| Les Menuires | |
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 Overview of Les Menuires | |
  Les Menuires Location within Alps | |
| Location | Savoie, France |
| Nearest major city | Chambéry |
| Coordinates | 45°19′28″N 6°32′15″E / 45.32444°N 6.53750°E |
| Top elevation | 2,850 m (9,350 ft) |
| Base elevation | 1,450 m (4,760 ft) |
| Trails | 76 (12 green, 34 blue, 24 red & 6 black) |
| Lift system | 33 (Capacity 55,939ph) |
| Website | lesmenuires |
Les Menuires (French pronunciation: [le mənɥiʁ]) is a ski resort in the Belleville valley of Les Trois Vallées between Saint-Martin-de-Belleville and Val Thorens.[1] Owned and operated by Compagnie des Alpes, it is in the Savoie département of France.
The resort has 48 restaurants, 39 ski lifts and 62 trails. The resort has advanced ski slopes and beginner slopes. The resort also hosted the men's slalom alpine skiing event at the 1992 Winter Olympics.[2] Its slopes are connected to more than 600 km of slopes in Les Trois Vallées, making it a part of the largest skiable area in the world. The resort has not only skiing facilities, but also offers a range of other activities.
The resort was founded in 1964 and has an altitude range of 1,850 m (6,070 ft).
- ^ "Les Menuires (3 Vallees) French Alps Ski Holiday Apartments & Hotels". Archived from the original on 2015-07-16. Retrieved 2011-08-04.
- ^ 1992 Winter Olympics official report. Archived 2008-02-26 at the Wayback Machine pp. 100-1. (in English and French)