Ski Resort Recs for France

[warm_diet_coke]

does anyone have experience skiing in France? I know resorts there can be pretty expensive, looking for affordable options that have a decent terrain park. cheers

**This thread was edited on Oct 15th 2020 at 2:10:44am

 

[powpatrol]

Can’t go wrong with any really, are you purely looking for a park?

 

[Medicine]

expensive compared to where? Pretty sure some of the cheapest skiing in a "traditional ski country" is in france.

If you avoid the huge ski areas you can ski for less than 40/day pass, less than 30 / day if you go to the smaller ones. The valfrejus/montgenevre/bardonecchia area is pretty cool for low crowds powder and freeride when the tide is high. other low price options are isola 2000 and the grenoble area if you're a student.

There are season passes for as little as 180euro, with many others for around 3-400.

So yeah what kind of skiing you looking for? If you want to ski park vars is not too expensive and has great parks. Its also near serre che if you want some pow.

 

[olic]

Les Deux Alpes has a good park and decent ski area

The Three Valleys has 5 parks and is the biggest connected skiable area in the world but it's not the cheapest, Les Menuires is probably the most affordable area to stay in

Morzine and the Portes De Soleil also has a massive ski area and a decent park along with The Stash which is really fun

Those would be my first picks when looking at France and all can be done cheaply if you're smart about it

 

[RIP_leos_shack]

In comparison to North America, skiing in France is dirt cheap. I don't know if you're looking to ski there for a season or just a few days, so that would probably dictate where to go. Accommodation I suppose is where it gets expensive, but if you look on Airbnb you can find some good deals.

 

[SPK_]

Don't expect too much from terrain parks in France... There are some great ones but even the best are far from what you could find in Switzerland or Austria. If you don't want to ever go out of the park, there are better options in Europe. That said, France probably have some of the best, and biggest, resorts in Europe. The ski passes aren't the expensive part, it's housing.

Your best bet for a season is to look at living in big towns/villages further down the valley, or find a job that offers accomodation for the employees.

If it is for a few days/weeks, avoid february like the plague. It's the peak of the high season and everything gets quite expensive. I could've said that's when there are the most parties (which is something resorts in France do really well) but this season it's pretty much cancelled. Plus most parks aren't completely built at that time, so you can be up to quite some disappointment if you want to ski park before march. Many resorts offer a discount if you rent room/appartment there. There are a lot of discounts available throughout the season, but it can be hard to find them.

 

[warm_diet_coke]

expensive compared to where? Pretty sure some of the cheapest skiing in a "traditional ski country" is in france.

If you avoid the huge ski areas you can ski for less than 40/day pass, less than 30 / day if you go to the smaller ones. The valfrejus/montgenevre/bardonecchia area is pretty cool for low crowds powder and freeride when the tide is high. other low price options are isola 2000 and the grenoble area if you're a student.

There are season passes for as little as 180euro, with many others for around 3-400.

So yeah what kind of skiing you looking for? If you want to ski park vars is not too expensive and has great parks. Its also near serre che if you want some pow.

Compared to Japan/local skiing in Australia (the areas I’ve skied) it’a very expensive due to accomodation costs.

Thanks for those recommendations!

 

[warm_diet_coke]

Don't expect too much from terrain parks in France... There are some great ones but even the best are far from what you could find in Switzerland or Austria. If you don't want to ever go out of the park, there are better options in Europe. That said, France probably have some of the best, and biggest, resorts in Europe. The ski passes aren't the expensive part, it's housing.

Your best bet for a season is to look at living in big towns/villages further down the valley, or find a job that offers accomodation for the employees.

If it is for a few days/weeks, avoid february like the plague. It's the peak of the high season and everything gets quite expensive. I could've said that's when there are the most parties (which is something resorts in France do really well) but this season it's pretty much cancelled. Plus most parks aren't completely built at that time, so you can be up to quite some disappointment if you want to ski park before march. Many resorts offer a discount if you rent room/appartment there. There are a lot of discounts available throughout the season, but it can be hard to find them.

Just looking at getting out in March for a week or two if we can, can’t work a season due to Australia not letting its citizens leave the country.

Not looking for any fancy features just a few rails and jumps.

 

[Medicine]

If you want cheap acco and it needs to be france pyrenees are cheap, atleast the french side. But resorts are quite small except for grand tourmalet and parks are almost non existent.

 

[animator]

Just looking at getting out in March for a week or two if we can, can’t work a season due to Australia not letting its citizens leave the country.

Not looking for any fancy features just a few rails and jumps.

I grew up in skiing La Clusaz where Candide is from, their park is usually pretty good. Small compared to some of the others but there’s always a good range of features from small to large and the jump line is always fire. Really big area with a whole lot of terrain to explore if you’re willing to venture out of the park too!