Chamonix-Mont-Blanc
Chamonix-Mont-Blanc is a ski resort in the Northern Alps (Haute-Savoie). The village sits at 1,048 m and the ski area rises to 2,317 m, a skiable vertical of 1,282 m.
The area offers 35 km of alpine pistes, 38 marked pistes (9 green, 15 blue, 5 red, 9 black), 19 ski lifts, plus a snowpark. The share of black runs makes it a rather technical area.
The resort holds the Flocon Vert and Best of the Alps labels.
Access: 1 h 02 by road from Genève and 2 min from Chamonix-Mont-Blanc railway station.
11 official webcams show the pistes live (on the French page).
Seven criteria rated from 1 to 5 stars, in half-stars, from this page's sourced data. A rating is a rank among the 322 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 / 5
Top of the ski area: 2,317 m · Bottom of the pistes: 1,035 m · Days above 30 cm per winter, measured: 111 days · Days above 30 cm, December to March, model: 99%
- Ski areaIs there enough to ski all week?3.5 / 5
Km of pistes at the resort: 35 km · Km of pistes across the linked area: 35 km · Lifts: 19 · Balance between piste levels: 95%
- ValueIs the lift pass reasonable for what you get?n/a
Not rated: “adult day pass” is missing from this page.
- Families and beginnersIs it right for children and beginners?2.5 / 5
Share of green and blue pistes: 63% · Magic carpets: 1 · Sledging runs: 0 · ESF ski school · Ice rink, pool, rail sledge…: 4
- AccessIs it easy to get to?4 / 5
Average drive time from 20 major cities: 4 hr 34 · Nearest railway station: 2 min · Nearest airport: 1 hr 27
- Atmosphere and après-skiIs there life in the evening and off the slopes?4 / 5
Bars and pubs: 32 · Nightclubs: 0 · Restaurants: 72 · Upcoming events: 2 · Collective tourist beds: 2,653 — 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: 6 · Share of hotel rooms in 4 and 5 stars: 59% · Spas and saunas: 0 · Jewellers, watchmakers, fashion boutiques: 2 — 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 (OpenStreetMap, Wikidata), snow depth observed at the Météo-France station, ERA5-Land model) ; ski area (OpenStreetMap pistes and lifts, linked area (Wikidata)) ; 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).
Open pistes and lifts will appear here during the season, as published by the resort. Out of season we show nothing rather than a misleading zero.
Right now at the AIGUILLES ROUGES-NIVOSE station (2,365 m)
Avalanche danger
7-day forecast
Village 1,048 m · top 2,317 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.
Average snow depth by month
Good snow from December to May: a long, reliable season.
☀️ Average daily sunshine : Nov 6.2 h · Dec 5.6 h · Jan 5.9 h · Feb 7.2 h · Mar 8.5 h · Apr 10.2 h — 26 bright days in April (Open-Meteo estimate, 2015-2025).
- November28 cmInsufficient · 40%
- December97 cmGood skiing · 96%
- January150 cmGood skiing · 100%
- February180 cmGood skiing · 100%
- March195 cmGood skiing · 100%
- April166 cmGood skiing · 100%
- May103 cmGood skiing · 88%
30 cm on the ground: the benchmark for groomed-piste skiing. Bar = monthly average depth; percentage = share of time above 30 cm.
- Good skiing: 30 cm on more than 8 days in 10
- Variable: 30 cm on 5 to 8 days in 10
- Insufficient: 30 cm less than one day in two
Snow actually measured, winter by winter
16 complete winters measured, from 2010-2011 to 2025-2026 — on average 111 days a winter with at least 30 cm on the ground.
- 1-15 Dec39 cmVariable · 50 %
- 16-31 Dec58 cmVariable · 71 %
- 1-15 Jan71 cmGood skiing · 90 %
- 16-31 Jan95 cmGood skiing · 100 %
- 1-15 Feb105 cmGood skiing · 100 %
- 16-29 Feb107 cmGood skiing · 100 %
- 1-15 Mar103 cmGood skiing · 96 %
- 16-31 Mar78 cmGood skiing · 81 %
- 1-15 Apr44 cmInsufficient · 47 %
- Best winter of the series
- 2025-2026 — 134 days at 30 cm or more
- Worst winter of the series
- 2016-2017 — 74 days at 30 cm or more
Snowfall: no long enough record of fresh snow at this station. Rather than an estimate, we show nothing.
