Is Les Contamines open?
The alpine ski area of Les Contamines / Hauteluce will be open from Saturday 21st December 2019 to Sunday 19th April 2020, and week-ends of december depending on snow conditions.
How high is Les Contamines Montjoie?
between 1,200 and 2,500 m
Les Contamines-Montjoie / Hauteluce Located between 1,200 and 2,500 m altitude, on the border between the Savoie and Haute Savoie, the ski resort of Les Contamines is suitable for every level of skier.
Which ski area is Les Gets in?
Portes du Soleil ski area
You’ll find Les Gets in the Portes du Soleil ski area, one of the world’s most vast, linking 12 French and Swiss resorts and 600 kilometres of slopes.
What is Les Gets like for skiing?
Les Gets boasts magnificent views and scenery overlooking the Mont Blanc range. At just over an hours’ drive from Geneva Airport, Les Gets is nestled in the Portes du Soleil, arguably the biggest ski area in the Alps stretching over 12 resorts, even into Switzerland.
What does contamines mean?
[kɔ̃tamine ] Full verb table transitive verb. (par un virus) to infect.
Where is Montjoie France?
Haute-Savoie
Les Contamines-Montjoie (French pronunciation: [le kɔ̃tamin mɔ̃ʒwa]) is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.
Is Les good for beginners?
The dedicated beginner areas in Les Gets are excellent and easily accessible using the Chavannes gondola. There are two moving carpet lifts and two rope-tows, plus a gentle button-lift that accesses the children’s village and a couple of steeper beginner slopes.
Which is better Morzine or Les Gets?
Les Gets is more compact and perhaps more family oriented. Morzine is more spread out, bigger and offers more in the way of lively “apres ski”. With small kids I’d personally prefer Les Gets – and ski lessons with one of the small ski schools.
Is Les Gets Better than Morzine?
Is Megeve good for beginners?
Megeve is best for beginner and intermediate snowboarders. Advanced boarders and freestyle skiers can entertain themselves in the four terrain parks, the biggest and best of which is on Mont d’Arbois.