The Skiers' Guide to Serre Chevalier

Serre Chevalier is a great, quiet and cheaper resort. Perfect for beginners and intermediates! I would highly recommend.

I've skied all over France but I keep coming back to Serre Chevalier. It's not the biggest and the snow isn't always amazing but the friendliness of everyone on the slopes and the ease of getting away from the crowds more than makes up for that. There's some fantastic red runs above Chantermerle and taking the black Luc Alphand down at the end of the day is a must. Not at all top end but very family friendly and something for everyone. The DIY barbeque area at the top of Cucumelle is a must. Just make sure you bring something with you to cook. A slice of proper French skiing.

Great family snow sure resort with easy greens at altitude. Short transfer from Turin. Tree lined runs. Plenty of non skiing activities.

Brilliant resort for families. Loads of long runs of for all abilities. Excellent English speaking skills school. Feels very safe and also peaceful. 600 days of sunshine at this resort.

Outstanding resort that’s the best kept secret in the alps. Ignore the base height all the skiing is above 2000 and it’s outstanding!

Visited with a large group and there was various different levels of skiers. Good resort for end of season runs weather helped

Good overall, not too busy and good variety of slopes. Could have been better groomed/pistebashed. Nice spots around the mountain to grab a beer

Good snow, amazing scenery, great value and great customer service. First time in Serre Cavalier, but definitely would return.

Great ski area very low key and friendly unpretentious resort with mostly north facing slopes holding there snow well. Lots of lift accessed off piste with great tree skiing.very reasonably priced. Easy access to nearby resorts. Good skiing for all standards. Will definitely go again

A spread out resort so once you're up in the morning it never seems too crowded. And because it covers a big area, there are always options to ski to for lunch. Allegedly one of the best resorts for sunshine - but didn't really notice that in January.

“Serre” Chevalier literally means small mountain but this is anything but. Vast, varied terrain (approx 250km just on slope) and more if lucky enough to get good off piste conditions. Appreciate this is a skiing review but you can ski all the way from the top into Briancon - a fortified, mediaeval city at the cross roads of 3 valleys which pushed back the Italian invasion in WW2. If you’re interested you can experience where the French resistance lurked in the mountains in the winter. It’s a cool and unique place - and the food, wine and people are superb. Can’t wait to go again this season!

I’ve been to Serre Chevallier 5 or 6 times & I’m booked to go again in March. My wife and I love it. The snow isn’t always perfect but many other areas are within easy reach including La Grave.

Great resort that has a variety of slopes, generally fairly quiet outside of school holidays. Lower areas can lack a bit of snow at the end of the season but the top is always great!

Great experience in Serre Chevalier. Easy drive with hire car from Turin Airport and plenty of parking options on arrival. Accommodation was great value for money (plenty of options). Slopes were generally quiet with virtually no lift queues and the runs didn't get cut up too much in the afternoons. Snow was great once up the mountain but the quality of runs down in to Briancon and other villages was not great (late season) and probably wouldn't recommend for beginners. Food on the mountain was generally good value for money. Going again this year!

Very affordable resort with good access from the airport. Lots of variety of runs with good ski lifts. We were able to get the gondola down to Briancon which allowed us to visit a new town. A great option of shops and food. Lots of snow

Loads of red and black runs. Big resort. Easy to navigate. Nice village. The apres ski options aren’t massive but the ones they have are good. We went when the snow was excellent.

First time visiting and thought it was great. Lovely scenery, decent snow and very reasonable prices. Would go back.

Brilliant resort, great mix of runs and 4 separate villages in the valley linked with lifts/runs/buses
Great mix of shops, reasonably priced (I think) lift passes too
Alot of newer bigger lifts moving people about more quickly seems to stop too much bottlenecking

Had a great time at serre chevalier!,
We went in the last wk of March and still had great snow, the lifts were great and the queue for them wasn't bad at all, would definitely go again.

Large ski area not too far from the Italian border making it a short transfer from Turin. Stayed in Briançon, right next to the one gondola out of town. Low altitude meant the final run had turned to mud and that was a theme at all of the main gondola stations. We skied through snowstorms, rain, ice, rivers of water and mud. It was very variable away from the bowl. Plenty of huts and restaurants around the ski area to stop for a vin chaud or coffee. Suits intermediates and some decent looking off piste but I didn't personally do any of that. Not a resort I'd go back to, but it was a fun week in all.