Balme – Le Tour – Vallorcine

Beginners: with caveatsFamilies: with caveatsExperts: not really

Part of Chamonix

At a glance

Pistes
31 km
Lifts
9
Altitude
1259–2251 m
Vertical
992 m
Runs
99
Longest run
2.2 km
Biggest vertical on one run
612 m
Cross-country
7 km
Gondolas & cable cars
2
Bubble/heated lifts
2
Nursery runs at lift bases
2

Measured on OpenStreetMap data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), via OpenSkiMap. Computed 2026-09-09. Official figures may differ.

Official site

Pistes by difficulty

  • Blue13.6 km
  • Red15.7 km
  • Black1.0 km
  • Unclassified0.3 km

Lifts by type

  • 5Button lift
  • 2Gondola
  • 2Chairlift

Who should come here

Who should come here

Computed from the terrain itself — not a house opinion.

Beginners

with caveats

  • · 44% of pistes are green/blue (14 km)
  • · 3% are black/expert/freeride
  • · 2 short easy runs next to a lift base

Families

with caveats

  • · 2 gondola/cable-car lifts (no chairlift loading for small kids)
  • · a base right at the lifts

Experts

not really

  • · 1 km black/expert/freeride (3%)
  • · longest vertical on one run 612 m

Where to stay

Villages and towns with lifts to this area, and cheaper towns down the valley.

Cheaper, down the valley

Real towns with beds, food and shops, close enough to ski from.

Included in passes

  • Ikon Base
  • Ikon
  • Mountain Collective