Ski areas

The largest linked ski area in the world: 600 km of piste and eight resorts on a single lift pass, high above the Tarentaise.

Les Arcs and La Plagne joined by the double-decker Vanoise Express cable car, 425 km on one pass.

Tignes and Val d'Isère together, 300 km of high, snow-sure piste known to a generation as the Espace Killy.

One of the world's biggest international domains: around 600 km across a dozen French and Swiss villages on a single pass.

400 km of sunny, scenic piste under Mont Blanc, shared by Megève, Saint-Gervais and Combloux.

265 km above the Giffre valley, from snow-sure Flaine to the old village of Samoëns.

Vars and Risoul joined over the ridge, 185 km of sunny southern-Alps piste through the larches.

Valloire and Valmeinier linked at the foot of the Galibier, 150 km of sunny Maurienne piste.

Valmorel and Saint-François-Longchamp linked over the Col de la Madeleine, 165 km on one pass.

250 km of sun-soaked Oisans piste from the 3330 m Pic Blanc, shared by Alpe d'Huez and Vaujany.

The cross-border Milky Way: around 400 km linking French Montgenèvre with Italian Sestriere and the Olympic slopes.

La Molina and Masella linked over the Tosa d'Alp, 140 km and the largest domain in the eastern Spanish Pyrenees.

The Tena valley's two resorts on one Aramón pass: lively Formigal and scenic Panticosa, 216 km in all.

Andorra's western domains: family Pal-Arinsal and freeride Ordino-Arcalís, under the Vallnord name.

Austria's largest linked domain: St. Anton and Lech-Zürs joined into 305 km, the cradle of alpine skiing.

The legendary Mont Blanc valley: Chamonix and Les Houches and 170 km of terrain on the Mont Blanc Unlimited pass.

Two neighbouring Aravis resorts near Annecy, La Clusaz and Le Grand-Bornand, around 220 km between them.

The Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau tower over this storied region linking Grindelwald, Wengen and Mürren, around 206 km on one pass.

Switzerland's largest linked ski area: 410 km joining Verbier, Nendaz, Veysonnaz and Thyon under Mont-Fort.

Villars-Gryon and Les Diablerets linked over the hill, 125 km topped by the snow-sure Glacier 3000.

Austria's largest lift pass: 760 km across five regions, from Schladming to the Gastein valley and Flachau.

Lakeside Zell am See and the Kitzsteinhorn glacier at Kaprun on one Alpin Card, 138 km with snow guaranteed up high.

Saalbach and Fieberbrunn anchor the giant Skicircus, 270 km of lift-linked piste with legendary après and freeride.

One valley, four ski areas and the Hintertux glacier: the Zillertal Superskipass reaches over 500 km in the Tyrol.

The largest ski pass in the world: around 1200 km across 12 Dolomite valleys, on a single ticket beneath the UNESCO peaks.

Three Walser valleys linked beneath the Monte Rosa, 180 km of high, scenic piste and some of the best freeride in the Alps.

La Rosière in France and La Thuile in Italy linked over the Little St Bernard pass, 152 km on one cross-border lift pass.

Madonna di Campiglio and the Val di Sole villages of Folgarida and Marilleva linked over the Brenta Dolomites, 150 km on one lift pass.

Pra-Loup and La Foux d'Allos linked over the southern Alps ridge, 180 km on one sunny lift pass.

Les Saisies, Crest-Voland, Notre-Dame-de-Bellecombe and Praz-sur-Arly linked into 192 km of sunny Val d'Arly piste with Mont Blanc views.

Bormio and Santa Caterina Valfurva on one Alta Valtellina pass, 115 km in the Stelvio National Park.

Passo Tonale and Ponte di Legno linked into 100 km of high piste with the Presena glacier at 3016 m guaranteeing snow into May.

Davos and Klosters linked on a single pass, 300 km of Graubünden piste across Parsenn, Madrisa, Gotschna and the Jakobshorn.

Austria's biggest interconnected ski area: 284 km of mostly intermediate piste linking nine Tirolean villages under the Wilder Kaiser.

The mountains around the Zugspitze, Germany's highest peak: Tirolean Lermoos and Bavarian Garmisch-Partenkirchen on one cross-border pass.

Ischgl and Swiss Samnaun joined into 239 km of high cross-border piste, with duty-free shopping at the bottom of the cable car back.

Andermatt, Sedrun and Disentis linked over the Oberalp pass into 180 km of central-Swiss piste on a single ticket.

Bettmeralp and Riederalp on the car-free balcony above the Aletsch glacier, 104 km of piste on a UNESCO panorama.

Two Bregenzerwald villages linked over the mountain, 110 km of piste in what is regularly billed as Austria's snowiest pocket.

Saas-Fee and Saas-Almagell sharing the high Valais valley under the Mischabel, 145 km of glacier-snowsure piste on a single pass.

Saalbach, Hinterglemm, Leogang and Fieberbrunn joined into 270 km of piste, one of the biggest ski circuits in Austria.

Schladming, the Dachstein glacier and the Ramsau plateau under one regional pass, 230 km of piste in the Styrian Alps.