Return of the Grands Montets in Chamonix, the first driverless gondola in the Southern French Alps at Montgenèvre, second-hand chairlifts in the Maurienne, the Chablais and the Grand Massif: winter 2026-2027 marks a new stage in the modernisation of ski areas in the French Alps. On the accommodation side, the offer is being renewed mainly through renovation: former palaces, barracks and village hotels are being reborn in Chamonix, Morzine, Megève and Briançon, while Courchevel alone welcomes five new addresses. A little over three years before the 2030 Winter Olympics, here is everything new to discover from the day the resorts open.
🎿 Winter 2026-2027 at a glance:
- More sustainable, more automated lifts: Chamonix reopens the first section of the Grands Montets. Montgenèvre inaugurates two gondolas, including the Fournéous, the first driverless gondola in the Southern French Alps. Doucy, Peisey-Vallandry, Le Dévoluy, Les Contamines, La Clusaz and La Rosière are renewing their lifts, while Val Cenis, Les Carroz, Les Gets, Praz-de-Lys and Les 2 Alpes are turning to second-hand lifts.
- Hotels are being renewed through the renovation of historic addresses and the birth of new concepts in Chamonix (Morgane, Lizzie, Le Touring), Morzine (Garance), Megève (Lodge Park), Briançon (Daffy) and Saint-Véran (Alta Peyra). Courchevel alone welcomes five new high-end properties, Méribel four, and Les Menuires a new °Fahrenheit Seven hotel.
- Après-ski gets bigger with new water and wellness complexes in Orcières (Orcières Arena 1850), Valmorel (Kanopé) and Valloire (Grand Spa), the Vanoise Expérience walkway in Val Cenis and the first temporary exhibition at the Mont-Blanc museum in Chamonix.
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- New lifts (Grands Montets, Montgenèvre…)
- Hotels and residences: this winter’s new addresses
- Après-ski, wellness and culture: the must-sees of winter 2026-2027
- And in brief across the French Alps
Ski lifts: the big openings of winter 2026-2027
Around twenty new or transformed lifts come into service this winter in the French Alps. Two trends stand out: automation, with the first driverless gondola in the Southern French Alps, and reuse, with chairlifts and drag lifts dismantled in one resort to be rebuilt in another.
Chamonix: the Grands Montets reopen their first section
This is the most eagerly awaited news of the winter in Chamonix, a sign that this legendary ski area is starting its transformation. Closed since the 2018 fire, the Grands Montets sector gets a link back in December 2026 with the opening of the first section of the new 10-seater gondola between Argentière and the Lognan plateau (1,972 m). A beginners’ area has been created at the top. Both stations are designed by architect Renzo Piano. Built by Doppelmayr, the gondola will be complemented in December 2027 by a 3S cable car, which will restore access to the summit of the Grands Montets, at 3,275 m, and its exceptional panorama.
Montgenèvre: two new gondolas, one of them driverless
For its 120th season, the “doyenne of resorts” renews its main access from the village to the southern sector of the ski area. The 10-seater Chalvet gondola replaces the old 6-seater: between 1,854 and 2,137 m, it carries 1,700 people per hour and halves the journey time. Continuing on from it, the Fournéous gondola (2,137 – 2,572 m, 2,015 people per hour) replaces the old 2-seater chairlift and cuts the journey time to a third. It serves the panoramic Combe du Loup piste and the technical Fournéous piste.
The Fournéous gondola is the first lift in the Southern French Alps fitted with Doppelmayr’s AURO system, which allows autonomous operation without an operator. Staff remain at the stations to welcome and advise skiers. Both lifts are due to open for the Christmas 2026 holidays. Another innovation, billed as a world first: the Monty Express monorail toboggan is now hauled up by dedicated cabins, loaded and unloaded by robots. On the Italian side, the Gimont – Colletto Verde chairlift is due to open during the winter, creating a new high-altitude link with France.
Doucy – Valmorel: a gondola with a 7-degree bend
At Doucy, in the Valmorel ski area, the new 10-seater detachable Combelouvière gondola, built by Poma, replaces three lifts on its own: the old Combelouvière chairlift and the Charmettes drag lifts. Its 51 cabins link the Doucy-Combelouvière resort (1,260 m) to a new beginners’ area at 1,563 m, at the start of the link to the Grand Domaine pistes. The lift has 17 fewer pylons than the installations it replaces, for an investment of €15.5 million. A small innovation: the line makes a 7° turn along its route, “one of the most significant ever made in France on a detachable monocable gondola” according to the resort. Its cabins are adapted for people with reduced mobility and for adaptive skiing (handiski).