The ski area
Compare with another resort →38 pistes, by level — 35 km
- Skiable vertical
- 1,282 m (1,035 m → 2,317 m)
- Lifts
- 5 cable cars, 2 gondolas, 6 chairlifts, 5 drag lifts, 1 magic carpet
- Cross-country skiing
- 3 named trails — 24 km of marked loops (9.8 km of distinct track: the loops overlap), 14 km from the resortOpenStreetMap, lengths measured on the geometry, surveyed on 12 September 2026. A trail with no difficulty tag is shown as "n/a" — never guessed.
See the trails(3)
Trail Level Length Anello Freboudze easy 9.6 km Anello Le Pont easy 7.9 km Anello Pra Sec easy 6.1 km - Snowpark
- 1 mapped zone, 1.2 km from the resort — Stade de slalom (intermediate)
OpenStreetMap, surveyed on 12 September 2026. OpenStreetMap does not map individual features (kickers, rails): what is counted here are the named zones. - Without skis
- 0 km of snowshoe and walking trails
- Piste aspect
- N 4% · E 36% · S 49% · W 12% (descent direction of 34 OSM pistes, terrain model)
- Mountain restaurants
- Restaurant Le Panoramic (2474 m) · La Bergerie de Plan Praz (2006 m)
- Lift opening hours
- Lifts open from 08:10 to 17:00 (Du 14/09 au 27/09/2026) (official website, read on 15 September 2026)
- Tourist office
- Office de Tourisme de Chamonix · 85 Pl. du Triangle de l'Amitié, 74400 Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, 74400 · 0450530024 · [email protected] (declared by the resort, ANMSM)
- Resort app
- Android (declared by the resort, ANMSM)
Resort data: declared by Office de Tourisme de Chamonix and distributed by ANMSM · read on 18 September
Pistes and lifts surveyed on OpenStreetMap within 4 km of the resort — for a resort in a linked area, the figure may include neighbouring pistes.
Lift passes detail →
The price list for this resort is being collected: most resorts publish winter prices between September and November.
The ski area in figures
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.
Source: national register of mechanical lifts (STRMTG, CAIRN), fleet as of 1 January 2025 — lifts attributed to Chamonix-Mont-Blanc only (“CHAMONIX AIGUILLE DU MIDI + CHAMONIX PLANARDS”), magic carpets included.
Staying and hiring gear in Chamonix-Mont-Blanc
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Stay & accommodation
Live webcams
All webcams (11) →Official players of the resort, live image. Checked on 18 September 2026.
Webcams provided by windy.com — add a webcam.
Piste map
Open on OpenSnowMap ↗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 Chamonix-Mont-Blanc
From Paris: 6 hr 29 (616 km) by road.
By road
- From Genève: 1 hr 02 · 81 km
- From Annecy: 1 hr 15 · 105 km
- From Chambéry: 1 hr 43 · 147 km
- From Grenoble: 2 hr 05 · 148 km
- From Lyon: 2 hr 37 · 224 km
From other major cities (15)
- From Valence: 3 hr 08 · 241 km
- From Saint-Étienne: 3 hr 15 · 283 km
- From Besançon: 3 hr 26 · 235 km
- From Dijon: 3 hr 38 · 337 km
- From Clermont-Ferrand: 4 hr 20 · 395 km
- From Strasbourg: 4 hr 51 · 409 km
- From Montpellier: 5 hr 15 · 446 km
- From Marseille: 5 hr 20 · 455 km
- From Nice: 5 hr 22 · 458 km
- From Nancy: 5 hr 40 · 541 km
- From Paris: 6 hr 29 · 616 km
- From Perpignan: 6 hr 36 · 593 km
- From Toulouse: 7 hr 32 · 680 km
- From Bordeaux: 8 hr 18 · 782 km
- From Pau: 9 hr 27 · 870 km
Excluding traffic and winter conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.
By train
Chamonix-Mont-Blanc station
regional station · then 2 min drive (1 km)
Nearest main station: Annecy, 1 hr 13 by road.
Shuttles and buses from the station: see the resort’s official website.
By plane
- Genève (GVA): 1 hr 27 by road · 90 km
- Chambéry-Savoie (CMF): 1 hr 46 by road · 146 km
Take me there
These links open the app with Chamonix-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
11 charging stations within 2 km
62 charging points · up to 50 kW
- CHAMONIX MONT BLANC - Parking Mairie · EASYCHARGE · 2 points · 22 kW · 0.1 km
- CHAMONIX MONT BLANC - Parking Saint Michel · EASYCHARGE · 9 points · 7 kW · 0.1 km
- CHAMONIX MONT BLANC - Parking Allobroges · EASYCHARGE · 2 points · 22 kW · 0.4 km
- CHAMONIX-MONT-BLANC - Parking Mont Blanc · EASYCHARGE · 9 points · 22 kW · 0.4 km
- CHAMONIX MONT BLANC - Parking du Corzolet · EASYCHARGE · 2 points · 22 kW · 0.6 km
Freely accessible charge points read from the French national EV charging database (data.gouv.fr ↗, operators’ own declarations), checked on 9 September 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.
