Courchevel Ski Resort Guide
Courchevel Ski Resort Guide
Courchevel is the largest of the resorts in the renowned 3 Vallées in the Savoie province of France. The Three Valleys comprise the world's largest ski domain, an area with 372 miles of trails and slopes that are interconnected with 198 lifts. America's six largest ski resorts would fit into the Three Valleys. Courchevel alone has 65 lifts and 102 runs, with a top vertical descent of more than 4,700 feet. Courchevel is built on four different levels, from 4,290 feet to 5,940. The highest cluster of buildings at Courchevel 1850 (metres) are, arguably, the most fashionable with luxury hotels and chalets and an energetic night life. Much of the accommodation allows skiers to step out of the door, after breakfast, and into their skis to embark on a journey to see how much vertical they can log or how far across the Three Valleys they can go. Sophisticated skiers will know in advance which mountain restaurant they will stop at for lunch (see also the listings for Meribel and Val Thorens.)
If you’re looking for ski holidays in this or any of the other major ski resorts you can view all ski holidays from all the big tour operators with sno ski holidays – they’ll even give you a discount if you’re a snow-forecast member!.
Resorts close to Courchevel include:
Bozel (2 km),
Champagny (5 km),
La Tania (5 km),
Méribel (6 km),
Mottaret (6 km),
Courchevel Chalets, Ski Hotels & Lodging
Select Courchevel Location Map Detail:
(Also see our detailed Weather Map around Courchevel, which will give you visual overview of current and future snow conditions)
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Trails (Pistes): 100 |
Halfpipes: 0 |
| Summit: 2738 m |
Toplift: m |
| Beg: 33% Int: 34% Adv: 33% |
Terrain Parks: 1 |
| Vertical Drop: 1400 m |
X-Country: 67 km |
| Lifts: 97 (32 chair lifts, 40 surface lifts) |
Snowmaking: 25% |
| Gondolas / Cable Cars: 25 |
Slopeside accommodation: Y |
| Restaurants: 11 |
Acres of ski: 1428 |
| Bars: 13 |
Nearest Airport: Lyon |
| Nearest Train: Moutiers |
Tourist Info Phone:: +33479080029,
Courchevel Tourist Office Website |
Visitor Reviews of Courchevel
dodge from United Kingdom writes:
Courchevel is a fantastic resort. Spent New Year week at 1850 - our second visit to Courchevel having skied in many different resorts across the French Alps across many years, this is definitely our favourite. Excellent skiing for all abilities, the 3 villages of Courchevel are interlinked both with pistes and with buses, great piste grooming and pretty villages with trees - such a bonus if the weather is bad, you can still ski in almost all weather conditions. For us British, the prices are high, mostly pushed up by the visitors to the numerous 5 star hotels and super luxury chalets located in 1850, so the downside is it's expensive, eating out in restaurants is very pricey but if you can self-cater and take baguettes for lunch, that will save a lot! Well worth it for such a great resort.
2012-01-29 |
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