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Skiing in Courchevel
Skiing in Courchevel offers the chance to explore the vast terrain of the Three Valleys area in the French Alps, whilst staying in perhaps the most exclusive and highly-regarded ski resort in all of France. Established and cosmopolitan, skiing in Courchevel enjoys a wonderful reputation and is rated as amongst the best in the world, with an enormous amount of varied slopes and huge number of lifts, covering a massive 150km of piste, just in its own valley. Skiing in Courcheval not only encompasses the best-known Courchevel 1850, the chic glamorous region and the highest, but the lower towns, also known for their altitudes, Courchevels' 1650, 1550 and 1300, each with a different character and catering to a wider, more mass-market clientele, but all sharing the same variety of skiing.
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Skiing in Courchevel - Impressive resort, excellent access to Trois Vallees
The resort itself offers the most extensive range of skiing in the Three Valleys, with a ski holiday in Courchevel an excellent choice for mixed ability groups. The huge ski area of the Three Valleys is easily accessed on a Courchevel skiing holiday, and with a top elevation of 3200m, the high altitude guarantees great snow cover in the resort. Skiing in Courchevel comprises 117 ski runs and 63 lifts over its 150km, with most of the runs in a north facing bowl and the wide variety of pistes facing all directions. Beginners in Courchevel will find an excellent choice of ski schools and tuition, free drag lifts at each level, and plenty of wide long green runs in each village, whilst intermediates have perhaps the best choice in the region, an exceptional array of cruising blues and reds in Courchevel Valley alone. Experts have a huge amount to keep them busy on a Courchevel ski holiday, with a host of difficult black runs including some infamous trails and terrain, particularly Les Suisses and the Couloirs, and an excellent choice of off-piste challenges.
Skiing in Courchevel - Offering a choice of villages, for all tastes and budgets
With resorts ranging from the high-altitude and purpose-built Courchevel 1850, with its pricy shops and restaurants, ski-in/ski-out accommodation and chic glamorous atmosphere, to the cheaper and more rustic farming village Le Praz at 1300m, a skiing holiday in Courchevel offers something for everyone. Après-ski on a Courchevel ski holiday varies from village to village, with Courchevel 1850 boasting the liveliest and most sophisticated scene, and the lower villages experiencing a quieter more family-orientated atmosphere. All the villages on a Courchevel skiing holiday are linked by free bus service, with other non-skiing activities including snowmobiling, snowshoeing, tobogganing, swimming, skating, bowling, sleigh rides, archery and hot air ballooning.
To find out more about the resorts click on one below, or if you want to search for holidays at all altitudes use the search box to the left.
Courchevel Skiing Holidays & Resorts
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