Les Portes du Soleil (literally The Doors of the Sun) is a major skisports destination in the Alps, encompassing thirteen resorts between Mont Blanc in France and Lake Geneva in Switzerland. With more than 650 km of marked pistes (claimed by the lift companies; an independent expert measured about 426 km ) and about 200 lifts in total, spread over 14 valleys and about , Portes du Soleil ranks among the two largest ski areas in the world (the other being Les Trois Vallées). Almost all of the pistes are connected by lifts - a few marginal towns can be reached only by the free bus services in the area. The highest altitude accessible on skis is 2260m (Pointe de Mossettes) and the lowest is 930m (Abondance Village).