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

• * Belledonne

• * Massif des Écrins

• Graian Alps

• *Mont Blanc Massif

• *Vanoise Massif

• French Prealps

Mont Blanc is the highest point of the French Alps and the second of the Alps as a whole, considering the point of the Monte Bianco of Italy
Notable towns include Grenoble, Chamonix and Chambéry.

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 slopes, 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 slopes, 650 km of slopes not entirely connected.

• Paradiski (La Plagne, Peisey-Vallandry, Les Arcs), Champagny-en-Vanoise : 239 slopes, 420 km of slopes.

• Via Lattea (Montgenèvre, Italian resorts) : 214 slopes, 400 km of slopes.

• Évasion Mont-Blanc (Combloux, Megève, Saint-Gervais, Saint-Nicolas-de-Véroce, Les Contamines Monjoie) : 183 slopes, 420 km of slopes not entirely connected.

• Espace Killy (Tignes, Val-d'Isère) : 137 slopes, 300 km of slopes.

• Grand Massif (Flaine, Les Carroz, Morillon, Samoëns, Sixt) : 134 slopes, 265 km of slopes.

• Les Aravis (La Clusaz, Manigod, Croix Fry, Merdassier, Le Grand-Bornand) : 133 slopes, 220 km of slopes not entirely connected.

• Les Grandes Rousses (L'Alpe d'Huez, Vaujany, Auris-en-Oisans, Oz-en-Oisans, Villard-Reculas) : 117 slopes, 236 km of slopes.

• Serre Chevalier : 111 slopes, 250 km of slopes.

• La Forêt Blanche (Risoul, Vars) : 104 slopes, 180 km of slopes.

• Les Sybelles (Le Corbier, La Toussuire, Les Bottières, Saint-Jean-d'Arves, Saint-Sorlin-d'Arves, Saint-Colomban-des-Villards) : 96 slopes, 310 km of slopes.

• Valloire and Valmeinier : 83 slopes, 150 km of slopes.

• Grand Domaine (Valmorel, Saint-François-Longchamp) : 82 slopes, 150 km of slopes

• Espace San Bernardo (La Rosière, La Thuile - Italie) : 73 slopes, 150 km of slopes.

• Les Deux Alpes and La Grave : 69 slopes, 220 km of slopes.

(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 slopes.

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

• L'Espace Diamant is a combination of Espace Val d'Arly and Espace Cristal with 185 km of slopes

• Villard-de-Lans et Corrençon-en-Vercors : 125 km of slopes

• Valberg - Beuil les Launes : 90 km of slopes

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

• Superdévoluy - La Joue du Loup : 100 km of slopes

See also

• List of ski areas and resorts in Europe

• List of national parks in the Alps

Category:Mountain ranges of the AlpsCategory:Mountain ranges of France

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