Espace Haute Maurienne Vanoise

About the area

Espace Haute Maurienne Vanoise in Savoie covers 210.78 km of marked piste served by 79 lifts. It leans easy: 60% of pistes are green or blue (127 km), with 40.88 km green and 85.68 km blue, plus 54 short easy runs right next to a lift base. Families get 10 magic carpets for first turns. Strong skiers should read the caveats: only 18 km is black, expert or freeride (9%), including 16.69 km of black and 2 km of marked freeride, though one run gives 801 m of vertical.

The area runs from 1305 m to 2948 m, and the longest descent measures 8861 m. Access includes 4 gondola or cable-car lifts, useful with small children as there is no chairlift loading, alongside 29 chairlifts and 23 platters. Snowmaking is minimal at 1.85 km. There are also 61.86 km of cross-country trails and 3.23 km of floodlit piste.