Peisey-Vallandry: a gondola replaces the red baskets of the Lonzagne télépulsé
The iconic red baskets of the Lonzagne pulsed gondola (télépulsé), in service since 1983 between the village of Peisey-Nancroix and Plan Peisey, have made way for a 10-seater gondola built by Poma, the Télévillage. It is due to open on 12 December 2026. Free and open to skiers, pedestrians and mountain bikers in both summer and winter, the new link can carry 900 people per hour, compared with 430 before, and connects the two villages in 3 min 20 instead of 7 min 50. The project, led by ADS (Compagnie des Alpes) under its public service concession, is expected to cost between €13 and 14 million.
La Clusaz: a new chairlift at the Col de Balme
At La Clusaz, the Col de Balme chairlift is replaced by a 6-seater detachable chairlift built by Poma. From 1,860 m, it serves the Balme sector, the resort’s best-snowed. The arrival station is at 2,500 m and has a splendid view of the Mont Blanc massif. The Col de Balme chairlift is the second installation in the range called LIFE from the Isère-based manufacturer, after the Chenus gondola in Courchevel. Designed with French operators, this generation of lifts uses 95% recyclable components. The new range promises simpler maintenance, better energy efficiency and lower noise levels.
Reuse takes hold: lifts that move to another resort
At Val Cenis, the Combe de l’Ours chairlift, in service from 2006 to 2023 at Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse, becomes the 6-seater detachable Grand Coin chairlift. Assembled from second-hand parts (seats, stations, pylons, cable…) and a few new elements, it required ten times less material and half the greenhouse gas emissions of a new lift. It replaces two drag lifts and cuts the ride from 7 min 30 to 5 min. The resort is also converting the Ramasse chairlift into a telecombi, with 18 cabins interspersed between the chairs, to make it easier for beginners and pedestrians to reach the Mont-Cenis plateau and L’Escargot, the longest green run in Europe.
At Les Carroz, in the Grand Massif, the Gron fixed-grip chairlift gives way to a refurbished 6-seater detachable chairlift. After 26 winters and 15.5 million passengers, the old lift is replaced by a chairlift from the Pyrenees, where it was destined to be dismantled. Fully overhauled and certified, it cost nearly 30% less than a new lift and required 80 to 90% less new raw material. Its redesigned route serves the Gron combe and makes the link with Morillon easier. The old line makes way this winter for a giant zip line.
At Les Gets, the 6-seater Grains d’Or chairlift has been dismantled and reinstalled in place of the Pointe du Chéry chairlift, on the Mont Chéry side. At Praz-de-Lys Sommand, the Brésy drag lift, in service for over 30 years, is replaced by the 4-seater Glacier chairlift, which came from La Plagne and was reinstalled by Ingélo. Drag lifts travel too: at Les 2 Alpes, the Champamé drag lift on the snow front is partly rebuilt with elements from the Galopins II drag lift, which came from Les Orres.
Le Dévoluy: the Jas gondola halves the ride time
On the SuperDévoluy side, the new 10-seater Jas gondola, by Leitner, replaces the historic chairlift built in 1989. It is expected in December 2026. This new lift, an investment of €12.5 million, cuts the ride from 15 to 7 minutes. Its line has only 9 pylons, compared with 18 before, and its motor uses less energy. Open to skiers and pedestrians alike, the gondola is presented by the resort as the first step in restructuring its ski area.
Les Contamines-Montjoie: the Notre-Dame-de-la-Gorge gondola doubles its capacity
At Les Contamines-Montjoie, a 10-seater detachable gondola replaces the Notre-Dame-de-la-Gorge lift. It carries 2,700 people per hour, compared with 1,210 today, to ease access to the Tappes plateau. Its inauguration will also mark the 80th anniversary of SECMH, the ski area operator, founded in 1946. Boarding is step-free and the lift is fully accessible to people with reduced mobility. The rebuilt departure station houses automatic ski lockers and toilets. The arrival station is new and sits next to the old one, which keeps its picnic room. Outside the winter season, the gondola also improves access for hikers and mountain bikers to the Tappes plateau.
