Inside Trois Vallées: the Largest Ski Area on Earth

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Braunventures

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@braunventures Жыл бұрын

Correction: Savoie is a department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, not a separate region!

@TheCraftBeerHub 11 ай бұрын

fantastic video guys, I live in the UK and have been lucky to ski this area a few times. You were so unlucky with the snow, its normally stacked but it was great to see you both have an amazing time in what I truly believe is the best place on earth

@braunventures 11 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching! It must be incredible during a normal snow year, because we still had a ton of fun. Cheers

@ShalomBrother 10 ай бұрын

Orelle is beautiful on a sunny day

@jackiec1175 Жыл бұрын

Loving your channel! Waiting for more uploads of your Paris adventures as a new subscriber. ❤

@braunventures Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! We look forward to making them ☺️

@remyjardin8522 Жыл бұрын

As a French, that's a great video, thank you !

@braunventures Жыл бұрын

Merci Rémy, C'est un bel endroit!

@TheParamike 2 ай бұрын

Awesome journey. Thanks for sharing

@egg_z2622 10 ай бұрын

Great video guys, love it.

@marianshattock2732 10 ай бұрын

Loved your video. I have skied that area many times. There’s so much more to it. ❤

@braunventures 10 ай бұрын

Thank you! We really felt we only scratched the surface

@jonathanpitchfork2917 Ай бұрын

An actual decent ski resort review. Great work.

@braunventures Ай бұрын

thank you!!

@jazzpote4316 Жыл бұрын

I'm French and Ioved your video, your joy is very contagious!

@braunventures Жыл бұрын

Merci! Thank you for watching 😊

@nexx_740 10 ай бұрын

Orelle is the go to spot if you want to have an amazing view and enjoy the non-crowded slopes :D. My favorite part of Les Trois Vallées together with piste Olympic in Méribel

@julianlauer4354 9 ай бұрын

I really enjoyed your video! As a seasoned visitor to the 3 Valleys, it was great to see how Americans enjoy the area 🤩 Heading out for a week in Val Thorens in a little over 3 weeks, can not wait 😝

@braunventures 9 ай бұрын

Thank you!! It was so fun, enjoy your time 😄

@ekay4495 Ай бұрын

12:20 And The 3 Valleys are meant to be some of the most snow sure in the Alps

@bmcvica1 Жыл бұрын

Výborná francouzština Trevore 👍

@braunventures Жыл бұрын

Děkuji!

@ColinGarner-h1t Жыл бұрын

There are actually four valleys . The fourth is out the top of Val Thorens .

@braunventures Жыл бұрын

Yeah we talk about it starting at 4:12

@derekallen3979 11 ай бұрын

Yes, but since Verbier (CH ) uses the name "Les Quatre Vallees ", they can't change it ( apart from the decades of wasted marketing that would be )

@maronius 10 ай бұрын

What ìs the deal with Americans refusing to put down the safety bar? Don't you value your safety, or is this what the cool kids tell you to do?. As a European, the thought of not lowering the bar has never even occurred to me.

@braunventures 10 ай бұрын

We put it down, but for a lot of people I think it's wanting to be cool

@nexx_740 10 ай бұрын

@@braunventures Sorry stumbled upon your video, didn't necessarily plan on getting involved in this discussion at any point, but how often do people not put down the bar in the US? Is it like a 50/50 percent change or something? I saw people complain about this happening in Europe on Instagram, thinking it's not cool to put the bar down. I just don't necessarily see the cool part about endangering yourself or others at an altitude of 3000m like in Orelle haha. Sorry for the question, just trying to understand I guess? Maybe it's a difference in folks going skiing here in Europe vs. in the US

@jonasjezussek6882 Ай бұрын

because in america we prefer to live our life and don't have anybody tell us what to do

@derekallen3979 11 ай бұрын

Nice video, but just a few comments. Les Menuires has nothing to do with carpenters ( that's les menuisiers ) but is derived from an old word for mine . There was an old coal-mine down in the narrow valley/gulch when you go down from Les Menuires towards La Masse, supplying local needs. I'm surprised that there was a visit to St Martin ( few seconds view of church ) but no comment at all of the village whic is regarded as the most unspoiled/natural in all of the Three Valleys. The apartments in Les Menuires are so small because when they were built - 1960's - the French government was into social engineering and wanted skiing to be sonmething for all levels of income, so they built the ugly blocks and tiny apartments to keep it as cheap as possible and encourage skiing for all, thinking that people coming from similar public housing in Lyon, Paris, Marseille etc wouldn't see any difference and wouldn't object. That obviously didn't work out and developments from the second generation of resorts ( 70's onward ) built more attractive blocks and slightly bigger apartments. Courchevel has the second-most expensive real-estate in France after St Tropez: it is twice as expensive per m2 living space ( usual French way of pricing real-estate ) as Meribel, and three times the price in St Martin ( Belleville valley ). Looking at the written introduction, the vlogger must be one of very few people to call Les Menuires "adorable "

@braunventures 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for the correction on the name Derek, and the history behind it! The St. Martin church was filmed from the bus that took us back to the train station, we were stretched thin trying to cover all of Trois Vallees in the time we were there and the snow in that area was quite bad. Les Menuires is adorable to me, there is a humbleness that I admire to the town. It is a place you can visit even today to ski without breaking the bank and I think thats a rare find these days. In that way, I think the French succeeded. The world is full of expensive luxury ski housing and I can neither afford it, nor am I drawn to it. Thanks for supplying some of the history to this unique town.