Off-piste & ski touring
The resorts for off-piste skiing →Named itineraries: Retour Stade · James Bond Track
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
Resorts for ski touring →12 ski touring routes documented within 10 km of Chamonix-Mont-Blanc — up to 1,800 m of climb.
| Summit and route | Ski grade | Climb | Altitude | Aspect | From resort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Col du Lac Cornu · Par la piste des Nants | 2.3 · E1 · PD | 1,383 m | 1,030 → 2,413 m | S | 1.9 km |
| Le Brévent · couloir Bozon | 3.1 · E1 · PD+ | n/a | 1,030 → 2,000 m | SW | 2.2 km |
| Aiguille de Charlanon · Couloir S | 3.3 · E2 · AD | 1,800 m | 1,087 → 2,549 m | S | 2.6 km |
| Col d'Anterne · Traversée Chamonix - Sixt | n/a · AD | 670 m | 780 → 2,500 m | n/a | 2.6 km |
| Le Brévent · couloir Allais | 3.3 · E2 · AD | n/a | 1,000 → 2,525 m | S | 2.6 km |
| Le Brévent · couloir Bellin | 3.3 · E2 · D- | n/a | 1,050 → 2,525 m | S · SE | 2.6 km |
| Le Brévent · couloir de l'ENSA | 4.1 · E2 · D- | n/a | 1,000 → 2,525 m | SW | 2.6 km |
| Lac du Brévent · Depuis le Brévent | 3.1 · E1 | 400 m | 2,159 → 2,525 m | SW | 2.9 km |
| Aiguille Pourrie · Couloir SE | 3.3 · E1 | 200 m | 2,000 → 2,561 m | SE | 3 km |
| Col du Lac Cornu · Lac Cornu | 2.3 · E1 · PD | 220 m | 1,000 → 2,333 m | NW | 3.1 km |
| Gorges de la Creusaz · Depuis le village des Bossons | n/a · AD | 900 m | 1,051 → 1,950 m | NW | 3.4 km |
| Aiguille de la Glière S · Face E - Couloir E de l'Épaule SE | 5.2 · E3 · TD | 1,770 m | 1,065 → 2,836 m | E | 3.6 km |
Source: Camptocamp.org topo guide (CC BY-SA), routes starting within 10 km, read on 13 September 2026. Descriptions and photos are on Camptocamp; an empty cell is a field nobody has filled in. Camptocamp ski touring routes ↗
Beyond skiing at Chamonix-Mont-Blanc
Ice rink
- Patinoire R. Bozon · Chamonix-Mont-Blanc · 0.5 km away
- Patinoire des Houches · Les Houches · 6.3 km away
Spa and thermal baths
- QC Terme Spas and Resorts · Chamonix-Mont-Blanc · 0.8 km away
Dog sledding
- Huskydalen - Chiens de traineaux · Chamonix-Mont-Blanc · 0 km away
- Evasion Nordique - Chiens de traineaux · Chamonix-Mont-Blanc · 2.9 km away
Paragliding
- Summits Parapente · Chamonix-Mont-Blanc · 0.1 km away
- Mc Fly école de Parapente & speed riding · Chamonix-Mont-Blanc · 0.1 km away
- Kailash Parapente · Chamonix-Mont-Blanc · 0.2 km away
- Chamonix Parapente · Chamonix-Mont-Blanc · 0.3 km away
Museum
- Musée des Cristaux - Espace Tairraz · Chamonix-Mont-Blanc · 0.1 km away
- Le Musée du Mont-Blanc · Chamonix-Mont-Blanc · 0.2 km away
- Usine et Espace Héritage de Simond · Chamonix-Mont-Blanc · 1.9 km away
- Musée Montagnard · Les Houches · 6.5 km away
Cinema
- Cinéma Vox · Chamonix-Mont-Blanc · 0.1 km away
- Cinéma immersif 4D · Chamonix-Mont-Blanc · 0.6 km away
- Espace Animation · Les Houches · 6.6 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. Opening times and prices are the operator’s — check before you go.