La Rosière: a made-in-France chairlift at Petit-Bois
La Rosière is replacing the Petit-Bois sector chairlift with a 4-seater lift designed by Grenoble-based manufacturer GMM. Fitted with a boarding carpet, it has a capacity of 1,400 skiers per hour for an investment of €4.8 million. Between Le Vaz, a hamlet of Montvalezan, and the heights of Les Eucherts, it allows the return of the Marcassin and Marmottes pistes, between 1,530 and 1,900 m altitude. Some of the old lift’s chairs were sold at auction in aid of the Mountain Riders association.
The first three electric snow groomers enter service
The first mass-produced electric snow groomer, the Prinoth Leitwolf LTE-Motion, enters service this winter in three Compagnie des Alpes ski areas: La Plagne, Val d’Isère and Serre Chevalier. Ahead of its worldwide launch for the 2027-2028 season, feedback from the teams will be used to fine-tune the final settings. Powered by renewable energy, it emits 93% less CO2, releases no fine particles, runs almost silently and costs half as much to run. Its European batteries, assembled in Montmélian, in Savoie, provide 4 to 5 hours of autonomy in normal conditions. The Compagnie des Alpes aims for a fleet of 100 electric machines within ten years.
And also…
Modernisation continues in other ski areas with several new or renovated lifts. At Megève, the Radaz chairlift (Rochebrune) is replaced by a 6-seater detachable Poma chairlift. Méribel completes the restructuring of the Rhodos gondola, brings the Châtelet chairlift back into service after an avalanche and invests €3 million in snowmaking on the Truite piste. Finally, at Pralognan-la-Vanoise and La Clusaz, two new magic carpets are being installed in the beginners’ areas.
For winter 2027-2028, other projects are already under way: the 10-seater Mont de la Chambre gondola at Les Menuires (Doppelmayr and Ingélo), the 3S cable car to the summit of the Grands Montets and the reconstruction of the Alpage drag lift at Margériaz, using elements from two Aillon-Station drag lifts.
Accommodation: several renovated hotels and a few lovely surprises
Few new builds, but plenty of rebirths: this winter, the new addresses in the French Alps mostly take over existing buildings, from Belle Époque palaces to military barracks and village hotels that have been closed for years.
Courchevel: five new addresses for the resort’s 80th anniversary
Courchevel, which is celebrating its 80th anniversary, accounts for a good share of this winter’s openings on its own. At Courchevel 1850, the Chapitre Six group is opening the Bourbon Hotel, a 31-room 5-star in the former Hôtel des 3 Vallées (formerly Beaumier), ski-in/ski-out. Far from mountain-chalet codes, its interior by Studio Henry recreates the atmosphere of a private London club. Michelin-starred chef Simone Zanoni signs the menu at the Italian restaurant Simonetta. Also at 1850, Maisons Pariente unveils the Hôtel Saint Roch, on the Bellecôte piste at the Jardin Alpin: 37 keys in a décor inspired by Russian dachas, a kids’ club and a spa by Tata Harper with a pool.
At La Tania, Bârma, a hotel and residence designed by Atelier Giffon and marketed by Cimalpes, brings together 51 rooms, 24 suites and 70 high-end apartments, ski-in/ski-out, with a Susanne Kaufmann spa. At Moriond, Alpine Resorts is simultaneously opening two 5-star aparthotels on rue Sainte-Blandine: the Steamboat (apartments and penthouses from 55 to 242 m² for 4 to 14 people, pool, spa, ski shop) and the Sundance (75 to 258 m² for 4 to 12 people, 16 m pool, Italian restaurant La Bokka). The K2 Palace, for its part, unveils 29 renovated rooms and suites, and La Sivolière expands with a prestige residence.
Chamonix: three historic addresses reborn
Owned by the Temmos group, Le Morgane reopens in December completely redesigned by Madrid studio Astet, with the ambition of earning a fifth star. Its 54 rooms and suites, restaurant and spa adopt a midcentury design mixing wood, granite and slate. At Les Tines, the former Excelsior, a Belle Époque building now under the Montagnettes banner, becomes Lizzie, a tribute to Irish mountaineer Lizzie Le Blond, who climbed Mont Blanc twice. It reopens in December 2026 with 74 renovated rooms in a Victorian style, two restaurants, a spa and an outdoor pool.
Finally, closed for more than thirty years, the historic hotel Le Touring is back in business as an aparthotel. Backed by Core Hotel Group, which also owns the neighbouring hotel La Verticale and shares its reception, it offers private apartments with hotel services behind a typical late-19th-century façade.
