Ski Area

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Les Trois valleys ski area is the largest ski area in the world and the best ski resort in europe for a french alps holiday. The 3 Valleys including 8 ski resorts of the french Alps : Courchevel, Val Thorens, Méribel, Les Menuires, Saint Martin de Belleville, La Tania, Orelle, Brides les Bains.

Les Trois Valleys Facts:

  • 600 kilometres of ski-in, ski-out interconnected ski runs, from beginners’ slopes to vertiginous couloirs
  • 169 modern high-performance ski lifts
  • Over 2,100 artical snow making machines : 1/3 of the ski area equipped with artificial snow
  • 73 piste groomers for 1,512 hectares (3 700ac)  of groomed runs
  • Minimum skiing altitude: 1,300 metres / Maximum skiing altitude: 3,230 metres
  •  85% of the ski area situated above 1,800 metres
  • 321 Alpine ski runs: (51 green, 132 blue, 106 red, 32 black)
  • 25 accessible summits including 10 above 2,500 metres & 6 glaciers
  • 35,000 hectares (86 500 ac)  of nature
 62,000 metres of combined vertical drop
  • 1,200 ski lift staff 
2,000 ESF French Ski School
  • Thalys and Eurostar (40 direct trains every Saturday)
  •  2 altiports (Courchevel, cleared of snow in winter, and Méribel)
  • 1 Helipad (Val Thorens)