Ski resort Megève located in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France with a population of over 4,000 residents. The town is well-known due to its popularity as a ski resort near the Mont-Blanc in the French Alps. Conceived in the 1920s as a French alternative to Saint-Moritz by the Rothschilds, it was the first purpose-built resort in the Alps.
Megeve ski resort - Evasion Mont-Blanc ski area
The skiing is divided into 3 areas, Mont d’Arbois, Rochbrune and Le Jaillet all of which provide flattering skiing for intermediates and beginners. If you are a newcomer to the sport, the top of Mont D’Arbois and Le Jallet offer some great nursery slopes. The Evasion lift pass also includes neighbouring Les Contamines, but you need a car to get there.
The Megeve town is most directly linked with the Rochebrune sector – the smart new Chamois gondola goes up from the centre of town, and a cable car from the southern edge. A network of gentle, wooded, north-east-facing slopes, served by drags and mainly slow chairlifts, leads to the high point of Côte 2000, which often has the best snow but is now often used for racing, reducing the pistes available to recreational skiers.
From the top of the Chamois gondola from the village, the Rocharbois cable car goes across the valley to link Rochebrune to the gondola for the bigger Mont d’Arbois sector, starting from an elevated suburb of the resort. The Princesse gondola starting a couple of miles north of the town (with extensive free car parking) offers another way up.
A two-stage gondola comes up from St-Gervais via Le Bettex. You can work your way over to Mont Joux and up to the small Mont Joly area – Megève’s highest slopes. And from there you can go to the backwater village of St-Nicolas-de-Véroce (preferably via the splendid Grande Épaule ridge run, with wonderful views of Mont Blanc).
The third area is Le Jaillet, accessed by gondola from just outside the north-west edge of town, or from the separate village of Combloux. The Jaillet area and its ski area offer the best views of the Mont Blanc. La Jaillet is completely separate from the other areas and therefore has the least crowds. Connected to the small ski resorts of Combloux and La Giettaz, it has incredibly varied terrain, stunning views and is the perfect escape from the busier areas of Mont d’Arbois and Rochebrune.
Megeve ski resort is part of the Evasion Mont-Blanc ski area that also includes Saint Gervais, Saint Nicolas, Les Contamines and Comboloux.
Megève snowpark
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Megeve village and nightlife
Dotted around the streets and hillsides you will find 80-restaurants (four with Michelin-stars), 30-hotels (including seven 5*hotels), seven art galleries and over 200 hundred shops.
Megève is also home to a few nightclubs and bars that stay open until 4 am for the all-night partygoers. Cosmopolitan Bar is open until 5 am, there’s a popular nightclub called Palo Alto and another popular nightspot is a place called Cargo.