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New €155m Les Grands Montets Lift Begins Opening This Winter
Closed since the devastating 2018 fire, the first part of the flagship new Grands Montets lift above Argentière in the Chamonix Valley is set to open this December.
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Chamonix at 2440 m altitude
Issued by Snow-Forecast.com at: 7 pm (local time) / 18 Oct 2026
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light snow | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | cloudy | light rain | light snow | light snow | light snow | light snow | some clouds | some clouds | cloudy | cloudy | snow shwrs | snow shwrs | |
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 cm | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
mm | 1 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
max °C | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | -1 | -3 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | -1 |
min °C | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | -2 | -3 | -3 | 0 | -1 | 0 | -1 | -3 |
chill °C | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | -2 | -3 | -6 | -7 | -5 | -2 | -5 | -5 | -7 | -7 |
Humid % | 96 | 67 | 70 | 67 | 79 | 87 | 99 | 69 | 94 | 59 | 34 | 43 | 50 | 73 | 79 | 85 |
Freeze m | 2950 | 3400 | 3350 | 3550 | 3450 | 3150 | 2700 | 2400 | 2150 | 1650 | 2300 | 2500 | 2400 | 2500 | 2350 | 1900 |
 | — | 7:52 | — | — | 7:54 | — | — | 7:56 | — | — | 7:56 | — | — | 7:58 | — | — |
 | — | — | 6:39 | — | — | 6:38 | — | — | 6:37 | — | — | 6:35 | — | — | 6:32 | — |
Next 4 days weather summary:Mild with light rain (total 8.0mm) on Tue night Becoming colder with a light covering of snow, mostly falling on Tue night. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 6°C on Mon afternoon, min -2°C on Wed afternoon). Wind will be generally light. | Days 5-7 weather summary:A light covering of new snow, mostly falling on Sat afternoon. Temperatures will be below freezing (max 0°C on Thu afternoon, min -4°C on Sat morning). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||
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| Last snowfall: | 10 Oct 2026 |
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Other resorts in France are reporting: powder (0) / good piste (0)
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Week 3 of October has on average:
0.4 | Bluebird Powder days Fresh snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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0.3 | Powder days Fresh snow, limited sun, any wind. |
0.8 | Bluebird days Average snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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Visitor Reviews of Chamonix
Overall 4.1 Based on 56 votes and 92 reviews
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- Martin from United Kingdom writes:
This is from a piste skier’s perspective. Despite the smaller individual areas, Chamonix is still great. If you think carefully where to stay, you can use the quick reliable train to easily get to the Grand Montets, Flegere and Le Tour (Valloricine station). The buses are fine and really frequent but the train is easier. The Brevent-Flegere area is big enough to keep you happy for a couple of days and has terrific views. Le Tour (Balme) is better than I remembered. Grands Montets is really missing the top lift that’s being rebuilt. Food on the mountain has improved with more options than I remember from my last trip 10 years ago. Food in town is still really good with loads of choice. It’s easy to get to, I took an overnight bus from Paris which worked well. I arrived at 7, had breakfast in the Plan B hotel by the bus station and was skiing by 9. If that’s too extreme, Geneva airport is just over an hour away and there are good train services from Paris. If you’re a piste skier who occasionally ventures off-piste, Chamonix is poor as there are so many good powder skiers it gets tracked out in no time. The great off-piste is well away from the ski areas and quite serious.
Visitor Reviews of Chamonix
Martin from United Kingdom writes:
This is from a piste skier’s perspective. Despite the smaller individual areas, Chamonix is still great. If you think carefully where to stay, you can use the quick reliable train to easily get to the Grand Montets, Flegere and Le Tour (Valloricine station). The buses are fine and really frequent but the train is easier.
The Brevent-Flegere area is big enough to keep you happy for a couple of days and has terrific views. Le Tour (Balme) is better than I remembered. Grands Montets is really missing the top lift that’s being rebuilt.
Food on the mountain has improved with more options than I remember from my last trip 10 years ago. Food in town is still really good with loads of choice.
It’s easy to get to, I took an overnight bus from Paris which worked well. I arrived at 7, had breakfast in the Plan B hotel by the bus station and was skiing by 9. If that’s too extreme, Geneva airport is just over an hour away and there are good train services from Paris.
If you’re a piste skier who occasionally ventures off-piste, Chamonix is poor as there are so many good powder skiers it gets tracked out in no time. The great off-piste is well away from the ski areas and quite serious.
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