Chamonix ski resort
Snow Range
1040-3842m
fantastic town with lively après ski and challenging skiing
Chamonix is set at the foot of Europe's highest mountain, the awesome Mont Blanc at 4807m. A fascinating and traditional ski resort, the cosmopolitan town centre offers a good range of shops, bars and restaurants with a lively nightlife, whilst the skiing is spread across 4 separate areas, giving huge variety. Argentière lies just 8kms further up the valley from Chamonix and is linked by an efficient bus service (free with your lift pass).
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- ski/snowboarding tuition in Chamonix
The experience
Chamonix Après Ski
Chamonix has a very lively nightlife try Jekyll, MBC, Bar'd Up, Chambre Neuf or The Pub.
Activities
A bustling, lively town, plenty of non-skiing activities · Sports centre in Chamonix with tennis and squash courts, indoor heated pool with waterslides · Fitness centre with sauna & Turkish bath · Heli-skiing · Paragliding · Sleigh rides · Ice skating rink · Cinema and casino in Chamonix · Alpine flights · Montenvers on the cogg railway to Mer de Glace · Snow shoeing
Eating out in Chamonix
Over 100 restaurants in Chamonix to suit all tastes and pockets. Fondues approx. €25 · Pizzas from €15 · 3 course meals from around €45. Try Impossible, Atmosphère; Munchies, Bistrot & Albert Premier (both Michelin rated) or Caveau & Boccalatte for cheaper options.
Resort features
- Crystal Ski Escort
- Crystal Snowboarding Escort
- Fast Pass
- Nightlife
- Short Transfer
Transfer time
Geneva 1 hr 30 mins
The slopes
Beginners
Les Planards and the Savoy area at the foot of the Brevent area, are popular for gentle nursery slopes within easy reach of Chamonix.
Intermediates
The Chamonix valley offers an amazing 150kms of pistes available divided into 4 areas, all linked by an efficient bus service, (FREE with your lift pass) with an excellent range of testing high altitude blue and red runs, and the Grands Montets glacier with unbeatable snow. The Vallée Blanche descent, usually open all season, is skied with a guide, provides 24kms of unforgettable skiing in stunning scenery.
Advanced
Expert skiers will just love the incomparable slopes and challenging range of skiing. Chamonix is the undisputed off-piste capital of Europe with some quite extraordinary experiences awaiting you on the Mont Blanc Massif. (NB: Services of a local guide are essential).
Snowboarding
Chamonix has long been known as the extreme freeriding capital of Europe. It has so much accessible off-piste that you could be there for years and not do all of it.
Slope facts
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Total kms of piste
762kms (150kms Chamonix/Argentière)
Figures in brackets are for Mont Blanc regionPiste type No. of runs Easy 39 (51) Intermediate 25 (190) Difficult 10 (21) -
Number of lifts
Mont Blanc Region 230, Chamonix/Argentière 50 (8 cable cars, 5 gondolas, 17 chairlifts, 20 drag lifts)
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Direction of slopes
N, E, S, W
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Snow cannons
96
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Longest run
24kms (Vallée Blanche, guide essential)
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Mountain restaurants
14
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Cross-country trails
42kms
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Snow Range
1040-3842m
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Village Height:
Chamonix: 1,035m (3,395ft)
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Highest Ski Lift
3,842m (12,679ft)
Lift passes and tuition
Lift pass, ski hire and tuition prices shown are correct at time of publication. However, all prices quoted may be subject to change during the ski season.
Lift Pass
| 6 Days | Adult | Child | Senior |
| Local (Chamonix Le Pass) | €206 | €165 | €165 |
| Area (Mont Blanc Unlimited) | €247 | €198 | €198 |
| Family passes | 6 Days |
| 2 Adults & 2 Children (local) | €515 |
| 2 Adults & 2 Children (area) | €618 |
Lift pass coverage: (Local) Balme, Les Grand Montets (exl. Lognan-Grands Montets cable car), Brévent-Flégère and beginners' areas in Chamonix valley. (Area) also includes the Lognan-Grandes Montets cable car, unlimited access to the Aiguille du Midi & Montenvers railway and skiing in Courmayeur.
Photo required for lift pass? 10 days +
Lift pass keycard deposit: €3
Ski/Board Tuition
| Adult | Child | |
| Ski Beginners (5 x 2 hrs, EV2) | €149 | - |
| Ski Intermediates (4 x 2.5 hrs am, EV2) | €149 | - |
| Ski/board All Mountain (4 x half day, 1 full day, EV2) | €216 | - |
| Ski (6 x 2 hrs am or pm, ESF) | - | €148 |
| Ski (6 x full days incl. lunch, EV2) | - | €362 |
| Board (4 x 2hrs 30mins EV2) | €149 | - |
Children: Ski 3-12 years, board 8-12 years at the Panda Club (EV2) 0830-1200 or 0830-1700. Times include travelling time to the club which is in Argentière. (ESF) deps 19/12-30/01 1000-1200 or 1430-1630 all other deps 2.5hrs.
Ski/board equipment
Ski/Board Equipment
| 6 Days | Adult | Child |
| Bronze skis | €72 | €49 |
| Silver skis | €112 | €92 |
| Gold skis | €134 | - |
| Ski/board boots | €49 | €29 |
| Snowboard | €112 | €92 |
| Superior Snowboard | €134 | - |
| Helmet | - | €19 |
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