La Plagne Reviews & Ratings

A great all round resort with a good mix of runs available for all levels. Certainly skiing is preferable as there are quite a few long flatish runs. Ungroomed runs scattered throughout the resort provide a challenge to those looking for it. Plenty of villages accessible by free shuttle bus with dining options and non snow activities. The spa in belle plagne is great.

La plagne is a huge resort that boasts something for everyone. Great for beginners whith lots of linked blue runs and easy navigation with signposts at every junction. Reds are great and intermediate to advanced skiers have access to over 400km of piste to get stuck into. There are challenging blacks left ungroomed and the option to head up to the glacier.
Made up of several little villages each with its own charm and draws I hope to visit again and would highly recommend

Good ski resort option with plenty of pistes to ski when factoring in the attaced sister resort Les Arcs. Pistes were well groomed at the start of each day which is as well as they were super melted by the end of each day with lots of the runs turned into slush mogul fields.

Some good food options for lunch, apres options were reasonable in resort but not huge.

Have been back to La Plagne many times. Is well known for its budget friendlyness and for having one of the only bobsleigh tracks in France. Helped host the Winter Olympic Games from Albertville and now offers bobsleigh experiences amongst many many others. Accommodation is very reasonable obviously the lower you stay the cheaper it is but you can as of the 2024 season stay in 1800 or Crete cote for around £40 a night depending on availability etc. La Plagne is very family friendly and regularly offers many different activities besides skiing at all times of the year. Equally there are many options for apres too including lunch or clubs on and off the slopes. Theres enough skiing to have something for everyone in La Plagne and the resort is perfect for beginners with plenty of choice for advanced and expert skiers aswell with plenty of black runs ungromed runs and trails with options for walking and touring too. Hire a ski teacher for help on slopes and a guide to take you around some powder fields theres heli skiing or walking whatever you need lol. The lifts are all rapid and new with only a handful of 4 man lifts left and button, rope and magic carpet lifts only where needed. Easy link to Les Arcs with plenty more skiing there aswell. Some areas of La Plagne town are not as beautiful as you might find elsewhere with a lot of it being quite brutalist with a few less apres options than maybe liked and is best suited to non experts unless you know where the harder stuff is I would say this is La Plagnes only downfalls lol. Oh very easy to get to aswell fly to Geneva Grenoble or Lyon for £50 and get a very easy train or transfer with a train only around £20. Pls excuse my long winded badly punctuated review but La Plagne Is great and definitely the best value for money resort in Europe dont bother with Bankso etc if u like skiing aswell as money savings lol maybe Suzie Doulx etc idk

Accessible routes for all abilities, can easily get to other resorts so theres lots of pistes to go at, when I was there it hadnt snowed for a long time so lots of pistes were shut or dangerous but there was enough snow to still get everywhere. Lots of places to eat, but expensive but food was very nice

The snow quality wasnt the best for the majority of the week, and so may reflect review. Despite this, massive snowfall at end of week allowed us to do some great tree runs. Was highly dependent on snowfall. Great bars, but on-piste apre skiing was a bit rubbish. Lifts were good and transport to was very easy (got proper easy shuttle bus). Good ski shops and supermarkets. Easily ski in and out (where we stayed). Off piste limited but probably due to snowfall. Parks limited as well, but due to injury was giving freestyle a break.

La Plagne and all the villages are great for families. Loads of things for the kids to do. We stayed in Belle Plagne which is great as almost all accommodation is ski in/ski out. Enough restaurants to choose from but we ate at the apartment most nights, cant comment too much about night life as kids are too young, but bowling and spa was good. As for the skiing/snowboarding, we had a great time. Runs were challenging enough for us and although it was half term we still found quite a lot of the runs to be quiet. Some of the lift queues are huge but they move relatively quickly as the lift system is pretty efficient. The runs from Belle Plagne to Plagne Bellecotte are ridiculously busy all day as they are the way to get to all the ski lifts, its a huge bottleneck but when you get to the bottom its even worse. With all levels making their way from several directions to the lifts coupled with idiots who ignore the signs to slow down, and those that are oblivious of whats happening around them, I saw so many arguments and accidents Im surprised nobody was more injured. My only other gripe was dog poo. There are lots of dogs in the village and their owners seem to think its ok to not pick up the mess, mainly to the sides of the slopes in the village but still its disgusting. However, even after these 2 gripes we would go back, plenty of terrain for us and we didnt get to all the villages and still have plenty of runs to explore. Also Oxygene ski school was fab my kids loved it.

I did a season in La Plagne and I loved every minute of it. Its a more relaxed resort in comparison to other more party resorts like VT or Tignes but has a huge ski area, linked with Les Arcs. The après and nightlife that is available is great but due to the villages across La Plagne being very spread out, you have to make sure youre back in your village before the last bus (just before midnight). The bus that runs between the village is free and runs every 15 minutes, so its very convenient, it just doesnt run too late. The ski area itself is good, not too challenging, and more suited to families but the off piste available is great with the local ski schools offering guides at reasonable prices. The glacier in La Plagne offers some more challenging skiing but is very subject to weather conditions, see this area as more of a bonus than a guarantee. All in all, La Plagne is a great resort for a more relaxed holiday, with family and friends with a focus towards skiing over apres.

We went during the end of March and had a really good time, there was still snow higher up the mountain but slightly icy in places but that is to be expected at that time of year. There is a wide variety of runs and some really good runs through the trees lower down sheltered from the sun keeping the snow in good condition. The lifts are 50/50 sometimes they are fast and no queue and other times slow and long wait times so I would advise going off peak to get the best experience. As the town is so spread out the Apres situation does exist you just have to know how to find it, but there are many good options on the side of the mountain that make for an interesting ski home.

La Plagne has a great mountain range allowing for a wide range of slopes to cater to all abilities and also so that you can never get bored. I find it easier to ski for a longer period of time like this. The majority of slopes are well groomed and there is still good black runs which have nice mogul fields. Off-piste skiing is good although there are few tree runs. The town itself is brilliant and full of nice bars and restaurants, making for a relatively lively but not chaotic nightlife, which is still family friendly.

We skied in La Plagne for 1 day during our trip and saw a lot of the resort and thr fantastic bars and restaurants. It has an other worldly feel up high with fantastic piste and seemingly endless off piste areas which are very accessible to the newbie wanting to get in the powder. The resort centres have great bars and restaurants and it all felt very family friendly.

So many different options for all levels, some amazing off piste runs as well!

I went to la plagne 2 years in a row and enjoyed both times snow was better second year and theres plenty of runs and can link to les arcs so plenty of km of slopes to cover. the night life was good and meals out were amazing! quality resort

Big resort with lots of fun runs. Very family friendly resort with lots if runs for children and beginners. If the snow allows it there is some great freeride skiing for the advanced and intermediate skiers.

Good restaurants at the several villages in La Plagne. Especially in Plagne Centre there are some cute restaurants to raclette or fondue.

Also possibility to ski to Les Arcs which doubles the km in skiing.

Great for beginner, intermediate and vastly under-rated for its off piste.

Such great skiing, great restaurants and bars! Perfect for families as well as young people!