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Val Thorens Resort Shuttle

Free resort shuttle bus in Val Thorens

There's a free resort shuttle bus in Val Thorens. It can be useful, for example for getting to ski school with small children or beginners, or for getting home when you're tired after a day's skiing.

As well as the service around resort, free buses go down to parkings P3, P4 and P5, and there are eleven services a day to Les Menuires and Saint-Martin-de-Belleville.

Read about the Val Thorens resort shuttle here.

Resort Shuttle | P3 P4 P5 | Belleville Valley Shuttle

Val Thorens Resort Shuttle: Winter Timetable and Route

Place des Arolles, Val Thorens

The free Val Thorens resort shuttle bus provides a comprehensive service in Winter. See the latest timetable.

Timetable

It runs from 8am to 8pm each day in Winter, with buses at least every 20 minutes.

Saturdays

On Saturdays, the resort shuttle service starts at 6.15am and runs until 10pm.

Route

The shuttle covers the whole of Val Thorens. Buses start from the bus station at place des Arolles. There are two circuits, shown on a diagramatic map on the resort shuttle leaflet:

Resort shuttle map
Diagrammatic map from the resort shuttle leaflet

Circuit de la Boucle

This bus goes from the bus station up to the Maison de Val Thorens (tourist office), the church, place Péclet, rue de Gébroulaz, parking P0, Les Balcons, and back down to the bus station.

Circuit du Soleil

Montana free shuttle bus stop, Val Thorens

This bus goes from the bus station down the rue du Soleil to Montagnettes du Soleil, Village Montana, Temples du Soleil, parking P2 and the Altapura, then back up to the bus station via the Hameau du Kashmir. 

This is the 2025/26 Val Thorens resort shuttle timetable.

There's also a map of the bus routes and stops.

Val Thorens Resort Shuttle: Services to Parking P3 (UCPA) and Parkings P4 & P5

P3

There's a free shuttle bus from the bus station in Val Thorens to parking P3 (UCPA), and back up, from 22nd November 2025 to 3rd May 2026.

These are the details of the service:

See the timetable for full details.

P4 & P5

The same timetable applies from the bus station in Val Thorens to parkings P4 and P5, except when they are closed.

In that case, P4 and P5 are served on request.

Val Thorens Resort Shuttle: to Les Menuires and Saint-Martin-de-Belleville

Les Menuires & Vallée des Belleville
Les Menuires & the Belleville Valley, ©ValThorensGuide

From 7th December 2025 to 17th April 2026, free shuttle buses run between Val Thorens, Les Menuires, and Saint Martin de Belleville. The details are:

The times of the service are given in the Belleville Valley shuttle bus leaflet.

Saint-Martin-de-Belleville to Val Thorens:

St-Martin-de-Belleville to Val Thorens bus times

Val Thorens to Saint-Martin-de-Belleville:

Val Thorens to St-Martin-de-Belleville bus times

Ride in style on the Val Thorens resort shuttle.

Skiing Made Easy

Skiing Made Easy

Skiing Made Easy is a Kindle ebook and paperback. It's a practical guide to learning to ski, based on many happy seasons of ski teaching in Val Thorens.

'This is the book I wish I'd had when I started skiing' - Amazon reviewer.

Read more about Skiing Made Easy.

Buy the paperback direct or on Amazon. Buy the Kindle ebook.

Skiing Made Easier

Skiing Made Easier front cover

Skiing Made Easier is the follow-up to Skiing Made Easy, and covers technique beyond basic parallel turns - carving, short turns, bumps and off piste.

Read more about Skiing Made Easier.

Buy the paperback direct or on Amazon. Buy the Kindle ebook (affiliate links).

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Mammut Tour 40 Removable Airbag Rucksack 3.0

Mammut Tour 40 Removable Airbag 3.0 Avalanche Airbag Backpack

Mammut Tour 40 Removable Airbag 3.0.

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