Hover a bar to see what goes into it. Scores sit on a bell curve. 6.5 is a normal good resort and 8 or more is unusual. Method.
Key facts
Altitude
1035–3275 m
Vertical drop
2,240 m
Pistes advertised
170 km
Pistes mapped on OSM
157.7 km
Lifts (mapped near village)
43 · 56% gondola/4+ chair
Day pass
€73
Passes
Ikon
Avg snowfall (mid)
6.3 m / season
Nearest airport
GVA · 75 min
Brochure vs map. Chamonix Mont-Blanc advertises 170 km. OpenStreetMap volunteers have mapped 157.7 km of piste centrelines.
Brochure and map roughly agree.
Snow & weather updated 1 h ago
Fresh 24 h
0 cm
Fresh 72 h
0 cm
Next 7 days
2 cm
Snow depth top (model)
1 cm
Now at 3125 m
☁️ 1°
Now at 1035 m
13°
Gusts at top
13 km/h
Freezing level
3,190 m
8-day forecast (summit)
Today
☁️
·
-1° / 2°
💨 18
Fri
☀️
·
-3° / 0°
💨 19
Sat
☀️
·
-3° / -1°
💨 72
Sun
⛅
1 cm
-11° / -3°
💨 101
Mon
☀️
·
-10° / -3°
💨 52
Tue
🌨️
1 cm
-11° / -6°
💨 67
Wed
☁️
·
-9° / -5°
💨 58
Thu
🌫️
·
-10° / -5°
💨 57
Open-Meteo forecast downscaled to 3125 m (summit) and 1035 m (base). Rain line ≈ freezing level minus 300 m.
The last three winters at 2155 m
Avg snowfall / season
6.3 m
Powder days (15 cm+)
12
Snowy days
75
Avg temp at base
3.7°
Average snowfall by month · best: Dec
Nov
125
Dec
149
Jan
122
Feb
40
Mar
105
Apr
90
By season: 2022/23: 5.7 m · 8 powder days2023/24: 7.7 m · 14 powder days2024/25: 5.5 m · 13 powder days
When to go
Month
Avg snowfall
Tuesday 11:00
Saturday 11:00
Dec
149 cm
~2.1 min
~1.8 min
SWEET SPOT
Jan
122 cm
~3.5 min
~3 min
Feb
40 cm
~7.7 min
~6.6 min
Mar
105 cm
~4.2 min
~3.6 min
Apr
90 cm
~3 min
~2.7 min
Snowfall from three past winters, waits from the queue model (average across lifts, mid-month, holidays included where they fall).
Lift queues
Closed until Dec 13. Here's a normal February Saturday at 10:00:
SIMULATION
Average wait ~6 min, worst 20 min.
Saturday changeover: chalets swap guests, slopes are quieterFrench school holidays (all zones rotate through February)UK half-term
Simulate:
🚡 TPH Plan de l'Aiguille
Cable car · 68-seater · 600 p/h · 2,157 m
20 minpredicted
🚡 Ligne de service Aiguille du Midi 1
Cable car · 3-seater · 30 p/h · 2,027 m
15 minpredicted
🚡 TPH Aiguille du Midi
Cable car · 65-seater · 600 p/h · 2,470 m
14 minpredicted
🚡 Liaison Brévent - Flégère
Cable car · 40-seater · 800 p/h · 887 m
13 minpredicted
🚡 Bellevue
Cable car · 37-seater · 500 p/h · 1,902 m
12 minpredicted
🚡 Brévent
Cable car · 51-seater · 850 p/h · 1,255 m
12 minpredicted
🪑 Évettes
Chairlift · 3-seater · 728 p/h · 627 m
9 minpredicted
🪑 Glacier des Bossons
Chairlift · 2-seater · 1,007 m
7 minpredicted
🪑 Retour Pendant
Chairlift · 3-seater · 1,636 p/h · 956 m
7 minpredicted
⤴️ Savoy
Button lift · 900 p/h · 377 m
6 minpredicted
🚠 Planpraz
Gondola · 10-seater · 2,400 p/h · 1,548 m
6 minpredicted
🚠 Prarion
Gondola · 8-seater · 1,800 p/h · 2,396 m
6 minpredicted
🪑 Col Cornu
Chairlift · 6-seater · 2,700 p/h · 1,310 m
6 minpredicted
🪑 Parsa
Chairlift · 6-seater · 2,964 p/h · 1,120 m
6 minpredicted
🪑 Sources
Chairlift · 4-seater · 2,400 p/h · 354 m
6 minpredicted
🪑 Charlanon
Chairlift · 4-seater · 2,000 p/h · 426 m
6 minpredicted
🚠 TC Mer de Glace
Gondola · 540 m
6 minpredicted
⤴️ Baby Chosalets
Button lift · 1-seater · 400 p/h · 75 m
6 minpredicted
⤴️ Chosalets
Button lift · 1-seater · 600 p/h · 173 m
6 minpredicted
