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Peisey/Vallandry Resort Reviews

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Visitor reviews for Peisey/Vallandry Ski Resort

Peisey/Vallandry Ratings

Overall: 4.3. Based on 12 votes and 13 reviews.

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Snowsure: 4.5

  • 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
  • Peisey/Vallandry is snowsure even in the poorest seasons

Variety of pistes: 4.8

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

Off-piste: 4.2

  • 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: 4.6

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

Access: 3.8

  • 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 Peisey/Vallandry

Public Transport: 4.1

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

Accommodation: 4.6

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

Cheap Rooms: 4.2

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

Luxury Hotels: 4.4

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

Ski in/Ski out: 4.7

  • 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: 4.8

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

Snowmaking: 4.5

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

Snow Grooming: 4.8

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

Shelter: 4.8

  • 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
  • Peisey/Vallandry is mostly in forest where you can ski in flat-light and windy days, lifts rarely close

Nearby options: 4.8

  • If snow conditions are poor at Peisey/Vallandry, 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

  • Peisey/Vallandry 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: 4.8

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

Crowds/Queues: 4.2

  • 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: 4.6

  • 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: 4.8

  • 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: 4.7

  • 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: 4.8

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

Advanced: 4.6

  • 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: 3.8

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

Cross-country: 4.7

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

Luge/Toboggan: 3.3

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

Mountain Dining: 4.2

  • 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: 4.4

  • 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: 3.6

  • 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: 3.1

  • 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: 3.2

  • 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: 4.0

  • 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): 3.8

  • Overall, Peisey/Vallandry 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, Peisey/Vallandry 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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March 14, 2006
Marco from Ski France France
Last week (from 4 till 11 march) stayed in Vallandry. We stayed in the new appartment complex, L'Oree des Cimes. This was very good, near the Grizzly 6-persons chairlift. From the top of the lift, you go very easy to the Les Arcs-ski-area. This is a very beautiful and varied ski-area. 200 km piste is more than enough. You can ski between trees and from the top of de Aguille Rouge (3226 m). I found this for me a perfect place to stay. In the past I've been in Solden, Fieberbrunn and Chamonix. Les Arcs was the best, thanks to the very good snow conditions.
January 30, 2006
Ski Addict from Ski France France
Just returned from my first winter holiday to Vallandry (have been previously during the Summer). Excellent place to stay, especially in the new apartments, L'Oree des Cimes. Skied right to the door and had the 6 person Grizzly lift about 50 yards away in the morning, the perfect location. Also located about 200mtrs away from the link to La Plagne so it was easy to enjoy both areas. If I was based in Arc 1950 or 2000 it would involve a bit of travelling to get to this link so I wonder if one would really get much use out of a full area lift pass being based there. But Vallandry is right in the middle between the two massive areas, even though Les Arcs offered enough skiing alone for a week, and a one day extension on a lift pass to enjoy the slopes in La Plagne cost E25. As a vegetarian, I sometimes find it tricky to eat and usually end up eating pizza and omlette for the week. The Mont Blanc bar which is staggering distance from L'Oree des Cimes has a great choice of food. Self catering is always the best option if you have any special requirements. I was disappointed not to be able to get a bus to the Super U supermarket in Bourg Saint Maurice, but the local Sherpa (Convenience store) had a good choice of fresh food. Visited the new Club Med in Vallandry, not very traditional or my kind of holiday, but seems a popular choice anyway. A great place to visit, so much so that I'm going back again in March.
January 05, 2005
Pollski from Ski United Kingdom United Kingdom
Vallandry is brilliant - a small resort at 1600 with excellent connections to Les Arcs and La Plagne. Because the resort is at tree level, there are magical tree lined red and blue runs straight back into the resort. The skiing was great, lots of variation and very easy to get from one part to another - the lifts were excellent. You've got red moguls, black moguls, blue 'road' runs through the forests, red runs through the forests, off piste through the trees, snow parks ... you name it this place has it. You'll certainly be spoiled !!! The snow quality was good when we were there (New Year 04/05) but the place was screaming for new snow when we left. My skis were waxed and edged mid week and they need to go in for a waxing before my next trip in 5 weeks time - there is only so much the piste bashers can do to cover the rocks. In fact the red runs into the resort were being closed half day because of the depreciation of snow due to the warm weather and traffic. Vallandry is right next to Peisey - you can get to Peisey by going to Le Grizzly chair and skiing down the run. Peisey has the double decker 2 minute cable car that joins the Les Arcs ski area with the La Plagne ski area to make it the Paradiski area. If I were to compare La Plagne with any ski area, I would compare it to Tigne/Val D'Isere - perfect for boarders as the off piste potential is huge. Loads of connecting chairlifts and you get the sun all morning. Only downside I found was that the runs to the bottom got very icy in the afternoon and the runs were wearing very thin by the end of the day. The Les Arcs area is more mountainy - you go over a hill and then you're faced with more pistes, and so on and so forth - Russian Doll syndrome. If you're an intermediate I would whole heartedly recommend Vallandry / La Plagne. You'll be spoiled and then spoiled some more. An excellent restaurant for solid, cheesy lard -filled meals is La Caleche - a small family run French restaurant. For something a little more special, go to La Dalu - TRUELY EXCELLENT. Apart from that, there isn't that much to do apres ski apart from going to the Mont Blanc Bar which has a great atmos (and mean big breakfast for 7 euros) - but be warned - it can get very messy in there! Enjoy !