New this winter · First edition
The Skibex Ski Passport
A little book that turns a week of lessons into an adventure. 16 runs to collect across the Chamonix valley, from the very first green to the toughest black.
From their second lesson, every child receives their own.
- 16 runs
- 4 colours
- 5 ski areas
How it works
One run, one sticker
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Their own passport
At their second lesson, your child receives their Ski Passport. It’s theirs to keep, with their name on the first page.
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Ski the run, properly
A sticker is earned by skiing the run all the way down with their instructor, and skiing it well.
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Stick it in
The instructor hands over the sticker, writes the date and signs. Your child sticks it on the page of the run.
The collection
16 runs to collect
Four runs of each colour, spread across Le Savoy, the Brévent, the Flégère, Les Houches, Le Tour and the Grands Montets. Tap a sticker to read its story.
Green runs
Where it all begins: gentle slopes, wide runs and plenty of time to look around.
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Green runs · Le Savoy · Chamonix
Samaran
At the foot of the Brévent, right in the middle of Chamonix, the Savoy is the town’s historic ski field: people from Chamonix have learnt to ski here for generations.
The Samaran drag lift is the little one, the one for your very first rides. Almost every child in Chamonix started right here.
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Green runs · Flégère · Chamonix
Libellules
Right at the top of the Flégère, on the plateau, a wide and peaceful run facing Mont Blanc. You get there on the Trappe chairlift.
Libellules means “dragonflies”. In summer, the Flégère is where the path to Lac Blanc begins, one of the most beautiful mountain lakes in the valley: a good place to look for some.
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Green runs · Prarion · Les Houches
École
At the top of the Prarion gondola, the École run is a big, gentle slope with Mont Blanc right in front of you.
École means “school”: generations of skiers made their very first turns here. Now it’s your turn.
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Green runs · Le Tour · Vallorcine
Vormaine
At the foot of the Col de Balme, Le Tour is one of the snowiest spots in the valley: the snow arrives early and stays late. The Vormaine is its big, flat, sunny snowfield, where everyone starts.
The stoat changes colour with the seasons: brown in summer, all white in winter, except for the tip of its tail. Keep your eyes open, it lives in the old stone walls of the village.
Blue runs
Longer runs where the terrain starts to talk: a few bumps, a slope that tilts, spots where you pick up speed.
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Blue runs · Brévent · Chamonix
Combe des Vioz
Below the Parsa chairlift, this is the first blue run you’ll ski at the Brévent, and what a run: ten times longer than the green, with steeper rolls, wide parts and narrow parts, and the valley far below.
The combe is marmot country: in summer they whistle as soon as you come close. In winter they sleep under the snow, right beneath your skis.
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Blue runs · Flégère · Chamonix
Evettes
From the top of the Flégère, the Evettes run winds down to the chairlift of the same name. It’s also the way to the cable car that takes you across to the Brévent.
Its name probably comes from “ève”, an old Savoyard word for water. Along the run, look for mountain hare tracks in the snow: in winter it turns all white, except for the tips of its ears.
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Blue runs · Prarion · Les Houches
Mélèzes
Alongside the chairlift of the same name, the Mélèzes is the real challenge after the École run: much longer, with rolling terrain, narrow passages, and even uphill bits where you need to keep your speed.
The larch, “mélèze”, is the only conifer that loses its needles: in autumn the whole forest turns gold. The spotted nutcracker hides its seeds here for the winter, and forgets enough of them to grow new trees.
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Blue runs · Le Tour · Vallorcine
Les Esserts
From the top of Charamillon, the Liaison and then the Esserts head towards the Col des Posettes, facing south, wide and smooth, with the Aiguilles Rouges on one side and Mont Blanc on the other.
Le Tour is home to the black grouse, a rare bird that sleeps under the snow. We ski in its home, so we respect its quiet zones.
Red runs
Steep in places, sometimes narrow, with real bumps and snow that keeps changing.
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Red runs · Brévent · Chamonix
Cornu
From the top of the Cornu chairlift, a lovely, steady slope facing Mont Blanc, heading back down into the heart of the Brévent.
