The Chamonix-Mont-Blanc ski area

Chamonix-Mont-Blanc has 35 km of pistes, 8 lifts carrying 6,720 people an hour, 1,282 m of vertical, from 1,035 m to 2,317 m. 9 green runs, 15 blue, 5 red and 9 black.

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.

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Runs by level

38 runs over 35 km:

9 green 15 blue 5 red 9 black

Vertical drop: 1,282 m — from 1,035 m to 2,317 m
Slope aspect: 49 % south · 36 % east · 12 % west · 4 % north — computed from the fall line of 34 runs

As declared by the resort(ANMSM feed)

Lifts: 16 in total
Nordic: 49 km

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

n/aLongest piste

n/aBiggest vertical without changing piste

3,787 mHighest lift top — TC Panoramic (V.B) (aerial tramway), national lift register

6,720Total lift capacity, people per hour — 8 installations: 3 aerial tramways, 1 chairlift, 3 drag lifts, 1 magic carpet

43 yrsAverage age of the lift fleet — oldest 1954, newest 2009

1,870Biggest lift, people per hour — TS des Planards (chairlift, 2009)

n/aTotal length of lifts

n/aSki area boundary (OSM)

n/aInhabitants

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.

The lifts

8 lifts , carrying 6,720 people an hour in total , 43 years old on average (from 1954 to 2009).

Type (as registered, in French)	Count	Capacity (people/h)
Téléphériques	3	1,250
Télésièges	1	1,870
Téléskis	3	1,800
Tapis roulants	1	1,800

Lift by lift

The 8 lifts whose capacity the register publishes, largest first.

Lift	Type	Capacity	Length	Vertical	Year	Manufacturer
TS des Planards	Télésiège	1,870	637 m	179 m	2009	POMAGALSKI
Tapis roulant des Planards	Tapis roulant	1,800	30 m	1 m	2005	COMPAC
TK du Grepon	Téléski à perche débrayable	800	325 m	50 m	1981	MONTAZ MAUTINO
TPH Aiguille Midi 1	Téléphérique	600	2543 m	1278 m	1954	HECKEL
TK de Blaitière	Téléski à perche débrayable	550	138 m	10 m	1987	MONTAZ MAUTINO
TPH Aiguille Midi 2	Téléphérique	500	2926 m	1475 m	1954	CREISSELS
TK des Planards	Téléski à corde	450	70 m	6 m	2008	SCHIPPERS
TC Panoramic (V.B)	Téléphérique	150	5093 m	322 m	1957	FUNIVIE ITALIA

French national lift register (STRMTG / CAIRN database) — listed as “CHAMONIX AIGUILLE DU MIDI + CHAMONIX PLANARDS” · open the database. Safety register: it also counts lifts that do not run every day.

Official piste map

No downloadable piste map published by the resort.

Resort data: declared by Office de Tourisme de Chamonix and distributed by ANMSM · read on 18 September