Italy · up to 3422 m

Courmayeur

Mont Blanc's Italian side, where lunch is taken as seriously as the skiing.

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Marked runs

63 named

44.2 km

Total slopes

Lifts

2219 m

Vertical drop

3422 m

Top elevation

1203 m

Base elevation

Blue 16 kmRed 21.1 kmBlack 4.1 kmFreeride 3.1 km

The story of Courmayeur

Courmayeur is what happens when the highest mountain in Western Europe meets Italian appetite. The old town — cobbled lanes, the church tower, the mountain-guide society founded in 1850, Italy's oldest — sits directly beneath the colossal south wall of Monte Bianco, and its people have made a living from that mountain for two centuries: first as smugglers and guides, now as hosts of one of the Alps' most charismatic resorts.

The lift-served skiing on the Checrouit–Val Veny bowl is mid-sized but full of character, split between sunny balcony pistes with Mont Blanc filling the horizon and sheltered forest runs above Val Veny. The real trump card is the Skyway Monte Bianco, a rotating-cabin cable car rising to Punta Helbronner at 3,466 m — gateway to the Vallée Blanche glacier run down to Chamonix, and to serious off-piste like the Toula glacier, all with a guide.

But nowhere out-lunches Courmayeur. The mountain rifugi — Maison Vieille chief among them — turn a ski day into a long Aostan feast of fontina, polenta and local reds, and the evening passeggiata down Via Roma is as essential as any piste.

Great for foodiesGreat for scenery loversGreat for off-piste adventurersGreat for weekenders

Signature runs

Vallée Blanche from Punta Helbronner

The Italian start to the world's most famous glacier run — ride the Skyway up, ski 2,000+ m of wild glacier down toward Chamonix with a guide.

Dell'Orso to Zerotta

The Val Veny side's tree-lined descent — protected, playful, and framed by Mont Blanc's glaciers.

Checrouit sunny reds

Morning-light cruising on the open side of the bowl, with the Grandes Jorasses across the valley.

Local tips

◆Book lunch at a rifugio before you book anything else — Maison Vieille and its peers fill up by noon.
◆Chamonix is 20 minutes through the Mont Blanc tunnel: two countries, one weekend.
◆The Val Veny side keeps better snow; the Checrouit side keeps better sun. Split the day accordingly.
◆Ride the Skyway even without ski plans — the rotating cabins and 3,466 m terrace are a bucket-list trip alone.

Did you know?

Courmayeur's Società delle Guide Alpine, founded 1850, is the oldest mountain-guide association in Italy.

The Skyway Monte Bianco's cabins rotate 360° on the way to Punta Helbronner at 3,466 m.

Courmayeur sits at the Italian mouth of the Mont Blanc tunnel, 11.6 km under the massif to France.

Mountain records

Longest run

Ghiacciaio Toula

3.1 km · 1259 m vertical · Freeride (unpatrolled)

Steepest sustained pitch

Ghiacciaio Toula

max 178.7% gradient · 3.1 km · Freeride (unpatrolled)

The 10 best runs at Courmayeur, scored

Every run is scored 0–100 from its real shape — vertical drop, length, how well its steepness fits its difficulty class, and flow (flats and uphill sections cost points). How the Bonvo Score works →

174
Ghiacciaio Toula
3.1 km · 1259 m drop · avg 40.2% · Outstanding
Freeride
272
Checrouit
1.8 km · 536 m drop · avg 29.8% · Outstanding
Red
366
Internazionale
1.5 km · 472 m drop · avg 30.9% · Excellent
Red
461
Pra Neyron
1.7 km · 327 m drop · avg 19% · Excellent
Blue
561
Lazey
1.3 km · 276 m drop · avg 20.5% · Excellent
Red
661
Rocce Bianche
896 m · 339 m drop · avg 37.6% · Excellent
Black
759
Aretù
1.9 km · 382 m drop · avg 20.1% · Excellent
Red
858
Des Eves
738 m · 267 m drop · avg 35.6% · Excellent
Black
957
Pista dell'orso
706 m · 261 m drop · avg 36% · Excellent
Black
1055
Le Greye
986 m · 286 m drop · avg 28.3% · Excellent
Red

