Off the Slopes in Les Coches - Montchavin

The guide to what Les Coches - Montchavin has to offer when you’re off the slopes.

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Sun 01 Dec 2024 - Sun 08 Dec 2024

Activities Available

(Les Coches or Montchavin)

Arts Classes

Cinema

Games Room

Ice skating

Library (Books and games)

Snowshoeing

(La Plagne)

Airboarding

Bobsleigh Run

Bowling

Climbing Wall (Indoor)
+33 (0)4 79 55 15 15.

Dog sledding

GPS Adventures

Helicopter scenic flights 
+33 (0)4 79 07 81 85.

Ice climbing (22m high artificial tower)

Igloo Village

Night skiing +33 (0)4 79 09 03 99.

Paintballing

Paragliding

Piste Basher – Introductory Driving Course

Quad Biking

Sledging

Snowmobiling

Squash Courts 
+33 (0)4 79 09 08 70.

Swimming pools.

Weight Room
+33 (0)4 79 55 15 15.

Resort Attractions

The ice cave carved in to the glacier at the very top of the ski slopes is well worth a visit for that icy wow factor. First created within the Chiaupe glacier, 3417m up on top of Bellecote, the cave consists of a gallery containing several rooms where you can find mammoths and other spectacular statues of ice. A giant bear added for the 2009-10 season is six metres high and weighs an estimated 10 tonnes. As well as visiting the ice cave, a viewing platform nearby gives fantastic views out over the Alps.

Shopping

Shopping is limited to sportswear and equipment in the half-dozen ski shops, food (see grocery shopping) and resort essentials in Les Coches and Montchavin. There is a newsagents (Les Belles Feuilles, Place des Commerces; +33 (0)4 79 07 80 02) and for gifts and souvenirs there’s Les Flocons (Place des Commerces; + 33 (0)4 79 07 83 00).

Montchavin has another gift shop, Le Kabanon (Vieux Village; +33 (0)4 79 08 79 54) as well as a chemist (+33 (0)4 79 07 80 54) but this is definitely not a resort to visit if you like to spend hours touring the shops! However the shopping choice does change dramatically in the few days leading up to Christmas when a popular Christmas Market arrives in resort with a good range of gift stands if you’re lucky enough to be in resort for Christmas, a very special time there. If you miss that market there’s a Lover’s Market just before St Valentine’s Day!