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Ski Valmorel

  

Ski Valmorel and find a chocolate-box pretty village about 90 minutes from Chambéry airport. For great skiing & snowboarding in France in le Grand Domaine, this resort offers all levels and abilities alongside some great on and off-piste.

Where

If you ski Valmorel you will find a ski resort built from scratch in the mid-1970s as a car free ski resort - that doesn't overly feel like it. Combined with the neaighbouring resort of St Francois de Longchamp, you have 50 lifts and 162kms of pistes both below and above the tree-line. The two ski resorts stretch across the Maurienne and Tarentaise valleys, and with nearest airports at Chambéry and Grenoble, access is good and only about 90 minutes so could be a ski weekend destination to consider.

Essentials

Suitable For

Slopes

Resort Info Chart

RESORT ALTITUDE :

1400m

TOTAL PISTE :

93 km

LONGEST RUN :

4 km

START SEASON :

December

END SEASON :

April

OVERALL

Star rating

SKIING

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BOARDING

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APRÉS

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FAMILIES

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Beginners
14 / 25%
Intermediates
25 / 45%
Advanced
11 / 20%
Experts
5 / 9%

TOTAL RUNS :

55

SNOW CANNONS :

200 / 60ha

SNOW PARKS :

1

CROSS COUNTRY :

21 km


On the slopes

Ski holidays in Valmorel offer an efficient lift system and access to a wide range of skiing and snowboarding across le Grande Domaine. For beginners there are separate beginner skiing and snowboarding areas close to the centre - an added bonus is that they only require the basic Valmorel ski pass.

Intermediates can head to the Col de la Madeleine, where there are some great runs spread out over a number of small valleys. Advanced skiers can explore the whole area, including some great off-piste couloirs and chutes on powder days including the Massif de la Lauzière that's above St Francois de Longchamp.

Ski area :

If you ski Valmorel you are also in the ski region of Le Grande Domaine along with the following resorts; Saint-François Longchamp, Valmorel .

Off the slopes

The traffic-free main street of Valmorel is built with traditional Savoie stone and wood to create an attractive and friendly resort that is user friendly despite being a 'purpose-built' resort. There are some great places to eat on the mountain Prariond and the Altipano, at the top of the gondola. Après-ski you can try the terraces of Bourg Morel and Le Grenier, but the main street is the place to go after dark - Le Shaker bar in hotel La Fontaine is recommended for cocktails. It has a good vibrant nightlife which attracts lots of boarders and skiers alike that enjoy hard days and hard nights.

WE LIKE

  • The most sympathetically designed French purpose-built, car-free resort
  • Largely slope-side accommodation for ski-in ski-out
  • Beginners and children particularly well catered for

WE DON'T LIKE

  • Fairly low towards the bottom, so snow can suffer
  • Still lots of slow lifts and drags, with peak-season lift queues
  • There's very little nightlife - if any - and a quiet quiet resort on the whole


Tourist Office

Valmorel La Belle Office Du Tourisme
Maison de Valmorel

Valmorel 73260

Click here for website
Phone: +33 4 79 09 85 55
Fax: +33 4 79 09 85 29
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