{"id":70384,"date":"2024-06-03T15:38:30","date_gmt":"2024-06-03T15:38:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ultimatesk2stg.wpengine.com\/ski-resorts\/france\/megeve\/ski-lifts\/"},"modified":"2024-11-08T14:35:28","modified_gmt":"2024-11-08T14:35:28","slug":"ski-lifts","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ultimate-ski.com\/ski-resorts\/france\/megeve\/ski-lifts\/","title":{"rendered":"Ski Lifts"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Megeve\u2019s ski lift system is quite antiquated and slow, which is surprising given that it is such an upmarket resort. The Megeve Evasion Mont Blanc ski pass also covers the neighbouring resort of Les Contamines, but the two ski lift systems are linked only by bus or unofficial off-piste ski routes that can be dangerous or unskiable if conditions are not right.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"jumplinks\"><ul><li><a href=\"#section-megeve-ski-lifts-1\" title=\"Megeve Ski Lifts\">Megeve Ski Lifts<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#section-megeve-ski-passes-2\" title=\"Megeve Ski Passes\">Megeve Ski Passes<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 id=\"section-megeve-ski-lifts-1\">Megeve Ski Lifts<\/h2>\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Megeve suffers horribly from a slow lift system and while it copes reasonably well at quiet times, Megeve&#8217;s popularity, proximity to Geneva results and slow lifts result in queuing most weekends in peak season and especially during school holidays. The Lanchettes in Cote 2000 is overcrowded and queuing can be a problem, and the link between RochbCrune and Cote 2000 is also extremely busy.<br \/><br \/>It is all very well riding slow chairlifts if you want to enjoy the views and can afford to be kept warm by a fur coat, but the ski area would greatly benefit from a faster lift system. Almost a third of Megeve&#8217;s ski lift system is made up of chairlifts, but they are mostly slow and old, without bubble covers and heated seats that have been successfully installed in some other French ski resorts such as the Three Valleys.<\/p>\r\n<h2 id=\"section-megeve-ski-passes-2\">Megeve Ski Passes<\/h2>\r\n<p>The main pass which most people use, and is suitable for most people coming here for a week or a long weekend is the <strong>Evasion Mont Blanc<\/strong> or &#8216;<strong>EMB<\/strong>&#8216;. The EMB covers all the lift-linked areas around Megeve (Megeve, St Gervais, St Nicholas de Veroce, Combloux, La Giettaz) plus the Les Contaimines ski area which is accessed either via bus or by unofficial off-piste ski routes from Mt Joly.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>There is a cheaper pass, called the <strong>Les<\/strong> <strong>Portes du Mont Blanc<\/strong>,\u00a0 that covers only the ski area to the North of Megeve (Jaillet, Combloux,\u00a0 La Giettaz). For a novice who has outgrown the special beginners pass or for a very occasional skier who wants to save money this can make some sense but you do miss out on some of Megeve&#8217;s best skiing on Mt Joly, Mt Joux and Cote 2000.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>The cheapest pass of all is the <strong>special beginners pass<\/strong> which covers the beginners&#8217; slopes on Rochebrune, Mont d&#8217;Arbois and around La Princesse.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>If you&#8217;re in Megeve for a long time and want to visit neighbouring resorts there is also the<strong> Mont Blanc Unlimited<\/strong> pass. The <strong>MBU<\/strong> covers a huge area &#8211; as well as covering everything covered by the EMB it also covers all the <a title=\"Chamonix\" href=\"\/ski-resorts\/france\/chamonix\">Chamonix \u00a0Valley<\/a> including les Houches, <a title=\"Courmayeur\" href=\"\/ski-resorts\/italy\/courmayeur\">Courmayeur<\/a> and <a title=\"Verbier\" href=\"\/ski-resorts\/switzerland\/verbier\">Verbier.<\/a> Realistically you are going to need a car and to be in Megeve for more than a week to get full value from the pass.<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Megeve\u2019s ski lift system is quite antiquated and slow, which is surprising given that it is such an upmarket resort. The Megeve Evasion Mont Blanc ski pass also covers the neighbouring resort of Les Contamines, but the two ski lift&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":507,"featured_media":0,"parent":2579,"menu_order":20,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"template-resort-subpage.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[650,746],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70384","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","category-france","category-megeve","entry","no-media"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ski Lifts - Ultimate Ski<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ultimate-ski.com\/ski-resorts\/france\/megeve\/ski-lifts\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ski Lifts - Ultimate Ski\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Megeve\u2019s ski lift system is quite antiquated and slow, which is surprising given that it is such an upmarket resort. The Megeve Evasion Mont Blanc ski pass also covers the neighbouring resort of Les Contamines, but the two ski lift&hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ultimate-ski.com\/ski-resorts\/france\/megeve\/ski-lifts\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ultimate Ski\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-11-08T14:35:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ultimate-ski.com\/ski-resorts\/france\/megeve\/ski-lifts\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ultimate-ski.com\/ski-resorts\/france\/megeve\/ski-lifts\/\",\"name\":\"Ski Lifts - Ultimate Ski\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ultimate-ski.