Megève: the Lodge Park celebrates its 100th anniversary with 29 suites
For its centenary in 2027, the Lodge Park, a 5-star hotel run by Maisons et Hôtels Sibuet, emerges from two years of complete renovation. Its 49 rooms give way to 29 more spacious suites. Adjacent to the hotel, the Chalet du Lodge, a private six-bedroom chalet with an indoor pool and hotel service, opens in December 2026. The hotel also hosts Pure Altitude’s first Longevity Spa: whole-body cryotherapy, hyperbaric chamber, LED photobiomodulation or naturopathy, with programmes dedicated to skiing, sleep or recovery.
Morzine: Les Airelles becomes Garance
After a major renovation, the former Hôtel des Airelles, an emblematic address in central Morzine, is reborn as Garance, run by the Mont-Blanc Collection group. Behind a preserved façade, the 4-star hotel of around 65 rooms offers a brasserie inspired by local cuisine, a Nordic spa and wellness areas. It will open at least eight months a year and employs 45 people. Also in Morzine, Le Tremplin opens 13 suites and La Clef des Champs has been renovated.
Les Menuires: a °Fahrenheit Seven hotel, ski-in/ski-out
Ten years after winning the competition launched by the Belleville town hall, the °Fahrenheit Seven house opens its 4-star hotel in Les Menuires on 11 December 2026, a stone’s throw from the Preyerand cable car. Its 51 rooms for 2 to 6 people (27 to 91 m²), decorated in a neo-vintage style by co-founder Véronique Vidoni, come with a ski boutique, a glass-walled spa with indoor pool, sauna and hammam, and a 200 m² south-facing terrace. From €300 a night for a double room with breakfast. Born in Val Thorens, the °Fahrenheit Seven group is present in Courchevel, Val Thorens, Les Menuires, Cap Ferret, Porto-Vecchio and Biarritz with design, neo-vintage hotels and restaurants where you live intensely.
Briançon: Daffy, MMV’s first lifestyle hotel
After the Colaud barracks, which became the hotel La Caserne de Briançon in 2025, the former Berwick barracks, which from 1890 housed the 159th Alpine Infantry Regiment, becomes the Daffy hotel. MMV’s first year-round hotel, it claims a pop universe inspired by the 1990s and freestyle skiing. It has 84 keys (51 rooms for 2 to 4 people and 33 apartments for 2 to 6 people), or 336 beds, and nearly 600 m² of communal space, including the restaurant La Cantine and the bar La Buvette. Rated 3-star, a category becoming rarer in ski resorts, the hotel is 1,400 m from the station and an 8-minute walk from the Prorel gondola, the only access to the Serre Chevalier pistes from Briançon. Opening is planned for December 2026, eleven months a year.
Méribel: four new high-end addresses
Together with Courchevel, Méribel accounts for the high-end investment again this season. After the Alba, Rising Stone is transforming the former Lac Bleu hotel, at the foot of the Hulotte piste, into a luxury residence of 29 apartments of 3 to 5 rooms, with a bistronomic restaurant, spa, pool and para-hotel services. In Méribel-Mottaret, the Les Chalets d’Ouréa residence has 14 apartments built in tiers, at 1,700 m altitude. The Chalet Montclair, on the route de la Renarde, hosts 12 guests in six en-suite bedrooms, and the Hôtel Le Savoy, 50 m from the Chaudanne pistes, reopens after a further phase of renovation.
Saint-Véran: the Alta Peyra finally reopens its doors
Closed for over a year, passed from hand to hand without finding its identity, the Alta Peyra, an emblematic 4-star hotel in Saint-Véran, in the Queyras, reopens in December 2026 under the impetus of the Towa group and a complete takeover rooted in the local area. Begun in spring 2026, the renovation makes the most of wood, stone and local craftspeople. The artistic direction of the woodwork is by Raphaël Housset of the Ateliers Raphaël, originally from Molines. At the foot of the pistes, the hotel has 59 rooms and suites, a spa and an indoor-outdoor pool. It is among the most beautiful high-altitude hotels in the French Alps. The hotel is run by a management team with experience in Paris, Annecy, Chamonix and Courchevel.
And also…
Many other addresses open or reopen this winter. At La Plagne, the MMV club at Plagne 2000 reopens after the April 2025 fire. At Peisey-Vallandry, a former hotel, completely renovated, becomes L’Écrin de Vallandry, a 5-star residence of 17 units beside the La Forêt blue run, with sauna, hammam and Nordic baths. The 3-star Hôtel Émeraude also completes its full renovation there. Terrésens is inaugurating three residences: Les Balcons de Juliette at Notre-Dame-de-Bellecombe, La Perle d’Alba at Alpe d’Huez and Le Caprice Blanc at La Toussuire, where the residence L’Ancolie (17 apartments, from 2 to 4 rooms) also opens. At Les 2 Alpes, the Hôtel Les Lutins goes up to 3 stars, and at Tignes, the Isberg residence (12 apartments) opens at Val Claret.
