Les 3 Vallées
Les 3 Vallées is the world's largest lift-linked ski area, with 600 km of pistes across three Tarentaise valleys: Belleville (Val Thorens, Les Menuires, Saint-Martin-de-Belleville), Méribel (Méribel and La Tania), and Courchevel. From the 1,300 m base at Saint-Martin to Cime Caron at 3,230 m, terrain spans every level: the upper Val Thorens cirque is famously snow-sure, while Courchevel concentrates the most groomed-piste mileage and the priciest lodging in the French Alps.
Key Stats
Terrain Breakdown
The percentage of marked trails in each difficulty level. A higher beginner percentage means more terrain suitable for novices and families; a higher advanced percentage means more challenge for experts.
Best For
When to go
Average monthly snowfall and snowpack depth, with the typical operating window shaded.
Les 3 Vallées's heaviest snowfall lands in January; the snowpack peaks in March.
- Snowfall
- peaks Jan
- Snowpack
- peaks Mar
- Typical season
- Nov – Apr
Snowfall: Météo-France, monthly normals (1994–2023).
Snow depth: Météo-France, monthly normals (1994–2023).
Where to stay
Les 3 Vallées is accessed from 6 villages — pick a base.
Glamorous Tarentaise valley with four lift-linked villages at different price tiers.
Affordable purpose-built mid-Belleville base on Les 3 Vallées.
Europe's highest base at 2,300m: snow-sure, intermediate-piste-heavy, party-loud.
Traditional Savoyard farming village: stone, slate, slow pace.
Chocolate-box wood-and-stone chalet centre at the heart of Les 3 Vallées.
Quiet forest village built for the 1992 Olympics, mid-priced.
Location
Les 3 Vallées sits in the Tarentaise valleys of the French Alps, in the Savoie part of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes near the Italian border. It is high-alpine, continental terrain, with upper slopes reaching well above the tree line.
Getting there
Fly into Chambéry (CMF), about 2 hours from the resort by road.
- Chambéry (CMF)2 hoursDirections
- Lyon (LYS)2.5 hoursDirections
- Geneva (GVA)3 hoursDirections
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