View of Mt Blanc from Val Thorens

Skiing in Val Thorens

Skiing in Val Thorens

A guide to the Val Thorens ski area, skiing the 3 Valleys from Val Thorens, the beginners area, mountain restaurants, webcams, ski pass prices, and more.


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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.

3 Valleys from Val Thorens

Chapelets, Courchevel
Chapelets, Courchevel

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, and suggests two main options in Courchevel - based on Courchevel Moriond and Courchevel 1850. Le Praz and/or La Tania can be added on.

There are a couple of lunch recommendations, and notes on two possible ways back.

Read about the 3 Valleys from Val Thorens.

What's New in Val Thorens 2024-25

Orelle Caron telecabine, top
Top of the Orelle Caron telecabine

A new restaurant at the top of the Cime de Caron, and replacing the 2 Lacs chair with a different kind of lift, are two of the highlights in advance of the Winter season.

What else is new in 2024-25?

Read about What's New in Val Thorens in 2024-25.


I hope you have a great time skiing in Val Thorens.