Best Resorts for a Ski Season

Alpe d'Huez

A fantastic resort offering extensive skiing and a lively atmosphere. Highlights include:

• 360 days of sunshine annually
• Home of La Folie Douce and other popular après-ski venues
• Options for both beginners and expert skiers, including the challenging Le Tunnel run
• Day trips to Les Deux Alpes

Les Arcs

Part of the Paradiski area with a mix of epic skiing and a vibrant atmosphere:

• Large off-piste skiing areas
• Famous Apocalypse Park in Arc 1800
• Arc 2000: Intimate, lively, and ideal for first-time seasonnaires
• Arc 1800: Livelier with popular après venues like Bar King Mad

Val d'Isère

A high-end resort with exceptional skiing and vibrant nightlife:

• Access to Tignes-Val d'Isère ski area
• Après spots like Dicks Tea Bar and Coco Rico
• Efficient bus system
• Guaranteed snow and quality spring skiing

Tignes

A snow-sure resort with a long season and vibrant community:

• 300km of varied ski runs shared with Val d'Isère
• Après-ski venues like Loop Bar and Coco Rico
• Home to drum and bass music events
• Large seasonnaire community

Val Thorens

The highest resort in Europe’s largest ski area with seasonaire fun on tap, day and night.

• Best spots on a powder day are Orelle or Mont Vallon
• Ski the entire 3 Valleys with your full area lift pass
• Two main après bars, one on either side of the mountain: Folie-Douce and Bar 360
• To walk from one side of the resort to the other takes just 15 minutes

La Plagne

Cheaper for seasonaires than the big resorts of Val d’Isere and Tignes La Plagne is a unique, friendly and HUGE resort to experience a ski season.

• One of Skiworld’s largest chalet resorts and a large resort team
• Plagne Centre is the main hub of La Plagne and has a few more bars
• Home to the Olympic bobsleigh run!
• Connected to Les Ars via the Vanoise Express cable car
• 425kms of piste and some gnarly off piste skiing at your ski-tips