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2024-06-03T15:38:30+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-11-08T14:35:28+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ultimate-ski.com\/ski-resorts\/france\/megeve\/ski-lifts\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.ultimate-ski.com\/ski-resorts\/france\/megeve\/ski-lifts\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ultimate-ski.com\/ski-resorts\/france\/megeve\/ski-lifts\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.ultimate-ski.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Ski Resorts\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.ultimate-ski.com\/ski-resorts\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"France\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.ultimate-ski.com\/ski-resorts\/france\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"Megeve\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.ultimate-ski.com\/ski-resorts\/france\/megeve\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":5,\"name\":\"Ski Lifts\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ultimate-ski.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ultimate-ski.com\/\",\"name\":\"Ultimate Ski\",\"description\":\"Ski Resorts, Accomodation &amp; more\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ultimate-ski.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.ultimate-ski.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ultimate-ski.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Ultimate Ski\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ultimate-ski.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ultimate-ski.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"\",\"contentUrl\":\"\",\"caption\":\"Ultimate Ski\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ultimate-ski.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Ski Lifts - Ultimate Ski","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ultimate-ski.com\/ski-resorts\/france\/megeve\/ski-lifts\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Ski Lifts - Ultimate Ski","og_description":"Megeve\u2019s ski lift system is quite antiquated and slow, which is surprising given that it is such an upmarket resort. The Megeve Evasion Mont Blanc ski pass also covers the neighbouring resort of Les Contamines, but the two ski lift&hellip;","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ultimate-ski.com\/ski-resorts\/france\/megeve\/ski-lifts\/","og_site_name":"Ultimate Ski","article_modified_time":"2024-11-08T14:35:28+00:00","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ultimate-ski.com\/ski-resorts\/france\/megeve\/ski-lifts\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ultimate-ski.com\/ski-resorts\/france\/megeve\/ski-lifts\/","name":"Ski Lifts - Ultimate Ski","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ultimate-ski.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2024-06-03T15:38:30+00:00","dateModified":"2024-11-08T14:35:28+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ultimate-ski.com\/ski-resorts\/france\/megeve\/ski-lifts\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ultimate-ski.com\/ski-resorts\/france\/megeve\/ski-lifts\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.ultimate-ski.com\/ski-resorts\/france\/megeve\/ski-lifts\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.ultimate-ski.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Ski Resorts","item":"https:\/\/www.ultimate-ski.com\/ski-resorts\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"France","item":"https:\/\/www.ultimate-ski.com\/ski-resorts\/france\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Megeve","item":"https:\/\/www.ultimate-ski.com\/ski-resorts\/france\/megeve\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"name":"Ski Lifts"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ultimate-ski.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ultimate-ski.com\/","name":"Ultimate Ski","description":"Ski Resorts, Accomodation &amp; more","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ultimate-ski.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ultimate-ski.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.ultimate-ski.com\/#organization","name":"Ultimate Ski","url":"https:\/\/www.ultimate-ski.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ultimate-ski.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"","contentUrl":"","caption":"Ultimate Ski"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ultimate-ski.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimate-ski.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/70384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimate-ski.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimate-ski.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimate-ski.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/507"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimate-ski.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70384"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimate-ski.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/70384\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimate-ski.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimate-ski.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimate-ski.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimate-ski.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}