Après-ski, wellness and culture: new places to enjoy
Resorts continue to invest in facilities that extend the ski day and, for the most part, operate all year round.
Orcières: the Palais des Sports becomes the Orcières Arena 1850
Forty years after it was created, the Palais des Sports in Orcières Merlette 1850 emerges from a major renovation under the name Orcières Arena 1850. This 10,000 m² complex brings together a renovated aquatic leisure pool, a 1,600 m² ice rink, a redesigned spa and a new après-ski venue, the After 1850, with eight bowling lanes, two karaoke boxes and a lounge bar. A fitness area, designed with the French alpine ski team’s physical trainer, is intended to host sports training camps in all seasons.
Valmorel: Kanopé, a new aquatic and wellness centre
In the heart of the village of Valmorel, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary, the Kanopé centre has two panoramic saunas, two hammams, four massage rooms, a fitness room and two indoor balneo pools. Entry to the aquatic area costs €9.50 for adults, and to the wellness area (from age 16) €30. A sports pool and a splash pad will complete the offer in summer.
Val Cenis: Vanoise Expérience, a walkway above the treetops
At the Replat des Canons site, at 2,100 m altitude, at the top of the Roches Blanches chairlift, Val Cenis opens Vanoise Expérience, a viewing walkway 126 m long and 4 m wide, perched more than 10 m above the ground. Accessible all year round on skis, on foot, by mountain bike and for people with reduced mobility, it offers a panoramic view of the Vanoise National Park and its glaciers. The route, dotted with interactive features, a suspended net, a slide and an observation tower, covers four themes: biodiversity, Alpine landscapes, glaciers and contemplation. Investment: €2.4 million.
Chamonix: the Mont-Blanc museum’s first exhibition
Reopened in July 2026 after five years of work in the former Chamonix Palace, the Musée du Mont-Blanc presents its first temporary exhibition from December, “Métamorphoses du regard, les Alpes magnifiées” (“Changing perspectives: the Alps magnified”). Until 30 April 2027, it traces the evolution of the massif’s landscapes and how they have been seen, from the 18th century to climate change, through the works of Gabriel Loppé, Georgette Agutte and Thomas Ostoya.
Also worth noting on the leisure side: Le Grand-Bornand opens a 160 m snowtubing run accessible from age 3 and adds a boardercross course and a snow pump track to its Nordic area. At Villard-de-Lans, the Activ’Park (500 m² of trampolines) and the Bloc de l’Ours climbing hall open their doors. Finally, the Queyras ski areas inaugurate four fun pistes for children, each dedicated to a mountain animal.
And in brief across the French Alps…
A giant zip line at Les Carroz
The old Gron chairlift clearing hosts a 1,125 m twin-cable zip line, with an average gradient of 33.6%. You ride it seated, alone or in pairs, and skiers keep their skis on. The departure is at the old arrival station of the chairlift and the arrival is near the start of the new chairlift, above the Gron combe and lake.
A night train links the Netherlands and Belgium to the Tarentaise
After the success of the Travel Night Express Paris – Bourg-Saint-Maurice (85% full), Travelski is opening a night line from Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Antwerp and Brussels, with 15 rotations from 18 December 2026 to 27 March 2027. Tickets from €99 one way.
Bessans opens from 31 October
Thanks to snowfarming, the Nordic site of Bessans lays out a 3.5 km loop to open the season on 31 October 2026, before any other French resort.
Valmorel shows lift waiting times in real time
A page on the skipass.valmorel.com site shows the estimated waiting time for four lifts in the Grand Domaine. The tool comes from Soften, a research project carried out with Grenoble company BlueCime to reduce the energy consumption of lifts.
Courchevel: a 300 m² terrace at the top of the Chenus
A year after the Chenus gondola came into service, a panoramic terrace opens at its arrival.
Plaine-Joux: a chairlift adapted for handiski
The small resort of Passy, facing Mont Blanc, is putting into service a new chairlift adapted for adaptive skiing (handiski).
