Les Contamines-Montjoie

About the area

Les Contamines in Savoie counts 58.61 km of marked pistes: 4.75 km green, 19.2 km blue, 23.2 km red and 11.46 km black. With 41% of the terrain green or blue (24 km) and 11 short easy runs sitting right next to a lift base, it works well for people learning to ski. Experts will run out of options fast: only 11 km, or 20%, is black or freeride terrain, and the longest vertical on a single run is 607 m. Families can manage it, helped by 4 gondola or cable-car lifts that avoid chairlift loading with small children, but keep in mind that fifth of the area is black.

The 25 lifts break down into 9 chairlifts, 8 platters, 4 drag lifts and 4 gondolas. Skiing runs from 1157 m up to 2444 m, the longest descent measures 2959 m, and 0.36 km is lit. The area belongs to Evasion Mont Blanc.