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The well groomed Courchevel ski area

The Resort

Courchevel 1850 is ‘the place’ to enjoy a luxury ski holiday.  Boasting the largest skiable area in the world, Courchevel is one of the hottest ski resorts.  This high altitude glacial resort is situated in the guts of Les Trois Valles.  It is both the highest and the biggest of the 5 resorts, offering a chic blend of luxury ski vacations, boutiques and stylish restaurants and bars. 

Courchevel shares Les Trois Valles skiing area with Courchevel 1650, Courchevel 1550, Courchevel Le Praz 1300 and La Tania.  Courchevel 1650 better known as ‘Sunny Moriond’ thanks to being bathed in sunshine from most of the day, is the second highest of the towns.  It is an interesting old village crammed with eateries serving Savoy specialties and is conveniently simply a short gondola ride away from Courchevel 1850.  Courchevel 1550 and Courchevel Le Praz 1300 and La Tania are enthralling and peaceful resorts snuggled between fir and pine woods.  Skiers are spoilt for choice as the Les Trois Valles area offers intensive and sundry terrain across its 5 resorts. 

Famous for great skiing Courchevel also offers a variety of aprs-ski activities.  The apex of luxury and class there could be over 100 shops with popular brand names and famous artwork in its art galleries.  Other activities include snow shoeing, snowmobiling, ice-karting and tobogganing. 

There are many ski colleges, all with classes for youngsters and ESF runs Le village des Enfants for non skiing and skiing children ( recommended to book in advance ). 

On the Snow

The well groomed Courchevel ski area guarantees fantastic skiing with 600km of slopes, 189 lifts, 1932 hectares of slopes and 24,711 acres of off-piste skiing and snow trustworthiness from xmas thru to mid Apr. 

whether you are an amateur or advanced skiers, all capabilities are catered for at the resort.  There are wonderful beginner slopes in both 1850 and 1650, as well as challenging off-piste couloirs with some highly difficult black runs set to check even the most experienced.  Ski between Courchevel’s four villages, or head further out to Meribel and other resorts inside Les Trois Valles.  During top weeks, you may want to head for the quieter slopes of Courchevel 1650 or the satellite resort of La Tanis, avoiding the more crowded roads of Les Trois Valles. 

For snowboarders there’s the snow park at Le Plantrey, the ravine and dunes of Les Verdons and the rings at Biolley.  And it’s easy to get around on your luxury ski holiday using the modern lifts, with some great free-riding available.

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