⤴️ Marmotton
Button lift · 186 m
6 minpredicted
⤴️ TK Baby
Button lift · 1-seater · 113 m
5 minpredicted
🪑 TS Planards
Chairlift · 4-seater · 1,870 p/h · 611 m
5 minpredicted
⤴️ Altitude 2000
Button lift · 900 p/h · 167 m
5 minpredicted
⤴️ Floria
Button lift · 844 p/h · 403 m
5 minpredicted
⤴️ TK Petit Marmottons
Drag lift · 117 m
5 minpredicted
⤴️ TK Grépon
Button lift · 1-seater · 800 p/h · 314 m
5 minpredicted
🪑 Chavanne
Chairlift · 1,350 p/h · 718 m
5 minpredicted
🪑 Tabé
Chairlift · 6-seater · 2,800 p/h · 944 m
5 minpredicted
🪑 Coupe du Monde
Chairlift · 4-seater · 947 p/h · 867 m
5 minpredicted
🚠 Télécabine de Lognan
Gondola · 24-seater · 1,685 m
5 minpredicted
🪑 La Herse
Chairlift · 6-seater · 2,600 p/h · 1,298 m
5 minpredicted
⤴️ Jardin d'Enfants
Button lift · 89 m
5 minpredicted
🪑 Maison Neuve
Chairlift · 4-seater · 1,700 p/h · 1,149 m
5 minpredicted
⤴️ Samaran
Button lift · 600 p/h · 133 m
4 minpredicted
🪑 Index
Chairlift · 6-seater · 2,600 p/h · 1,360 m
4 minpredicted
🪑 Trappe
Chairlift · 4-seater · 2,208 p/h · 758 m
4 minpredicted
⤴️ École du Tourchet
Button lift · 1-seater · 600 p/h · 152 m
4 minpredicted
🚠 Flégère
Gondola · 10-seater · 2,000 p/h · 2,069 m
4 minpredicted
⤴️ Floria
Button lift · 382 m
4 minpredicted
⤴️ Tourchet
Button lift · 1-seater · 405 m
4 minpredicted
🚠 Bochard
Gondola · 16-seater · 3,000 p/h · 2,214 m
4 minpredicted
⤴️ Grands Bois
Button lift · 900 p/h · 537 m
3 minpredicted
🚠 Plan Joran
Gondola · 10-seater · 3,200 p/h · 2,148 m
3 minpredicted
Typical week (February, since the resort is closed now)
9h
10h
11h
12h
13h
14h
15h
16h
Mon 15
Tue 16
Wed 17
Thu 18
Fri 19
Sat 20
Sun 21
Average predicted wait across lifts. ■ <2 min ■ 4-7 min ■ 11+ min. Hover a day to see why.
How we guess. The model starts from the resort's usual crowd level and adjusts for school holidays (French zones, UK half-term, Presidents' Day, Lunar New Year), weekends, time of day, lift capacity from OpenStreetMap, powder days and summit wind. When skiers on the hill tap a wait time, their reports replace the guess for 45 minutes and the lift shows LIVE.
Map
· Drag to tilt. Tap the map to drop a 📍 and the hotels re-sort by distance to it, handy for ski school or a friend's chalet.
Where to sleep 82 places mapped · 1 ski-in/ski-out
Ski access score: 9.5 means ski-in/ski-out (a piste within 70 m and a lift within 600 m). Each minute of walking to the nearest lift costs about half a point. Distances are straight lines on OpenStreetMap, so add about 30% for the walk.
Pistes
Beginner
7.9 km · 5%
Easy (blue / green)
29.9 km · 19%
Intermediate (red / blue)
32.7 km · 21%
Advanced (black)
27.9 km · 18%
Freeride / ski route
59.3 km · 38%
Longest named runs
Vallée Blanche classique
13.4 km
Moyen Envers du Plan
4.9 km
Nants
4.2 km
James Bond Track
3.6 km
La Vallée Noire
3.4 km
Du col du Géant
3.3 km
Pylônes
3.2 km
Ghiacciaio Toula
3.1 km
Après & food
Bars & pubs
44
Clubs
0
Restaurants
117
Mountain huts
17
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Nearest major airport: GVA, about 75 min away by road. Directions · Flights
Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, more commonly known simply as Chamonix, is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in southeastern France. It hosted the first Winter Olympics, held in 1924. Wikipedia