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Courmayeur, Italy

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Mont Blanc from the slopes at Courmayeur
Courmayeur. Photo: R Boed, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Courmayeur

Village 1,223 m. Facts: verified.

A ski resort with its village at 1,223 m and its top at 2,749 m. It has 42 km of runs and 24 lifts, as mapped on OpenStreetMap. The runs drop 1,553 m, from 2,749 m to 1,196 m. For beginners and families: 38% of the km of runs are green or blue. For experts: 4 km of black, expert and freeride runs. Within 5 km of the village: a public pool, an ice rink, a ski school and childcare. It is usually in season from December to April. The snow is usually deepest in March, about 15.5 m at the top (2,749 m). For skiers the best months are usually January, February, March and December, with about 7 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Courmayeur.

Courmayeur is a town and comune in northern Italy, in the autonomous region of Aosta Valley, serving as one of the two bases on either side of Mont Blanc, Europe's highest mountain.

From the Wikipedia article Courmayeur, shortened. Text CC BY-SA 4.0.

The ski area

Runs from 1,196 m to 2,749 m: 1,553 m of vertical. 42 km of runs and 24 lifts, as mapped on OpenStreetMap for Courmayeur.

Runs
Easy (blue)16 km
Intermediate (red)22 km
Advanced (black)3.8 km
Not graded0.2 km
Lifts
Gondolas and cable cars9
Chairlifts7
Drag lifts3
Magic carpets5

Measured along each mapped run, so it can differ from the resort's own figure. Ski area data © OpenSkiMap.org and OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

For families

38% of the km of runs are green or blue.

Within 5 km of the village:

  • a public pool: Piscina regionale Pré Saint Didier, 4.1 km
  • an ice rink: Courmayeur Sport Center, 0.4 km
  • a ski school: Ski and Snowboard School Courmayeur, 0.8 km
  • childcare: Scuola dell'Infanzia, 0.4 km

The Family filter counts these. Places from the Overture Maps Foundation, from Meta, Microsoft, Foursquare and AllThePlaces. Foursquare data © 2024 Foursquare Labs, Inc., Apache 2.0. Check opening times before you go.

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From Chicago: about 16 h 35 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

  1. Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Milan Malpensa International Airport (MXP), direct. About 7 flights a week that month.

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  2. Getting there. 3 h from the airport to Courmayeur, 212 km.

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  3. Accommodation.

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Where it is

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Mont Blanc Tunnel, 7 km away

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Lifts closed for the season. They usually open about 25 November.

Forecast

The score, coloured as on the area pages:GoodFairPoor

DayScoreFresh72 hDepthtop, mid, baseColdestat topWindat top
Sun 18Oct00 cm0.2 mmid 0 mbase 0 m-1°C
Mon 19Oct00 cm0.2 mmid 0 mbase 0 m1°C
Tue 20Oct00 cm0.2 mmid 0 mbase 0 m2°C
Wed 21Oct01 cm0.2 mmid 0 mbase 0 m-4°C
Thu 22Oct01 cm0.2 mmid 0 mbase 0 m-4°C
Fri 23Oct04 cm0.2 mmid 0 mbase 0 m-2°C
Sat 24Oct05 cm0.2 mmid 0 mbase 0 m-6°C
Sun 25Oct05 cm0.2 mmid 0 mbase 0 m0°C
Mon 26Oct03 cm–mid –base –––

Day scores here are the conditions out of 80; a trip's score on the results is the same conditions out of 100. The journey never scores. The forecast reaches about 10 days. Wind is in knots: 10 kn is about 19 km/h. The arrow points where the wind blows to.

Snow by month

MonthBase1,223 mMid1,986 mTop2,749 mColdestat the top
Julnonenone14.3 m7°C
Augnonenone14.3 m6°C
Sepnonenone14.3 m2°C
Octnonenone14.3 m-3°C
Nov0.4 m0.4 m14.5 m-9°C
Dec0.9 m1.0 m14.9 m-13°C
Jan1.3 m1.4 m15.2 m-14°C
Feb1.5 m1.7 m15.4 m-11°C
Mar1.6 m1.8 m15.5 m-10°C
Apr1.5 m1.7 m15.5 m-4°C
May1.1 m1.3 m15.2 m-1°C
Junnone0.1 m14.4 m6°C

Typical snow on the ground in the village, halfway up and at the top: the middle value over 2016 to 2025, from ERA5-Land reanalysis at the grid cell nearest each height. Not a forecast, and not the groomed pistes: resorts make snow lower down.

Your trip, day by day

6 nights from Mon 19 Oct, leaving from Chicago. Change dates

  1. Mon 19 Oct
    Travel out

    Direct flight ORD to MXP, then 3h by road. About 16h 35 door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Lifts closed

    Out of season.

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Lifts closed

    Out of season.

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Lifts closed

    Out of season.

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Lifts closed

    Out of season.

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Lifts closed

    Out of season.

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Direct flight ORD to MXP, then 3h by road. About 16h 35 door to door

Rough cost

About £1,315–£2,360 each for 6 nights, 2 people sharing a room. A guide from typical prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book.

WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn ORD to MXP, estimated from distance and season, 1 airline on the route, with a hold bag£440–£915
To the UK airportparking or the train, there and back£35–£65
Transfershared airport transfer, return£70–£120
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, shared£195–£325
Food7 days eating out£230–£430
Lift pass5 days£230–£310
Ski hire5 days, or about £85 to fly your own£115–£195
Total£1,315–£2,360

Prices from public sources, checked in 2026: where they come from. Lessons, lift-pass deals and insurance are extra.

Places to eat near Courmayeur

Within 2 km of the town centre, listed by how complete the listing is (website, opening hours, cuisine) and whether two sources name it. Not a judgement of the food: we have no reviews. Listings © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Overture Maps Foundation. Credits

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