Val Thorens

Val Thorens, in the Belleville valley, sits 'at 2,300 metres, ranked Europe's highest ski resort' — 'snow holds on the ground from November to May'. 'Six quarters make up the resort, with holiday-scented names: Soleil, Grande Rue, Balcons, Lombarde, Slalom and Plein Sud. This semi-pedestrian resort is crossed in just twenty minutes.' It claims ten titles of 'world's best ski resort', and opens onto the 3 Vallées, 'the world's largest ski area'.

One transparency is owed: the tourist office's site (valthorens.com) was unreachable on research day (persistent 403 error) — this page therefore relies on the official 3 Vallées association site, and the domain's local figures (kilometres, runs, own lifts) remain unstated rather than estimated. What is verified: the free shuttle between quarters and the valley shuttle to Les Menuires and Saint-Martin, the Cosmojet sledge run — 'France's longest', a 45-minute descent, by day and by night —, the 1,800 m La Bee double zipline and the Péclet by Night evening skiing.

The 2026-27 season is published: 21 November 2026 to 2 May 2027 (with Orelle) — Savoie's longest, opened by the mid-November 'Grande Première' and closed by the 'Grande Dernière' of May's first weekend. In summer the lifts run 4 July to 28 August (Caron, Deux Lacs).