FRENCH ALPS

The 'French Alps' are those parts of the Alps mountain range which lie in France. They are within the regions of Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur and Rhône-Alpes.
The specific subranges of the Alps that are at least partly in France include (from south to north):

★ Maritime Alps

★ Cottian Alps

★ Dauphiné Alps

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★ Massif des Écrins

★ Graian Alps

★ Pennine Alps

★ French Prealps
Mont Blanc is the highest point of the French Alps (and of the Alps as a whole).
Notable towns include Grenoble, Chamonix and Chambéry.

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Ski areas

See also

Ski areas

The largest connected ski areas are :
# Les Trois Vallées (Courchevel, Méribel, La Tania, Brides-les-Bains, Saint-Martin-de-Belleville, Les Menuires, Val Thorens and Orelle) : '338' pistes, 600 km of pistes.
# Portes du Soleil (Avoriaz, Châtel, Morzine, Les Gets, Saint-Jean d'Aulps, La Chapelle d'Abondance, Abondance, Montriond, Swiss resorts) : '288' pistes, 650 km of pistes not entirely connected.
# Paradiski (La Plagne, Peisey-Vallandry, Les Arcs) : '239' pistes, 420 km of pistes.
# Via Lattea (Montgenèvre, Italian resorts) : '214' pistes, 400 km of pistes.
# Évasion Mont-Blanc (Combloux, Megève, Saint-Gervais, Saint-Nicolas-de-Véroce, Les Contamines Monjoie) : '183' pistes, 420 km of pistes not entirely connected.
# Espace Killy (Tignes, Val d'Isère) : '137' pistes, 300 km of pistes.
# Grand Massif (Flaine, Les Carroz, Morillon, Samoëns, Sixt) : '134' pistes, 265 km of pistes.
# Les Aravis (La Clusaz, Manigod, Croix Fry, Merdassier, Le Grand-Bornand) : '133' pistes, 220 km of pistes not entirely connected.
# Les Grandes Rousses (L'Alpe d'Huez, Vaujany, Auris-en-Oisans, Oz-en-Oisans, Villard-Reculas) : '117' pistes, 236 km of pistes.
# Serre Chevalier : '111' pistes, 250 km of pistes.
# La Forêt Blanche (Risoul, Vars) : '104' pistes, 180 km of pistes.
# Les Sybelles (Le Corbier, La Toussuire, Les Bottières, Saint-Jean-d'Arves, Saint-Sorlin-d'Arves, Saint-Colomban-des-Villards) : '96' pistes, 310 km of pistes.
# Valloire and Valmeinier : '83' pistes, 150 km of pistes.
# Grand Domaine (Valmorel, Saint-François-Longchamp) : '82' pistes, 150 km of pistes
# Espace San Bernardo (La Rosière, La Thuile - Italie) : '73' pistes, 150 km of pistes.
# Les Deux Alpes and La Grave : '69' pistes, 220 km of pistes.
''(ski areas ranked according to the number of marked runs; figure more reliable than the traditional number of km given by the resorts themselves). (2005).''
The other large alpine ski areas are:

★ Le Val d'Arly (Praz-sur-Arly, Notre-Dame-de-Bellecombe, Flumet) : 150 km of pistes.

★ L'Espace Cristal (Les Saisies, Crest-Volland) : 80 km of pistes

★ Villard-de-Lans et Corrençon-en-Vercors : 125 km of pistes

★ Valberg - Beuil les Launes : 90 km of pistes

★ Espace Lumière (Pra-Loup, Val d'Allos) : 170 km of pistes

★ Superdévoluy - La Joue du Loup : 100 km of pistes

See also

★ List of ski areas and resorts in Europe

★ List of national parks in the Alps