Winter in Chamonix:  Exceptional every day.

Take the most beautiful cable car in the world... In this small red train as you walk back through the time and the larch trees.

Here, the beauty and tradition will take your breath away: two hundred and fifty years of history...Here is the heart of alpinism... Here, skiing is a love affair.

So, skiing''''s for you is it?
Everything is available here: ski touring, peaceful family skiing under the sun of les Adrets, ski and snowboard extremes in immaculate powder on the north slopes, exceptional off-piste routes which finish on some of the most beautiful glaciers in the world... The White valley, the glacier d''''Argentière?

Some advice, however... do not go alone, always have a guide... Who knows, perhaps he''''ll also get you ice-climbing or paragliding.

So, you don''''t ski?

Come nevertheless! See the Alps from the top of l''''Aiguille du Midi, eat lunch at the top of Brévent, facing Mont Blanc! Go for a snow shoeing trek, nature is all around you!

And if you''''re not tired, there are other sports available too: ice skating, swimming, indoor climbing...

THE SKI AREA

Les Grands Montets (1235 m - 3300 m)
A selection of pistes distributed over three slopes (the glacier d''''Argentière, Lognan and Pendant) offer a choice of pistes and imposing off-piste. On skis or snowboard, you''''ll be able to ride near a glacier and to benefit from the great snow right up until May. For freestyle fans, there is a new snowpark and boardercross open in the Lognan ski area.

Brévent/Flégère (1030 m - 2525 m)
These two areas have been connected by cable car since 1997 constituting one of the most beautiful places in the Alps. Being southern facing, it''''s very inviting to come and benefit from varied pistes facing the chain of peaks making up the Mont Blanc. Take in the colors of these beautiful surroundings and ski the pistes that funfil the requirements for any level of skier.

Le Balme Ski Area (1453 m - 2270 m)
In an environment of mountain pastures at the entrance to the villages of the Tour and Vallorcine, Le Balme ski area offers skiing on two quite distinct slopes.  In the Charamillon area, benefit from wide careful pistes all facing the Chamonix valley, while the Vallorcine area allows you to ski in the fir trees just on the threshold of the Suisse border.

Les Houches ski area (950 m - 1900 m) The pistes traced through the forest make it possible to reall enjoy the riding around here.  The artificial snow: thanks to 110 snow cannons, cover 23 hectares of terrain.