Brevent & Flegere Lifts

The Brevent gondola was replaced in 2008 with a fabulous high speed 8-10 person gondola.  It takes you from Chamonix itself up to Plan Praz (2000 m) from where you have direct access the pistes or can set off on a number of beautiful hikes (Grand Balcon Sud, Lac Cornu, Lac Noir).  Plan Praz is also where you catch the cable car up to the very top of Brevent at 2525 m, where you will be treated to 360 degrees of breath-taking views including Mont-Blanc, the Aiguille du Midi and most of the Chamonix valley. 

The remainder of the lifts on Brevent (which do not open during the summer) consist of of 4-man chairs, the high speed Cornu 6-man which was new in 2007, and the Stade drag lift - a good way to avoid the bottleneck that occurs at the Parsa chairlift at the end of the day.

Flegere (1894 m) lies adjacent to Brevent and is accessed directly by a cable car from Les Praz, the small village a couple of kilometres up the valley beside the golf course. It is a freeriders paradise in winter but this lift can be prone to long queues during high season so it is often quicker to access the area from the Brevent side via the Plan Praz Gondola, the Cornu or Sources chairlifts and the Liason cable car.  The Flegere cable car will also close during high wind. 

The remainder of the area is all chairlifts - 3 and 4-man and the high speed Index 6-seater - with the exception of the Floria button lift which takes you up to a couple of great red & black runs and some awesome off-piste.  Beware - the drag lift has a bend in it about 3/4's of the way up but it doesn't normally pose much of a problem.

During summer, the Index chairlift also runs, whisking hikers up to 2396m, saving your legs if you're en route to Lac Blanc.

Both areas are south facing and provide an excellent range of pistes for skiers of all abilities. As mentioned above, in summer, many of the classic hiking trails can be accessed by these lifts and from this side of the valley you will also get some of the best viewpoints of the main peaks and surrounding glaciers.