Ski Les Menuires

If you ski Les Menuires, you have access to the superb Trois Vallées region - without the high cost of staying in Meribel or Courchevel! This is an olympic resort with some great pistes - and specific beginner areas of piste.

Where

Budget-conscious people will ski Les Menuires as you don't pay the prices of your close by neighbours - but you can still share the pistes if you choose to. This sunny purpose-built resort is located in heart of the Belleville Valley, and is part of the part of the extensive 3 Vallées ski area. Access is good with local airports including Chambéry, Lyon and Geneva being as close as 90 minutes. You can also drive here fairly easily.

Essentials	Suitable For	Slopes
RESORT ALTITUDE : 1850m TOTAL PISTE : 160 km LONGEST RUN : 3 km START SEASON : December END SEASON : April	OVERALL SKIING BOARDING APRÉS FAMILIES	Beginners 12 / 16% Intermediates 34 / 45% Advanced 24 / 32% Experts 6 / 8% TOTAL RUNS : 76 SNOW CANNONS : 400 / 40ha SNOW PARKS : 2 CROSS COUNTRY : 30 km

On the slopes

Ski Les Menuires and you get some excellent skiing and snowboarding pistes at all levels close to home - let alone the greater ski area. Recognised for its uncrowded, sunny slopes access to slopes of the Three Valleys is a pull for thousands each year. One of the best areas is La Masse, with some superb advanced runs and some of the best views in the Alps.

There are 24 advanced runs in all, and a further 34 for intermediates meaning you are particularly well catered for. Beginners are spolit with a 'beginners village' near the Preyerand area making sure the ESF and other ski schools have great facilities and pistes on which to teach you. Finally, off piste and experts have quite a lot of terrain to pick from in Le Pointe de la Masse - the north facing slopes that offer some challenging on and off piste.

Ski area :

If you ski Les Menuires you are also in the ski region of Les Trois Vallees along with the following resorts; Brides Les Bains, Courchevel 1300 le Praz, Courchevel 1550, Courchevel 1650, Courchevel 1850, La Tania, Les Menuires, Meribel, Mottaret, St Martin de Belleville, Val Thorens .

Off the slopes

Accommodation is varied in Les Menuires, with a great range of hotels, apartments, chalets and tourist residences to choose from in this purposoe built resort. There are also two shopping areas with over 100 shops. Food choices range form traditional Savoyard dishes, usually packed with potato and cheese, through to standard international fare. Why not try a local favourite such fondue, raclette or tartiflette? If you are prepared to go further afield you'll find a great atmosphere in the village of St-Martin-de-Belleville, or nearby Val Thorens.

Tourist Office

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