@rolandsbelevics 27 күн бұрын

@@braunventures Les Menuires is adorable also to me!! It has its own special charm.

@ekay4495 Ай бұрын

What about the rest of the costs? There's a lot more than just accommodation, and passes.

@papawhisky5794 Ай бұрын

Like what?

@NoBrainer457 Жыл бұрын

Which region of les Trois Vallées did you like best? We're visiting in a couple of months, having previously visited Portes du Soleil a number of years (which is also very great) but the sheer size of Trois Vallées is just daunting!

@braunventures Жыл бұрын

Our favorite was the Belleville valley (Les Menuires and Val Thorens), lots of great skiing and cheaper accommodations. It's easy to take the day and hop over to the next valley. That being said, we'd like to stay in every valley eventually. Next time we go we'd like to stay in Méribel and see more of that valley. You can't go wrong anywhere.

@debzlynn3672 3 ай бұрын

the shed in Orelle will be older than your country

@braunventures 3 ай бұрын

I could see it 😂

@weddingdjwales Жыл бұрын

What date did you visit please? Trying to judge snow depths.

@braunventures Жыл бұрын

That was the second week of February, snow was not great last season from what we read / experienced

@kyranthoutenhoofd9540 Жыл бұрын

@@braunventures2023 was a bad year overall for skiing yes hopefully this year more powder

@GabrieleMoschiera 10 ай бұрын

What about ski slopes preparation, they are prepared all days or not? This is sooo important for me

@braunventures 10 ай бұрын

I'm pretty sure they groom it overnight. I remember seeing the groomers at night lighting up the slopes in the distance

@euqat Ай бұрын

In almost all french resorts the slopes are groomed every night. Some black or red slopes with moguls are purposedly not groomed.

@keanu6154 Жыл бұрын

im going there in val thorens in december any tips ?

@braunventures Жыл бұрын

If you're looking to party, go to La Folie Douce for après ski. We loved skiing over the ridge on the orelle side, less people. There's an aquatic center in Val Thorens that looked cool, but we only went to the one in Les Menuires. Enjoy!

@herbbartleby2817 Жыл бұрын

I like your down to earth approach including your appreciation of the food aspect. I go there every year and often miss some more powder. We are renting a huge chalet, so you bet I felt pity for you living(?) in that appartement.I have been to places like this before and recommend to report this to the human rights commission of the United Nations. I got refunded 50% of the lease! Just kidding.

@Mithrage 20 сағат бұрын

You might feel more at home in Gstaad, Herb.

@ClassicalSoundIdeal 9 ай бұрын

Can one survive there if one doesn't speak French???

@braunventures 9 ай бұрын

I'm sure! For reference we heard a lot of Brits there so English speakers get by 🙂.

@paoloblasetti9284 Жыл бұрын

The biggest is dolomiti superski in italy, 1200 km of slopes vs 600 km in 3 vallees

@braunventures Жыл бұрын

We love the Dolomites, and you can define these things differently, but from what I've seen the difference is that you can reach any point in Trois vallees using only lifts without taking your skis off. From what I read about Superski, thats not necessarily the case and its a bit more disjointed. Either way, would love to check it out next.

@derekallen3979 11 ай бұрын

And how many bus rides do you need for those 1 200 km ? 20 or 30 or more ?

@ShalomBrother 10 ай бұрын

Nonsense

@vinwin8155 5 ай бұрын

@paoloblasetti9284 thats simply wrong. Dolomitri superski is a ski pass network. The resorts, which are really connected are: - Gröden (Val Gardena); 181km ski runs - Alta Badia; 130km ski runs - Arabba/Marmolada; 63km ski runs - Belvedere/Val di Fasa; 55km ski runs = 429km of ski runs are fully connected trough the sella ronda however: if you are very strict, seiser alm (63km runs) isnt connected 100% 429km - 63km = 366km runs „core“ sella ronda. So either way; sella ronda/ italy is - like all other Countrys - far away from the french record holder.

@vinwin8155 5 ай бұрын

@@derekallen3979 you get 429km of runs without any bus ride (sella ronda) and about 670km runs (sella ronda + kronplatz + cortina) with three bus rides (for cortina you need the bus only one way) Sella Ronda itself is/would be the second or third biggest skiresort worldwide (depends on how you rank it)

@IV-A 4 ай бұрын

I cant understand the american lift culture. No safety bar? Sometime they stop the lift fast, and sometimes lifts bounce from the wind. Height over 15m, I would not want to not have the bar.

@braunventures 4 ай бұрын

yeah, I think it comes from US ski culture being more rooted in extreme skiing (X-games etc) that makes living dangerously more "cool". Again, not really for me, but as you travel you see cultural quirks around the world and realize some in your own country!