Aiguille du Midi cable car: practical guide
The departure in Chamonix Sud, ticket prices, winter hours and the December 2026 reopening: everything you need to go up to 3,842 metres, on one page.
Photo: the venue's Google Maps listing
Why go?
The Aiguille du Midi cable car climbs from Chamonix to 3,842 m, as close to Mont Blanc as you can get without being a mountaineer. With more than 16,000 Google reviews at 4.7, it is the most visited and best-rated site in the valley.
Good to know
A return to the summit costs from €60.20 to €83 depending on the day, and €43 to the Plan de l'Aiguille. The cable car is closed from 2 November to 18 December 2026 and reopens on 19 December 2026.
In winter it runs from 8:10am to 4:30pm. When everything is sold out online, the Compagnie du Mont-Blanc releases tickets again the day before and sells some at the ticket office on the day.
Our advice
Look at the summit webcam before paying: on a cloudy day, you go up into a white-out. Take the first cabin, the light is better and the queue shorter.
Read on: The Aiguille du Midi from Chamonix and Aiguille du Midi tickets 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 (Sylvain Douville, na me, 2Bmiah, Thomas E., Arnaud Kiner, Adda Benzineb), Compagnie du Mont-Blanc and the official pages quoted in the guide. Walking times are estimates.
Frequently asked questions
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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.
