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Skiing holiday in the Chamonix ski area
Skiing holidays – slopes –
cross-country ski runs
The valley of Chamonix, at the foot of the Mont Blanc, is still a
dream destination for alpine-sportsmen. Those who prefer deep snow and
off-piste areas feel here like being in seventh heaven.
Skiing and snowboarding
Five separate ski areas, which are not interconnected due to the wild
landscape shapes, are available to the alpinists. Thus, you need to
decide for one of the ski areas already in the morning, since there
are nearly endless variations of high-alpine ski tours and marked
off-piste descents.
Brévent: the house mountain of Chamonix offers easy to intermediate
ski runs. A gondola lift enables the connection to the neighbouring
area of La Flégère with its sunny and intermediate ski runs. From here
you find descents down to the valley to Chamonix as well as to Les
Praz.
The most varied and also the most demanding possibilities you find in
the area of Grands Montets with its wide ski runs, vast mogul fields
and steep slopes. After fresh snow has fallen lovers of deep snow
skiing find here paradisical conditions. Furthermore there are
fantastic freeride slopes.
The region Le Tour-Domaine de Balme with its gentle ski runs is
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© Copyright image: Monica Dalmasso
/ OT Chamonix |
© Copyright image: Pascal Tournaire
/ OT Chamonix |
Also very family-suited is the area of Les Houches-Prarion, where snow
is guaranteed thanks to the snow making machines. The spectacular 20
km long descent from Aiguille du Midi through the Vallée Blanche (the
White Valley) in the middle of breath-taking seracs is an absolute
highlight. However, because of the alpine risks you should do the
downhill ski run only with a guide.
For children there are ski kindergartens and reserved ski areas.
Snowboarding
The possibilities for snowboarders are excellent, especially in the
area of Grands Montets with its countless unprepared slopes.
Above the middle station Lognan you find a snowboard park with
half-pipe.
Cross-country skiing
Between Chamonix and Argentière there are 60 km of cross-country ski
runs of different levels of difficulty through the forests in the
valley of the river Arve. In Les Houches are further four
cross-country ski runs available. © Copyright logo: OT Chamonix
At one glance:
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Chamonix and surrounding ski areas |
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Skiing area’s altitude |
1035 –3842 m |
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Ski runs |
Entire region: 80 km
La Flégère/Brevent: 29 km
15 km easy
8 km intermediate
6 km difficult
Col de Balme: 25 km
15 km easy
9 km intermediate
1 km difficult
Grands Montets: 17 km
8 km easy
4 km intermediate
5 km difficult
Aiguille du Midi: 20 km
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T-bar lifts |
17 |
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Chair lifts |
16 |
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Mountain railways |
13 |
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Practice lifts |
9 |
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Cross-country ski runs |
60 km |
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Snowboard specials |
1
Funpark |
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