Hang on, aren’t 🛝 ALL playgrounds 🗻 au Pays du Mont-Blanc 🛝 mountain playgrounds ? I mean, we live in 🗻 the mountains, so every 🛝 playground has mountain views !
🛝 Mountain playgrounds sounds like a misnomer for the 🗻 Pays du Mont-Blanc?
For the sake of argument, this article concentrates on 🗻🛝 the mountain playgrounds that are less easily accessible – ie you have to either 🥾 HIKE or take a 🚡 télécabine to get to them . . . some are so high up that they are shut over the ❄️ winter months, and some just become ❄️ winter playgrounds !
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Pays du Mont-Blanc
Chamonix Valley (Chamonix, Argentière, Les Houches, Servoz & environs) and Vallorcine
Passy & environs
Sallanches, Combloux, Cordon & Domancy
St Gervais, Saint-Nicolas de Véroce, Bionnassay, Le Fayet & environs
Megève, Praz-sur-Arly & environs
Les Contamines & environs
🇫🇷 Further France
🇨🇭 Switzerland
Parcours Ninja (Mont d’Arbois, Saint-Gervais Mont-Blanc
NEW for summer 2021 was the addition of the 🌈 the parcours ninja, a 70m long obstacle course with stunning views of Mont-Blanc !
We discovered this playground on a family hike from Le Bettex up to Mont d’Arbois, and my boys LOVED it! ( good to know : there is a parcours d’orientation in Mont d’Arbois, and you can pick up the map from the tourist office – a fun activity to get you up the hill !).
You can also take the 🚡 Télécabine Mont d’Arbois (paying) to get there.
Aire du Jeux Panoramique du Jaillet (Téléphérique du Jaillet, Megève, Les Portes du Mont-Blanc)
A new initiative for summer 2019, this aire de jeux set up at the top of the 🚡 Télécabine du Jaillet – this is a great way to encourage children to have a hike at altitude!
As well as the playground, you’ll be treated to a relaxation zone (wonderful for weary parents), superb view, the Lac du Jaillet for picnics, themed hikes . . .
[ ⇒ for more information about this superb playground, see separate MBFF article here ]
Village des Lutins (Téléphérique de Rochebrune, Megève)
This small playground at the sommet de Rochebrune will delight little ones and their adult companions. You’ll find on site : pétanque, molky, a sandpit, a parcours d’obstacle, a small climbing wall . . .
Alpi is the chef du Village des Lutins, and every afternoon (except Tuesdays and Fridays) there are animations :
- mini olympiades, bubble foot, volley party, jeu de mikado géant, pistolets à eau, création d’une fresque géante . . .
⇒ more information here;
Aire de Jeux de l’Etape (LES CONTAMINES-MONTJOIE)
It’s either a hike up the mountain or the 🚡 Télécabine de la Gorge that will get you to this playground at altitude, and there is also ❄️ a winter edition for when you’re out skiing !
What a splendid spot for a playground this is, and it was entirely RENOVATED for summer 2020, replete now with 💦 watergames and a chill-out zone!
The new (mostly wooden) playground is located next to the 💦 little lake (where babies and toddlers can paddle and older children can swim, rent a pedalo or small pedal boat) and ☕️ Hotel Restaurant Bar de l’Etape.
[ ⇒ read all about this magical spot in a separate MBFF article ]
the ❄️ a winter edition . . .
Mountain Playgrounds FURTHER AFIELD
The 🇨🇭 Swiss are the leaders in mountain playgrounds – there are some really impressive ones constructed at altitude !
Head over to the websites Swiss Family Fun or Family of Five Switzerland (which concentrates also on showing you activities with a disabled child) for more ideas !
[ ⇒ see this article on the Swiss Family Fun website : 25 Best Alpine Playgrounds in Switzerland with Epic Views ]
🇨🇭 Verticalp Emosson (Valais) has a small playground next to the restaurant at Montuires.
🇮🇹 Skyway Monte Bianco (Aosta Valley, ITALY) has great playgrounds for kids at the mid station : 💦 a raft & water games, 🧗♂️ climbing rock . . .
Mont Blanc Family Fun 
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