Valloire

Valloire, 'nestled between the Col du Télégraphe and the Col du Galibier', opens the Galibier-Thabor domain, linked with Valmeinier: '160 km of runs spread over 5 mountainsides', from 1,430 to 2,750 m, with '70% of runs above 2,000 m' and a snowpark 'sitting at 2,300 m'. Valloire's own flank — the Sétaz and the Crey du Quart — weighs 80 km, within the domain's '90 runs: 8 black, 33 red, 32 blue, 17 green' and '30 modern lifts including 2 gondolas in the resort's heart'. Worth knowing: there is 'no shuttle between Valloire and Valmeinier' — the link is by the slopes alone.

Three beginner areas stack up: Thymel (via the Sétaz gondola) and la Séa (via the Brive gondola), on special passes — and 'the Les Verneys drag lift, free of access, in the hamlet of the same name, is a calm, family space'. The Les Verneys plateau also hosts cross-country skiing, 'ideal' per the resort — its mileage is unpublished, so we do not invent it. In the village, the ice rink bears a local glide-sports name: Philippe Candéloro.

The 2026-27 season is published in three stages: partial previews on 5-6 December 2026, the Valloire massif alone 12 to 18 December, then the full Galibier-Thabor domain 19 December 2026 to 9 April 2027. In summer, Valloire turns cycling base camp between the Télégraphe and the Galibier, with mountain biking and paragliding.