Chamonix-Mont-Blanc is an Alpine ski resort in France. Chamonix-Mont-Blanc spans from 1035 m to 3275 m above sea level. No single verifiable piste-length or lift-count figure for Chamonix-Mont-Blanc alone is published by two independent sources — see the notes below.
Late November/early December to early May, but this varies by sector: Grands Montets (highest, north-facing) usually opens first (late Nov/early Dec) and stays open latest (into early May); Brévent-Flégère typically opens mid-December. Not a single unified season across the valley. Geneva Airport (GVA), ~88 km / roughly 1h to 1h15 by road via A40; Chamonix-Mont-Blanc train station on the SNCF Saint-Gervais-Vallorcine line (mainline connection via Saint-Gervais-le-Fayet).
Gondolas and chairlifts are listed above under Notable lifts. These are specifically two-station reversible aerial tramways — a distinct lift type.
Verified locations only: the resort area and its named cable car stations. We don't have precise coordinates for individual accommodation listings, so those aren't plotted here — use the booking link in the sidebar instead.
ESF ski school (Ecole du Ski Français) with dedicated children's clubs at Savoy and Planards
Snowpark and boardercross tracks at Les Grands Montets
Alpine Coaster / luge toboggan run (1.3 km rail track) at Les Planards
Planards beginner ski area with tubing and zip wire near town centre
Richard Bozon ice rink (indoor Olympic-size rink + outdoor rink) in Chamonix town
Every note below is drawn from the resort's own or an independent official publication.
Chamonix's ski domain is NOT one interconnected resort but 5 largely separate ski areas (Les Houches/Saint-Gervais, Le Brévent-La Flégère, Les Grands Montets/Argentière, Domaine de Balme-Vallorcine, plus beginner areas). The official site (en.chamonix.com) lists these areas individually and does NOT publish one combined total piste-km or lift-count figure for the whole valley.
Because no official combined total exists, and third-party aggregators disagree sharply with each other (onthesnow.co.uk reports 169 km / 82 lifts; bergfex.com reports 124 km / 6 lifts for the same 'Chamonix Mont-Blanc' area — an implausible internal inconsistency), piste_km_total and lifts_count are left null rather than picking one unverified number.
Base altitude 1035 m and highest lift-served skiable point ~3275 m (Grands Montets/Point de Vue) are consistent between the official site (en.chamonix.com/things-to-see-and-do/altitudes-and-lifts, stating the ski areas span '1035 m to 3300 m') and Wikipedia/aggregator data.
Do not confuse the ski area summit with the Aiguille du Midi cable car (3842 m) — that lift accesses the Vallée Blanche off-piste glacier descent, not a marked/groomed piste network, so it is excluded from altitude_summit_m.
Nearest town: Chamonix-Mont-Blanc is itself the town/commune, so nearest_town is left null (not applicable) rather than naming a different settlement.
Exact passenger capacity for Aiguille du Midi cable car, Brévent cable car, Flégère gondola, Montenvers train, and Tramway du Mont-Blanc not published on the official site or found via search; left null rather than estimating.
Panoramic Mont-Blanc (Vallée Blanche) cable car capacity (4 passengers/cabin, ~220 pax/hour) is corroborated by engineering-reference sources (Structurae-style, Wikipedia/Grokipedia entries on the Vallée Blanche Cable Car), not stated directly on chamonix.com.
Grands Montets capacity figures (10-seat first section, 24-seat 3S second section) come from ski-industry/lift-engineering reporting (skiresort.info, Doppelmayr-related coverage), not the operator's own marketing pages; treated the two-section system as one notable headline lift.
Could not verify any night skiing on a Chamonix piste from official or independent tourism sources; omitted rather than guess.
Tourist office direct email address is not published; the office uses a contact form on en.chamonix.com/contact instead.
The Chamonix valley has several satellite tourist office desks (Les Houches, Argentière, Vallorcine, Servoz) each with its own phone number; the number given here is for the main Chamonix office.
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