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==Sports== ===Winter sports=== Megève's [[Alpine skiing]] area, known as the "Domaine Évasion Mont Blanc", comprises Megève itself (Mont d'Arbois, L'Alpette, Rochebrune and Côte 2000); [[Saint-Gervais-les-Bains]]; [[Combloux]]; [[La Giettaz]]; [[Les Contamines-Montjoie]] and [[Saint-Nicolas-de-Véroce]]. The "Evasion Mont-Blanc" range covers approximately 445 km of the ski slopes.<ref name=skifrance>{{cite web|title=Evasion Mont-Blanc – Skiing vacations with a nostalgic flair|url=http://ski-france.com/ski-region-Ski-area-Evasion-Mont-Blanc_39_3.html?offset=0|publisher=Ski France|access-date=16 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120825085503/http://ski-france.com/ski-region-Ski-area-Evasion-Mont-Blanc_39_3.html?offset=0|archive-date=25 August 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> On an area of {{cvt|8|km2}} there are 116 lifts providing access to 219 slopes totaling {{cvt|445|km}}.{{citation needed|date=July 2018}} * The 445 km of slopes are thus divided from hardest to easiest: {{cvt|35|km}} blacks, {{cvt|58|km}} reds, {{cvt|110|km}} blues and {{cvt|76|km}} greens.<ref name=bergfex>{{cite web|title=Ski resort Megeve|url=https://www.bergfex.com/megeve/|publisher=Bergfex|access-date=30 July 2018}}</ref> (See [[Alpine skiing#Ski trail ratings|ski trail rating]]) * The lifts: 67 [[platter lift]]s, 35 [[chairlift]]s and 13 [[gondola lift]]s and one [[Ski lift|cable car]].<ref name="skifrance"/> In addition, the "Domaine Évasion Mont Blanc" includes 18 [[cross-country skiing]] trails totaling {{cvt|65|km}}.<ref name=freedomsnowsports>{{cite web|title=Ski resort information Megeve|url=https://www.book.ski/resorts/megeve/|publisher=Freedom Snowsports|access-date=30 July 2018}}</ref> The first three [[World Junior Figure Skating Championships]] were held in Megève in 1976, 1977 and 1978.<ref name=cbcsports>{{cite web|title=Junior Figure Skating Championships|url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/figureskating/world-junior-figure-skating-list-1.3497389|publisher=CBC Sports|access-date=30 July 2018}}</ref> The Megève Polo Masters is an international [[polo]] tournament played on snow.{{citation needed|date=July 2012}} The Snow Golf Cup is a unique [[golf]] tournament held on snow on Megève's Mont d'Arbois plateau.{{citation needed|date=July 2012}} As well as these winter sports, Megève also hosts winter events including an international curling tournament, a ski cross World Cup and a mogul skiing cup. There is also night skiing in February, a ski cross slope, an open-air ice rink, snowshoeing and dog sledding plus {{cvt|38|km}} of Nordic skiing in the region.<ref>Megève Winter Sports - http://www.skicollection.co.uk/Ski/Megeve.htm</ref> ===Summer sports=== Megève is also a popular summer holiday destination and is especially renowned for its [[golf]]ing opportunities.{{citation needed|date=July 2012}} It was the finishing town for stage 18 and the start town for stage 20 of the [[2016 Tour de France]].
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