Les Deux Alpes Snow Forecast

Les Deux Alpes is an ok resort and has some great terrain for a snow heavy season. I would say that their maintenance of the area is ok. But compared to other major French resorts like La Plagne, Tignes, 3V there is less snow-making particularly higher up. So, in seasons with less snowfall it will suffer far more quickly. Another point worth noting is the lack of variability in aspect of slopes. Almost everything is on a north facing valley, or north facing. This means a lot less sun, which is again fine on good snowfall seasons, but will make for lots of unrelenting ice if there is a warm spell and freezing thereafter. Also, because the area is on a north valley, you will find the dominant winds run directly uphill a lot of the time, particularly in the popular Toura area where their park is. Having had a look at their park I could see it again is not on par with other major centres, and noticed the groomers had made a complete mess of the XL line areas by dragging loads of stones into the line both on the kickers (less so) and in between them on the run in and out and on the landing areas, presumably while building up the snow for them. This is rather dreadful preparation to be fair, and I've not seen anything like that at any other resort, large or small. There are also not a lot of cross over options to go from small to large to XL if you get my meaning. Lastly, and very importantly, if you are a beginner or not very competent I would not recommend this resort at all really. Almost every route back into town is an unpleasant affair if you're not pretty competent, being as the hillside is black run steep, and you'll only have narrower road type tracks cut into the side of the valley, which get cut up and very busy in the holidays. I would definitely suggest going somewhere like Courchevel 1850, La Plagne (any of the towns will be fine here), Val Thorens, or Alpe d'Huez. All of these examples are far better setup for people just starting out or without lots of experience, or simply those of us that want a nice easy stroll back to town after an afternoon meal and maybe a bottle of vino :-) All in all, I would not recommend it as there are better options around, but I could see it being nice on the right day, and the town itself is fairly nice.