The Skiers' Guide to Val Thorens

Pretty great overall, it was spring skiing but still quality at higher altitudes during the morning.

Apres was great, easy access to the other valleys, plenty of pistes to explore. Food was expensive and drinks too but worth it for the experience. Good for late season as it’s so high up, you’re guaranteed to have some snow.

Was a brilliant trip and my best experience of skiing so far. Whilst beer is expensive, we still had the best time ever!

Great 2300m glaciers were beautifull. Learnt to snowboard was ace loads of snow. Eould hoghly recommend Val thorns

Staying at Les Minures with Neilson was fantastic. They looked after us very well and the transfer was so smooth.

My partner and I recently visited Val Thorens for my first ski trip. I only hit greens and blues but it was the best snow in the 3 Vallees for the time of year, and my partner who skied reds and blacks agreed. Super cool vibe, wish we had longer! Also recommend for a first timer too, great long runs.

Love this resort, have skied here a lot with friends. Huge ski area so somewhere new to discover every day and plenty for every level of skier in the group. Apres always great fun (if expensive) and the town has lots of options too

Brilliant resort for all levels with a huge connected area of pistes and off piste areas, great apres and nightlife, would recommend to anyone!

Good resort for beginner ski trip! Lots of nice greens an blues to start on, only downside was the apres ski being on a difficult blue

Overall a really great resort, if you stay in the town you can ski from your apartment to the slopes. Apres is brilliant, would recommend club 360 and la folie douce. In terms of clubbing there are two main places: Club Malaysia and Klub Summit, both are central and have good djs to guarantee a good night, go after 12.30 as that's the best time to enter the club. Everything on the slopes is pricey but that is to be expected. If you go for a weekend just buy the Val Thorens lift pass as it gives you access to orelle on the VT pass but any longer and buy the 3 valees upgrade, there is so much skiing to do across the entire area. I spent two full days exploring Meribel and Courchevel and the slopes were to do die for. Courchevel has a great group of slopes accessable from the marmottes lift. Many of the runs are reds but in icy conditions they feel quite different. I would highly recommend a visit to Val Thorens for any skier/snowboarder who is competent enough to ski long distance across varying snow conditions and for those looking to enjoy a party.

Great skiing, short lift times consistently, great quality snow and plenty of runs to choose from. Only difficulty we experienced was getting over to other 3 valleys resorts like courchevel since some runs and lifts were not open, but we put this down to the time of year. Will be returning.

Folie douce and Bar 360 are a must go.
And alongside that, apres ski in the village was insane every day.

Really nice resort, cam on the uni ski trip and bought the 3vallees pass. Although at the beginning of the week there had been no snow for a while the runs were still nice, icy but higher up was very skiable and didn’t largely negatively affect us. Big dump of snow later on the in week which although visibility was poor provided some really really nice skiing, so can imagine it would be gorgeous right now. Lift ques were never too busy, and apres was absolutely great fun. Eating out was slightly more exspensive that other resorts I have skied in, but nothing particularly shocking for the Alps.

Great resort! Friendly, pub atmosphere in the bars. Great restaurants. Great altitude = highest chance of good snow conditions. Can’t wait to re visit!

Go 3 valleys pass for huge amount of options and also flexibility for optimum weather smart skiing.

Food great if you find the right places slightly off the beaten track. There are lots of options.

Coffees not too expensive.

Orelle is great but needs better lifts

Great range of runs and amazing apres ski. If you’re going for 5+ days I would recommend the 3 valley ski pass as it gives you more to explore!

Val thorens is situated in the 3 valleys main resort, one of the higher resorts in the mountain set, therefore brilliant snow conditions, Val thorens has plenty of bars, restaurants and shops for day to day shoppers. The lift access is abundant so access to other areas of the three valleys is quick and easy

Honestly, it's such a big ski zone due to the wider 3 vallees pass, it has something for everyone! I think the apres is brilliant, and it seemed super family friendly from what I could tell TBF. I think the December season the slopes are a little patchy but that is to be expected imho.

Skiing is great and the lifts are easy to access. Moving through the valley is easy. Nightlife is good but limited and there aren’t a huge number of places to eat out.

Such a good all-rounder of a resort. The massive ski area of Les Trois Vallees ensures that you will never get board and offers the opportunity to have some fun days out with your friends. A wide variety of pistes including long, smooth, winding runs and also plenty of mogul fields if that is your thing.
A lively resort, with the majority of accommodation being ski in/ski out. Good options for dining out, whether it be at lunch time or in the evening. We ate well each night of our stay, but special mention must go to the restaurant at L’Oxalys.