An independent guide to Val Thorens
A guide to skiing in Val Thorens, including a ski area overview, the beginners area, ski pass prices, mountain restaurants, and webcams.
There's also skiing the 3 Valleys from Val Thorens, off piste itineraries and more.
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.
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A guide to the Val Thorens ski area, including a sector by sector overview of the ski area, and information about the Snowpark, Skicross, slalom stadium, and the off piste itineraries.
Find the best places in Val Thorens to ski, depending on the level of the people in your party and the time of day.
Read about Val Thorens ski area.
Where to start on your first skiing day in Val Thorens and where to go after that.
This section includes the magic carpets and the beginners' pistes, the green runs, the Piste de l'Espace, and the easiest blue runs.
Read about Val Thorens beginners area.
The latest ski pass prices, for Val Thorens and the 3 Valleys, plus a link to book ski passes online.
Check the 3 Valleys and Val Thorens ski pass prices.
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.
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The mountain restaurants in Val Thorens - the best places for a coffee or hot chocolate, and the best value and most delicious lunch options.
Read about mountain restaurants in Val Thorens.
The best webcams around the Val Thorens ski area so you can check out conditions in resort before you arrive.
It can also be worth looking at the webcams at the top of the mountain while you're eating breakfast, to see if it's clear high up.
See the Val Thorens webcams.
How to do the 3 Valleys from Val Thorens.
This guide has ideas for a route from Val Thorens via Méribel Mottaret (and Méribel) to Courchevel.
There are two main options for where to ski in Courchevel - Courchevel Moriond, and Courchevel 1850. Le Praz and/or La Tania can be added on.
Read about the 3 Valleys from Val Thorens.
Off piste calls expert skiers and snowboarders who love getting away from the groomed runs and the lifts.
Find out about safety considerations, and some of the best off piste itineraries in Val Thorens, the Belleville Valley, and the 3 Valleys.
Read about the Val Thorens Off Piste Itineraries.
The weather in Val Thorens, including where to find the best weather forecasts, and weather systems affecting Val Thorens including the Foehn wind.
There are also notes on the effects of climate change.
Read about the weather in Val Thorens.
A guide to all the ski schools in Val Thorens, including the ESF, Ski Cool, Prosneige, Evolution 2, and Oxygène.
If you're looking to do group lessons in skiing or snowboarding, for adults or children, check out all the options here.
You can also find out about times and rates for private lessons.
PDFs of the piste maps. Get an overview of the Val Thorens or 3 Valleys ski area, and start to plan some routes.
View a Val Thorens-Orelle piste map, or a 3 Valleys piste map.
A new gondola, Face Nord, will give access to the higher slopes of the ski area. The Cime de Caron will reopen after its problems last Winter.
What else is new in 2025-26?
Read about What's New in Val Thorens in 2025-26.
I hope you have a great time skiing in Val Thorens.