Most of the ski lifts in the Chamonix Mont-Blanc Valley are back on track for the 2022 summer season. However, this season is marked by many renovations works.
Les Houches / Saint-Gervais
This Pentecost weekend, Les Houches and Saint-Gervais resorts re-opened for the summer season with the opening of the Prarion cable car.
- The Prarion cable car will open again this weekend, 11 and 12 June, before being opened continuously from Saturday 18 June 2022.
- Bellevue cable car is open daily from 11 June 2022. All dates & times are available here
Brévent / Flégère
- Opening of the Brévent and its cable car from Saturday 11 June 2022. All dates & times are available here for Brévent
- Opening of the Flégère cable car from Thursday 9 June 2022, subject to favorable weather.
- Opening of the Index chairlift every day from Saturday 11 June. All dates & times are available here for Flégère
Balme, Le Tour & Vallorcine
- Opening of the Vallorcine cable car from Saturday 11 June 2022. All dates & times are available here
To note that this year, hikers and mountaineers who want to get to the Albert I refuge, without getting too steep, will not be able to count on the Charamillon cable car and the Autannes chairlift, closed all summer due to gondola renovation work at the start of Le Tour.
Grand Montets
At the Grands Montets, the Plan Joran cable car will also run every day during the middle of the summer season. However, it will start a little later.
- Opening of the Plan Joran cable car from Monday 4 July 2022. All dates & times are available here
Montenvers Train
Despite the start of the general renovation of the Montenvers site, the Montenvers Train will operate almost normally. All dates & times are available here
Attention: The Montenvers Train will be closed this Thursday 9 June, so that work can be carried out that requires the closure of this rack line that is more than a hundred years old.
Aiguille du Midi
The Aiguille du Midi and the Panoramic Mont-Blanc cable car will run daily in the summer, except on days of very bad weather and high winds.
- For the Aiguille du Midi cable car, All dates & times are available here
- For the Panoramic Mont-Blanc cable car, All dates & times are available here
Mont Blanc Tramway
- Opening of the Mont-Blanc Tramway every day from Saturday 11 June 2022 All dates & times are available here
Note that a first train will run from the Fayet at 7 a.m. from 9 July to allow climbers heading for Mont Blanc by its normal route to cross the Goûter corridor earlier.
Les Bossons Glacier
The Bossons chairlift makes it easier for hikers to get to the glacier bar and to the Chalet des Pyramides.
- Opening of the chairlift from Saturday 18 June 2022. All dates & times are available here
