Brévent/Flégère (Chamonix) ski resort · slopes, lifts & elevation

Brévent/Flégère (Chamonix) is a ski area in Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, France. Its 65 mapped downhill runs add up to 41 km, which ranks it #58 of 333 ski areas in France and gives it 0.5% of all the country's slopes. The average run is about 632 m long.

Slopes at Brévent/Flégère (Chamonix)

About 37% of the slopes are beginner or easy runs, 30% intermediate and 31% advanced or expert, which makes Brévent/Flégère (Chamonix) best suited to confident and advanced skiers.

Lifts and elevation

The resort has 18 lifts: 8 chairlifts, 5 button lifts, 2 gondolas, 2 cable cars, 1 magic carpet. Most of them are chairlifts or gondolas, so you ride seated. Skiing runs from 1,046 m up to 2,485 m, a vertical drop of 1,439 m — the kind of long descents found in big Alpine-style resorts. The high top station usually means reliable snow well into spring.

Getting to Brévent/Flégère (Chamonix)

The nearest airport is Annecy Meythet airport (NCY), about 60 km away in a straight line — roughly 1 h 18 min by car; Geneva International Airport (GVA) is 67 km away. Nearby ski areas include Les Planards (Chamonix) (1.9 km), Les Chosalets (Chamonix) (0.4 km), Les Grands Montets (25.9 km) and Les Bossons, which together add 29 km of slopes for a multi-resort trip.