The Skiers' Guide to Courchevel

Huge huge ski area, something for everyone, fabulous restaurants but ££££ great for people watching

Much more reasonably priced these days, the snow is great at the top but leaves a little to be desired nearer the bottom. However, the snow canon budget in Courchevel is beyond belief, great oxygenation too meaning the artificial stuff feels so close to the real thing. Nightlife is fun with some cozy dive bars, good (but expensive) slope side après, and generally very good people! The beauty of Courchevel is the access to the extensive trois vallées posted area, I think 600km + of piste on one lift pass means that if youre here for the week or even a season there will always be somewhere on or off piste that you havent been before!

Fabulous resort for the whole family with enough piste space to not feel too busy. Slopes are amazingly looked after.

Beautiful resort. Well groomed and maintained pistes. Excellent ski school and care for the kids and an efficient lift system. Accommodation options are expensive but access to other resorts and mountain options opens up accommodation options. It is by definition an expensive resort but great around Christmas and New Years with lots of free entertainment options for families, leading great memories and experiences.

Great skiing

Super for all levels very well groomed slopes.

Restaurants very pricy need to pre book

Courchevel, part of the 3 Valleys. Ive not stayed there but it is one of my favourite areas to ski. Arriving from associated but more wallet friendly resorts. The pistes are almost guaranteed to be the best in the three valleys. Expertly groomed at all times. Restaurants are generally crippling price wise, but there are a few gems if you know where to go. The lifts are good but can be busy. There are lots of flattering reds and blues. But they do suffer from speed demons so take care if youre less confident.
All in all, a favourite especially if you take a picnic!

Very good ski resort, with lots of good runs for beginners and then loads for the advanced skies with blacks and off piece terrain. It is north facing so snow is often very good but apres isnt as good because no sun.

Great place to go skiing some really challenging runs brilliant apres and great lift times will be returning jan next year !

Courchevel is really fun ski resort based in my opinion in the best ski area in Europe. Only downsides is it is increasingly becoming more expensive and there is a fair bit of travelling required to get to the other valleys.

Its a great place to ski, always gets the sun in the morning and if you get up early the Soulire black at the top is easily accessible and one of my favourite runs to date. Its not very accommodating for low budget holidays, everything is ridiculously expensive and to be honest I would recommend staying in Méribel from which it is just as easy to ski the courchevel side

Overall great place all around, good access to further resorts and a wide range of slopes, as you are in the three valleys. Great lunch locations slope side.

As someone who has done 6 back to back winter seasons (Covid lockdown winter too) in courchevel, Ill be gutted not to be back this winter.

Whether youre an intensive skier/boarder, an apres ski fiend or a family wanting their first experience in a snowy resort, this is the place to be. You have all types of accommodation, from 5* hotels, to budget inclusive holidays. Catered chalets to self catered apartments. Everything will be suited for you.

Theres multiple levels to courchevel, le praz being one of the lowest with many catered chalets to Courchevel village which hosts incredible 5* hotels. You can be exploring these villages for weeks if you have the time.

The pistes are maintained to a very high level, with hundreds of kilometres of corduroy fresh at your doorstep every morning. With bluebird powder days happening frequently, the constant tree runs back to safe pistes are something not to miss. Having pistes ranging from greens to blacks and even monitored off piste at the top of the saulire cable car.

This resort is magical, full of life and containing some of the best friends you didnt know you had yet. Including the amazing apres ski bands that you can see at the end of a ski day or at a lunch spot in the mountain.

Good skiing, but very expensive (an Oligarchs playground), and not as good as Meribel or Val Thorens (which are slightly cheaper anyway as they are not aimed at the ultra wealthy)

Courchevel is a brilliant resort, especially for beginners with large rolling slopes. However there also some fantastic powder fields and steep faces like Grand Coulior for those who need a challenge.

Courchevel also has some fantastic shopping with sponsored designer gondolas floating through the sky.

The furthest left of the 3 Vallées resorts courch is fantastic for those who want to explore all the way to Val Thoren.

Courchevel often can be quiet especially in 1650, and is home to some of my favourite runs. Big cruisey blues and very safe powder fields under pyramids.

Great all round resort for all abilities, whether you are wanting some long cruisey blues or more challenging reds/blacks with varied terrain, Courchevel within the 3 valleys area has something for everyone.
Great snow conditions everytime me and my group have visited during Jan/Feb. The apres ski options are plentiful and there is great crossover access to all 3 resorts for skiers/boarders of all abilities. Lively resort centre in 1850 with bars and restaurants, and the option of a gondola running late into the night for those staying lower down in the likes of la-praz/la tania. A must visit!

It is such an amazing place to learn a new snow sport when I visited I loved it and everyone there was supportive and super friendly towards me trying to learn

Great resort, skiing for everyone of all levels. Good restaurant choice but can be pricey. Great spot at the bottom of la tania for food and apres

Brilliant resort, beautiful terrain offering everything from tree runs to large open runs with plenty of pistes of all levels as well as some technical and iconic off piste areas, also with quick assess to the rest of the three valleys this resort is located perfectly for skiers of every level and every technicality, whether its racing, free ride or freestyle courcheval offers everything

Great resort with access to 3 valleys ski area. Lots of good ski in/ski out accommodation and relatively accessible ski to Folie Douce in Meribel

Courchevel is a lovely resort with amazing access to the three valleys. The amenities are incredibly expensive, but that's what you'd expect from a luxury resort. The skiing is wonderful due to the altitude, and there is a great mix of runs for all abilities and interests.