Visitor reviews for Chamrousse Ski Resort

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• January 31, 2010
  Boltie from UNITED KINGDOM
  

  Just back from a week's skiing. Our first French experience & we were pleasantly surprised. Lots of snow & sun, was a joy to be able to sit out on the terraces eating lunch & not freeze. Having previously skied in Lapland, Italy & Canada, all extremely cold in January, Chamrousse was like heaven!
  Access to the slopes from our apartments (Chamrousse apts-1700) was the best we've ever had-virtually ski to the door & hardly any lift queues-although extremely busy at the w'end.
  We did find some of the piste grading a little out though as several of the green & blue runs had very steep sections on them with little or no grooming going on which made for a bumpy ride after two decent snowfalls-beginners beware!!
  There is a great little mountain restaurant called La Mamamute which is on the lower slopes nr to 1750 & isn't on the piste map-they do excellent gluwein & good coffee.
  The only downside is they don't really seem to do much piste-bashing at Chamrousse, but there's plenty of powder about if that's your thing.
  We would return here as the views & acessability to the slopes are second to none, however, if you're a good intermediate & above you may well do all the runs in a day or two-but it's well worth a look at-try it!!

• December 11, 2009
  Helen from UNITED KINGDOM
  

  I have purchased an apartment in Chamrousse and use it for 13 weeks of the year and would highly recommend it! Great for families, little waiting time for lifts and gorgeous views! Staff very helpful and great skiing!

• August 28, 2009
  Adrian Hamilton from UNITED KINGDOM
  

  I visited Chamrousse over the New Year period '08 to '09. It was just one of a number of ski areas I visited over a 2 week period. I am a regular visitor to the French Alps and generally love everything about France and French skiing. Chamrousse proved a major disappointment.

  Despite a mild spell, conditions across this part of the Alps were generally very good. Other areas we'd visited in the days leading up to our visit, including the resorts of the Grand Massif and the tiny resort of Lans en Vercors had maintained very good piste conditions. Chamrousse, however, was in a very poor state of piste maintenance.

  There was plenty of snow around but it appeared that little had been done to prepare the pistes and as a result they were in a condition more in keeping with an early season where little snow had fallen. Some of the easy pistes used as links by real novice skiers had been left unpisted from the previous days and as a result, chopped snow had frozen and created very treacherous conditions for all but experienced skiers.

  This atmosphere that suggested a lack of preparation was supported by the apathy of lift staff. On one occasion a child fell off a drag lift within 50 metres of the start and was desperately struggling to get out of the way. It took a good 3 - 4 minutes for her to clear the area aided by her father, who despite being a novice himself had to climb the icy track to assist. There were 3 lift operators watching while an increasingly irritated large queue looked on.

  In many places the lift tracks had been left bare when a shovel and a couple of pisters could have remedied the problem in minutes. I watched 2 of them sitting by the side of one bare area for a good 10 minutes with shovel in hand while they smoked a cigarette. This was around the middle of the day and the track had been bare since the lift opened.

  The lack of care in the resort apart, this is a congested area with many awkward piste intersections, creating numerous danger spots when the resort is busy. The impression is given that they have tried to cram as many pistes as possible into a relatively small area.

  The resort stations themselves are extremely ugly and typify all that was worst about 1960's purpose built with high rise apartment blocks more in keeping with a city centre than a beautiful mountain environment.

  I was so disappointed in the area that I wrote to the tourist office to voice my concerns, something I have never even thought of doing before in over 30 years skiing.

  There are several much nicer areas close to the city of Grenoble; Les Sept Laux, Alpe du Grand Serre, Lans en Vercors, Villard de Lans to name a few. These would be much better choices.

  The whole area is, in my opinion, in need of a major overhaul.

• February 03, 2008
  David Groves from UNITED KINGDOM
  

  Great resort for all abilities! Quick transfer from Grenoble. Amazing views. Great skiing and plenty for the advanced skier. The resort has a a good ski park and ski-cross course as well; great fun! We stayed at Ecrin Les Neiges appartments. Good value and highly recommended! Plenty of bars and restaurants for apres-ski. What more could you want?

• February 10, 2007
  chappers from UNITED KINGDOM
  

  Visited at xmas 06 and was suprised by the amount of snow. The village is not the best looking but the skiing was better than I had thought. We ski several times a year and we were pleasantly surprised in Chamrousse and would recommend it especially to families. Access is easy to the slopes and, despite being the Xmas holiday, did not have any queues ever. Very French and not expensive by Alps standards. Try it!!

• January 15, 2007
  Farbod from GERMANY
  

  Extremely good view while skiing... village looked very bad (usual in France).
  Very poor snow conditions. I would visit again only if it snowed a lot before...

• December 05, 2005
  Canivet from FRANCE
  

  Chamrousse is a the Grenoble's resort for exellence (approximately 45 minutes in car)and It's possible to buy your fixed price to Grenoble.
  It's also the resort of The winter olympic games of 1968.

  There are two areas of the resort Recoin (1650m) more gravitational for the good skiers (with men and woman's' downhill) and Roche Beranger (1700)more family .
  There are many pistes suitable for intermediates in the medium of the fir trees.