Skiing for Every Ability

02.

Intermediate Skiing

in Val d’isère

Very few ski resorts offer intermediate skiers the same scope you'll find in Val d'Isère.Imagine setting off in the morning and skiing all day without taking your skis off once.

Miles and miles of seemingly endless snow beneath your skis... long, wide, sunny pistes... beautifully groomed every night... over 300 kilometres of skiing shared with neighbouring Tignes... and fast, modern lifts that mean even during the busiest weeks you rarely spend long in a queue.

How many resorts can honestly offer that?

Bellevarde is a real favourite with intermediate skiers. Take either the Olympic Bubble or the "Funi" to the top, then hit the Diebold for a perfect warm-up. It starts gently before dropping into a slightly steeper and occasionally bumpy section, followed by a long schuss and the final pitch down towards La Folie Douce.

Most people, most of the day, head off elsewhere from here but why not give the bottom section, below La Folie down to La Daille, a try? The Meadows is a superb pitch - one of our favourites - and well worth skiing early in the day, when it's quiet. Do it once and you'll probably come back for another run!


The Borsat-Genepy-Grand Pré-Fontaine Froide circuit is another firm favourite with intermediate skiers, offering fast, flowing cruising on beautifully prepared pistes. Or you can head over to Tignes, then up to the top of the Grande Motte glacier, the highest point in the ski area at 3,653 metres (almost 12,000 feet), or all the way down to Les Brévières for lunch in the sunshine before skiing home.

Then again, you could just stay on Bellevarde. The Skiercross course below the Grand Pré lift is great fun, especially if there are a group of you, or head over to the Snow Park for some air or the Stade de Slalom to test yourself in the gates.

All of this, and you've not even touched on Solaise or Le Fornet yet...Plenty of time for that another day!

Early / Late Season Opening Hours

PLEASE NOTE: the above opening hours apply 12th Dec - 11th April. If you require information on early or late season opening hours please contact us.