Courmayeur
The southern faceof Mont Blanc.
Discover Courmayeur Mont Blanc
One of nine, facing Mont Blanc from the south.
A pure, authentic, elegant, traditional, cosmopolitan, lively and regenerating mountain experience, in summer and in winter. Courmayeur is the southern face of Mont Blanc, and the entryway to Italy for those arriving from France and Switzerland. The village below stays small, deliberately: stone chalets, mountain guides at work since 1850, and tables serving Fontina and Aosta Valley recipes passed down for generations.
What the south face has always known
Numbers from the other side.
Courmayeur has faced Mont Blanc since long before the Skyway made the view easy to reach. A small town, deliberately, where stone chalets and mountain guides have set the pace of the day since 1850.
- 1850
- One of the Alps' oldest guide companies.
- Fontina
- Aosta Valley's alpage cheese, made here for centuries.
- 4,810 m
- Mont Blanc, seen from its southern face.
- 2015
- Skyway Monte Bianco opens to Pointe Helbronner.
- 220 km
- Of summer trails through Val Ferret and Val Veny.
- 1,545 m
- The longest downhill run in Courmayeur.
- 2,789
- Residents, in a town that stays small.
- Val Ferret
- One of two valleys framing Mont Blanc's south side.
Skyway Monte Bianco
To the other side of Blanc.
From Entrèves, the cable car rises to Pointe Helbronner, opened in 2015. From the top, Mont Blanc shows a face that few ever see from the French side: its southern one, above Val Veny and Val Ferret.
One of ninefacing the same peak.
Nine destinations, one shared standard.
Courmayeur shares the standard held by nine destinations across the Alps, proven here on the mountain's southern face since mountain guides first roped up in 1850.
Life in Courmayeur
Stone chalets, mountain cuisine, and daily life.
Getting toCourmayeur Mont Blanc
Geneva sits closest, just across the Mont Blanc Tunnel. From there, the valley opens south.
Airports
- Geneva Airport
- 1h30
- Turin Airport
- 1h30
- Milan Malpensa
- 2h30
- Chambéry Airport
- 2h
- Lyon Airport
- 3h
Train Station
- Aosta
- 45min
- Chamonix
- 30min
- Turin Porta Susa
- 1h30
Frequently Asked Questions
Geneva is the closest airport, about 1h30 by road through the Mont Blanc Tunnel. Turin and Milan Malpensa are also within reach. By train, the nearest stations are Pré-Saint-Didier, 5 km away, and Aosta, the terminus of the valley line.
Winter opens 100 km of ski slopes between groomed and freeride slopes and a 1,545-metre downhill beneath Mont Blanc. Summer belongs to Val Ferret and Val Veny, with 220 km of trails and the Skyway Monte Bianco running year-round to Pointe Helbronner.
Courmayeur faces Mont Blanc from its southern side, the Italian face few see from Chamonix. It stays a small town by choice, home to Aosta Valley traditions: stone-and-timber chalets, Fontina cheese aged in mountain dairies, and a guides' company founded in 1850, among the oldest in the Alps.
Aosta Valley heritage runs through Courmayeur as much as its ski runs: stone hamlets, Fontina cheese tastings and mountain guides tracing routes first climbed generations ago. The Skyway Monte Bianco carries visitors to Pointe Helbronner, and Val Ferret and Val Veny open onto classic trekking routes.
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Giacomo Buzio / Elisa Bessega / Yoga - Lorenzo Belfrond