French Alps
The French Alps are those parts of the Alps mountain range which lie in France . They are within the regions of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur and Rhône-Alpes .
The specific subranges of the Alps that are at least partly in France include (from south to north):
Mont Blanc is the highest point of the French Alps (and of the Alps as a whole).
Notable towns include Grenoble , Chamonix and Chambéry .
Panorama of Chamonix valley
Ski areas
The largest connected ski areas are :
Les Trois Vallées (Courchevel , Méribel , La Tania , Brides-les-Bains , Saint-Martin-de-Belleville , Les Menuires , Val Thorens and Orelle ) : 338 pistes, 600 km of pistes .
Portes du Soleil (Avoriaz , Châtel , Morzine , Les Gets , Saint-Jean d'Aulps , La Chapelle d'Abondance , Abondance , Montriond , Swiss resorts) : 288 pistes, 650 km of pistes not entirely connected.
Paradiski (La Plagne , Peisey-Vallandry , Les Arcs ) : 239 pistes, 420 km of pistes.
Via Lattea (Montgenèvre , Italian resorts) : 214 pistes, 400 km of pistes.
Évasion Mont-Blanc (Combloux , Megève , Saint-Gervais , Saint-Nicolas-de-Véroce , Les Contamines Monjoie ) : 183 pistes, 420 km of pistes not entirely connected.
Espace Killy (Tignes , Val-d'Isère ) : 137 pistes, 300 km of pistes.
Grand Massif (Flaine , Les Carroz , Morillon , Samoëns , Sixt ) : 134 pistes, 265 km of pistes.
Les Aravis (La Clusaz , Manigod , Croix Fry , Merdassier , Le Grand-Bornand ) : 133 pistes, 220 km of pistes not entirely connected.
Les Grandes Rousses (L'Alpe d'Huez , Vaujany , Auris-en-Oisans , Oz-en-Oisans , Villard-Reculas ) : 117 pistes, 236 km of pistes.
Serre Chevalier : 111 pistes, 250 km of pistes.
La Forêt Blanche (Risoul , Vars ) : 104 pistes, 180 km of pistes.
Les Sybelles (Le Corbier , La Toussuire , Les Bottières , Saint-Jean-d'Arves , Saint-Sorlin-d'Arves , Saint-Colomban-des-Villards ) : 96 pistes, 310 km of pistes.
Valloire and Valmeinier : 83 pistes, 150 km of pistes.
Grand Domaine (Valmorel , Saint-François-Longchamp ) : 82 pistes, 150 km of pistes
Espace San Bernardo (La Rosière , La Thuile - Italie) : 73 pistes, 150 km of pistes.
Les Deux Alpes and La Grave : 69 pistes, 220 km of pistes.
(ski areas ranked according to the number of marked runs; figure more reliable than the traditional number of km given by the resorts themselves). (2005).
The other large alpine ski areas are:
See also
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