Ski resorts

Aussois (1,500 m), Haute Maurienne's south-facing village resort: 55 km of runs, 8 lifts, the Monolithe Nordic domain shared with Val Cenis. 2026-27 season: 12 December to 9 April.

Les Arcs: four sites above Bourg-Saint-Maurice, a 7-minute funicular, 200 km of runs beneath the Aiguille Rouge (3,226 m), the Vanoise Express to La Plagne. 2026-27 season: 12 December to 17 April.

Courchevel: six linked villages from 1,100 to 1,850 m, 150 km of home slopes, free shuttles, free cross-country — and the 600 km of Les 3 Vallées. 2026-27 season: 4 December to 18 April.

Les Saisies (1,650 m): 120 km of cross-country on the 1992 Olympic site, open from 11 November, Nordic free with the alpine pass — and the six-village Espace Diamant. Alpine season: 12 December to 10 April.

La Plagne: eleven villages, 225 km of runs up to 3,080 m, 16 free beginner lifts, the Albertville 1992 Olympic bobsleigh track — and Paradiski's 425 km. 2026-27 season from 12 December.

Méribel: villages from 1,100 to 1,750 m at the heart of the 3 Vallées, 150 km of runs (50% green-blue), free pass under 5 and 75+, free Doron sledge run. 2026-27 season: 5 December to 18 April.

Valmorel: the Grand Domaine's 165 km of runs (1,250 – 2,550 m) with Saint-François-Longchamp, two free beginner lifts and a village-heart sledge run lit at night. 2026-27 season: 18 December to 10 April.

Les Menuires (1,850 m): 81 local runs, the 3 Vallées on skis — and ten free beginner lifts, named one by one on the official map. 2026-27 season: 5 December to 18 April.

Val Thorens, Europe's highest ski resort (2,300 m): season 21 November 2026 to 2 May 2027, the Cosmojet — France's longest sledge run — and free shuttles. Unverifiable figures stay unstated.

Savoie Grand Revard, the Bauges' 'Little Canada': 150 km of cross-country over three gateways (La Féclaz, Le Revard, Saint-François-de-Sales), 30 km of alpine, Hibou night evenings — 30 minutes from Chambéry.

La Rosière (1,850 m), the most Italian of French resorts: the Espace San Bernardo's 156 km linked to La Thuile over the Petit Saint-Bernard, Famille Plus label. 2026-27 season announced from 12 December.

Pralognan-la-Vanoise (1,410 m): a village resort at the heart of the Vanoise, 25 runs, 27 Nordic km, the 1992 curling's Olympic rink — free lifts under 5 and 75+.

Tignes: five villages between 1,550 and 2,100 m, 300 km linked with Val d'Isère, free beginner zones, free shuttles. 2026-27 season from 21 November — Savoie's first snow.

Val Cenis: three ski-in villages, 125 km of runs from 1,300 to 2,800 m, Europe's longest green run (the 10 km Escargot) — and free Nordic at the Val d'Ambin and Termignon. 2026-27 season from mid-December.

Val d'Isère (1,850 m): domain linked with Tignes, '300 km of runs' between 1,550 and 3,400 m, free Val Bus shuttles, free beginner lifts. 2026-27 season: 28 November to 2 May.

Valloire, between the Télégraphe and the Galibier: the Galibier-Thabor domain linked with Valmeinier, 160 km over 5 mountainsides, 70% of runs above 2,000 m, free Les Verneys drag lift. 2026-27 season: 19 December to 9 April.