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Flaine Resort Reviews

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Visitor reviews for Flaine Ski Resort

Flaine Ratings

Overall: 3.9. Based on 72 votes and 74 reviews.

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Snowsure: 4.4

  • Occasionally gets enough snow for skiing
  • Is often closed due to a lack of snow
  • Occasionally suffers from a lack of snow
  • Rarely suffers from a lack of snow
  • Flaine is snowsure even in the poorest seasons

Variety of pistes: 4.6

  • The ski runs are featureless and unvaried
  • The ski runs are varied but not extensive enough for a week
  • Flaine has diverse and interesting pistes including forests and high alpine terrain

Off-piste: 4.3

  • No off-piste worth mentioning
  • Off piste is out-of-bounds
  • Some varied offpiste that stays fresh for one or two days
  • A vast array of off-piste routes that can stay untracked for several days

Scenery: 3.9

  • An ugly resort in a bland setting
  • Average mountain views and resort
  • A spectacular setting and a beautiful / historic resort town

Access: 4.6

  • At least one overnight stop
  • Requires a whole day
  • Requires more than half a day – you may have time for a few turns
  • Arrive by lunchtime and ski all afternoon
  • There is a main airport within an hour of Flaine

Public Transport: 3.8

  • There are no buses or taxis to Flaine
  • There are slow or infrequent buses / trains available
  • Getting to the resort is easy with frequent bus / train connections

Accommodation: 4.3

  • No places to stay in/near Flaine
  • A few places to stay in the resort
  • A wide variety of accommodation suitable to suit all budgets

Cheap Rooms: 3.6

  • No budget accommodation available
  • Just one or two hostels so book ahead
  • Several cheap hostels and pensions available

Luxury Hotels: 3.8

  • No luxury accommodation available
  • Just one or two luxury hotels so book ahead
  • Several up-market hotels in Flaine

Ski in/Ski out: 4.6

  • The ski area is located far from any accommodation
  • A free ski bus takes you to the ski area in a short trip
  • Ski-in ski-out accommodation is available

Childcare: 4.0

  • There are no child care facilities at Flaine
  • The resort has limited child-care facilities
  • the resort has excellent child-care facilities including at least one reasonably priced creche

Snowmaking: 4.2

  • Flaine relies entirely on natural snow
  • There are just a few snow cannons
  • There are snowmaking facilities on all pistes

Snow Grooming: 4.4

  • There are no snow groomers at Flaine
  • Occasionally some pistes are left ungroomed and in a poor state
  • All the runs at Flaine are groomed daily

Shelter: 3.8

  • There is nowhere to ski when it is windy or visibility is bad and lifts often shut
  • There are some trees for poor visibility but main lifts sometimes close
  • Flaine is mostly in forest where you can ski in flat-light and windy days, lifts rarely close

Nearby options: 3.3

  • If snow conditions are poor at Flaine, it will be poor everywhere nearby
  • There are good alternatives within an hours drive
  • Other locations on the same lift pass provide a rich variety of snowsure ski conditions

Regional rating: 4.6

  • Flaine usually has poor snow conditions compared to other resorts in region
  • Has average conditions for the region
  • Usually has the best snow conditions in the region

Lift Staff: 4.3

  • The staff at Flaine are rude or unhelpful
  • Lift staff at Flaine are pleasant, cheerful and eager to help

Crowds/Queues: 3.8

  • The resort is always busy and there are usually long lift queues
  • It is quiet apart from occasional weekends and school holidays
  • It is uncrowded and lift queues are very rare

Ski Schools: 4.5

  • No ski schools available
  • One or two ski schools but local language only
  • A few ski schools but book early for multi-lingual instructors
  • Plenty of ski schools and multi-lingual instructors available
  • Excellent ski schools with friendly multi-lingual ski instructors

Hire and Repairs: 4.5

  • Nothing can be sourced, not even ski-wax or ptex
  • There are some ski shops but rentals need to be booked in advance
  • Good quality ski equipment can be purchased or hired and overnight repairs are possible

Beginners: 4.1

  • Beginners can only watch others ski and snowboard
  • A few gentle slopes but beginners will get bored in less than a week
  • Vast areas of gentle terrain

