Val D'isere

In a remote beautiful hidden valley, lies one of France's longest established ski resorts and one of the world's most prestigious winter-sports destinations.
Val d'Isere .
Val d'Isere ski resort is part the Espace Killy ski area which considered
By many as the Most Beautiful Ski Area in France.
In this video
We will show you the most important things you need to know before booking a vacation in Val d'Isere and if you will stay until the end of the video, you will get some great tips that will help you to take better decisions, save time and money, and have a more enjoyable vacation.
How to get to Val d'Isere?
The closest airports to Val d'Isere are Chambéry, Grenoble, Lyon and Geneva with transfer time of 2 hours, 2 hours, 3 hours and 3 and a half hours accordingly.
If you are coming by train, the nearest train stop is in the town of Bourg-Saint-Maurice where you need to take a 45 minutes bus drive to Val d'Isere.
Val d'Isere ski has a long season beginning in late November and last to the first week of May.
The resort’s mostly northerly orientation, with height of 1850 meters and s of snow cannons guarantee snow-covered slopes.
(map)The ski area of Val d'Isere itself has 150 kilometers of ski runs, combine with Tignes ski resort, it has 300 kilometers of ski runs in the espace killy skipass.
Overall there are 8 black runs, 17 red runs, 32 blue runs and 14 green runs in the ski area of Val d'Isere.
The ski area of Val d'Isere, spans from 1850 meters above sea level to 3456 meter above sea level.
Val d’Isere ski resort has three main ski areas; Le Fornet,Solaise , and Bellevarde.
All are well served by modern high-speed lifts including high-volume gondolas and a funicular.
The meeting points of new generation and supreme ski schools are situated around the Solaise Express in Val D’Isere Centre.
The ESF meeting points are around village chairlift in Val D’isere center.
there’s another branch of ESF at La Daille.
Ski school prices in val D’isere are higher than in other resorts.
Val d’Isere is renowned for its off-piste skiing. So, if you want to get away from the crowds and crave your own lines Val d’Isere has a lot to offer.
Val d’Isere offer all the accommodation styles from basic apartments up to luxurious five-star hotels. With Val d’Isere snow cover a lot of the accommodation offer ski-in /skin-out.
 
Val d’Isere have a shuttle bus free of charge to visitors. The Red line between La Daille and Le Fornet from 07:35am to 02:50 am. The Blue line between Legettaz and the Rond-point des pistes from 08:30 to 20:00. The Yellow from the le manchet to the Pont du Joseray from 08:30 to 23:30.
If you are coming by car, Val d’Isere offer an indoor car parking with a price range of 68 to 109 euro for a week.
The main buzz of the town happens between the two main roundabouts at the tourist office and supermarket, with regular street entertainment and concerts adding to the festive atmosphere.
In Val d’isere you can find 2 of the best apres ski bars in the world
If you are finishing your skiing day coming back from tignes or the west slopes of the Bellevarde area, we recommend you give a visit to Foulie Douce on your skiing back to village,
BTW the “La Daille Gondola allow non-skiers to ride round trip from Val d'Isere to Foulie Douce”.
This is the original Folie Douce, the one that started them all, here the legend began.
This Foulie Douce will party on until 5pm each day!
in any other circumstances
apreski
the party there stops only at 8pm!
if you still have the energy for the afterhours go visit the Club which located just under the cocorico: Doudoune Club!
Doudoune Club, is probably the most beautiful club in any ski resorts.
There are many other choices like underground café, la baraque, garage the fall line, and Dick’s Tea Bar where you can party until the morning!
Val d’Isere offer many other attractions like snowshoe walks, husky-sledding, ice-climbing, ice-skating, ice-diving, and indoor climbing.
Before we conclude, here’s our numbers for Val D’Isere:
beginners:7
Intermediates: 9
Advanced skiers :9
Snoboarders :9
Freestylers: 8
Freeriders :9.5
Apres ski: 9.5
Nightlife: 9
Resort charm: 8.5
Our total score for Val D’isere is: 9
As val d’isere, and espace killy are known for the spring skiing, here’s Our tip for today:
With warmer temperatures, skiing in the spring time need a little know how.
Meaning aiming to hit East-facing slopes followed by south-facing slopes and then west-facing ones. After lunch only north-facing or very high slopes are worth trying.
In Val d’Isere this means opening the day in the legendary face run, than taking the solaise gondola heading to the Solaise area for some east faced runs, than ski down to Olympique gondola to Bellevarde and La Daille, and saving the highest area above Le Fornet near Pissaillas glacier for the afternoon.
thanks Val D'isere press for the use of some footage
thanks fatmap for the use of their maps:www.fatmap.com

[@Esbbbb]

The "how to get there" guide is just amazing, I love it. Especially on the videos where you point out some roads being closed for certain times. This makes it so much easier for anyone not from around there to think about a trip.

