A blue-run day you can picture.
Finance for repeat laps back to Le Bettex; Clémentines for a separate Saint-Nicolas outing with a drag lift on the way home. Compare two source-linked blue-run plans, exact video previews and the lift you actually need to reach from your hotel before choosing a base.
2 blue-run choices · 2 matched run videos
Official Évasion Mont-Blanc piste map · 2025–26 edition currently linked ↗
Choose a starting point and a finish.
These are separate outings grouped by sector, rather than a connected circuit or a ranking from easiest to hardest. Check the first lift and the return before choosing your accommodation.
A blue grade does not make every pitch or connection suitable for a first ski day. These plans assume controlled turns on blues; choose a dedicated learning area for first turns.
First ski days? Compare the separate Marmottons practice area →Before you book a room.
Use the property’s actual address as the starting point in walking directions. Check steps, hills and winter access with your host; distance to the nearest slope is different from the walk to this lift.
For: Finance
4383 route du Bettex, Saint-Gervais-les-Bains, France
A property described as ‘Saint-Gervais’ may be down in town. Find Le Bettex on the booking map and check the route to the gondola.
Affiliate link: we may earn a commission on an eligible booking. Add your dates and check the property’s location.Official lift access ↗More on this accommodation base →For: Clémentines
Les Chattrix, Saint-Nicolas de Véroce, Saint-Gervais-les-Bains, France
The village centre, Plateau de la Croix and Les Chattrix are different meeting points. A Saint-Nicolas address does not establish a walk to the lift; follow your school's instructions if you book a lesson.
Affiliate link: we may earn a commission on an eligible booking. Add your dates and check the property’s location.Official lift access ↗More on this accommodation base →The walking link opens Google Maps so you can enter the hotel there. BlueRuns does not need its address.
The simpler of these two plans for repeating one blue from one base
Start at Bettex–Mont d’Arbois gondola and return on blue Finance. Le Bettex is a mountain base, not Saint-Gervais town. The separate Marmottons practice area sits at the upper gondola station; Finance is the longer descent for skiers already linking turns.
Make Finance your Bettex day: a blue descent from the Mont d’Arbois side, with a route through the trees and a finish beside the lifts at Le Bettex. You can ride back up for another go, stop at the base, or finish there without turning the outing into a crossing of Megève and Saint-Gervais.
Footage: 19 February 2026 (creator title). The creator identifies Finance and dates the outing 19 February 2026. Public YouTube title, author, duration, publication date and embedding availability were checked 11 November 2026. This metadata check did not watch the full 7:35 footage or establish present conditions. Use the separate route notes for the red Crête fork and the Le Bettex finish.
4383 route du Bettex, Saint-Gervais-les-Bains, France
Choosing a hotel or apartment? Enter its address as the starting point in walking directions, then check the route to this lift.
This is the ski lift at Le Bettex, above Saint-Gervais town.
For Finance, take Bettex–Mont d’Arbois. By train, travel to Le Fayet, then take Le Valléen and L’Alpin to reach Le Bettex.
Arriving by car: Bettex public car park, 4050 route du Bettex. Parking details ↗
Bettex public car park, 4050 route du Bettex → Bettex–Mont d’Arbois gondola
Follow Route du Bettex towards the lift. The mapped route includes steps; the walk starts at the main car park, rather than at the gondola’s street address.
See the walking route ↗Map estimate from an OpenStreetMap walking route. Distance is rounded; time allows for ski boots and excludes queues.
Bettex public car park, 4050 route du Bettex · access information ↗ · Checked 2026-10-24
Add your starting point and travel date in Google Maps. Check the last local connection and lift back down.
Linking turns; blue laps from Le Bettex
Watch for. The operator names a choice between continuing on blue Finance and taking red La Crête. For the blue lap, stay with Finance. Also keep Le Bettex as your finish: a descent that reaches that snow front has not yet taken you to Saint-Gervais town or the railway station down in Le Fayet.
Video identity / embed review: 2026-11-11. A creator’s footage shows that visit, rather than today’s snow or lift operation.
A separate sector for skiers comfortable with blue tracks and a drag lift
Chattrix chair → blue Petit Choucas → Croix du Christ chair → blue Clémentines. Repeat at Croix du Christ, then use the Gouet drag lift and blue Cabri–Les Chattrix return. Choose this as its own outing, with its own accommodation and lift check.
Clémentines is a reason to spend time on the Saint-Nicolas-de-Véroce side of Saint-Gervais. This blue curves down from the Croix du Christ area to its chairlift, with a restaurant on the piste for an unhurried break. Start from Les Chattrix for this outing rather than assuming it is another lap down to Le Bettex.
Published 2017-04-12; filming date not supplied. A 1:01 official resort preview of blue Clémentines, published 12 April 2017; the filming date is not supplied. It does not show the full Chattrix approach or the Gouet–Cabri–Les Chattrix return. Public YouTube player metadata and embedding availability were rechecked 11 November 2026; the old film is not evidence of current snow or unchanged equipment.
Les Chattrix, Saint-Nicolas de Véroce, Saint-Gervais-les-Bains, France
Choosing a hotel or apartment? Enter its address as the starting point in walking directions, then check the route to this lift.
The pin marks the chairlift entrance. Parking des Chattrix is a short walk to the southeast.
