Date Posted: 20 February 2024

Picture this: it's 1pm, and after a solid morning of skiing, you cruise onto your favourite mountainside restaurant terrace, remove your jacket, and sip on an ice-cold drink while enjoying the stunning Alpine vistas and the warmth of the April sun on your face. It can only be a spring ski trip, and France in April is one of the best ways to enjoy the warmer weather and quieter pistes, whether you’re a family hoping to make the most of the Easter holidays or you just want to squeeze in a cheaper...

Date Posted: 18 August 2022

The popularity of France as a ski destination is obvious; high resorts with large ski areas, guaranteed snow, fantastic lift systems and great après make it easy to see why France ski holidays are so popular with the British public. We’re here to help you learn a bit more about the largest ski areas in France and let you know what kind of accommodation is available in each, helping pick your next ski destination even easier. 1. Trois vallees / 3 Valleys 600km of pistes - 335 runs The 3 Val...

Date Posted: 27 May 2022

With their pretty villages, stunning mountain vistas, fantastic food, and lively après, French resorts have come to represent what many consider to be the quintessential skiing experience. And with so many of those resorts amongst the world’s best, picking just 10 is a challenge. That’s why, to determine our ranking, we’ve compared each one using the combination of factors we consider to be the most vital to a holistically excellent resort. They include snow surety, the size of the ski area,...

Date Posted: 05 August 2016

British skiers and snowboarders are lucky enough to have easy access to some of the best skiing on earth in France. France is home to the largest lift-linked ski area in the world, the highest ski resort in Europe and the longest black run in Europe. If there was an Olympics for the best ski resorts, many of the winners would be in France! Ski holidays in France are extremely popular because of the wide variety of accommodations available, the high quality of amenities in resort, the excellent ...

Date Posted: 15 May 2012

However much we all talk about trying somewhere new — skiing in North America or joining the growing trend that is heading back to our former favourite skiing destination, Austria — most of us will go skiing in France next year. Whether it's the cheap flights, the large selection of chalets, or maybe we just love to visit our neighbours, for some reason we can't help but go back. So, if we are going to ski in France next season — which nearly a million of us will be — what should we do while we...

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The Largest Ski Areas in France

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