[@tuneviking7800]

Wooo! Lovely video.

[@SkiResortsVideo]

Thank you! 😃

[@idocarmel6333]

Great video!

[@shayfrenkel8612]

I always heard about this ski resort, now I could see it. So beautiful, gave me the urge to go there

[@007tobler]

Shay Frenkel I’ve been 4 times fantastic place but eye watering prices

[@aquariustingz2737]

Don't its full of wankers

[@Totalavulsion]

aquarius tingz let me know when you leave

[@ivokoimecs]

Nice! Going ... 😀👍

[@shaharweiss5632]

really looks like the apre' scene is great in here. great stuff as always!

[@007tobler]

shahar weiss the apres is fantastic but take a big wallet with you

[@711honved]

Been skiing Espace Killy since the late 70's. The ski area is truly superb linking Val to Tignes. There's something for everyone with great pisted & off piste runs. I've always found the apres ski to be rather sterile & very expensive....the French don't do apres & the town fixes bar prices! The Folie Douce employs professional dancers to generate some atmosphere & pumps music out at max volume. A drink there will set you back €10 plus! If it's apres you're after, then Austria is different level! Bars rock with revellers from all over the world. St. Anton, Kitzbuhel & Saalbach are really worth checking out!.

[@jimjam6598]

@@711honved do you know how val compares to chamonix/le pass?

[@711honved]

@@jimjam6598 In Val you are village based & there is little need to jump on a ski bus or drive to ski areas. The ski area is vast & caters for all abilities. Chamonix requires buses or a car to access a rather spread out ski area. Very little beginner or intermediate skiing & the area attracts expert skiers & mountaineers.

[@brockastis]

just came back from there, highly recommend to all snowboarders of any level. #🏂 💙🗻

[@aryaanpetiwalla2655]

Great ski videos every week! Good job the best I’ve seen so far these are so helpful! What resort are you thinking for the next video?

[@karlis-blums]

great info!

[@JeanCharlesEvrard]

You make great videos! I like your work!

[@EricaYE6]

So beautiful.

[@omerca6]

it's getting better all the time

[@MrEuskalteleuskadi]

Thank you for you work man!

[@שולהכרמל]

Amazing!

[@theboatthatwrecked1052]

Guys, some tips for better evaluation you need to tell: - How expensive is resort in general? Accomodation? Food on slopes? - Which dates are most and least popular? - Is resort a weekend destination (when you expect more people on slopes during weekend) or a whole week destination? - How good is slopes grooming? That would give lot more informative picture, than telling how to get there: you can google in two minutes.

[@jeffrey8770]

food aint cheap. like 30 eur for a main course in a lot of restaurants. Food on slope would cost you around 10-15 eur mostly

[@007tobler]

the boat that wrecked mega expensive. Go into town at nights full off trust fund kids. Food expensive. I would suggest don’t know your age but go club med all inclusive will seem expensive at first when you pay but in the long run will save you a fortune. But if you’re a decent level skier on and off piste is fantastic. But I can’t stress enough val is one of the most expensive resorts in France be prepared for a truly wallet busting experience

[@patrickmullen5124]

Does anyone really care about km of pistes? I would rather hear number of lifts, if you're simply quantifying resort stats.

[@eipip1ez]

get a condo with a kitchen...make your own food....late Feb early March....not too expensive, you're there for skiing not shopping...resort is more a vacation destination, not a weekend jaunt...grooming on a few blue runs only...I went there March 2023..it was spectacular....ski hard, eat a good dinner...get to bed early because this mountain is serious

[@eipip1ez]

@@jeffrey8770 If you are a janitor...its not cheap. If you have a real job it can be managed

[@sahskinnersmith]

I live there it is so nice especially chevalott and my apartment is really nice

[@gillesputtemans]

Can you do a top 10 of the resorts you've reviewed?

[@SkiResortsVideo]

thanks for the advice Gilles, we are planning to make several top 5 or top 10 ski resorts videos. also general but also particular ( like, best in Austria... best for apres ski, best for late season, etc') but we still have to film other resorts.