“Cornu” means horned, the name of the pass just above and of the lake hidden behind the ridge. A good name for ibex country.
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Red runs · Flégère · Chamonix
Pylônes
From the top of the Index, the Pylônes run comes straight down beneath the chairlift. An honest red, no detours.
It’s named after the pylons it follows. And on those pylons there’s often an alpine chough, the black bird with the yellow beak that lives up here all year round.
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Red runs · Prarion · Les Houches
Col de Voza
A wide, playful red run heading to the Col de Voza, at 1,650 m, between the Chamonix valley and Saint-Gervais.
Here you cross the Mont Blanc Tramway. When work began in 1906, it had a wild dream: to climb all the way to the summit of Mont Blanc! The First World War stopped it in 1914, and the line still ends at the Nid d’Aigle, at 2,372 m. Its old red train even had a name: Jeanne.
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Red runs · Le Tour · Vallorcine
Béchat
From the top of the Tête de Balme, at 2,321 m, the Béchat is a steady, sustained red that runs down alongside the Plan des Reines drag lift to the middle of the mountain.
Up here, you ski right next to the border: on the other side of the Col de Balme, it’s Switzerland. And just below, a little stream is born that becomes the Arve, the river that flows through Chamonix all the way to Geneva.
Black runs
You don’t end up on a black run by chance: you choose it, and you read it before you go.
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Black runs · Brévent · Chamonix
Charles Bozon
This black run starts from the top of the Brévent, at 2,525 m, facing Mont Blanc, and dives down to Planpraz.
It’s named after Charles Bozon, a Chamonix boy who became slalom world champion in 1962, right here in Chamonix, in a snowstorm. Skiing the Bozon means skiing on his home turf.
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Black runs · Flégère · Chamonix
Floria
From the top of the Floria drag lift, below the Aiguille de la Floria, a long black run that heads away from the crowds, down towards the Trappe chairlift. It’s often left ungroomed: moguls, deep snow, real mountain skiing.
Right next door is the Aiguilles Rouges nature reserve, home to chamois, ibex and golden eagles. Look up: with a bit of luck, you’ll see one circling above the ridges.
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Black runs · Les Houches
Kandahar
The Verte des Houches, also called the Kandahar: 3,343 metres long and 870 metres of drop. It’s a World Cup run, which the best skiers on the planet race down in barely two minutes.
“Verte” means green, after the fir trees along it. But don’t trust its name: it really is a black.
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Black runs · Grands Montets · Argentière
Chamois
From the top of the Bochard gondola, at 2,765 m, the Chamois plunges into the Combe de la Pendant. It faces north, so the snow is often very hard. It’s steep, sustained all the way down, and not always groomed.
Probably the finest challenge of all the black runs in the valley. Up there, you’re in chamois country.
Inside the book
28 pages to fill, winter after winter
Each run has its own page: where it is, what makes it special, the animal that lives there, and the spot for its sticker. At the start of each colour, what a child needs to be able to do on that kind of run.
First edition
100 copies this winter
We printed a first edition of 100 passports for the 2026–27 season. When they’re gone, they’re gone until next winter.
- Given at the second private lesson, to every child in the group.
- Stickers are earned one run at a time, never handed out in advance.
- Back next winter? Bring the passport and keep collecting.
- Valid for lessons in the Chamonix valley: Chamonix, Les Houches and Argentière.
Questions from parents
Who gets a Ski Passport?
Every child taking at least two private lessons with Skibex in the Chamonix valley. The passport is handed over at the second lesson, while the first edition lasts.
My child is a complete beginner. Is it for them?
Yes. The collection starts on the gentlest green runs of the valley, at Le Savoy, the Prarion, the Flégère and Le Tour. The first sticker often comes within a few lessons.
Does my child need to collect all 16?
Not at all. Most children collect a few stickers per holiday. The passport is made to be kept and filled in over several winters.
Is it available in Megève?
Not for now: the 16 runs are all in the Chamonix valley.
Can we buy extra stickers?
No. A sticker means the run was skied, with the instructor, from top to bottom. That’s what makes it worth something.
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