Courchevel Travelling to Courchevel doesn't typically mean that you just have got to do skiing or snowboarding, you will find a variety of off slope activities available.
The resort developed from the mountain village of Saint Bon, based at an altitude of 1,100 metres, the location where the resort's first hotel (Le Lac Bleu) opened in 1925.
Today Courchevel climbs to a height of 1,850 metres, the place that the most luxurious of the resort's hotels can be located.
Served by gondola-lifts in the village of Le Praz at 1,300 metres, it will take 8 minutes to get to the VIP ski chalets at Courchevel 1850.
Irrespective of your level of skiing or snowboarding, no matter if it be beginner to expert, you can find a selection of ski slopes to fit your current needs and level.
Covering 1,304 acres of mountain dedicated solely to winter sports activities, together with 150 kilometres of downhill pistes.
The resort is served with 62 chairlifts, to help you get back up almost as rapidly as you came down.
Courchevel offers a selection of "ZEN" zones for first-timers to practice in peace and quiet, together with 27 green and 44 blue runs to put new skills into practice.
For expert skiers, 38 red and 10 black runs will permit you push yourself to your limits.
Verbier From a couple of farmers huts and pastures for cattle, to a snow-sports hotspot within less than a century.
Not an uncommon story given the sixties ski-boom possibly, and yet Verbier currently stands out as one of the best most recognized regions within the Alps today.
Renowned because of its challenging off-piste and ample chances for heli-skiers.
The resort's after-ski and nightlife is virtually as legendary, with more than 100 bars and restaurants providing something to accommodate for everyone's preferences.
The resort features a range of distinctive VIP chalets available and, owing to the large range of activities accessible throughout the year, Verbier is great for more than just you average skiing holiday in the Alps, it really is perfect for summer excursions as well.
The on-piste Ski areas of Verbier spans across the Four Valleys region to Nendaz and Thyon, which include 410 kilometres of runs, served by 89 lifts covered with a single lift-pass.
Beginners have access into a number of dedicated nursery ski slopes and blue runs, whilst the red pistes provide excellent cruising runs.
The more experienced and hardened skiers will discover Verbier's black runs surely challenging, and won't need to venture far to locate the area's notorious off-piste runs.
Morzine Situated within the heart of Portes du Soleil and not far from Avioraz, Morzine provides easy access to a variety of other fantastic hotels, in addition to its own wonderful itineraries.
Morzine offers spots for all forms of winter sports, for instance snowboarding, skiing, cross country and telemark, all of which are for all levels.
Plenty of pastureland below the pistes, paired with the Mont Blanc weather system and state-of-the-art snow-making systems, allows Morzine's ski-season to run from the beginning of December to the end of April.
Together with passes obtainable to offer access to the whole Portes du Soleil area, or merely the Morzine/Les Gets area, you can choose a option to match your requirements and ability.
The Morzine/Les Gets region involves the Pleney, Morzine, Nyon, Chavannes and Mont Chéry in Les Gets; providing 107 kilometres of slopes at altitudes approximately between 1000 and 2020 metres.
You can find a range of luxury ski chalet selections near to Morzine centre, ideally situated to utilise the entire range of pistes in the Portes du Soleil.
The entire region is often covered with between 109 blue and 110 red slopes, with 28 black runs for skilled skiers.
Snowboarders can enjoy the free-ride as well as super-pipe in nearby Avioraz, which features some of the best boarding options in Europe.