Megève is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France with a population of over 4,000 residents. The town is well-known due its popularity as a ski resort near the Mont-Blanc in the French Alps. Conceived in the 1920s as a French alternative to Saint-Moritz by the Rothschilds, it was the first purpose-built resort in the Alps. Originally it was a prime destination for the French Aristocracy. It remains one of the most famous and fanciest ski resorts in the world.

Megève's Alpine skiing area, known as the "Domaine Évasion Montblanc", comprises Megève itself (Mont d'Arbois, L'Allpete, 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 approx 445 km of the ski slopes.

On an area of 8 km² there are 116 lifts providing access to 217 slopes totalling 445 km.

The slopes are thus divided: (from hardest to easiest) 33 blacks, 84 reds, 63 blues and 378 greens.

The lifts: 67 platter lifts, 35 chairlifts and 13 gondola lifts and 1 cable car.

In addition, the "Domaine Évasion Mont-Blanc" includes 18 cross-country skiing trails totalling 95 km (59 mi).

The first three World Junior Figure Skating Championships were held in Megève in 1976, 1977, & 1978.

The "Megève Polo Masters" is an international polo tournament played on snow. The "Snow Golf Cup" is a unique golf tournament, held on snow on Megève's Mont d'Arbois plateau.

Megève is the ski resort in the beginning of the 1963 film Charade, where Audrey Hepburn's Regina Lampert meets Cary Grant's character. It is also the title of one of the tracks by composer Henry Mancini on the film's soundtrack.

Megève was one of four World Cup venues in the Alps featured in the 1969 film Downhill Racer, starring Robert Redford and Gene Hackman.

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