Oisans - Montgenevre

The whole family can enjoy the resort's facilities: discovery trail, half pipe, free-ride zones or children's play area at the top of the Chalvet gondola!

It is also one of the most accessible skiing resort of the Southern Alps coming from the North.  Looking at the quality of its transportation infrastructures, the cross-border pass of Montgenèvre is easy to get to, thanks to the MOTORWAY Chambéry/Modane and the Fréjus Alpine TUNNEL nearby as well as the Italian train station of Oulx only 15 km away (Paris-Oulx in 4 h 30 min with TGV/Express train!)

Why Montgenevre?

·          Good snow record

·          Plenty of intermediate cruising

·          Links to Italian ski resorts (Milky Way ski domain)

Children

The Les Sourires Children's Club

Information:
00 33 4 92 21 52 50
This completely new club is in the Maison du Village. Open every day for
children from 6 months to 6 years. The Club will keep a close eye on your kids for half a day or the whole day. 2.59 € / hour. 

Please, note that booking is required!

Children from 6 months to 6 years also have their own special place at

Montgenèvre: a brand new childcare nursery in the Maison du Village at the heart of the resort. Facing due south, it has a big, attractive terrace with games and play equipment for all ages.

Open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Sunday. Once a week, there’s a 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. service to give parents time for a romantic evening!!

Full day: €29.50

(meal supplied by parents)

Half day: €14.50.

The resort offers a choice of many free play areas.
At Montgenèvre: 1 on the Promenad & 1 in front of the Maison du Village.

Eating Out, Après-Ski and Amenities in Montgenevre

Supermarket, boulangerie, tabac, butcher, post office, doctors, 11 restaurants/bars, 1 nightclub

Activities in Montgenevre

Ice rink

Information: +33 4 92 21 52 52
With its natural surface, the Montgenèvre skating rink is open whenever weather conditions permit. Facing the slopes, it is
open to skaters day and night from December to the beginning of March

Snowshoeing

4 ROUTES:
- Montgenèvre – Clavière (5 km round trip)
- Sentier du Rachas (4 km round trip)
- Bois de Sestrières (6 km round trip)
- Le grand balcon and the Rocher Diseur. Easy access using the ski lifts.
A map with all the cross country tracks and walking trails is available
at the Tourist Office and at ski pass sales points.

ESF - Tél (+33)4 92 21 90 46

Toboggan track

Use the travelator opposite the Office du Tourisme for maximum entertainment with minimum effort.
New for Winter 2007: 2 toboggan areas – one for 2-6 year olds, and the other for older adventurers.

Skidoo

Guided night-time adventures with SUNSCOOT
Tel: +33 4 92 21 83 35
Discover the mountain in a completely different way at the controls of your snowmobile.
The adventure begins every evening at 17:30 (booking required).
Option of enjoying dinner in a mountain chalet.
Driver: €70; Driver + passenger: €80; Passenger sitting behind the guide: €20; Children (in a trailer).

Sleigh rides

LES SABOTS DE LA CLARÉE

Véronique VACHET

Villa Rose des Vents

La Vachette – 05100 Val-des-Prés

Tel/fax +33 (0)4 92 20 19 46 / +33 (0)6 61 71 98 45

vero_vachet@hotmail.fr / www.lessabotsdelaclaree.fr

Sleigh rides. 30-minute ride to the Mas des Alberts. Ideal for groups, special events, parties and weddings…

Prices: €8 for adults, €6 for children. Wednesdays and Sundays outside French school holidays; every day except Saturdays during French school holidays

All the above information is for information only. For the most up-to-date information please visit the resort tourist office website

Montgenevre Tourist Office   

00 33 (0)4 92 21 52 52

www.montgenevre.com

Accessto Montgenevre                     

By Road: Distance from Calais to Montgenevre: 611 miles. Montgenevre is between 9 and 11 hours from Calais and is motorway all the way except for the last 30 minutes. Montgenevre is situated only 30 minutes from the A32 autoroute.

Paris - Lyon - Chambéry - Modane (by Motorway) Oulx (Italy)-Montgenevre

Lyon - Grenoble by Motorway +  Lautaret Pass

Grenoble - Briançon by National Road RN 91 +  Lautaret Pass

Briançon - Montgenèvre by National Road RN 94 (12 km)

By Rail: The nearest railway station is Briancon, 12kms away from the resort. From the UK, take the Eurostar from Waterloo station to Paris (four hours). From the French capital, connect with one of the local trains that run regularly to Briancon. Transportation from the station to Montgenevre is provided by taxis.

Airports:Mongenèvre is an hour and a half drive away from Turin Airport which is 101km away.

Grenoble-Isère Airport is 222km away and a 2 hour 25 minutes drive away from the resort.

Geneva Airport is two hours 30 minutes away - www.gva.ch/en  

Access Plan

Montgenevre

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Resort Map

Mongenevre

Montgenevre’s local slopes are best suited to leisurely intermediates with lots of easy cruising on blues and greens, both above and in the woods.

The major north-facing Les Gondrans sector offers easy intermediate slopes above the mid-mountain gondola station, with more of a mix of runs lower down. There are very few challenging pistes however there is ample off-piste terrain.

There is a fine selection of convenient nursery slopes with reliable snow at the foot of the north facing area. Progression to longer runs could not be easier with a very easy blue starting at Les Anges, leading on to a green.

For boarders there are goof local beginner slopes and long runs on varied terrain for intermediates. There are some excellent off-piste areas for more advanced boarders and a dedicated free-ride area at Les Gondrans.

The resorts of Serre Chevalier and Puy Saint Vincent are easily reached by car.

The Montgenèvre skiing area is one of a group of 6 resorts making up the Via Lattea. Together, they offer over 400 kilometres of pistes, 93 ski lifts and over 1000 snow canons.  With over 65 kilometres of pistes, the Montgenèvre skiing area continues to be upgraded every year.

The resort’s artificial snowmaking facilities have been upgraded again for this winter, especially in the L’Aigle sector, and now cover 45% of the skiing area. A new underground walkway beneath the Les Chalmettes ZAC

(joint development zone) links the snow front to the Les Chalmettes gondola lift.

Lift passes

Save Time in resort and budget ahead by pre-booking lift passes. See below for prices.

Pre-book your 6 day lift-pass with Peak Retreats

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Ski Schools        

Call us to pre-book your group ski lessons

Please note that a booking fee of £9 per party will be charged.

Prices will be available shortly.

Individual Tuitions (08/09 prices)

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Cross-country

The ski area of Montgenèvre offers three cross-country skiing courses for beginners and experienced skiers. The Bois de Sestrières, which snakes between the larch trees beneath the slopes of Le Janus, is a pretty forest route that has been transformed into a very easy course leading to a vantage point with incredible views of La Vachette and Briançon. Variants of this pleasant route create two more challenging courses (graded red and black). The Les Lacs circuit flirts with the Italian border and extends to beneath the slopes of L'Aigle. Three slopes of increasing difficulty provide the descent to Clavière in Italy, before returning via Le Tremplin. Recently completed bridges opened this year span the alpine runs. Lastly, a change of location and surroundings outside the village/resort, but one that's very easy to get to: the Les Alberts/Val des Prés site stretches out down the valley. There is about 60 kilometres of easy route, with little height differential since it follows the Clarée river, one of the prettiest watercourses in the region.

Fluctuating between open ground and forest, it presents no major difficulties, and is equally suited to beginners and those in training.

Terrain park

Half-pipe and boarder cross near the Prarial chair and a freeride zone higher up on the Gondrans sector, next to the Observatoire chair.