Montgenèvre
Slope Breakdown
Montgenèvre at a glance
Montgenèvre is a ski resort in France, part of the Via Lattea ski area. It offers 400 km of slopes served by 71 lifts, with skiing between 1,860 m and 2,823 m (963 m vertical). That makes it the 14th largest of the 40 ski resorts in France listed on Intski. The season usually runs from December to April. Montgenèvre is an intermediate's mountain: roughly 55% of the slopes are red runs.
Top features of this resort
Snow forecast
About 11 cm of new snow at the top (2,823 m) in the next 3 days, 2 cm at the base.
New snow and temperature at the top station. Estimated by Intski from the MET Norway forecast, updated every few hours. Where it snows most this week
Email me when it snows
An alert when 15 cm or more is on the way at Montgenèvre, and a heads-up before it opens.
Getting there & lift pass
Nearest airport
Turin (TRN) — about 79 km from the resort, straight-line distance, allow more by road.
Lift pass
Adult day pass around 56 EUR (2026/27 season). Montgenèvre domain day pass, high season rate.
Compare lift pass prices at all resortsPrice source, checked 2026-09-14
Driving to Montgenèvre
Rules for a car in France, checked 30 September 2026 against official sources.
Road charge
Motorway tolls by distance. A43 (AREA) Saint-Quentin-Fallavier barrier (Lyon) to Chambéry Nord, 88 km, class 1 €13.40, A43 (AREA) Chignin barrier to Aiton, 31 km, class 1 (towards Albertville and Maurienne) €4.20
Winter tyres
Winter tyres or chains on board, 1 Nov to 31 Mar, in the signed mountain zones
Studded tyres
Allowed 1 Nov to 31 Mar (90 km/h, rear disc)
Fréjus Road Tunnel (France to Italy): EUR 55.50 one way / 69.20 return
Bardonecchia, Via Lattea (Sestriere, Sauze d'Oulx), Maurienne Tariff from 1 Jan 2026, French platform, VAT included. Class 1: height at front axle under 1.30 m and total height up to 2 m. Class 2 (over 1.30 m at front axle or 2–3 m high): 73.40 / 92.30. Fréjus classes use height and axles only, no weight: class 3 is a 2-axle vehicle over 3 m (HGV Euro 5-6 and buses Euro 4-6: 201.50 / 313.60; buses Euro 3: 211.50 / 329.20; buses Euro 0-2: 213.20 / 331.80). Return valid until 23:59 on the 7th day (classes 1, 2, 5) or 15th day (classes 3, 4). 2027 price not yet published as of 2026-09-30.
Montgenèvre resort facts
These figures cover the lift network Montgenèvre shares with Sauze d’Oulx and Sestriere on Intski: one sector of the Via Lattea pass, not the whole pass. Difficulty shares from skiresort.info.
About Montgenèvre
Montgenèvre is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in south-eastern France, and it sits directly on the Italian border.
Resort Highlights
On the Italian border
Montgenèvre is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region in south-eastern France, and it sits directly on the Italian border. That frontier position defines the resort: the ski area listed for it is the Via Lattea, an Italian name that gives away its cross-border character, and the nearest airport is not a French one at all but Turin. The commune has an Olympic future too. Wikipedia records that it will host the freestyle skiing and snowboarding events of the 2030 Winter Olympics.
Big area, high base
The Via Lattea totals 400 km of pistes and 71 lifts, which puts Montgenèvre’s lift pass in the same league as the large linked areas of the French Alps, even though the village itself is a small commune. For a village base, that is a striking amount of skiing to have on the pass. The difficulty split is not recorded in our data, but at 400 km the spread of terrain is wide by definition, and the number of lifts, 71, indicates a network that connects several sectors rather than one mountain served intensively.
The altitude figures are Montgenèvre’s strongest card. The base is at 1,860 m, high enough that the village and its lower slopes sit in reliable snow country, and the top lifts reach 2,823 m. That vertical of a little under 1,000 m is not enormous, but the whole of it lies above 1,800 m, which is why the site tags the resort as snow-sure. A December to April season on this footing is one you can book early without watching the forecast.
Sun and views
The resort’s position in the southern French Alps, at the border with Italy, gives it the scenery that earns its scenic-views tag. The site does not tag Montgenèvre for après-ski or traditional character, which is a fair hint about the kind of place it is: a resort chosen for its snow, its altitude and the amount of skiing on the pass, rather than for nightlife or a historic village centre. Its selection for the 2030 freestyle and snowboard events also says something about the terrain and snow the organisers found here, though the details of the venues are not in our data.
Practical
Turin is the nearest airport, roughly 79 km away as the crow flies, and coming in from the Italian side is the natural approach. The season runs from December to April. The resort’s official website is the reference for passes and lift status.
Frequently asked questions about Montgenèvre
Montgenèvre is part of the Via Lattea, a ski area totalling 400 km of pistes and 71 lifts, whose Italian name reflects the resort's position on the French-Italian border.
According to Wikipedia, Montgenèvre will host the freestyle skiing and snowboarding events of the 2030 Winter Olympics.
The base sits at 1,860 m and the top lifts reach 2,823 m, so all of the skiing lies above 1,800 m. The high base is the key figure.
Italy. Turin airport is roughly 79 km away as the crow flies, closer than any French airport.
It is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department. The site tags it for snow reliability and scenic views rather than traditional character.
Montgenèvre has 400 km of marked slopes: 96 km easy (blue), 220 km intermediate (red), 84 km expert (black), served by 71 ski lifts.
The skiing in Montgenèvre ranges from 1,860 m at the base to 2,823 m at the top — a vertical drop of 963 m.
The ski season in Montgenèvre typically runs from December to April. Exact opening dates vary by year and snow conditions.
Montgenèvre is better suited to confident skiers — only around 24% of the slopes are rated easy.
Montgenèvre has 84 km of expert (black) slopes — about 21% of the total.
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