Overview
Val D'isere is a world renowned Snowboarding resort with extensive shopping, a vibrant cafe culture is one of the best high altitude snowboarding resorts in France. "Val" is also known for it's apres ski antics and crazy party life, yet it is just as well suited to families that perhaps want a more sedate time in resort?
The snowboarding is very suitable to all abilities, and it offers an abundance of easy and intermediate riding all over the resort, and even has some easier blue runs right up on the glacier. The advanced snowboarders will find many more challenging runs too.
High Altitude Snow
At an altitude of over 3,250, and some very fine Glacier skiing and boarding, Val links straight up with its sister resort - Tignes, and enjoys a similar “Super-Resort” status. For those that are after famous Espace Killy terrain and value priced chalets, then our Snowboarding Holidays Tignes and Val D'Isere options are hard to match. The huge Espace Killy ski area is all included on the standard full area lift-pass.
Snowboarding in Val disere
Val D'Isere naturally offers some very good Snowboarding, alongside its world famous skiing. The Fornet area at the top of the valley - and at the base of the Glacier - is unbeatable in the powder and offers summit descents on wide, fast and extremely well kept slopes. The powder options are also very good and you will still find fresh tracks even days after a dump. Let's not also forget that it also snows very regularly here too - so it's often not "days" between snowfall anyway!
Skiing in Val disere
Like its' neighbouring resort of Tignes, Val has some very wide and easy "motorway skiing", with long lasting and highly efficient runs suited to all levels of skier. The lift system is very modern and has an abundance of express chair lifts which will whisk you up the mountain quicker and result in shorter lift queues!
The skiing is suited to all levels and ranges from netweorks of gentle piste to the steeper gradient mogul fields and powder runs!
Beginner snowboarding in Val d'isere
Val D'Isere offers plenty of runs to suit the beginners on the lower slopes however there are also many well linked easier runs higher up the mountain too, so beginners are not just restricted to the nurseries! There are a few free lifts that beginners can make use of on arrival and so it would be prudent to perhaps buy a pass from in resort rather than before hand.
Resort life
Val D'Isere has plenty of nightlife - that's for sure! Ranging from the loud apres ski bars which get going from 4.30pm to the chic cafes with impeccable service and beautifully crafted interiors. Eating out is big in Valdisere and restaurants to suit all tastes and wallets can be catered for.
Tignes Stats
| Top Lift | 3550m |
| Area | 300kms |
| Longest run | 15km |
| Circuit | 35km |
| Lifts | 106 |
| Mountain Restaurants | 16 |
| Beginner runs | 41% |
| Inter and advanced | 59% |
| Off piste | 10/10 |
| Slope Style: Freestyle | 30% |
| Slope Style:Freeride | 70% |
| Pipes | 2 |
| Parks | 2 |
| Trees | 30% |
| Backcountry | Yes |
| Travel Fly to: | Geneva |
| Transfer Time: | 3.5 hour (approx) |
| Nightlife | Good |