Practical information
Collective accommodation
2,653 bed spaces in tourist residences, holiday villages and hostels
- 50 hotels · 2,197 rooms (3 × 5★, 14 × 4★, 18 × 3★, 8 × 2★, 1 × 1★)
- 5 holiday villages and family centres · 658 bed spaces
- 6 tourist residences and apartment hotels · 1,360 bed spaces
- 3 youth hostels and sports centres · 635 bed spaces
- 11 campsites · 907 pitches
Commune: Chamonix-Mont-Blanc · INSEE tourist accommodation survey, 2026, read on 12 September 2026. Collective accommodation only — privately let flats and second homes are not counted. INSEE dataset ↗
Tourist office
Office de Tourisme
Ski school
ESF Chamonix
271 instructors
🇬🇧 235 English-speaking instructors — lessons in English available
🗓️ This school sells its lessons online — book ↗
Source: esf.net
Days without skiing
- Cinema · Cinéma Vox
- Ice rink · Patinoire
- Swimming pool · Piscine de l'Hotel Oustalet
- Swimming pool · Piscine du centre sportif Richard Bozon
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.
What's on around Chamonix-Mont-Blanc
All events →-
17 October 2026 · 14:30
Du Chamonix Palace au musée du Mont-Blanc
Musée du Mont-Blanc · Chamonix-Mont-Blanc
D’hier à aujourd’hui, remontez le fil de l’histoire de l’ancien Chamonix Palace devenu musée Alpin jusqu’à sa rénovation en musée du Mont-Blanc en compagnie de l’architecte Guillaume Girod et de la…
Source: OpenAgenda, agenda “Plan Libre, la gazette” · View on OpenAgenda ↗
Also near: Planpraz (2.3 km), La Flégère (4.3 km), Les Houches (6.8 km), Les Grands Montets (7.5 km)
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17 October 2026 · 14:30
L’église Saint Jean-Baptiste, un patrimoine à sauvegarder
Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste · Les Houches
Découvrez l’église paroissiale Saint Jean-Baptiste des Houches et en particulier les travaux nécessaires à sa restauration future.
Source: OpenAgenda, agenda “Plan Libre, la gazette” · View on OpenAgenda ↗
Also near: Les Houches (0.1 km), Servoz (5.1 km), Saint-Gervais-les-Bains (6.6 km), Planpraz (6.7 km)
Events published on OpenAgenda by the agendas named above, kept when they take place within 10 km of the resort. We organise nothing: times, prices and cancellations are the organiser's.
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Frequently asked questions
How high is Chamonix-Mont-Blanc?
Chamonix-Mont-Blanc sits at 1,048 m at village level, and its ski area rises to 2,317 m.
How many kilometres of pistes does Chamonix-Mont-Blanc have?
Chamonix-Mont-Blanc has 35 km of pistes served by 19 lifts (OpenStreetMap survey).
How high do the lifts go in Chamonix-Mont-Blanc?
The highest lift, TC Panoramic (V.B) (aerial tramway), tops out at 3,787 m. Source: STRMTG, French national register of mechanical lifts (CAIRN database), file dated 1 January 2025.
How many lifts does Chamonix-Mont-Blanc have, and what is their capacity?
The French national register of mechanical lifts records 8 installations at Chamonix-Mont-Blanc (3 aerial tramways, 1 chairlift, 3 drag lifts, 1 magic carpet), for an authorised capacity of 6,720 people per hour, of which 1,870 for TS des Planards alone. The fleet spans 1954 to 2009, an average age of 43 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 do I get to Chamonix-Mont-Blanc?
By road, Chamonix-Mont-Blanc is 1 hr 02 from Genève (81 km), excluding traffic and winter conditions. By train, the nearest station is Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, 2 min by road from the resort. The nearest airport is Genève, 1 hr 27 away.
How long is the drive from Paris to Chamonix-Mont-Blanc?
6 hr 29 for 616 km from central Paris, excluding traffic and winter conditions. Computed on the real road network (OpenStreetMap): allow more on a school-holiday Saturday.
What time do the lifts open in Chamonix-Mont-Blanc?
Lifts are announced open from 08:10 to 17:00 (Du 14/09 au 27/09/2026), according to the official website (read on 15 September 2026).
Is the snow reliable in Chamonix-Mont-Blanc?
Yes: good snow through most of the winter according to ten winters of reanalysis (estimate); in season the daily report prevails.
Is Chamonix-Mont-Blanc good for beginners and families?
63% of the pistes are green or blue: a rather easy area.
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