Val Thorens

Spent a week skiing in Val Thorens over Christmas 2018. Whilst it had snowed creating a good base layer, there hadn’t been a decent snowfall for over a week and didn’t snow at all whilst we were there. Despite this the the pistes weren’t too bad and only became problematic near the the end of the day (becoming icy). Conversely throughout our stay the weather was clear with blue skies and sunshine. The pistes were busy (it was over Christmas), but if this is one of the busiest weeks of the year then for the remainder of the season they must be perfect. Delays getting on lifts again weren’t too bad taking into account how busy it was. It was also possible to plan routes to miss the crowds. Higher up the pistes the queues were less of a problem. The only queue that never seemed to die down was for the Peclet bubble. Despite having many ski holidays I’m not a great skier, but found plenty of blue runs to keep me happy (even the occasional red run I strayed upon). I only purchased a Val Thorens/Orelle ski pass and found this more than adequate. Even on my last day I was still exploring new areas. I think for the variety of different pistes Val Thorens had much to recommend it. I’m afraid I can’t comment on the nightlife as I’m a little beyond that. But judging by the number and variety of bars it can’t be bad.

Fantastic resort. We were lucky and had the best snow ever for this early in the season. Great snowboard destination with so many off piste pow runs. Night life is good if you walk to the top of the town where the Frog bar is. I think, because we had 3 days of snow at the start of the break the pow runs were the best I have experienced. Be a little careful of the rocks here and there when of the piste as there are some areas where there are some massive boulders but if you follow the lines the locals set out you will be OK. Not the cheapest resort but you are a long way up the Alps. We had Xmas dinner at Les Clarines which is opposite the Frog bar and can highly recommend the food, excellent and reasonable price.

Large resort great slopes and lifts, plenty of shops. Resort is highest in Europe so when sunny and clear it is beautiful but when snow storms arrive it is a total wipe out with little visibility. Guaranteed snow though

Fantastic location. Easy to access the slopes from the bottom of the building. Good value apartments and everything we needed for a comfortable stay. Would definitely return!

An amazing resort, superb skiing with great lift facilities, very busy late in the season because the resort is so high and you're guaranteed snow. The nightlife was buzzing, plenty of good restaurants to suit all budgets and service was friendly and fun.

Val Thorens is easily accessed up the vally road 30km from Moutiers. The village is pretty much all ski in/out. Excellent pistes, with a number of lovely long blue and red runs. three good long and wide green runs as well as a huge nursery slope area. 80% of the pistes return to the central area infront of the village. Fantastic off piste areas fed by fast chair lifts and gondolas. Pistes were all well maintained each night. Very good ski schools. We used the excellent Prosneige. Loads of good and reasonably priced resturants, both in the village and on the pistes. We had the basic Val Thorens plus Oreille lift pass and that kept us busy for the whole week. We will visit Val Thorens again.