Intermediates: 4.6

  • No intermediate terrain at Flaine
  • Intermediate skiers will get bored after a few days
  • Vast areas of cruising runs

Advanced: 4.3

  • Nothing for advanced skiers and snowboarders
  • Enough steep terrain for a few days with some good offpiste
  • Enough steep terrain and offpiste areas to entertain advanced skiers for at least a week

Snow Park: 3.6

  • Not even a kicker at Flaine
  • Average sized park quite well looked after
  • Huge park area and expertly crafted pipes, jumps and boardercross trails

Cross-country: 3.5

  • There is nowhere to go for cross-country skiing around Flaine
  • There are some cross country trails available
  • The area features many spectacular and well maintained cross-country trails

Luge/Toboggan: 2.2

  • No designated luge or toboggan runs
  • There are toboggan runs that open quite often
  • Flaine has long and well maintained luge / toboggan facilities suitable for all ages

Mountain Dining: 3.7

  • Nowhere to buy food by the pistes
  • Some places to eat up on the mountain but they are often busy and expensive
  • There is a variety of excellent mountain eateries right next to the slopes to suit all budgets

Eating: 3.7

  • Bring your own food, there isn't even a shop
  • There are a few places to eat in the resort but nothing special
  • A wide variety of places to eat and drink in the resort, from fast food to fancy restaurants

Apres-Ski: 3.3

  • Nothing to do, not even a bar
  • There are a few bars in the resort but nothing special
  • Clubs and bars stay open until very late and have a friendly atmosphere

Other Sports: 3.2

  • No sports facilities at all apart from ski lifts
  • Resort has just a small public swimming pool
  • Resort has all kinds of sports facilities, including a full-size swimming pool

Entertainment: 3.1

  • Besides the snow and walking there is nothing to do here
  • The non-skier will find things to do for few days but may become bored after a week
  • The resort area is a fascinating place to visit, regardless of winter sports

Winter Walks: 3.5

  • Very limited walking and no snowshoe trails
  • A couple of designated scenic walking/snowshoe trails
  • Extensive and diverse winter walking trails for all abilities

Ski Pass Value: 4.1

  • A 1 week ski pass is overpriced compared to the number of lifts available
  • The ski pass is averagely priced and covers a reasonable number of lifts
  • Ski passes are excellent value for money and cover a lot of lifts spanning a big area

Value (National): 3.9

  • Overall, Flaine is one of the most expensive ski resorts in the country and not worth the money
  • Overall represents average value for money
  • Overall offers the best value resort in the country

Value (Global): 4.0

  • Overall, Flaine is one of the most expensive ski resorts in the world
  • Overall it offers pretty average value for money compared to resorts from other countries
  • Internationally the resort offers excellent value for money

