Skyway Monte Bianco: practical guide, Courmayeur side
In Italy, in Courmayeur, the rotating cable car climbs to Pointe Helbronner, as close to Mont Blanc as you can get on the Italian side. Prices, autumn closure and hours.
Photo: the venue's Google Maps listing
Why go?
The Skyway Monte Bianco climbs from Courmayeur to Pointe Helbronner, the highest point in Italy open to the public according to its operator. Its cabins rotate on the way up, and its Google rating of 4.8 from more than 8,600 reviews is the best of our listings.
Good to know
A return costs €59 and a one-way €46. The cable car closes from 16 November to 4 December 2026 for maintenance.
At the end of October 2026, it ran from 8:30am to 3:30pm on weekdays and until 4:30pm at weekends.
Our advice
From Chamonix, the Mont Blanc Tunnel takes you to Courmayeur in half an hour, not counting queues. In summer, the Panoramic Mont-Blanc gondola links Pointe Helbronner to the Aiguille du Midi above the Vallée Blanche, when it is running.
Read on: Pointe Helbronner and the Skyway Monte Bianco and The Vallée Blanche in Chamonix.
Sources: the property's website, Chamonix Tourist Office, Google Maps (address, rating, reviews and photo, checked on 27 October 2026), gallery: photos posted by visitors in their Google reviews (david legon, Etienne, Delphine Menguy, Martine Als, Isabelle Huth, Laure Studer), Compagnie du Mont-Blanc and the official pages quoted in the guide. Walking times are estimates.
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Thibault Ravanel
Thibault led groups along the south balcony trails for eight summers, from Le Brévent to La Flégère. He builds his routes stopwatch in hand and cuts whatever does not fit into a real day. He would rather write that an outing is not worth the ticket than pad out a list.
