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
1224–2755 m
Vertical drop
1,531 m
Pistes advertised
100 km
Pistes mapped on OSM
54.6 km
Lifts (mapped near village)
19 · 74% gondola/4+ chair
Day pass
€62
Passes
none
Avg snowfall (mid)
5.7 m / season
Nearest airport
GVA · 90 min
Brochure vs map. Courmayeur advertises 100 km. OpenStreetMap volunteers have mapped 54.6 km of piste centrelines.
The brochure is 83% longer than the map. Resorts often measure the widest line down a slope or count ski routes and linked areas.
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 2605 m
☁️ 5°
Now at 1224 m
14°
Gusts at top
13 km/h
Freezing level
3,170 m
8-day forecast (summit)
Today
☁️
·
1° / 6°
💨 17
Fri
🌫️
·
-1° / 3°
💨 23
Sat
🌤️
·
-2° / 4°
💨 68
Sun
⛅
1 cm
-7° / 1°
💨 90
Mon
☀️
·
-7° / 0°
💨 41
Tue
🌨️
1 cm
-7° / -3°
💨 70
Wed
☁️
·
-7° / -3°
💨 58
Thu
⛅
·
-5° / -1°
💨 58
Open-Meteo forecast downscaled to 2605 m (summit) and 1224 m (base). Rain line ≈ freezing level minus 300 m.
The last three winters at 1990 m
Avg snowfall / season
5.7 m
Powder days (15 cm+)
11
Snowy days
66
Avg temp at base
1.4°
Average snowfall by month · best: Nov
Nov
134
Dec
120
Jan
125
Feb
42
Mar
104
Apr
47
By season: 2022/23: 5.3 m · 7 powder days2023/24: 7.1 m · 15 powder days2024/25: 4.8 m · 10 powder days
When to go
Month
Avg snowfall
Tuesday 11:00
Saturday 11:00
Dec
120 cm
~2.3 min
~2.8 min
Jan
125 cm
~2.5 min
~3.2 min
SWEET SPOT
Feb
42 cm
~4 min
~5.3 min
Mar
104 cm
~2.8 min
~3.6 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 Nov 28. Here's a normal February Saturday at 10:00:
SIMULATION
Average wait ~5 min, worst 9 min.
Weekend: locals are outFebruary school holidays across EuropeUK half-term
Simulate:
🚡 Val Veny
Cable car · 76-seater · 1,100 p/h · 1,085 m
9 minpredicted
🚡 Skyway Monte Bianco
Cable car · 80-seater · 800 p/h · 1,533 m · heated
9 minpredicted
🚡 Skyway Monte Bianco
Cable car · 75-seater · 600 p/h · 2,301 m · heated
9 minpredicted
🚡 Arp
Cable car · 15-seater · 448 m
8 minpredicted
🚡 Courmayeur
Cable car · 120-seater · 1,881 m
8 minpredicted
🚡 Youla
Cable car · 25-seater · 360 p/h · 1,399 m
6 minpredicted
⤴️ Tizaly
Button lift · 554 p/h · 233 m
4 minpredicted
🚠 Dolonne
Gondola · 8-seater · 2,480 p/h · 1,293 m
4 minpredicted
🚠 Checrouit
Gondola · 10-seater · 2,200 p/h · 1,765 m
4 minpredicted
🪑 Peindeint
Chairlift · 2-seater · 1,165 m
4 minpredicted
⤴️ Le Greye
Button lift · 970 m
4 minpredicted
🪑 Bertolini
Chairlift · 4-seater · 1,028 p/h · 1,395 m
4 minpredicted
🪑 Plan de la Gabba
Chairlift · 4-seater · 865 m
4 minpredicted
🪑 Dzeleuna
Chairlift · 3-seater · 1,800 p/h · 609 m
3 minpredicted
🪑 Aretù
Chairlift · 4-seater · 1,368 m
3 minpredicted
🪑 Pra Neyron
Chairlift · 6-seater · 2,400 p/h · 1,102 m
3 minpredicted
🚠 Maison Vieille
Gondola · 10-seater · 2,000 p/h · 764 m
3 minpredicted
🪑 Zerotta
Chairlift · 4-seater · 2,590 p/h · 1,191 m
3 minpredicted
⤴️ Chiecco
Button lift · 283 m
2 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 55 places mapped · 3 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
Easy (blue / green)
15.9 km · 29%
Intermediate (red / blue)
21.7 km · 40%
Advanced (black)
4.7 km · 9%
Freeride / ski route
12.3 km · 23%
Longest named runs
Val Veny
4.1 km
Du col du Géant
3.3 km
Ghiacciaio Toula
3.1 km
Dolonne
2.9 km
Vallée Blanche
2.7 km
Pra Neyron
2.7 km
Federica Brignone (ex Aretù)
2.4 km
Diagonale Peindent
2.3 km
Après & food
Bars & pubs
14
Clubs
3
Restaurants
43
Mountain huts
7
🪩 Club Haus 80's Courmayeur🍸 Bar centro🍸 zillos🪩 The Club🍸 Bar delle Guide🍸 Dahu🍸 Bar dello Skilyft🍸 La Bouche🍸 Bar Carlo🍸 Bar cafeteria🍸 Il Ristorantino Bar-Pizze🍸 La Bottega di Entreves🍺 Bar du soleil🪩 Shatush🍸 Cafè des Alpinistes🍸 Bar Roger & Richard Pramotton🍸 Bar La Retze
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Nearest major airport: GVA, about 90 min away by road. Directions · Flights
Courmayeur is a town and comune in northern Italy, in the autonomous region of Aosta Valley, serving as one of the two bases on either side of Mont Blanc, Europe's highest mountain. Wikipedia