[@omercarmel1960]

impresssive

[@ragazzi25]

Guy narrating the video drove me nuts!

[@Leonx777z]

You should also try Tignes it’s close to val disere and la rosiere Sorry for the poor spelling

[@JoachimGächter]

See you this Winter 24/25

[@skiresortstv8542]

cocorico!!

[@JamesJam.]

its this place good to go skiing in late march early april??

[@andrews4713]

If the snow base is good, you can ski here in April. I had an incredible week in April back in 2017. Jan-Mar is best if you want powder.

[@Tom_Hadler]

Turn airport looks closer, I wonder about the transfer time. Given there are plenty of blue and even green runs and not so many red and black I wonder why have you rated it 7 for beginners but 9 for advanced?

[@SkiResortsVideo]

hi Tom, the score take in to account the value for money factor. beginners will enjoy in Val D'isere, but they can enjoy as much at much smaller ski areas and pay less

[@SkiResortsVideo]

and regarding Turin, it showed longer time when we checked. any way there's a tunnel with big toll price from Turin

[@Tom_Hadler]

travelers check OK fair enough

[@SkiResortsVideo]

please reply with the name of the ski resort you want us to review next

[@lauragatehouse7935]

Any but please change the narrator to a normal person who can pronounce the names properly and speak fluidly.

[@thomasstack9506]

This guys pronunciation makes me quite sad if I’m honest

[@lauragatehouse7935]

Thomas Stack same on all their videos - all the places pronounced incorrectly !!

[@andrewjohnston9115]

It’s not a real persons voice 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@charlieemmett144]

The next video You should do is Morzine, avoriaz ski resort

[@SkiResortsVideo]

we will shoot there in March. we've got many requests for a review on these resorts

[@projectshoe]

Coco Rico > folie

[@thethumbs3937]

Jonny Goldsbrough yep

[@lauragatehouse7935]

Good videos but please consider writing a more natural sounding script. It’s a bit like a computer is talking sometimes.

[@ByRaid]

could you possibly do axamer lizum at some point

[@rossjay7277]

Great place for selling coke, balloons and ket 🤣 you can charge very high prices 😜

[@mercedesjones7406]

Looking up this place for a holiday and this is the first comment I see🤣 definitely booking now

[@Beanos-d1z]

They sell good quality snow here? 🤣

[@scottlouthan5266]

Are you gonna cover Zermatt?

[@theboatthatwrecked1052]

check out Cervinia. It's the same.

[@trumpameri1638]

Cervinia Italy side and zermatt Switzerland

[@Beanos-d1z]

@@theboatthatwrecked1052 is cervinia good?

[@joeharrison1282]

Is this guy a robot?

[@Totalavulsion]

My home

[@SloMoShort]

In a (overly commercialised, priced and crowded) hidden resort that costs you £1000 each on a skiing holiday that the drinkers in your party will spend it all hanging around outside La Folie Douce and nothing else. Going skiing. Not a drinking holiday in the snow.

[@samcox555]

I don't know about that, there's nothing quite like hitting the appres ski after taking the final lift up, coming down, having a few stiegels (I mainly ski Austria myself), bit of table dancing, and then back to the chalet, ready to hit the first lift in the morning! I think when done properly, skiing and drinking work very well!

[@Toschh]

Sam Cox living the good life! 👍🔥

[@Totalavulsion]

Keyser Söze why so salty? It has something for everyone. It’s one of the best resorts in the world

[@007tobler]

There’s only 2 problems with val d isere is its one of the furthest resorts from Geneva. And the people who are on Le face who should’ still skiing blue runs

[@Totalavulsion]

We’ll get off Le Face and go ski off piste. Loads to choose from

[@quentin2208]

Restez chez vous !

[@matijapremerl1449]

Just some quick tips: You dont say 'e' in Tignes, in Val d Isere you say z not s , les is pronounced without 's'...

[@sarahmichie4382]

And Bourg is prounced "Boorg san mawreese"! This wound me up in the vidoe. I love the content but would expect an expert to know how to pronounce these!

[@florider-skystealer]

bourg-saint-maurice and not "bourge" haha ;)

[@SkiResortsVideo]

I agree. we are sorry for that, there's a chain of nationalities here, some with difficulties in that regard with pronunciations😏😅

[@sahskinnersmith]

Btw it is pronounced Val Di Zairrrr

[@Dannyborchi]

Avalanches kill skiiers