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November 21, 2011
Donald Munro from Ski United Kingdom United Kingdom
Not only in Flaine, but in the whole of the Grand Massif, there has been good investment in uplift in recent years with some of the old bottlenecks being potentially removed. The sad thing is that having spent €Ms, the management of boarding at busy times is non existent. There are generally no singles gates, apart from those for the ESF classes. The result is that when it gets really busy, the lines get longer and the chairs run at only about 70% capacity. You would think that a small investment in kit and in staff training would be well worthwhile in order to get the full benefit of the money already spent on uplift plant. Perhaps the resort management is just particularly slack? [note from editor: edited slightly for the sake of relevance]
August 13, 2011
George mclaughlin from Ski United Kingdom United Kingdom
Hi, we had our first ever ski/boarding holiday in Flaine and everybody had a great time. Our young ones at 3 and 5 yrs old went to the ESF Rabbit club for 6 days and their skiing came on great, especially Cameron (5yrs). The instructors are fantastic, both ski and boarding. We arrived 19th March 2011 and we were lucky as it was snowing for 3 days previous. We stayed in Montsoleil apts and they were really good. I reckon we couldn't have picked a better place for our first family ski hol. Great weather all week, good snow and great lessons for all the family. Can't wait for 2012 :-) P.s. also found Flaine reasonably priced for drinks and eating out.
April 06, 2011
robert smith from Ski United Kingdom United Kingdom
Got back yesterday and to read reports that there has been a metre of snow I can honestly say is not true, The runs are slushy and the weather is beautiful apart from Monday when it rained heavily and gave a light dusting at the very top. I can only think that people that say it has been snowing maybe own businesses in or near the resort...
April 04, 2011
Jen from Ski United Kingdom United Kingdom
1metre of snow on 30th March? Are you sure this was in Flaine? We arrived on the 2nd April and it doesn't look like there has been a recent dump of snow. First day was scorchio, nice for the tan, but snow is melting fast. It has been snowing/ raining most of the day today but this snow doesn't look like it will last long. Snow-forecast.com is predicting sun all week..... The nursery slopes have all but disappeared. Our 5 yr old's instructor is hoping to take them up to higher slopes tomorrow. On the plus side, pack your sun tan lotion!
April 04, 2011
Jon from Ski United Kingdom United Kingdom
Just got back from Flaine, boy was it hot. That was my first experience of Spring skiing and it was really good. Warm sunshine and plenty of snow up high and just a few slushy runs down in the village (avoid the really wet bits or you will get wet as a friend found out)!!. Fortunate to be there when there was a dump of snow. First visit and I was really impressed with the runs and resort. Two favourite drinking/eating venues were The White Bar (very lively) and Perdiex Noir (very relaxed and very friendly bar). Would go again, and maybe bring the family next time.
April 01, 2011
Julia from Ski United Kingdom United Kingdom
Really good to hear that Flaine has just had a good dump of snow. I was getting worried as we are off on 9 April - having to wait for my 19 year old to get back from Uni. We have been for 4 of the past 6 years and keep going back. It is a really great resort for families and now we are more competent we are getting out in the wider Massif area. We always stay at La Foret - and they usually give us great rooms. The Crystal childcare team are great there too. Just hope there is enough snow to put my 3 year old onto skis this time next week (nearly!)
March 30, 2011
paul lindsay from Ski France France
At Flaine now (30/03/11) had a metre of snow - resort half empty so were in skiing heaven - longest queue this week has been 8 people!! Latest dump should see season through - in La Floret appartment (SC) and they are one of the best I have stayed in for the price - paid for 5 star in Val Thorens and it wasn't nearly as good. OK, it's not a night life but with drinks at 6 - 9 Euro each in all French ski resorts who can sup ale from 5 - midnight now?
March 05, 2011
Stuart Ibbotson from Ski United Kingdom United Kingdom
Returned from Flaine last weekend. Good job it snowed for much of the first 3 days as they were badly in need of snow, even on some of the higher runs. Great early day skiing down towards Les Carroz, Morrillon 1100 and Samoen, although runs to Les Carroz itself closed. However, they do need to develop more runs and maybe another couple of fast lifts to get back over to Flaine as the one main run back got very busy with ski school. Resort let down by too many old and very slow lifts that caused totally unnecessary bottle necks. Forgot how little ski in-ski out there is, which spoils the start and end of a day. Thankfully, used Patrick's ski locker for storing boots and skis at base of one of the lifts. Was put in L'Arche apartments by Inghams. Nice accommodation but as far as you could be from the slopes and lifts in the older parts of the resort; at least a 10 minute brisk walk without ski boots. Sorry, but the French keep putting their prices for everything up in the resorts and this meant that for the first time ever we didn't have a beer or meal out at all. There must be others who are voting with their wallets and spending far less. If they just reduced prices a little they would get far more business, especially at quiet times.
February 09, 2011
phil rees from Ski United Kingdom United Kingdom
Just returned from Faine. The pistes are doing an amazing job! Considering the lack of snow, most pistes are really good, A bit slushy at the resort but really amazing. Well done! Definitely would return.
January 28, 2011
David from Ski United Kingdom United Kingdom
My wife and I have been going to Flaine now for the last 15 years. It's a friendly family resort with limited night life, so hooray! Yes, it is quite expensive, like all of France is to us Brits at the moment, but the snow record is excellent. January was the worst I have ever seen at that time and we still skied on very good snow at the top. The lower slopes were a bit more challenging but there was still a fair bit of terrain when other resorts were bare. I endorse the comment about Black Side ski shop and cafe/bar, Jean Michelle and Nathalie couldn't be more friendly and helpful. We'll be back in March so here's hoping for more snow.