For Clémentines: Chattrix chair → blue Petit Choucas → Croix du Christ chair. This is a different starting point from Le Bettex.
Arriving by car: Parking des Chattrix, impasse des Biches. Parking details ↗
Chattrix car park, impasse des Biches → Chattrix chairlift
Follow Chemin de Chattrix, then Chemin des Gerattes towards the chairlift. The final approach is uphill, on a gravel track.
See the walking route ↗Map estimate from an OpenStreetMap walking route. Distance is rounded; time allows for ski boots and excludes queues.
Chattrix car park, impasse des Biches · access information ↗ · Checked 2026-10-24
Add your starting point and travel date in Google Maps. Check the last local connection and lift back down.
Comfortable on blue tracks and drag lifts
Watch for. Croix du Christ, Schuss, Loutres and Coq de Bruyère are red pistes on the reviewed map. They sit around this same chairlift sector but are different descents. Follow the blue Clémentines signs, and remember the Gouet–Cabri–Les Chattrix return when that is where you started; Le Bettex lies on another side of the mountain.
Video identity / embed review: 2026-11-11. A creator’s footage shows that visit, rather than today’s snow or lift operation.
The last walk matters.
For Finance, compare the property's pedestrian route to Bettex–Mont d’Arbois at 4383 route du Bettex. An address in Saint-Gervais town is lower down and needs L’Alpin to reach this snow front. The hotel-to-lift checks above use the two actual boarding points, rather than a general town-centre pin.
Locate Bettex–Mont d’Arbois at the mountain base ↗From Saint-Gervais-les-Bains–Le Fayet railway station: Le Valléen → Saint-Gervais town → L’Alpin → Le Bettex → Bettex–Mont d’Arbois for Finance. Starting beside L’Alpin in town omits the first stage. Check your property's walk to the correct station and the operating and return connections for your dates; a no-bus journey still has several stages.
Official Valléen and L’Alpin connection guide ↗This Clémentines outing boards Les Chattrix. A Saint-Nicolas hotel name does not establish an easy walk there. By car, the official reference is Parking des Chattrix, impasse des Biches. If you book lessons, ESF Saint-Nicolas normally meets at Plateau de la Croix; confirm the booked meeting point before organising hire or arrival.
Official Les Chattrix parking location ↗Finance ends at Le Bettex: it has not taken you down to Saint-Gervais town. If you want to ride down instead of skiing Finance, ask staff about Bettex–Mont d’Arbois downhill access before going up. The Clémentines plan includes Gouet, a drag lift, then Cabri and Les Chattrix; it is not an all-gondola escape route.
Operator's downhill gondola and pedestrian access information ↗ESF lists Chattrix, Croix du Christ and Gouet in the Saint-Nicolas pass. The smaller micro pass for Plateau de la Croix practice does not cover this outing. Check the pass and the last useful Gouet connection before setting off; leaving the sector needs a separate route plan.
ESF Saint-Nicolas · which lifts each pass covers ↗These two complete plans suit different days: Finance for gondola laps returning to Le Bettex, and Clémentines for a Saint-Nicolas outing from Les Chattrix. Start with Finance if your priority is repeating one blue back to the same snow front. Clémentines adds connecting blue tracks and the Gouet drag lift on the return. This shortlist is a practical choice between two outings, not a ranking of every piste in Évasion Mont-Blanc.
A property with a suitable walk to L’Alpin can use the gondola to Le Bettex, then Bettex–Mont d’Arbois for Finance. A Le Fayet rail-station base adds Le Valléen first; a Le Bettex property can start at the mountain ski base. The accommodation's actual position matters. Check its pedestrian access and return lift connections, rather than assuming any Saint-Gervais address is beside a ski lift.
There is a dedicated learning area at Marmottons, opposite the Bettex–Mont d’Arbois arrival, with a covered carpet and a drag lift. That is a separate first-step option. Finance and Clémentines are blue mountain pistes for skiers already controlling their speed and turns; neither replaces a first lesson. Saint-Nicolas also has its own practice sector at Plateau de la Croix.
No. This Finance plan ends at Le Bettex. For a town or railway-station base, continue down by L’Alpin and, for Le Fayet, Le Valléen. Follow blue Finance at the Crête junction: red La Crête is a separate piste. A ski return to Le Bettex does not establish a ski-to-door return to your particular hotel.
Check the whole outing, not just the named blue. Our approach uses blue Petit Choucas and the way home uses the Gouet drag lift, followed by Cabri and Les Chattrix. Those extra sections may matter more to your group than the short Clémentines preview. The available sources do not quantify flat sections or pushing distance, so we do not claim this is a flat-free snowboard route.
The Finance creator names the piste and a filming date of 19 February 2026. The Clémentines clip is a short official lift-operator film published in April 2017, with no filming date stated. Both public pages and embedding availability were rechecked on 11 November 2026. These are previews of the named pistes, not proof of today's snow, unchanged lift equipment or the complete approach and return.
Two separate complete outings: Finance laps from Le Bettex, and Clémentines from Les Chattrix with Gouet on the return. The current linked official map, fresh exact-video availability checks and dated licensed photos support choosing the lift base. Town and railway access add their own gondola stages; Marmottons remains a separate learning area.
Original route-review dates stay with each run. Filming or publication dates appear beside each video; photographs retain their source, author, licence and capture date. A resort view or starting-area photo is labelled separately from a photograph of the named piste.