thirtieth October 2025
The award-winning excessive altitude French resort has most of the outdated favorite points of interest and a number of other new choices. NEW
The season begins with La Grande Première that takes place on twenty second & twenty third November 2025, with ski assessments, large model gear village, mini snow-park, DJ units and extra.
PlanetSKI will as soon as once more be within the resort for the opening weekend, it’s a daily fixture in our winter calendar.
Val Thorens, France. Picture © PlanetSKI
We go to Val Thorens yearly and have posted hyperlinks on this article with extra particulars from our previous visits.
Do examine them to study extra about experiences in Val Thorens.
What a weekend in Val Thorens!
The broader Les 3 Vallées ski-area opens from sixth December 2025 till seventeenth April 2026 in the principle sector.
Val Thorens stays open till Might third 2026 and is likely one of the final resorts within the Alps to shut.
It’s a wrap! PlanetSKI ends its season once more in Val Thorens
The large information in Val Thorens for this winter is all about lifts and on-snow developments.
Firstly the Cime Caron cable automotive is re-opening after being out of motion for the entire of final winter after an accident earlier than the season even opened.
Val Thorens cable automotive out of motion for entire season
Val Thorens, France. Picture © PlanetSKI
Now it’s again in motion with two model new cable vehicles.
“This re-opening marks a significant milestone for the resort and the ski space because it restores direct entry to to the summitt,” stated a press release from the resort.
“From Val Thorens guests will one once more benefit from the spectacular trip as much as one of the breathtaking panorams within the Alps proper on the coronary heart of the Three Vallees.”
Val Thorens, France. Picture © PlanetSKI
There may be additionally a brand new 10-seater gondola known as Face Nord from Doppelmayr that replaces the outdated Glacier and Col chairlifts.
It provides direct entry to the Asters and Face Nord slopes and hyperlinks strategically to the Orelle sector through the Lory blue run.
The brand new lifts enhance entry, capability and skier-flow, which helps cut back bottlenecks on busy days and particularly excessive season.
The Caron 3,200 advanced was new final season and sits on the prime of the resort.
It’s a assertion of luxurious plus high-altitude expertise: nice for non-skiers or combined teams wanting café/terrace entry on the summit.
Val Thorens charges itself as one of many prime resorts in France with a mean occupancy charge of 85%.
It has 2.26m in a single day stays in its 25,543 vacationer beds – up 11.47% on the earlier yr.
It had 1.9m skier days final season.
Different highlights:
The Folie Douce is getting a makeover with a brand new balcony, new ceiling peak inside and far more
Val Thorens, France. Picture © PlanetSKI
There’s a brand new enjoyable exercise: Snow Kart Xperience — mountain karting on snow from the summit of the Funitel de Péclet (3,000 m) on Thursdays and Fridays (by reservation) for 18+.The resort continues to host the Freeride World Tour Val Thorens Professional occasion.
FWT at Val Thorens. Picture c/o @freerideworldtour +J.Bernard.
Freeride World Tour heads to Val Thorens
One other sport is the Ski Cross World Cup.Within the resort there’s a brand new bar known as La Timbale operated by locals Bastien & Téo. It replaces the previous Les-Clarines restaurant and guarantees a extra “local-soul” bar setting with tapas, wine & spirits.European Homosexual Ski Week, March twenty first – March twenty third and Dutch Week, April twenty seventh to Might 1st.
European homosexual ski week heads to Val Thorens
Val Thorens, France. Picture © PlanetSKI
Val Thorens claims to be far more than a ski resort and describes itself as ‘an open air playground for the entire household’.
It’s Famille Plus Montagne licensed and is dedicated to providing ‘prime quality hospitality tailor-made to the wants of each youngsters and adults’.
There are many actions for small youngsters and large youngsters alike.
Cosmojet Sledge RunLa Bee ZiplineSnow tubingVillage IglooLe Board
Le Board is a multi-leisure centre and PlanetSKI was there for its opening in 2022.
New sports activities and convention centre opens in Val Thorens
Le Board, Val Thorens. Picture © PlanetSKI
Val Thorens was established 53 years in the past and in recent times has fairly re-invented itself with a bunch of recent developments each on the off the slopes.
It’s now not seen as a poor relation to Courchevel and Meribel.
It’s a 9 time winner of the world’s finest ski resort within the World Ski Awards.
PlanetsKI’s Felix Milnes can be within the resort for its opening on the finish of November, so do examine again for his reviews because the season in Val Thorens will get underway
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