Hotel le Kern, Val d'Isere

Advantages: Great ski area, great snow dec-april, fantastic lively apres ski and nightlife, beuatifully kept, clean resort
Disadvantages: Busy slopes at peak season, expensive drinks!

...is Fornet, which is just out of town at Le Fornet end (a 5 minute bus ride, on one of the excellent free buses which run every 5 mintes too), there are some tree runs at Le Fornet which are very pretty, however its also the most avalanche prone area when snow can get heavy December to February. The last area is at the opposite end of the town to Le Fornet and is La Daille ( you'll pass La Daille on your way into Val as it's the only way into the resort, which is basically on one long straight road). Again, this is just a 5 minute bus ride from the town centre. La Daille has its own bubble and also a train (this actually takes you right up to the same point as the Olympic bubble), it's as if they had a competition to have as many different lifts as they could in Val d'Isere and Tigne! I've never been to a resort with such a fantastic... Read review

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Advantages: Extensive Ski-ing, great night life
Disadvantages: Can be Expensive if you don't watch out

...I may have set myself a bit of a task here, as Val D'Isere is one of the most expensive resorts in the French Alps, but having stayed there two years running, once in a chalet and once in an appartment, I shall attempt to share some hints of how to ski in one of the best resorts in the world and not come home bankrupt. At 1850 metres, and with the heighest lift being 3550 metres, Val D'Isere has a long ski-ing season lasting from November until May. With great snow making facilities you are pretty much snow sure when the rest of Europe is suffering as it was in January of this year when I last hit the slopes. Over in Tignes, reachable by bus or lift system from Val, there is even a glacier for Summer Ski-ing! There are 2 snowparks for you boarders out there, although I really noticed a drop in popularity of boarding this year... Read review

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Advantages: Great resort, good food, pubs clubs. new cheap lift pass £100
Disadvantages: Long queues, expensive, weak selection of runs

...Val d 'isere is without doubt a great resort with all the amenities anyone living for a week or so high in the Alps could wish for, and without a doubt it has one of the most extensive skiing areas in Europe on the Espace de Killy (spelling). But I would not rate this as a great resort, I have been going to Val d'isere amoungst other resort for 15years now and although I have never been short on runs to ski, I have also never been short of queues to stand in and slow lifts to sit on. The runs are extensive, but extensive in a blue and green kind of way, great for beginners you may say, well no actually becuase most runs in the area are long drawn out flat ones with occassional steep sections just to destroy a beginners confidence and frustrate an advanced skiiers techniqe. The lift queues like any other alpine resorts are often... Read review

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