Les Grands Montets ski resort · slopes, lifts & elevation

Les Grands Montets is a ski area in Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, France. Its 40 mapped downhill runs add up to 26 km, which ranks it #82 of 333 ski areas in France and gives it 0.3% of all the country's slopes. The average run is about 646 m long.

Slopes at Les Grands Montets

About 32% of the slopes are beginner or easy runs, 32% intermediate and 36% advanced or expert, which makes Les Grands Montets best suited to confident and advanced skiers.

Lifts and elevation

The resort has 9 lifts: 3 gondolas, 3 chairlifts, 2 button lifts, 1 drag lift. Most of them are chairlifts or gondolas, so you ride seated. Skiing runs from 1,233 m up to 2,768 m, a vertical drop of 1,535 m — the kind of long descents found in big Alpine-style resorts. The high top station usually means reliable snow well into spring. Cross-country skiers get 0.7 km of nordic trails.

Getting to Les Grands Montets

The nearest airport is Annecy Meythet airport (NCY), about 65 km away in a straight line — roughly 1 h 25 min by car; Geneva International Airport (GVA) is 71 km away. Nearby ski areas include Les Chosalets (Chamonix) (0.4 km), Vormaine (2.6 km), Brévent/Flégère (Chamonix) (41.1 km) and Les Planards (Chamonix) (1.9 km), which together add 79 km of slopes for a multi-resort trip.