Alpe d’Huez is located on the “sunny side of the Alps”, only one hour from Grenoble airport. The resort nestles in a large south west facing bowl on a high plateau ensuring great weather and lots of sunshine all year round.
Alpe d’Huez has more than 230km of pisted runs, catering for all tastes and abilities. It also has the worlds longest ski run – the Sarenne – which runs for an incredible 16km!
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Brides -les-Bains is the low cost alternative for skiing the Three Valleys.
A beautiful picture postcard village Brides-les-Baines is connected to Meribel by a gondolar allowing you to access the pistes without paying Meribel expensive accomdoation prices.
Brides-les-Bains is located on the edge of the Vanoise National Park. A spa village in an Alpine setting, it has successfully maintained the appeal of a cosy resort with its simple, relaxed atmosphere.
You’ll find everything you need to enjoy a great holiday in our village in the Savoy region. Shops, casino, discos, cinema, pubs and restaurants…All services are within five minutes’ walk !
Val Thorens is the highest ski resort in Europe. The altitude guarantees skiing across the whole season, and the glacier means you can even ski here in the summer.
Val Thorens is a purpose built ski resort that has plentiful hotels and chalets.
Val Thorens offers access to the vast Three Valleys ski area which has a total of over 600km of pistes.
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The French ski resort of Val d’Isere offers fantastic skiing and crazy nightlife. The ski area is linked with the resort of Tignes and the entire ski area is called Espace Killy.
Tignes ski resort comprises 5 Villages; Val Claret, Tignes le Lac, Le Lavachet, Tignes Les Boisses and Tignes-les-Brévières.
The ski area is linked with the resort of Val d’Isere and the entire ski area is called Espace Killy.
Chamonix is one of France’s most popular ski resorts.
The town of Chamonix lies at the foot of Mont Blanc at an altitude of 1,035 metres.
It is a lovely town with just under 10,000 inhabitants.
There are 145 trails weaving throughout the area adding up to 140 kilometers (87.5 miles). The favorite runs in the area are Le Brevent, Vallée-Blanche, and the Grands Montets.
Chamonix is known for its fantastic off-trail skiing and is also popular with snowboarders.
Including the off-trail slopes, the area offers up to 30,000 acres of skiable terrain.
At an altitude of 1650m and surrounded by glaciers, Les Deux Alpes offers year round glacier skiing and out of season ski and snowboard camps, as well as links over to the legendary resort of La Grave, famous for its outstanding off-piste terrain.
Les Deux Alpes also has one of the most modern lift systems in Europe, giving access to 200kms of piste or 100kms of marked MTB trails in the summer.
The resort also ha s a lively apres ski scene with a wide choice of bars and restaurants to choose from in the evening.
THE THREE VALLEYS (Les Trois Vallées )
The Three Valleys Ski Area is is the largest linked ski area in the world. It has more than 600 km (410 miles) of ski slopes, resulting in 18.5 km² of groomed runs.
The Three Valleys Lift Pass allows you to ski or snowboard in any of the ski resorts of Courchevel, La Tania, Les Menuires, Méribel, Saint Martin de Belleville and Val Thorens.
The areas is naturally blessed with good snow falls and, along with 1,200 snow cannons, skiing is virtually assured from Christmas through to the beginning of May.
The ski area is truly inexhaustible and with 600km of pistes in the Three Valleys (150km in Meribel), there is something for every standard of skier. The valleys are superbly linked, with Val Thorens under an hour away and Courchevel even closer. So whether you are looking for beautifully groomed pistes, bumps, steeps, or out of the way off-piste runs you will find it in the Trois Vallées.includes French Ski Resorts with a combined total of 600km of downhill skiing, with 502 individual pistes, served by 200 ski lifts.
Snowboarding in The Three Valleys
There are a total of 9 Snow and Terrain Parks in the area.
THE PARADISKI SKI AREA
The Paradiski Ski Area links the ski resorts of La Plagne, Les Arcs, Montchavin-Les Coches and Peisey-Vallandry.
It has a combined total of 425km of downhill skiing, with 475 individual pistes, served by 141 ski lifts. The Paradiski Lift Pass allows you to ski the whole area.
There are five Snow and Terrain Parks in the Paradiski area.
BRIDES-LES-BAINES
The French ski resort of Brides-les-Bains provides one of the largest ski areas in France with direct access to 600km of downhill skiing, with 274 individual pistes, served by 196 ski lifts.
ESPACE KILLY SKI AREA
The Espace Killy Ski Area links the resorts of Tignes and Val d’Isère. The Espace Killy Lift Pass allows you to ski or snowboard in either of the ski resorts. Espace Killy has a combined total of 300km of downhill skiing, with 308 individual pistes, served by 90 ski lifts.