Avoriaz: the Capella residence fully renovated
For the resort’s 60th anniversary, Pierre & Vacances is renovating its 143 apartments and adding an indoor pool. The carbon footprint of a stay there is halved.
Queyras: a new 3-star hotel in Abriès
The Abriès Hôtel is moving into a former spa centre, a stone’s throw from the pistes. It opens at the end of November with 12 rooms, around twenty by spring 2027, a restaurant serving local produce and a sauna.
Les Saisies: NEST, guesthouse rooms with a spa
In the heart of the resort, ski-in/ski-out, four guesthouse rooms with sauna and relaxation room, from €152 a night for a double room, breakfast included.
Pralognan: UCPA reopens, extended
After €4.5 million of works, the centre increases its capacity by 50% and aims to cut its energy consumption by two thirds.
Winter camping moves upmarket
New chalets at Huttopia Val Cenis (from €470 a week), at the Buidonnière campsite in Aussois (from €510) and at the O2 Area in Orcières, beside the Drac (from €500).
Serre Chevalier: two °Fahrenheit Seven hotels in 2027
The group is building a 4-star hotel of around 87 rooms in La Salle-les-Alpes and a sports hotel with a freestyle zone, opening at the end of 2027. Le Grand Aigle, bought by Friendly Hotels, renovates its communal areas from this winter.
Valloire: a Grand Spa in the heart of the village
A space of 250 m² of balneo, 100 m² of hammam and 50 m² of sauna opens next to the ice rink, in sessions of 2 hours maximum. There are no paid treatments on site. Massages can be booked at the resort’s spas: Sens des Cîmes or the Les Cîmes d’Auréa residence.
Ceillac: a 30 m artificial ice wall
From December, this structure run by the town hall offers several levels, from beginner to expert, with a mixed ice-and-rock section.
A génépi museum near Orcières
The Guillaumette house will open a museum in early 2027 at Saint-Léger-les-Mélèzes, in the former Olympic-size swimming pool, with an immersive room, an odorama and a view of how the génépi (an Alpine herbal liqueur) is made.
Free skiing on your birthday in the Queyras
Lift pass, equipment rental, a lesson and a lunch at altitude are free for anyone celebrating their birthday on the pistes, outside school holidays.
Tignes and Sainte-Foy move to public management
Since 1 June 2026, the local public company ALTTA has operated both ski areas. At Sainte-Foy, the youth pass at €42 extends up to age 18 and the 6-day pass includes a day in Tignes.
Valmorel rewards skiers who arrive by train
With the “Voyagez Vert” offer, a valid train ticket gives you 15% off the lift pass.
La Plagne removes 80% of its banners
Noticing that some skiers no longer pay attention to them, the resort is taking down most of them. They are being replaced by triangular signs inspired by road signs—fewer in number, but better placed.
An exhibition under the ice of Lake Tignes
“Ici commence l’océan” (“Here begins the ocean”), by Laurence Chilin and Alban Michon, can be seen under the ice from 15 December to 13 February, then on the shores until 30 April.
Magic Pass: Hirmentaz and Habères join the Swiss pass
The two resorts of the Alpes du Léman (Lake Geneva area) join the Magic Pass, with a day’s skiing at around €27-28.
The Nordic Pass 74 includes night sessions
From this winter, evening cross-country skiing sessions are included in the pass for the 25 Nordic areas of Haute-Savoie.
Les 2 Alpes open nine months out of twelve
The glacier will allow skiing from 28 November 2026 to 29 August 2027: 218 days of skiing in all.
La Norma awarded the Famille Plus label
The car-free resort becomes the second in Haute Maurienne Vanoise to win the label.
La Grave: a sauna facing La Meije
A self-contained Alpine sauna, Andas, is installed in the La Grave car park, with a panoramic view of La Meije. It can be booked online, €15 for 60 minutes.
Southern French Alps: the Pass Évasion for non-skiers
Pedestrians and snowshoers can now contribute to the grooming, marking and rescue costs of Nordic areas. The pass costs €4 a day, €13 a week and €39 a season.
La Clusaz: an alpine coaster through the forest
A short walk from the village centre, the Luge des Bois offers an 820 m descent at up to 40 km/h, with bends and a 360° spin. Open to skiers and pedestrians alike, it runs one night session a week. A single ride costs €9, ten rides €80, and one ride is included in the stay pass.
Les Carroz: a €39 weekday pass
New day pass for the Les Carroz sector, Monday to Friday outside school holidays. The 2 to 7-day stay pass remains at €29 for under-8s and over-75s.