All 63 named slopes

Slope	Difficulty	Length	Vertical	Avg gradient	Score
Ghiacciaio Toula	Freeride	3.1 km	1259 m	40.2%	74
Checrouit	Red	1.8 km	536 m	29.8%	72
Internazionale	Red	1.5 km	472 m	30.9%	66
Pra Neyron	Blue	1.7 km	327 m	19%	61
Lazey	Red	1.3 km	276 m	20.5%	61
Rocce Bianche	Black	896 m	339 m	37.6%	61
Aretù	Red	1.9 km	382 m	20.1%	59
Des Eves	Black	738 m	267 m	35.6%	58
Pista dell'orso	Black	706 m	261 m	36%	57
Le Greye	Red	986 m	286 m	28.3%	55
Val Veny	Blue	989 m	150 m	15%	55
Dolonne	Red	2.5 km	476 m	18.6%	54
Youla	Red	1.2 km	318 m	26.2%	53
Val Veny	Blue	1.5 km	252 m	16.2%	53
Canalino	Red	591 m	147 m	24.4%	53
Stadio Slalom	Red	681 m	219 m	31.2%	53
Aretú	Red	562 m	158 m	27.4%	53
Comba Moretta	Red	1.2 km	277 m	22.1%	52
Gigante	Red	774 m	240 m	30.6%	52
Diretta	Black	491 m	120 m	23.9%	51
Pista del Cervo	Red	424 m	120 m	28.3%	51
Diretta	Black	316 m	141 m	43.2%	51
Dzeleuna	Red	369 m	101 m	27%	50
Youla	Red	537 m	81 m	14.6%	50
Chiecco	Blue	430 m	89 m	19.7%	50
Comba Moretta	Red	595 m	73 m	12.2%	50
Courba	Blue	377 m	76 m	19%	49
Dolonne	Red	292 m	72 m	24.1%	49
Diretta	Blue	817 m	112 m	13.6%	49
Diretta	Black	179 m	97 m	48.7%	48
Val Veny	Blue	1.1 km	133 m	11.8%	47
Del Colle	Blue	199 m	37 m	18.7%	47
Stadio Slalom	Red	116 m	32 m	25.4%	47
Chiecco	Blue	139 m	29 m	19.2%	47
Diretta	Black	80 m	37 m	36.7%	47
Diretta	Black	128 m	40 m	26.7%	47
Del Colle	Blue	117 m	23 m	18.7%	46
Raccordo Piste Plan Checrouit	Blue	84 m	16 m	16%	46
Lavechon	Red	153 m	21 m	12%	46
Dolonne	Red	57 m	17 m	22.3%	46
Maison Vieille	Blue	104 m	18 m	14.5%	46
Lassy	Red	167 m	54 m	30.7%	46
Diretta	Blue	67 m	9 m	12.5%	46
Raccordo	Red	340 m	41 m	11.8%	44
Tzaly	Blue	277 m	41 m	13.1%	44
Diagonale Peindent	Blue	1.0 km	149 m	14.1%	43
Pra Neyron	Blue	144 m	27 m	15.9%	43
Maison Vieille	Blue	626 m	77 m	11.8%	43
Lavechon	Red	490 m	86 m	16.8%	42
Chetif	Blue	659 m	110 m	16.3%	42
Tzaly	Blue	99 m	11 m	10.2%	42
Pra Neyron	Blue	108 m	12 m	8%	42
Pra Neyron	Blue	89 m	6 m	5.4%	40
Diagonale Peindent	Blue	1.2 km	147 m	11.8%	40
Maison Vieille	Blue	177 m	13 m	6.3%	39
Stadio Slalom	Red	384 m	144 m	36.1%	39
Lassy	Red	211 m	79 m	35%	38
Pra Neyron	Blue	589 m	54 m	8.5%	38
Arp rossa	Red	330 m	93 m	26.6%	38
Pra Neyron	Blue	71 m	6 m	5.1%	36
Variante Verde	Blue	440 m	38 m	6.9%	34
Val Veny	Blue	517 m	29 m	5.1%	31
Stadio Slalom	Red	88 m	3 m	1.3%	19

Lifts at Courmayeur

2× gondola8× chair lift6× cable car3× platter5× magic carpet

Lift	Type	Length	Rise	Seats	Ride time
Skyway Monte Bianco	Cable car · heated	2.3 km	1267 m	75	10 min
Courmayeur	Cable car	1.9 km	490 m	—	—
Checrouit	Gondola	1.8 km	551 m	6	—
Skyway Monte Bianco	Cable car · heated	1.5 km	845 m	80	10 min
Youla	Cable car	1.4 km	349 m	—	—
Bertolini	Chairlift	1.4 km	497 m	4	—
Aretù	Chairlift	1.4 km	373 m	4	—
Dolonne	Gondola	1.3 km	505 m	8	—
Zerotta	Chairlift	1.2 km	543 m	4	—
Peindeint	Chairlift	1.2 km	359 m	2	—
Pra Neyron	Chairlift	1.1 km	345 m	6	—
Val Veny	Cable car	1.1 km	624 m	76	140 min
Le Greye	Platter lift	970 m	289 m	—	—
Plan de la Gabba	Chairlift	865 m	275 m	4	—
Maison Vieille	Chairlift	832 m	250 m	2	—
Dzeleuna	Chairlift	609 m	190 m	3	—
Arp	Cable car	448 m	126 m	—	—
Chiecco	Platter lift	283 m	89 m	—	—
Tizaly	Platter lift	233 m	39 m	—	—
Prato	Magic carpet	65 m	13 m	—	—