194 km
From other major cities (15)
- From Valence: 2 hr 52 · 217 km
- From Saint-Étienne: 3 hr 16 · 243 km
- From Besançon: 3 hr 36 · 243 km
- From Dijon: 3 hr 43 · 325 km
- From Clermont-Ferrand: 4 hr 25 · 380 km
- From Montpellier: 4 hr 59 · 422 km
- From Marseille: 5 hr 04 · 431 km
- From Strasbourg: 5 hr 31 · 461 km
- From Nancy: 5 hr 46 · 529 km
- From Nice: 5 hr 58 · 488 km
- From Perpignan: 6 hr 21 · 570 km
- From Paris: 6 hr 34 · 604 km
- From Toulouse: 7 hr 17 · 656 km
- From Bordeaux: 8 hr 23 · 769 km
- From Pau: 9 hr 11 · 846 km
Excluding traffic and winter conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.
By train
Sallanches - Combloux - Megève station
regional station · then 24 min drive (13 km)
Nearest main station: Annecy, 1 hr 19 by road.
No direct bus line from the station to the resort appears in the open-data timetables (checked on 11 October 2026): ask the resort about a private shuttle or a taxi.
Shuttles and buses from the station: see the resort’s official website.
By plane
- Genève (GVA): 1 hr 33 by road · 78 km
- Chambéry-Savoie (CMF): 1 hr 44 by road · 103 km
Take me there
These links open the app with Portes du Mont-Blanc as the destination. Your starting point is never sent by us — the app asks you for it, if you agree.
Charging an electric car
No freely accessible charge point is declared within 2 km of the resort (checked on 9 October 2026). Covered car parks in the resort may offer chargers reserved for their customers: those are not listed here.
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.
Translated from the French Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), machine translation.
Frequently asked questions
How high is Portes du Mont-Blanc?
Portes du Mont-Blanc sits at 1,519 m at village level, and its ski area rises to 2,373 m.
What is the longest piste in Portes du Mont-Blanc?
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 Portes du Mont-Blanc?
The highest lift, Col de Balme, tops out at 2,476 m (IGN RGE ALTI terrain model). The 85 lifts mapped on OpenStreetMap total 77 km.
How much is a lift pass in Portes du Mont-Blanc?
The adult day pass costs €52.50 and the 6-day pass €262.50 (2026-2027 season, read on the official price list). The Evasion Mont-Blanc pass, covering the whole linked area, costs €65 a day.
How do I get to Portes du Mont-Blanc?
By road, Portes du Mont-Blanc is 1 hr 08 from Genève (69 km), excluding traffic and winter conditions. By train, the nearest station is Sallanches - Combloux - Megève, 24 min by road from the resort. No direct bus line from the station to the resort appears in the open-data timetables. The nearest airport is Genève, 1 hr 33 away.
How long is the drive from Paris to Portes du Mont-Blanc?
6 hr 34 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.
When does Portes du Mont-Blanc open?
According to the official website, the resort opens on 19 December 2026 and closes on 21 March 2027 (2026-2027 season).
Is the snow reliable in Portes du Mont-Blanc?
Good snow from mid-January to late March. 104 days a winter at 30 cm or more on average, and 532 cm of fresh snow, measured over 11 winters at the Météo-France “Flaine” station. This verdict rests on 11 winters of Météo-France measurements (1988-2026); in season the daily report prevails.
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