Les Ménuires ski resort · slopes, lifts & elevation

Les Ménuires is a ski area in Les Allues, Savoie, France. Its 164 mapped downhill runs add up to 120 km, which ranks it #22 of 333 ski areas in France and gives it 1.3% of all the country's slopes. The average run is about 734 m long.

Slopes at Les Ménuires

About 69% of the slopes are beginner or easy runs, 16% intermediate and 15% advanced or expert, which makes Les Ménuires a good choice for beginners and families.

Lifts and elevation

The resort has 33 lifts: 11 chairlifts, 9 magic carpets, 6 gondolas, 5 button lifts, 1 cable car, 1 funicular. Most of them are chairlifts or gondolas, so you ride seated. Skiing runs from 1,385 m up to 2,838 m, a vertical drop of 1,453 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 21.5 km of nordic trails.

Getting to Les Ménuires

The nearest airport is Chambéry Aix les Bains airport (CMF), about 62 km away in a straight line — roughly 1 h 20 min by car; Annecy Meythet airport (NCY) is 75 km away. Nearby ski areas include Les Trois Vallées (542.3 km), Val Thorens (115.4 km), Méribel (142.0 km) and Val Thorens - Orelle (141.1 km), which together add 1,115 km of slopes for a multi-resort trip.